The sun., 1910-07-16
LIVE TOPICS ABOUr Town.

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tons To- building on Madison avenus
which began the other day Several
years a go this block Of shops and studios
was put up with an arcade about seven
feet wide separating them from the aide
walk lhls furnished protection from the
! sun and the inCl.ment weather and would
have seemed an advantage for the shops
protected IN this way; but there was never
sufficient Demand Tor them. 80 now the
D. hrcad" ~ 90 te removed and the shop
windows moved ont To the stoop line
II - a curious fact that New York ~
uniqu" IA il rejection of arcades aud
similar methods Of building. although
they ar- popular IN nearly every other
city ~ IN" world
In. trustees OF several churches in n
West Side neighboThood were approached
hy the representative of Weighing
machin. company with the Tsqueet that
he be allowed to set up machine at a
respectful hut convenient distance from
the church door
What ~ your object'- asked one Willy
trustee
-ENp.rienCe has shown ~ that the
public has much more faith in q weighing
machine which stands near a church
entrance than anywhere else, the agent
replied People who think they have
been cheated ont of one To tifty pounds
by other public scales still trust TO the
veTacity of a church door machine and
Inhesitstingly deposit their cents
Even Old Glory is not free from
sup~rstitions. said the travelling man
ON my last trip I passed through a
community that had become 90 prosper
oIs that the poor farm had 20 be aban-
A. g..
dispose Of the flag which had been run up
every morning on the front gable of the
house First he undertook to sell the
flag, hut ~ no bidders appeared he tried
In give II away Ne offered il To the local
grange to three district schools. tn the
county fair and To German picnic
association. hut IN each case the nag was
refused This refusal implied no slight -
th. flag old associations alone qIleered
its chances and not a man in that com
munity who was Interested IN any public
enterprise could be induced 10 accept the
flag that had once hoated over poor
house
sitting A. n table in a Broadway cafe a
we'll known turfmAn q few nights ago told
how the phrase Got your goat origi-
mated He said IL was borrowed from the
racetrack stable He said thar II had been
the custom of many trainers to place
coat with a thoroughbred In training for
a race. The diversion that the goat fur
nished the horse was supposed 10 play a
great part in balancing IA" animals tenn
neramcnt When 'he time for the race
was near at hand great care was exercised
To prevent the horses friend from being
stolen nv han gers on who figured thus To
unnarve the racer Tho Ices of tho goat
has be,.n known 10 worry a thorough bred
enough 20 make him lo>~ \ race, AMI so y
came Ia - said that when horse Jailed
10 perform up Ia expectations somebody
had got his < iat.
The mana ger Of n large bathing pavilion
near the citv WI. unpacking yesterday a
lot II thin uuder~hirts which he had ac-
uuired IN A trip 10 Brooklyn They had
long sleeves and were high In the neck ~
n Was not apparent what profit they were
gr'n =" be - the manager
Az different sizes and picked em up
for nothing he sad ~ his ewes cleaned
~ tho idea of future profits What u they
have I,nR s'e..yeSg What n they are high
m tho nechs Many q Sunburned man
c.,nea 70 sc IN the summer to buy s"fn--
thing that will protect htS arms and mock
'ghsn he gUe- into the water Mo-t OF
,hSin want 10 know II they can buy long
-ls~ved under-hirt somewhere ney
10 able - 81 u this summer a u right and
III - ah,c 10 make some - Tho money l
Iost las, summer hy not having EN-
II the gas company ever undertakes :"
run an employment bureau - sld" In"
no doubt tho first j1D they s"cr" will -
given ~ Martha Dolan. she - the author
II thIs Diea. received last week l'y mem
4 or of the ,-rfnDauy once stan
Can anvl.udy N your CJncern give me
employment a. a general hou-eworker'
| Eas fred from a good place last week
iecIusa I viii read late AZ night and run
up A hIR gas viii. - " - up 10 -rfnebndy
IN yorr com pany 20 get me another JOB
I'm always Interested in looking at the
sre~irn.n- ot old time wall paper as shown
on the I'D. of building adjoining
dwelling that's just been torn down.
said a New YORK decorator by booking
at the wall decorations it's easy 20 trace
the different rooms on tho various floors
and almost possible To tell about when
the decorating was last done. some ot
the wall papers recently eNTp-"d on
- rec, heing gwen over to tpIsineas pur-
uose- date hack thirty years ago and are
a strange contrast TO thos" we've recently
,Iaed The da,ios. the friezer and the
odd coloringr ~ the paper. to say nothing
OF Its design and texture. are sometimes
a zairpr,sa even 10 decorators who teel
pretty well up ON whats leon used Tor
I n. last half century Whenever ! as--
A man stand. AZ often do. and study the
sid. wall Of one of the-e demoilHhed
house- with it, C,IrlO,Is display of old
tim. decorations its a positive struggle ,
FOR me mo-, To go up and ask MIN what /,