Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-03
STREETS OF NEW YORK.
WHAT THEY ARE LIKE BEFORE AND
DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
Tho Street venden and Their Wsrsa
Their Eioquence and Their Custom
erS-Dangers Of the Sidewalk.
The Big. BIG Babel



Especial cor-.poodencsl
NEW York. Dec. 3l-The holidays in New
York come with blare and biasonry. The
preceding weeks are noisy and wsarisoma
Santa Claus arrives early, unloads his pack
in temporary booths on the street and his
agents begin the ea--splittiug business Of
working of their merchandise on the help
less public.
Broadway and some Other pretentious
streets are exempt from these extra encum-
brances. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave-
nue. swarm with them Covered and uncov-
cred stands, loaded and bede.ked with eyery
pattern of meretricious and useless trinket
the eve can conceive. hem in the sidewalk
They are tilted up on weak lers and v.bble
like rudderless boats Their burden. how.
ever. though esver than psroou.ts. .r, also
light AS thistle down. CbeaDns.s and e.ndi-
ness form a compact to eusnsrs the nicks,s
of the multitude Ard mccasd
Tobe mre these .tr.at ,s.nd. contain noeb.
ing one cannot um.Ilv r,t On verv verl With
out. but thew allure the svs by The brieat
colors and fantsstic shap,. Of their rood.
And then their cheeune..i Cbe.pns.,. 70 the
wise. isn't . hieh r.commendstiou but tn
the foolish and tbs inexper;euced Il Il the
highest The peop,e vho buy . thing bsc.use
II Is cbesp ar, .lv.vs lepion For them the
five cent counter hs. charm. bsyond com.
pare. No matter how worthless q thing NAV
be it looks attractive to than II In pric, n
low
For the most part The people like these
street stands Of the holidaya To bs sure
they make the sidewalks almost impassab.e,
wedging it full of pedestrians, who hover
over these foolish ittls out~ide seorss, ana
price and dicker and examine, but then they
give festal air to everything, make 1t look
lively" you know, and everybody likes that
They herald the coming Of Christmas, stay
and then vanish for . twelvemonth.
Everything, yes, everything of small mo
ment is sold on the streets OF New York b.
fore and during the holidays shivsrins
puppies are thrust in your face by qussr-
looking dog msrchanta Bouquets are offered
by energetic boys with brasen throat., At
prices that fairly sweep you Oh your fest, %
beguilingly low arc thsy. Coetou-dannsl
elephants stand meekiy in long rowa wait
ing to be appropriatsd. These interesting
beasts, in the matter Of color, are mot limited
to the dull hue Of The hsah- -and-blood sls-
phanta They are - gorgeous - tie fflies Of
the nsld, In blus. rcd and yellow soms have
even achieved stripsA This, though . wide
departure from nature msses ths spproha
ton Of the infants who eventually become
the possessors Of these haples cotton brutsa
The dealer in small trumpets reaps . fruit
ful harvest One meets his purchaser svery
step or 20. armed with their new and disturb
ing poa.ession. blowing Ike trumpet ms jora
The top man interests people. big and htsis
and his sales arc good. Hh tops are IN .
basket On the baakse rests small tray Gov
cred with . nswspapse On this small
theatre the top performs as his baadine.
They sing what be ID plsassd tocan ''Swsse
Home" be striking down On thsm as inter.
vals to make thsm rspsat '4thsir noeA"
Said notes arc very uncertain, but noboiy b
srtremely critical It d enough thas tAs Top
carries tune" Thh Il does almost . VII
- did dog that oucs sang ths NarssiIlaise
for ma In both caas ths words were
rather indistinct and ths tuns . listis shAky.
But the top man has . glib and guflsfu
tongue, and it wags to ths giorincation OF
the top An opsn-nouthsd crowd gathsrs
round him 1t il made up. mostly. a dirty
faced boys and giris and misuahas money
Ies msn and vonsa, to whom N t.css,ans
harangue u mcse pleasing sloqaanca Hs
nctious and witlsa vis &nnD tAsn
heartily. For ths time thsy arc Won fsun
the recollection Of their scourging poyuEty.
The top man known well that thsy cannot
patronise him: but b sutsrtaim tAsm 70
the best of hin ability. bscauss thsir intssse
looLs businsss-hks, and ATTRACTS oehsrs Who
have the whsrewitbai 10 bay.
Dolls! The locusts of EUpe wsrs not
pore numsroua They stare, With big, soul
les eyes from evsry window; they hang O
svery string in the street booths; they dwell
in every place high and low; thsy ovsrrun
the earth They and their wardroba mooop-
oliss mscA spacs IN u world just nov.
Ths pop corn man dos . rusAi1g basinsA
One wooden that thsrs are intslhgsae Csa-
turss willing Osat ~ pop com b dspNso,
expcssd - IL b 70 - dirs a ths sersst and
the dust from the garmsots of ths immsuss
throog that continually svssps BY Il Noe
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