The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-02
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Southern Pacific Railroad, told this story
of the late +. II. Hartman:
"Of course when Mr.. Hartman went
out over the line ] naturally wen, with
him. He had way when he got into head
quarters of going out alone and getting
lost. lust going around looking AT things
for himself He might not say anything
of what he observed for one. two or three
days. hut he generally said something
He went into an Office at one of our gen
eral headquarters once and when We
| wer" out on the road again he began TO
talk about the particular vice president
whose Office he had visited and said:
went into his office the other day
and found him with IA y IT, of papers on
his desk. looking through them. and
didn't like that
What fault do you find with thet?'
] asked
81 would like TO see him without any
| papers leaning back in his char with
his feet ON his desk thinking thinking,
| Nlr. Hartman answered
Staten Island women who have re-
ceived pinctishions for Christmas pres
ents may be interested in the experience
of West Side woman who received a
cushion of dainty workmanship but some
: what peculiar odor. Two days after the
present was received the giver appeared
and with apologetic mien expressed n
wish tu exchange the gift for another
exactly like it
| Il made those two cushions for you
and friend on Staten Island. she said
They are Just alike except for the stuff
ting That is different Yours il stuffed
with sawdust hers with old dried out
coffee grounds ] used them because
pins and needles stuck into them will
not rust. Staten Island is u damp place
Pins rust IN damp places. therefore you
are Conferring feVor upon persons who
live there hy stuffing their pin cushions
with coffee grounds.
Men Who Buy Flowers which ap-
peared in TIVE SuN of December IS. in
terest.d me-" said a New York florist.
| But two classes Of men who are nova
days large buyers Of flowers weren't
mentioned chaufeurs and buffers.
These men are among our regular GUS
toners whom it is IL real pleasure to serve.
They are flower lovers. Where wealthy
woman doesn't want to be bothered with
ordering flowers for her limousine she
turns the job over to her chauffeur. il he
happens to want il. know one French
/
life He dreams over the flowers he will
order for his car the next day and the
| dav after that Al the first hint Of spring
he leaves 1t standing order for tulips and
| croclses Sometimes he chooses just a
mass cf feathery green without single
blossom. He is an artist in this sort of
thing. Sometimes a butler feels the
same way about the growing plants and
| cut flowers for the rooms. In both cases
it's nothing unusual nowadays for the
| lady of the house To get credit for eN-
auisite skill in ordering flowers when. As
a matter of fact. the praise should go TO
her flower loving chauffeur or butler
Orangeries usually are associated with
the palaces and big estates of Europe.
Half a century or SO ago, however, there
were orangeries in this country as well
Now il is doubtful il a single one remains
or at any rate still used for its original
purpos. Even in Europe there are not
many Reminders Of famous one.
though. may be seen any summer in the
gardens of the Tuileries. Paris, where the
tubs of ancient orange trees are placed
in orderly array so long as the weather
warrants
Here the rise of the orange in Florida
and California sounded the death knell
Of the orangery. The fruit was not only
more common bvt ii became a comJGara-
lively easy matter 10 see IT growing out
doors in all its glory of luxuriance. So
the special houses for wintering orange
trees north Of the orange belt We're either
torn down or diverted 10 other uses
There are plenty of frulting orange trees
| in the North nowadays. but there are
| merely a specimen or two III "A greenhouse
devoted TO various plants. The old time
orangeries differed materially from the
| modern greenhouse; most of them had
| glass only on the sides.
4 -labsUi.d black and white cat that
had evidently been come time without
home and good meal wandered into
| the Domestic Relations court short
time ago and found the warmth th-r.
| agreeable
, Its presence was tolerated and il seemed
! NOR. anxious for friendship than for
| food after its life of vagabondage II
| made its way to the judicial chair and
then jumped into Magistrate Corn-ll's
| lap. His Honor stroked its glossy hair
| Pussy purr.d in pleasure. curlcd up and
went To sleep
! Thereafter III. cat passed much time
among the papers ON the Magistrate's
| desk. Court attendants shared their
luncheon with II and lts emaciation dis
appeared III llS new Ibllnt nome. II
| became part of the court stan
When the third question put To the
girl who was tinting "A customers hair
"A fashionable shade "liCitcd no reply
! the woman turned to III" manager Of
the beauty shop and said
What il the matter with that girl
| anyhow? IL she deaf"
Very nearly" said the manager
How does she hold her place?- said
the woman. 1T seems to me that every
body employed in place like this stands
| in need of all her five senses"
THAT is just what they do not need
was the reply If one sense is lacking
the other -four make mp for the deficiency
and become more valuable because
more acute Your hairdresser cannot
hear, but her sight il marvellous She
| can detect gray hair half a block away
and her gift for shading and matching
colors amounts to real genius No woman
| with all her faculties Is so constimrnate
/ an artist az she in touching up difficult
head of hair When you are ready for
massage ! shall bring you "A blind girl
| All her art Is centred in her finger tips
She can find and smooth away wrinkles
| that less sensitive fingers would not dis
cover, Another deaf girl in the estab-
lishment is particularly sensitive to
| scents and is invaluable in mixing and
applying perfumes. The manager in