New-York tribune., 1883-11-04
SOME INTERESTING FACTS LEARNED FROM THE
RESIDENT SURGEON.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS LEARNED FROM THE
RESIDENT SURGEON.
A Broadway dealer in umbrellas and canes
displays taseGully printed card in his window announ-
cling that be keeps an umbrella and paraso hospital
and signs himself resident surgeon. The card says:
Broken ribs bones carefully set and neatly mended
in fact the whole frame speedily recovered on moderate
terms English French, German, Italian and American
patients Of all nations attended the shortest notice
Having had extensive practice and thousands OF cases
under treatment the undersigned is happy to say that
he never turned one out as incuTabe. He has mad
brought to him many patients Suffering from weakness
brought improper and in afeW hours they
have been restored their original health and strength
Consultations, examinations and operations daily
Advice gratis" The announcement srrested the ateh-
ton of TRIBUNE reporter, who entered the hospital
and talked with the surgeon"
Kind of cute isntitH" said he, and, as thought It's
brought me heaps of who to talk and re-
mained to buy, DO people often have umbrellas
recovered Not much you would think. You see
with an ordinary $40 umbrella 1T is the silk and tue
finishing that make the cost for cannot recover an UNI
bella with the best silk and fix 1t up as good as new
under S. 90; you only 81 80 on $40 umbrella
But when there expensive handle It, 1t becomes
worth while to have 1t DONE for you cannot tell 1t from
new il it is recovered by first class workman Ihe
other day rich lady, OF my customers. came IN WIN
two um brellas worth when new about $l7. covered
them finished them, and she gave them away as pres
y.
and saving so per cent You understand OF course laI
those prices refer to our hrs-class goods We nhEo
chraner i'm stock three four KINDS oi SIR
The English Spitaheds is undoubtedly the Dest lnen
comes Swiss and then the fTencn lherc arg
cheaLer grades in winch the hng bs IL is cdlEu' -
composed or cotton. III Ihbeb dpOut 'nV J'A' VI
DO we sell many imported coods should smile.
Nearly all our best goods English and few French
The duty made-up umbrella Is Leary oU PER
ad valorcm; often import tue cOhpOncnI Palo,
aud lit them together here. our manufacturers elSne G
will cannot manage to fnlsh tue goo9 50 WI % f
a,l,sf fiullV
expensive articles. For instance, hhlsheu aVSg az
umbrella for lawyer OF TINS elty oi wnGn % er @ % vii
alone cost 800. II an owl III gou anu HlNer wiz
egelled eyes Here is an "rGer Just on Tvs way 10 @
factory fOr and umbrella 10 cost S4O or so h
handle for the two HOW IL that nanaseui - "a -
aas,Iy You see all my silver handles are screwed or
he fOp the cane or unlpreha SO as 10 DC ehsly u
taohablr should the stick break Now mas IStey De
| coTe Tie fashion TO have ones umbrella and cane U
match and it struck me that II WOula Oe niue toun
wncn taking either article out III the morning lOr lh
| nwuer TO sCreT the handle. IhuS iOI shSht huul
tonal cost one gets handsome S0V stoA as "el' as
| 40 dollar umbrella Great idea, isn't III
what the prevailing fashions ID m 9 m i
There you've got Their name Is legion ana rs ION
s they are dd-oOkinG aud in solid silver one pattern
"a toney as another II is an expensive matter 10 &c
mn new pattern for these handles are al hac III set
dias which cost large sum 20 cut The design is lnad
i'm two uarts which are then silver sOlicred tOgethe
and the ioint filed over and fixed up TO escape dc
fectiou These imitation buckhOrn are popular as ar
also these balls OF teraced silver wlre Dut tne aty
nave TO be mUOred no one In this country seems aol
Ia make them They try, OF course and produce "a sol
| M thing which looks well enOu Sh at a distance. -,
Who are my principal customers MOI dltogelheI "
class you would eXpect-tashi0na6e Young men men ~ Az
indeed find that old gentlemen whom you WOuu heNe
| suspect OF vanity are among my best customers an an
are more particular than their sons or negheWs LaOle
700, who wish TO give husbands ana hnneeS PnGSen[ @
| I know some goOd-lOOBug youngsters VINO nave
select from their stock with good deal OF Idgment au
ace 20 carry the wrong girls present when calling a u
| right girls house"