The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-03
LIVE TOPICS 4BOIT TOWN.

this CASE the indicator was an exact mode
. 81 the building with every window Il
place on all the many floors When tn
signal To- stop was given by passenge
every window Of that miniature building
was lighted until the whole thing spark le,
thu ligh;s went Out until another paS
senger's signal caused another illumina
tion ~ course the mechanism wa
simple enough, but what ! admire - th'
spirit which prompts ~ attractive d
, device To fill commonplace need. New
4 York has this faculty ~ a surprising
d"Cr'c and r'~ a thing that strang"r'
.lways admire. though they aren = Away
frahk enough To say So.
On. - SIKH avenues deaf. dumb
hlini and lcglrss brggars now presents
At new appeal to the public TN the lapc
~ his coat j. pinned printed sign which
SAYS
In case ~ rain carry ne into Tons
F"rrtriS place Few Of hose who sioT
To reed know where Tony F"rrlri' : plnc,
~ bat a few ~ the more curious take the
'roubl" 90 find ou, Tony. they learn
Is IN Nmericauized lt1liln Who runs d
boot black stand on side stree
Did YOU give him p"rmissiun 10 veal
that signP' some one ASKED.
Sure, said Tony. Why npt' II ain
right to let the poor devil 81; out thers
m a p-lting rain aud ~: soaked tu thu
skIn Folks Ised to let him do that, hut
g. ain righ'. Nobody wants 10 give
MIN -helter, but | don't mind This Is a
good place for him. He can pick up a
few extra nickels here. and besides.
added Tony shrawdly, what's ia" matter
with thnt ign NJ an advertisement FOR
my ,wn business
Most -leva' II apartments enforce their
rrIl" forbidding admission t. Pedlers.
beggars and book agents. hut they are
powaricss o. Circumvsnt IN" salesman who
has electrical appliances to put nn the
market
He doesn't get into the house. said
one woman. hun he learns tho names u
M" tenants and ten,pts them with har-
gains over the telephone Until we
moved into this electric elvsium never
real. 1ed what - nuisance the long dis
lance p.d!er can make ~ himself The
common variety - n shrinking violet by
comparison We rented this place h.'-
cause " vas fairly bristlIng With electric
appliances. hut II seems We are provided
with only the most primitive" attachments
after all Every day some agent calls
mo ip and offers q bargain "a som" brand
nov device warranted 10 revolutioniza
li'c for everybody Who lives m = No,l-"
furnished with an electric plant No
other salesman would dare 10 invade
ones home over The telephor" hut the
'.le~trtrity agent dar-- anything
VIVA surprised M most IN an m
spcc-ion rip through one - your famous
hotels said an ou 81 town man. was
tho white haired man a. hls vh"el. grind
. 81. 10
mana ger todd me this man vas busy
ergh' hours a dsv and still couldn keep
up with the PROCESSION 81 nicked glasses
that wore brought 10 HIM The tlniest
roughne~s - ~ once noticed by the we'll
trained waters Al this hotel and rs a.
much as walters place "a worth - put
> n'oked glass before a guest Some
tunes tho nersst touch of the rough
tla"s - tho grindStone ~ all that = nec'--
" 70 make some expensive piece "
glass AZ good a. new Al sizes and 10"
So ions ~ sine glasses were waiting
for the experienced grinders attention
no day vertt through the establishment.
and finger bowls ca-nfes and glass
pitchers were on shelves hssidn hun
II wa somehow branch ~ h"trl li'e
hadni counted on seeing sni when J
ind piece - nicked glass A. hotel
NOWADAYS | take ~ for granted they 70
not employing a glass grinder hv IN" wear
n keep their glassware IN perfect order
Above the hlare II hI- own drums and
rombones the orChs leader heard The
.1uaVkiug II street piauo He not
,ulv heard u 10 dist M giIished m" notes
4 tho same air his orChcst m PLAYED I
.Nca;' Tor "A uuickensd tempo that made .
~ Nddlcrs skip every other not" the J
CONDUCTOR managed 90 restrain his wrath !
NIL the ,ieCs was ended Then he called |
h. head wait or and threatened 20 throttle |
i'm u h" did not find out why somebody !
l.a had not already thro'tiet that - rect |
musician The head wafer modestly |
scr ed thai u was because nobody had a |
light 10 throttle him.
Then order him 30 move on. Stormed /
no conductor. -pr AZ the very least stop /
i'm from playing the sam" piece my men |
re- playing
The head waiter promised 10 do his beSi
An OrChest rA leader gets riled pretty
asily he said but the thing that up
cts him quickest IL for a ~ rre' musician To /
ri up in opposition just out@ide the res
aurani To play the same tune At the
anne time - the greatest in,iignity tho-e
ansitive Souls can suffer Some ~ the
and organ men arp bhging enough to
1ove on when request ed. but II they
afuzp there H. nothing Tor The conductor
, do except 20 go on having fitr
4 Young man named Charlie who Just
,turned from a vaca' ION in Maine hrou gha
ith him a wall against on" phaEe -
rohihltIun II secIns that his mother
nd sister were leaving their Summer
Iac,. some tim. before the Young man
tanned 80 60. lie invited Two ~ his
-on,e- To- come and keep HIM company
nd they expected - have some, hing 81
time
one II hem cp,ildn't como AZ no last
mute and Sant IA his place large HOY
drinkabIeS To get u into the state hc
al IN mark ~ large letters IN the ont side
Jne at scotch Whiskey. ? qt-. gin.
IL. cocktails. at rye whiskey.- &C.
The night before the young mans
lrniIv left there was a little party u
o. ghborS NJ The hOu-e II was The Gort
a paTt AZ which lemonade - the preya-
mt beverage As they wer~ sitting
round a knock came ai the door En-
red he village eNpreSeman. who car
cd into the room the box from the
pung mans raklrh friend He plump~d
down IN the ,pntre of the room and
slowly Then he throw
,mb into tho parry when he exclaimed
Charlie. heT"'s your rum