The sun., 1910-02-06
LIVE rOPTcs ABOUr TOWN.

avenue music hall and moving picture
shvw. Horrors are that managers spe-
cialty. Posters and piraticai barker GO
their share toward creating goosenesh,
but they are not nearly so effective as the
youth who offers bottles OF smelling salts
Tor rent. Right out in the middle OF the
sidewalk he stands. thrusting his volatile
wares st0ppcred. fcrtunately-beneath
your nose.
Coin insideps says he. Take this
you'll need IL; faint without it.. Only five
cents. Braoc you up for the awful specta-
You stop; you wonder. What can that
awful spectacle be like2 The chances are
that you had n0 notion Of going TO that
show or any other sh0w just then. but the
prospect OF seeing something 30 blood
Curdling that you can't live through II
without smelling salts appeals, to your
Imagination. You drop all business and
20 In.
when I was q boy" said Charley
White. the old time prizenght referee.
EVERY saloon keeper had to have a parrot
or a monkey in his place to keep up with
his competitors. First class saloons dis
played both parrot and m Onkey, Sailors
Ssed e1.s to x PiSs tSp up goSd deal O. spending
and monkeys from South America 'or
Africa and selling them TO the saloon men.
Usually the sailors had taught the parrots
q fine brand OF marine language. Now
adays you never see q bird or a monk in
thirst pariors. wonder what happened
to change the fashion,
The man who had forsworn meat
wound up his frst vegetarian dinner with
the accustomed tip. The next day the
service was Indifferent. the third day it
was abominable.
anyhow he growled. He used to be a
good waiter. Now he simply throws things
THAT is because you didn't tip him
enough said the man opposite. Walters
always expect bigger tips for serving q
vegetarian meal. II takes such a variety
Of things TO make up for meat that they
trips to the kitchen. Any good waiter
had rather serve one meat dinner than
two OF vegetables, and unless he gets
tipped generously he gets ugly
Bull CON- q slang phrase which means
TO hatter. to praise with Interior motives.
had its origin In the West years ago.
When the gold brick game was started
the bunco men sprang fine. high sounding
combination OF words upon the simple
farmers. They called IL an investment
in bullion consolidated Years after
the words were cut down to bull oon..
and came 70 mean any graft that depended
upon the gift Of CAB. Still later It was
used to describe the method OF fiattery.
Il know people like my new iur coat
women. that s--not because they say 30
but because they all want TO try it on
said q woman. MY popularity Is en-
barrassing. Won't stay q while? people
urge. Won't l stay for lunch, for dinner,
for any old thing? Anyhow. will nothing
induce me TO take on my coat? When /
called In my old cloth suit nobody cared
half the time whether took my coat OF
or not. Now they sit up nights thinking
up ways TO make me remove my coat.
II don't do i voluntarily they get 30
from pulling II Oh.
-Of course they want to see the lining.
That is one cause OF their excessive
cordiality. But the main reason is they
want 90 Try my coat on and see IL IL looks
q sure sign OF the becomingness Of a
woman's clothes, especially her hats and
coats. II other women want TO try them
on they. may be set down as home run
hit"
1t was rush night at the italian restau-
rant and people were lined up three deep
waiting for a table. At one table big
enough for three ons man dined alone.
why don't you put somebody down
there with himl' asked man.
The little proprietor stared. with
him?' he exclaimed. -Ah. no; they never
come again. He is . conjurer. He
plays tricks on people who eat with him
and makes them look foolish. He eats
alone, always
That's right. said the man who
waited. Its q fact that nobody wants
to eat with those fellows. I don't. I'd
rather 20 hungry. There is one restau-
rant down town that Ia popular with
conturers: The proprietor has ordered
small tables especially for them. They
don't even want to eat with each other.
They may promise to be good. but before
Q meal N finished th9y are pretty sure to
make q laughing stock OF somebody
Seems 70 me- said the woman. that
that would be Q good way TO get table
oil TO yourself. just say you are a pro-
fessional conturer and everybody would
give you a wide BERTH
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Architect's Pufr speils His Case.
A judgment OF ts.oO1 obtained by
Abner J. Haydel. an architect OF l5e Fifth
avenue. axainst Charles A. Gould. prea-