Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-01
AFTERNOON IN BOSTON.
The Panorama of the Sidewalk a.
The Hub Never In n Hurry.

Cor. Chicago Tribune
1t has often been noted that Boston
ians, unlike New Workers, are never III
hurry; but, taking things deliberately,
stop to talk with each other on the
sidewalks, and saunter along slowly in
stead of Rushing about like mad men
trying to catch comet. Standing
on the corner of the common
one sees the Boston panorama to go d
advantage. Slowly hobbling up and
down beside the cnrbing Of the street,
seve al anti luated men, bearing
printed placards on their brca is
and backs, announce to the
multitude that corns may he
painlessly removed for a consideration
a dozen men with flowers and smirking
faces wander up and down the street
try ny to sell three pinks for quarter
there S crank distributing tracts in
relation to the com nS end of the o. d.
and beside him, with equal industry, a
10 ,uac Gus aarkv scatters hand-bills adj
vert sing a mistt clothing house Here
comes an old woman with a slueaky
and-organ, and, planting herself at
the corner of the Park Street church.
she grinds out doleful tunes and gathers
in few pennies from the pa sers by ::
while on the opposite corner few stray
dudes, with arms akimbo and canes at
present" try to cut swell in the eyes
of the world.
There are tired ones AMI merry ones,
and, coming in sight by the score, the
damn Ypnnln rufh ,,a.nf,.1 MI
dresses of gorgeous hues. pick their
way along the narrow walks, CHANGING
furtively into the eyes of those they
meet. Police officers who are evidently
bored with the cares of official duty,
pace modify up and down, and de-
tectives i'll citizens clothes keep sharp
lookout for pickpockets. Italian
vendors of fruit, Greeks from Cork
with candy, Little bot with pocket
combs, collar buttons, and other cheap
knickknacks, a few sturdy men with
trays of cigars and tobacco and ped
dlers of various other articles, greet the
pedestrians with re quests to buy, and
the newsboy plays the Bo,ton trick of
tearfully eseeching some good gentle
man to purchase only one paper. so
that the boy may be saved a thrashing
when he gets home. just inside the
iron gate of the common a man with
telescope draws crowd by Offering to
show Jupiter" and the moon for 10
cents look, with microscopic am
ination of stagnant water drops thrown
in free; and the legislators from the
country patronize him literally.
AS twilight deepens the crowds grow
merrier, and, if tie night is pleasant
troops OF young people wander about
the walks of the common, while quite o
number of interesting gentlemen, wlS
have evidently Just awakened froli
sleep. cant ously approach every benev.
olent-looking person with requests o.
40 cents for nights lodging" 1t il
often lively work for the police in the
common and adjoining public gardens
after night has begun. for various sorts
of in putty a. practiced when OCCASION
offers under over of the darkness and
the shad ng trees. When the garro:ers
take up business, at long intervals, the
common and gardens are favorites re-
sorts for them, and many persons who
might save half nile by cutting
across lots prefer to walk around the
edge of the common rather than run
the risk of getting their Threats
pinched in the dark.