The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-06
LIVE TOPICS AROVF FOWN.

A Central Park West woman hae
coachman who has some ideas % bic own.
OF late the horses have looked particu-
larry well groOmed and sleek.
What have you done to the hOFsss,
inquired the pleased mistress, that
they look - much nicer than they used
to?A
We'll. you see replied John, i've been
borrowing the vacuum cleaner from the
maid and using L TO clean the horses
every morning. Il oertafhly does the
work IN good SHAPE, ma am.
= visit the night court quite often.
said a sightseer. but the other night
! got there before court convened and
was surprised TO see an old man Tever.
emily patting the Wainscoting. My c,iri-
osity was 30 aroused that asked a court
attach6 what Il all meant. He looked
al me sympathetically and then said;
Why. man. the woodwork In this
building can't b. bought nowadays.
That man over there IL probably an old
GreenwiCh village Cabinetmaker, one %
several who drop IN occasionally tO adj
mire these old black walnut benches and
doors. Look a. that strip Of wood along
that wall Ask any furniture man its
value and he u say its worth liz weight
where the bOndsmen and lawyers ait
notice those markings and see how boauti.
fully tie polished. All the benches, even
the one the prisoners use, are equally
valtAble
There's not a hit 81 tho original
woodwork in this building that's not
solid black walnut. and II it's torn down
the house wrecker won't have much
trouble in getting a good price for u
The building was erected in ISL and cost
about t1SO, OOO Guess this woodwork had
a good deal " do with the price.
There was some quick work done in
getting the moving pictures Of King
Edwards funeral out before the public.
The first photographs arrived on or about
midnight Thursday, and the funeral film
was being shown all over town on Friday
night. 70 do this II Was probably neoeS. |
sary to develop negatives on the way
across on the big ship that carried the |
first photographs Of the funeral. On the |
occasion Of the big fight In Nevada several |
years ago the films 81 the moving picture /
machines were developed and printed in |
a special car a. they were being hurried |
eastward by train.
We often have customers ask us II
ladies watches are ever a. we'll made and
a. mems. said jewellsr.
I want a watch for my wife that will
90 and keep good time. said a customer
The other day Womens watches a. .
general thing run about half the time,
- - i.
,he invariably replies. Well. II INV watch
. right Il IL such and such a time. or
IL ia5 o clock ifmy watch ls still going
I tried 10 suggest that women them
selves might be az fault. but he h still
that Womens watches are
mere plavthings.
IL seemed IN me the refinement Of
,r1elty that the dingo should have his
nome IN the enclosure next 70 a family
II jackrabbits- said a woman visitor
% the roo
only a WiTe fence separated the two
enclosures A. the pair Of rabbits with
wo half grown youngsters played about
heir home they would occasionally 60
hose 20 the dividing fence, where the
Wild dog sat watching them with blood
n his eve. They hnpped about and
,hassd one another. al unconscious Of
he blood lust that kept their neiRhbor
n a culver
His muscles became tense and his 4
mouth open a. one q the rabbits came 4
within A foot 0r ~ n where ~ was stand ,
NJ The rabbit ran along Close 10 the
enCe along his side u it But the fruit
, A. lust ~ easy for Tantalus a. the rabbit
A. for the dngo II would he an act 4
4 mercy - put him In a home that vas 4
,ut II sight u "a tempting 4innef ,
When telephone while sitting ~ |
DO sand woman who tele-
ihon-s a good deal Y harl'gLI.v speak
n a low tone. NOT very much above a
whisper when telephone standing up
don't shrek exactly. buf I find myself
,lways speaking In q loud tone ! sup
,nse the reason for these thing. j. simple
.rough When I an sitting / am com
ortahle and entirely a. ease bodily and
Inclined ~ do things easily and then |
an al lust the teleph0ne o. exactly tho
most convenient height and angle and
uaak into b. QUITE without Fhurt. u h ,
m very easy whereas when { have 20
tand AZ a telephone some effort - re-
luired in that, am more or less rigid %
tart with, and tien the telephone may he
ne fixed in position may have 10
end my face more or lees up oT down ~
he transmitter. ~ stand In position
more OF lesa constrained. and then when
come tu speak always find myself AZ
1u might say. shouting into tho tele-
hone II is my experience that ! make
myself heard more surely when sitting
nd talephoning as | do then, easily and
b a low tone
1 hadn't any ldea how many drn hv- +
rants there might be IN New York until
took a ride uptown on The SiNth avenue
levaied the other day said a man who
NOTICES.
Above Forty -s~cond street hey have
tarted in 70 paint the hydrants a brilliant
ed Tie dark brown ones DO not at
rart the Iye ! counted two 70 four .
vdrlnts in every cross street. every
lock. IN addition - he ones A. the ,
orners Of the avenues. ard thsn ! began
10 wonder how many blocks there ara on
he maD u Manhattan came IN the d
onclusion that the job Of painting rsd r
pretty IIg one and I deCidsd tina, -,
al a good deal rather ell tho paint ,
han apply b. ASIDE from the faCt that u :
m be an advantage ~ the fremen n .
ave the hydrants red. u gives bat Vt !
dior % the rnonOtonOus brown and gray ,
{ buildings and asphalted streets. The :
.onder IL II wasn't done before
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