Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-22
SIDEWALK MERCHANTS
New York's Street Vendors and Gas.
Light Stores and Shops.
The Three Classes OF street Mer.
ehants-Thc Queeres, Dealers
OF Aii-The Profit La
the Pennies.
New York Herald.

New York He-alaI
Everything marketable ami l-uoun to tho
stores and shops of civilization, from needIe,
and haiT-pins 70 horses and carriages, from
bananas aud grapes to oil hats and canes,
from no: com and lemonade u newspapers
and medals, from books ana note paper to
chanios skins and candy. from shoestr!ngs
and buttons to suspeniors ana carriers, can
be borciit in the streets OF New Yori, from
early dawn until nearly the hour for the NOR
rows sun 20 peep above the hor..oa. The
most vo,i.erous and possibly the NEST pros
Porous ii tie stree. vc.dars are tie boys
who sell newspapers, none Of whom need go
home with les than s. Cor as DAYS profit.
while raaEy who combine consultation with
Industry proudly avow their ability 10 earn
from 70 Sc day.
Cne would think that nothin. but the
direst aeei 60 ul1 impel s;uriy, well-de-
veloped y IA % sand from zen to fifteen
hours DAY manipulating gutta p,rcha toy
| or bloWi1. - iabv baIlc rs. Jerking wooden
| figure, Spinning tops, and exhibiting giin-
| cracks IN ceaeiaL Yet all the year through
| thess men can lie found doing presley
tEes. things more especially Eow, as the
autumn winds togin t. blow AMI thoughts of
Chris5past:dc fiji many minds The street
venGeTs can IL divided ir.o three classes
first, those who have reguiar stands, which,
] tn u-h mol fixtures. ~ nevertheless perma-
nenr, such "a 'lc fruit. Tower, newspaper,
and general periodical stani,; second, those
hav.E- q sufd GENTLY iars. stock Of goods,
niece Eating hand cart or ether moving
/ vei icla and third, those whose stock ia trade
consists literally in n few boxes OF matches,
: 4 IL \ i
! ellis. = few ,nve.opeS AID a half score of
/ cigar SJD.s very wealthy people have
star; II ia jest this way
Within The past ten years the flower trade
| Of New Iaik a wonderfully increased. 1t
j. within tLo recollection of our adult resi-
dents wien lLere were no. more than half
Gozn su! 'aEtially based Tower stores on
Nauiatj,.I island. Today there arc hun
dreds, Who's siies, however, would rot he
one hal. II" amount they now reach were i:
not Tor Th' Wen o. sending boys and girls
uirH. tas S'T.-. IS and avenues and in all pub
lie Isa-t' ert ElIccS with little punches and
WIKI AR LovvGets. At the ferries, near
thu Eost",iic" a; the -tGiions Of the elevated |
road. ~ c.ally along Fourteenth ami |
T"el = 80 nj stre Is, these little people, |
P,ri,li..c, us. icr >teat, pushing, aud insin
Ul-lng. OLE rEcir exquisite cclorings to |
hGryia- home pHblc. while Broadway i, |
ebsolltsll lUei from Fourteenth to Th'r |
Itch, not al1ue with stores filled with Cow /
crs, Int with -ts.Dds where men and women |
sell hundred, If GOllar~' worth every dax |
keeping sharp lookout also upon their littlr |
agents, VINO dart INTO cars and stages aud |
iUE &lcnS The si6s Il pedestrians, urging i
ID m 70 bay their pretty burches.
! few years ago there was an incursion Il
So. y
s. cigars. and cigarettes. these are J.
most entirely gone o;lt Of the street ira ;e
Now an;l lien 4 ChiEaman is found with =
stand Were fruit and cigars o: an inie tsS
quality are exposed, bat very rarely Their
plae e, so Ear rs cigars arc concerned, seem,
70 rave been taken entirely by rough look
ing class Of men, in saiiors garb, who hood
wink tho crcdulouS Ivy fairy tales Of snug
Cling, ard confi9eutislly, and with great Sc
crecy, sell Ci-ars tEat would be dear at
cents = hundred, Mt > cents apiece The |
quantity Of cheap jcwelTy worn by the lower
classes IN this community NUT be very
great. In certain sections of the city half
dozen pedd!ers with trays, hell by straps
siung about the neck. can be found Offering
hrea,i pins, rings, collar studs, and dixie man
ner of ccwgavs end ornament for man,
woman, nj child at labuicu-ly low rates.
l. would seem Is if an enormous trade must
be done IN order 10 furnish them CONT ortabIe
srlsislerc', because il the whole stock were
sli1 ten times a day the transaction would
amount 10 very small figure.
The Que.T,St dealers of al are thp-e who
t-'f,ir n old 'lothei Old hats, and old boots
II tac at place, they are always really 10
ua'e and decker. IL doesn't make any 1if-
ference what they have in their bags, they
in Off f,- i.
snia-t.:1g else, and it has always b,en
IL s:eIy I" Tie ordinary man as {, what was
done wit:. tae-a apparr ntly useless art.c G. of
apparel = 9 matter Of TACT they sell every
Slni of tDwErical article, from az OIL
new paper :" n i.t.i--rH9hsd cigar; from a |
Iair a.! IT-Hau ia--asT Shoe, 10 a moth
cata:. a,at. AM are oyiicnuy entirely salts
Hri 7..;a me I.oi't They cure. In the
-. r'r parts - the city. along the water
fronts, ia what ar ceae.ally termed tena-
"a aa-sc district, vendors Of this KIND
have FIRE, ran and license to 70 and come
n Their J.-h s,vae. Will. The 20 from ottic
70 te> risnt without king anybrly's per-
Is .1n- They know a glance what VIII
suir, and very l.rEic determine what price
- ask. Bed r'asl.irs l. fayorite art.c.e Of
rs j. E.i;h thee people, a =, every kind OF
Cr-rE--r. .IP. ar.j -iE'erS AMI plates cheap
.-,iye, and fork. aoi -p1"aS. and all the
minor bu' a"se>s1rr pa;Hnhetn :iil Of hum
b.p j IA, keeping
Almost every day clc re seen. mol iar
from ~ pgu.- church, enc or two horses
and carriages marked For sale Crowds
gather about thcui, and ihc sale proceeds I'M g.,
~ by order II e policeman tie business is
~, ended, 60 e resumed few blocks below
pUsil ;io ir,.it s~ou the vicinity Of every
IEss4-I 80 crowded with fruit and flowers,
from tie oNls"r Of half-dozen doubtful
,'CacEeS - o. tie fTuI rrCtOr o; large stand
ccca,a With tempting grov:hs of
Cy,sy kiLd Ev'Iy "i..; BILE corner On Broad
wn,, Url indeed every chic: thoToughfare, is
a. NJ ty ,siigr 4 fruit of some kind or !
at.-. lra!iaIs, ilis' and Germ aus have tie
iarEc proportion # these Little shops. Their
profit IS nt IA. PENNIES They live by VIVA;
TIC ordinary American would starve on
lhey are most 'aylns aud economical. They
pr-GiN -arrgt- or cellars, SAVING and care T
iu..y elrn- Tor tier profits until allie 10
10 IN u.3f IA "a e!aTc OF. or two i,slc.s above
i.s ,u which ley worked al first
iGs eii- Is busy enough IN the DAYTIME. :
,'D', a-ieg al, t2e Eicatest amount Il Street
sci n ., dCIr after niEItfail, AMI. :UCe u, / :
tu'.n-. b ! :er hours n the evening Many
,.cS re- d. lsot ring down their curtains
;-u; : u O'clock 81 night tut when the audi I
anr'- pour from Iham their first greetings
~ NON the iF, a. tower girls and news
pap. iats i iacl.loi g iolli;y. tie cut
&, 5'l.I- s.. -. tie CcciI:c LIGHTED thorough
IA -.~ r- bryaiway or the Eowcry. v here
."y ca. oint"G. n; almost every step. cries Of
tt.t cora. w al you buy my flowers" I
All M. e.. uu every ll.,S dealers in ral~c.l. o.
a~cay- ryaroS. S1ch a., fruit nuts cheap
.cF,r. m AMI gar-. i,o;G that hour on New
hDr,'- .ssr.' g.. sil ui ;Gc street OF IN sa!o T.
'es.-ta b. tn iC-:Hea arc in he'll Well F
IN H-sl. shores Gre Eud,- loci. and key liza J
man II 3, uec4 ;-e he must buy II On III, i
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