The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-04
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butcher shop with an intsrrogafivs air.
| That Carbags - pretty dirty h,
stated.
What Of ~ Take 1t away reptile,
the butcher. -DOcs the city employ yol
TO Discriminate
/ i am not expected % take away sucl
, away, leaving IT.
When I first came Lad 20 tip 'em Z,
g"t II emptied regularly said the butcher
mournfuly. and every one told me
was was fool foolish :s, 80 ! STOPPED tipping EN-
! Light broke upon the householder.
begin 20 s"e,- she said. why ouI
trash barrels go unemptied. I used u
think y Was just carelessne-s, but | know
now what | shall do
browsing in a hotel lobby on hot
afternoon wer. some fifty men in dit
ferent stages ri spmnolencs. Presently
bellboy passed shouting: Zachary Tay'
lor Is Zachary Taylor here''
The name made every body sit up.
Zachary Taylor said a smooth faced
youth. That name sounds familiar
Familiar snorted the graybeard be-
side him. Good lord
Then Zachary Taylor appeared lie
was a dappcr little fellow known 10 no
body except n personal friend who had
wanted him paged. yet for once in his
life he attracted as much attention IA
royalty
-SCenes like that are common in hotel
lohbies' said the clerk Nearly every
day some name once famous IL PACED
In New York hotelS OF course the hoy
~ not trying To call from the grave the
original preseason II the great name. but
the lou..gers in the hobby show almost
a. much interest ~ II he were Usually
the appearance 81 the present owner Of
the famous name - Disappointing Not
once IN hundred ~ he any relation to
his great predecessor. and even " he u
rarely dpes he come up To expectations.
In spite ~ his seeming popularity
said Forty second street dealer in sec
ond hand books there Is bat little demand
here Tor IN" writings ~ Theodore Roose-
welt. Occasionally some one calls for his
hunting stories. hut doubt n his Naval
History II tn. War Of 1912 has been
asked for IN my store twtca in the last
year. Just now | hav" two sets 81 his
Winning of the Wet and they have been
on IA. shelves for months one % his
hooks that h sought for by collectors "a
one that the general public knows little
about. II ~ a small pamphlet on the
birds ~ Oyster Ray and was written when
the former President was a very young
man. II has been out Of print for many
years
Its a funny thing unused an old sub
way guard. TO notice the difference be-
tween the tastes 81 men and women who
read on the trains For a whole W eek
kept pretty close tab on the people IN my
car and this Is hat discov cred Women
L.
while IN" men cling to n"Ss IaT@rs When
StriIck all average al tho end of a week
| found that there We're sevente--n news
paper readers among ths men 10 one
woman A. book readers the " omen out
Classssi the men six to one Among the
men three out of four seem tn give about
all their attention Ia the sporting pages
Fifteen years from now Il have any
teeth left for ANYBODY Ia fool with shall
hire a certain Chinese hoy 20 do the fool
ing a city salesman said. He will bo
grown up then ! saw him the other dav
down IN Chinatown. He was pulling pegs
out 81 board with hi- fingers Tn.
pegs hal been driven pretty tight into
holes m thu. board and u took a good deal
Of strength Ia get them out
That ~ a funny game FOR him To
play said Ia a white man who knows the
quarter
1t - not "A game aid 10 The boy IL
going Ia be- dentist His folks have
made up their minds about that and he has
early 20 strengthen his fin
gers They train them that way IN China
because Their" they pull teeth with the
fingers n" will not pail with his fingers
here. hut IN" strength ard skl will come
ia handy just III" SAN"
-Mavbe my little p"ep won't count for
much IN the general chorus Of complaint
against the high cost 81 living. but want
To chip in just N" same because have
struck an original note. said typewrl,er
salesman Last week I moved do
hat pretty often. This rtine went into
a room,nC house wherc tho landladv re-
luire- a deposit on lajchkcys. II was an
ordinary KEY
-'Thirtv-.lvo cents. said she
How that said I I have roomei
II her places where a deposit was required 4
Dut they only wanted quarter
know SAID she sadly. hut every
hing IN 50 hlch these DAYS
That arI.ineut was Incontrovertibls.
~ ! pad ~" deposit