The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-20
mr. TOPITS aBOtT TOWN.

P''NsionN IN IN" land are scarcely mai
tat'<i. a. they mean nothing 10 the avi
ator. hat cities railroad lines aud water.
courses ar" carefully plottsd. for thess
are IN" marks bv which the fiying met
IND th"ir way The new maps fold up
like other maI~ 50 that they gan H.
ince"i into coat poCket
Nrghbors ~ one table Al Whlch a party
gal hers every day IN Fulton street
restaurant have no raus, 10 complain oi
III" NOISE The group. wh,rh varies from
four 10 s,y m-,nb,.rs. - composed Of deaf
mn's'~ They apparently ENJOY them
selves quii" as much as ANYBODY IN the
restaurant. although they max" 80 little
ils- about u After "A leisITplv luncheon
th"N leave th" restaurant together, lolteT
I Tor lew minutes IN the shade and then
silently separate III. restaurant has ~
more cheerful guests than tins quiet
group
I was p'Izzl,-i the other nIght bv two
nights which kept approaching the on
IN" Sidewalk SAID a wayfar.r i fin
ally made out that they were on "A baby
carnage II struck M" ~ a pretty good
ldea Tor the lights dldn seem Ia bother
the baby at all and they certainly kept
Teople from running into the carriage In
the dark The lanterns we're made hk.
small carriage lamps and were fastened
/ li SpfNetE
The heather Chinee' il not one half
so full of tricks ~ a woman who IL dis 70
satisfied with ready made suit said
tailor One OF the resourceful type
brought in a SUIT that required hut few
alterations 10 make Il NJ told her so
and named a price
Oh. hut ! don't want u to 1T she
| said | want you TO do sonnet hing that
will make II bunch out more on the shout
ders, narrower across the chest and
shorter WASTED don't want 10 keen
the suit | have bad 80 much trouble
trying Ia get ~ to- NJ that | hate the very
sight Of " A. II looks now the stor.
won't take II back They have fooled
with II until they have got u 80 nearly
right that they declare there ~ nothing
the matter with IL, but II II could IN. made
- look 80 bad that even the man who
made u would have TO ackno wledgc IL
was failure they would refund nv
money VIII you undertake the job
would not hut another tailor. appaT-
entity. would. because pretty soon she
appeared IN another new suit
Tho terminus Of The Bronx subway -
high m air 30 high ~ &, II. that the sub
way people have Just added "A moving
stairway to enable passengers to reach
tn" trains Now sign greets the eye
or tho street level that causes many
pcopl" TO smile Il reads
-Escalator To tn" subway
One # the most effective. - well A. one
Of the luaIntesi ways 30 land a wary pur-
chaser. that adopted by a representative
Of well known typewriter firm a few
DAYS ago This - the way he tells ~
MIR BeeswsN mad been proof against
the most untiring assaults 81 some Of the
beet men m the business his Speciality
h..ing that be- never allowed the salesman
20 tell his entire story hut literally talked
hum down made up my mind would
land hun and CAV" the matter Conzidera-
bln thought
Finally walked m on hlm with a
po"k"tiul Of shclled almonds and az
said Good dsY. Mr. Bee~waN I laid a
handful on ms deck He took one up ana
began To MUNICH n | started ma with
arguments for our mAchin" ~. was
eating M. third nui when n. hogan Ia
frv 10 talk hut ms throat was about a.
dry a. I Do" had been eating soda crackers
II" had 'o give ~ up and let Ine have my
-av on Before | was half through |
had convinced him Of the merits Of my
nachin" and taken hi, order
Whom | saw nv Stanugrayh"r haurs h-
ing m" uS spots from her fingers with
unA GIFTED match ends / concluded that
! trf know all ia" Possibilities 81
mat hes sa.d "A business man As |
Wa, coming home tonight ! saw them
pui - an even more curious uss a, the
Il Ner -iard IN the corner \ bunch Of
peculiar white fuses attracted my att.n-
ton. m" petals ha,ug pur" white while
the hearts wcr. deep nd
maka dO-- explained "a" owuer
proudly. and -aillng rcd rose he GIFTED
a sulphur match beneath n whsrpupon
the crimson faded 10 white | makSl
white ones for YOU anv tim. sad rh.
dealer - h. lighted another match
The ob-h-k has been IN Central PARK
for wears and I've visited lr nearly hfty
times said an DID New Yorker But
Yesterday I discovered a new feature
Usually the first thing you notice about
"A monument is the inscription which
tells you IN CONSPICUOUS letters why II
was erected. who erected u and when
But unless you have eyes like mother
hawE you'd never get any Information
nv looking az the obelisk. II rests on a
cube Il stone az the top Of which are four
tron1. scorpions On each q the scoT-
pion claws Ia small line letters ~ inscribed
how and when the obelisk got 20 Central
Park
hon born N the Wild state ~ a greater
coward than any other large animal
d-spiI. 10 reputation Of king % beasts
thinks a keeper IN the BronZ roo
One born IN captivity has more cour-
age than the Wild one. and where the
ancestry has long been captiv" the on
spring II as brave as any animal. the
keeper explained
The haif grown lioness that was las
seed IN British Fast Africa and recently
brought - the 700 passes her days hiding
t.hind the big tree stump through fear
~ tA. visitors. The children almost
scare her out - her wits. She IL too
much frightened to eat her meat until
the visitors leave. The young lions born
ia captivity jump al the bars when the
children annoy them
nov TtNERON TtRNER NOW.
w senator ami EN-~~cretary Drops On