The sun., 1910-06-03
1--we TOPICS ABOUT rOWN.

surely cause you 70 De repofNeu ~ tne
hotel ONCE a. a suspicious character.
said tho commercial traveller. That u
10 leave a bottle labelled poison on your
bureau. Chambermaids and bellboys.
who have no eyes for a coat Of dust an
inch thick. can spot that word poison
clear acrous the room Instantly they
draw inferences which they report imms-
diately NOllOdy Coniscates your poison
bottle. neither does anybody ask what
llse YOU expect 10 make Of it. but from
the minute that report h turned In you
aTe a marked man IN the dining room
walters keep a furtive but watChtll eye
upon your cOdee cup and water glass,
bell6oys 60 Oskylarking past your room door
on all sorts Of errands. and u you over.
sleep for five minutes you are reminded
by telephone that the management 10
Wiling To grant some request you never
thought Of making Murder. suicide any
kind ot q crime that can be committed
with poison h laid az your DIOR by an
army % suspicious hotel employees.
" a person who travels must carry a
bottle Ot poison the only way h. can do II
and keep his reputation is 10 keep tho
bottle lOCkei up in his suit case
4 didn't suppose that the telephone
company took the pains 20 keep its pa.
irons informed on baseball remarked
man who goes TO nearly every game.
1t was cloudy the other day and called
up the ball grounds 10 find whether the
game was callei OF. 80 many other peOpDs
were trying 10 90 the same thing that
didn't have a chance myself and called
for Information. thinking that the Oper-
atOr might possibly know.
No game to-day az American League
Giants ahead two runs in the third inning
Now ] had askat only about the home
game and was rather surprised 10 hear
about the other team too ! tind that
great many fans who can get away from
the ONCE keep in touch with the game IN
just that way
Cards OF admission 20 church weddings
have been obligatory for a long time. but
the precautions TO keep uninvited guests
away from a wedding 10 be- held late
this month are unprecedented in New
York. The pews are 10 he divided into
a certain number of seats according TO
their capacity. and every place will be
numbered a. definitely as " it were a
theatre seat. The holder ~ a card Of
invitation will he allowed to- IN the seat
for which he holds the coupon and no
other Such stringent measures were
never adopted before. but they are con-
sidered necessary 20 Keep out intruders
and So that the rules Of precedence are
observed carefully.
did you ever notice how many ear
tFumpets a big parade brings OUT said
the city salesman. IL IL the music that
brings them. Looking down on the
crowd from the fence rail from which
| viewed the Decoration Day parade |
counted siX trumpets and other appliances
for the deaf Three we're held bv persons
within touching distance. three wei .
carried by veterans on parade wonder
how much OF the music those old fellows
heard through their trumpets' A good
deal. nope. because some ~ the bands
did mighty fine work Then there was
another reason for those trumpets. They
helped IN keeping step. There was a
good deal of zigzaggng ~ the line. but
when the hands played Rally Round he
Flag or the call 10 arms ! noticed that
the old men with ear trumpets stepped
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4 stock broker who m hia early days
heRan life ~ grucar'- clerk never los' =
the opportunity o. impair some fatherly
advice @ the messengers employed on
the foor = the exchange Approaching
q new recruit the other day hc said that
boys WIN attend strictly n business
were n8und O. no heard FROM ~ later
years s- prosperous business men. 10
emphasize hiS reuHrk- he ssid that An
t'"N '#rn"zi' ''g M" e.. o. "i"rS Nnrs
ing Tor hi. u'rh my u IN" amus"-
meui ~ ~" ~ A"r 5 lrl"nd- standing hY
who knew hS "Hry history the boy re-
piri
wer" unknown in 'hn," day-
-Nev'r rC'n VIII ] hHld stranger q
package IN the CL-s unlcss n n accom-
nsnied by a signed statement as tn its
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o'h"r az an l'l-h' niai'" 'g''l man VIII"
carrled pa i'hoerd box about i"nl
A.. down Z noticad how diAi-t,li u VS. for
hin, D., mann 70 his box 80 I nSerad ., hold
H. Ne -, the box in nv Ian and folded
nv hands across the cover PRETTY som
fslt some,hing bump inside. Il wasn't
4, violent bunp inst a little thurnn sRatnst
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nervous. In ah''h'r minute 'he 'hHinp-
ing came NJ the top ~ the box, harder
than before Then something hanged
against the s,des of the box. the bottom