The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-07-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOtT TOWN.


professional detecter Of counterfeits.
said receiving teller of one Of the big
banks yesterday Each Of these counter
felt detecters has a special license from the
Treasury Department at Washington
which permits him TO carry about $50
samples Of counterfeit money. IL Is q
felony to have counterfeit money IN your
possession without proper authority.
For each bogus bill the counterfeit detec-
ter carries a genuine note OF the same
kind and denomination for the purposes
Of comparison. The total value OF this
good money that Ia carried side by eide
with the bad is between SO, 600 and 'S50. 600.
The bills run from dollar up to 81 900 in
denomination.
"Not every one lie helped out Of an en-
barassing situation as I was to-day" con-
fessed an uptown young woman. II was
calling on some new acquaintances on
Staten Island. and wore a waist that had
just been cleaned in gasolene. The smell
was still noticeable when put il on. but
thought IL would get good chance to
air Oh the ferryboat. But to my great
chagrin the odor filed the room when
reached my destination. was wondering
apologizing profusely for the smell. ex,
planning that 1t came from the Jersey oil
tanks when the wind was right. i never
knew them to smell so strong. she added
The number Of philanthropists who de-
sire to have their good works known is
very great and even the churches are
taking adv antage OF this fact. In some
Of the smaller churches in the outlying
sections Of New York city they have
adopted n plan OF taking up a special col
lection on one Sunday each month and the
names of those who contribute 81 or more
are announced Ivy the clergyman on the
following Sunday. II seems odd to see
each collector accompanied by secre-
tary with book and pencil to note the
names of the donors Of 81 or more. but the
number increases each month. IL is said
that this system is even more popular
than the envelope system and that the
churches profit from the riv airy thus en-
gendered.
Just as | am beginning TO feel that life
is unpro ofitable. dull and stale something
happens to reconcile me to existence,
sa id pretty girl The affair of the taxi
cab was about the strangest thing that
ever happened to me | went calling in a
taxi The woman l called on had 80 much
TO say and took 50 much time to say II
that the last five minutes Of my stay
couldn't listen to a word she said for
counting to myself the rate at which that
taxicab was eating up money.
! six dollars and ninety-five cents,
figured finally and bolted desperately
Just AZ | reached the sidewalk another
woman equally desperate shot out of the
adjoining apartment house.
/ N..,tt uv,no CGa<}f NJ Ia ia
| Please let me take it l ain in great
hurry cannot wait for another,
| II have had it for an age ! said. !
owe
That's all right. the woman inter.
rupted / will pay it,
a roll of bills in her hand showed that
she was financially equal even to the de
mands of a waiting taxicab. The driV e'
nodded acquiesence in the change of pas
sengers. the woman jumped into the ca,
and away they went. For the next hall
hour l urged my friend to talk, but sh'
could tell me nothing on the subject IN
| which was vitally interested, the ideniit,
of the woman next door IL was n h,a
| apartment house through whose doors q
| hundred women pass each da anC
probably we nev er shall find out who th'
woman was or why she was in such d
desperat. hurry
! One call for services professiona
photographer dislikes above all other,
and that is to get an order for a picture
that is to he used as evidence in law suit
The photographers who are most in de
mand for this purpose are the busies
ones. those who make a specially o
taking pictures Of news events for tn
papers and magazines. When any on
wants Photographic evidence he is iikel!
20 remember the name Of some firm o
professionals that he has seen often il
print and asks them to do the job. A
a rule he conceals the purpose for whic
the photograph is to be used.
"We wouldn't mind that sort Of worl
so much il taking the picture was all tina
there was TO it," said one Of these pictnr
men We get 81 or S. for the picture
Later we get a subprna. and we hav
to send to court the man that took il
10 swear that he recognizes his work
. that he took the picture. that he neve e
was arrested and lot OF other fool stu
that uses mp days time. Therefore "