The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
LIVE TOPICS AROUT rOWN.

IN TINS city. said landscape artist whose
paintings have attracted O nmendation.
The place I refer 20 10 up in The Bronx
where the river Of that name runs through
q rocky gorge On one side tho rocks
rise up sheer for a hundred fee OF -.
and on these is goodly forest 81 big trees.
There u q WATERFALL and below II the
rapids churn the water into foam A
little further and the stream u a. placid
a. Niagara u under the railroad bridge;
On the other side % the river is the old
stone SNUFF mill that made snuR for the
officers and men % tho Revolutionary
armies On the roof OF the mill N the
old hell that used 20 call tho hands to
work
-The cav cav Of crows may be heard
in the woods. a wild duck may bs seen
in the river. while gray squirrels rustle
the dead leaves in search Of acorns and
nuts
The conversation Of the Ave men seated
about a restaurant table turned 20 present
day prosperity Four Of them insisted
that times are still hard.
Hard nothing said the hfth. Its
because the people OF New York have
no regard for money. They'll kick
u around IN the street rather than stoop
and pick u up
His companions laughed.
I'm willing TO prove It," rejoined the
wine agent. @I'll bet $50 I can lay dollar
hill or a Eve dollar bill out there on tho
sidewalk and nobody'll stoop 20 pick e
up. But they'll kick IL around A. though
IL was Q cigar Stub and pass on
His companions were all Interested
now. and the bet was made. They went
to Fifth avenue and Twenty sixth street.
The fifth man took a dollar bill from his
80 that only the white inside the green
border was exposed and laid Il on the
sidewalk
Il lay there for 1--WE minutes. during
which time about 80 persons passed
over u. some Of them kicking q. but
never a one stopped TO pick Il up. The
bet was paid up.
1T n astonishing remarked q well
dressed woman In an uptown car. the
trouble these department stores take In
order not To loss customers that have
an account
For instance'- suGg~stsd hsr male
-0h. you are in that business. of courns.
and know all about Il. hut the other day
ordered some tribes for q party and
they did not arrive In time, and I COM
planned Next day my maid brought me
up a steel engraved card With the name
II the manager Of the store On d. When
went down ] found such q stylish looking
man, fault lsssly dressed and full of apollo
gie-. who assured mo Il would never
occur again.
DO YOU suppose you are tho only ono
he ever called on OF that had to he pacifisd
hat day evsnG- asked the man.
why. no. not exactly.- replied tho
woman. bridling q little at the implied
Inc sam" trouble with osnsrs who have
arge accounts. You are IN the business.
\ on ought 10 know
Then may I ash what time docs the
have left To manage the storef-
pursued the man. sttll smiling. The
nan that called on you 10 not the manager
II the store at all. and think you viii Ind
his card simply says manager. He n
he manager IL customers who have
Sicks coming.
4 Bookkeeper In a Wall Street ONCE
announced last fall that 10 had taken .
arm On Long Island where he could raise
chickens Al winter he made everybody
,nvious with tales % fresh laid eggs.
Dozens Il persons asked hiEn 60 bring In
.orne. offering from 81 20 rs cents a dozen.
A. long AZ eggs we're scarce the book
sc.p.,r had none to sell Suddenly when
ne market dropped To ~ cents wholesale
NJ Bookkesper let II he known that he
-Ould spare a few ~ 81 cents. The first
tay ne brought six dozen packed dozen
IN a hON, ana all were quickly taken by
he next week he was delivering from ten
% twenty dozen a day
Then one week young woman In the
1fic,. went To spend Sunday IN Queans
Her hostess happened to mention the
book k..perr name. Conversation re-
yeaied mat he lived IN a fat and kept 10
rnirk.n-. also that for weeks a wholesale
.gg dealer had been making daily de-
IveTies at the bookkseper's house and that
every morning he carried to Manhattan
he eggs that had been hauled To him
he day before.
He was buying Al " cents and selling
81 ~ Hut its all over now. A woman
never could keep a secret.
The most unusual moving picture
that I have heard 81 was
pros. nt.'d 20 mo to-day said the man.
lg,r II a rug Office building downtown.
"" have a snte of oIiCss on the thir-
nth floor that has b~en vacant for
), v.r.l months and that in the spas. !
vant"d for the picture theatre. The /
promoter argues that we nave nearly I.
~ souls in the building and hundreds |
II thousands of neiRhlborn and that there /
re- always enough 81 them at leisure I
mi s.ekinE diversion to keep his house |
nit Lunch time ranges from noon tn ,
~ u nd n" ought 20 have a jam ~ mes !
-r gers stanoRrs phe r. and telephone girls .
uTOtlKN tnPN ftfnf. We nANeuN CiO1en 7
h" deal yet hut We may
Men would 10 glad 10 treat ~ women ,
III" hornhills and We must show them I
hat W. gro not hornbills but are their .
NJ ll.ctual and social equals. said the 4
uHraEctte speaker.
man IN the audienco was curious about "
ha hoTnbill application in the simile hut
y MT away unenlightened. some time
tsrwar1 he visited the roo and in one
Z tn. aRes saw = bird from India about
= bg as turkey. with q yellow beak
h4t looked like banana but nuch
'rg'r
The description of the bird said that
-hen az homo in the hollow 81 q tree
Ire HOrnbill sat on three eggs with
laternaI instinct and Mr.. Hornbill on
h. outside plAst-red up the homo en-
rancs with clay. leaving only a slit large
noIgh for Mrs Hornbill within to put
~ nor beak 10 receive food during her
lr@e weeks engagement there.
~ hInban ds were always 40 good N
1ciF wives as Mr. Hornbill 10 20 hia better
ar thsTe shouldn't be any kick coming
All the man.