New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-01
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


sistins between nickel and slot in the starting of
mechanical action there has been steady increase
in the number of in which the invention has been
put 10 practical use The weighing machine was ono
Of the first contrlvances to which the invention was
applied, but although considered remarkable affair
in IT'S day, the original automatic weighing machine
is now entirely out Of date The most recent inven-
ton in that line not only weighs accurately but
discourses music the while, and hands out to the
weighee' card bearing the record of the affair."
Including both weight and date. There are several
OF these machines in uptown resorts, and they are
extensively patronzed by people who cannot be happy
unless they know at stated intervals just how much
they have gained or lost in weight Many persons
preserve the cards and thus have a ready means Of
comparison.
8" The for flowers Is becoming more popular
every winter" said the fower-grl in an uptown
hotel, she deity fashioned fragrant button hole
bouquet, consisting of a carnaton, violet and
rose with Just spray. of fern and handed it over
to a customer for the Insignificant sum of twenty
five cents "Tewer flowers are worn,7 she continued,
but people them. Young men are my
principal customers, and some Of them would as
soon think Of appearing in evening dress without
their collars cuffs without their flowers
young woman, too nowadays would think her escort
strangely lacking in courtesy he failed provide her
with an odorous collection for her corsage."
"Isn't it strange said an old New-Yorker the
other day, show many people there are who have
lived in NewYork all Of their lives and have never
what commonly known as the sghts-that
Is things that people from out of town coming 10
the city visit in their round Of sght-seeing'" An
inquiry among number Of people who had lived
In the city all their lives proved that the remark
was true number had never been in the Produce
Exchange tower, nor TO Bcdlow's Island they had
never climbed up In Trinity Church steeple, nor
been on top Of the Washington Building; many had
never been in the Museum Of Art, and but few had
visited the Museum of Natural History; and several
found who had lived in the city twenty-five or
thirty years and had never crossed the Brooklyn
Bridge. They didn't any OF them know why they
had never visited any Of these places but the answer
of nearly all OF them that they knew they could
20 there any tme and had kept putting it of from
day TO day till they found 1t more convenient TO
spare the time
=" Did you ever notice. said ticket agent on the
elevated road the other day, how many people when
buying ticket will stare at great big sign reading
Fare 3 Cents and then put down nickel in the
window and say give me one and inv&1aDIy
emphasize the 'one'
A broadheadcd man with deepset brown eyes
dark heavy mustache and general air Of business
about his somewhat understood form, IS Mr. C. l.
Peyton Of Chicago's most enterprsing publishers
who IS a frequent visitor here. Unlike most Chica
goans. he really does find much TO like about New
York, but he also a few subjects for criticism
among them our downtown festauIdhls' We dio
away ahead of you in this matter he said IN discuss
ing it, you have lots of hehprced concerns, places
where you can go and get good luncheon for 90
cents or a dollar. But you are almost without the
neat attractive eatnghouses that we have in Chicago
where you are served with just good bill Of fare
and lust as fine service for less than half the money
Why there one can get excellent luncheon, hrst-
every respect, for from - 10 40 cents Here
YOU would pay dollar for It. ! wonder your bus+
ness men don't rebel against II. But suppose they
are all rich and don't care
Public dinners becoming the rage. The
Chamber Of Commerce. the SpellLinders, the Repub
ucan League and several other equally important
ORGANIZATIONS have had dinners, and now comes the
announcement that the Tariff League viii give one
N DelmoncOs on January Il. Details Of this anall
are vet incomplete, but the intention IS 70 make II
enc of TIE great features of the dining season. Tie
orstorc al part Of the programme is " be exceptionally