Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-18
QUIET AFFAIRS.
Pswnshops Which Do Not Hang Out the
Three Significant Balls.

Pswnshops Which Do Not Hang Out the
Three Significant Balls.
In my rambles around this great
metropolis have been surprised at the
many methods of making a living,
writes u New York correspondent of
The Detroit Tribune. Certainly if one
half tie world do not know how the
other half live, they just as little know
how The other half make their living.
There is on Fourteenth street a Place
which gets its patronage from the very
swellest and most exclusive circles of
society. The place has no sign, moth
ing TO give il away as a pa~wnbroker's
shop. but such il is, Notwithstanding
its handsome entrance and liveried
door tender, who ushers the visitors or
patrons into an elegantly furnished
drawing room, decorated with rare
bric-a-brac and choice paintings. The
woman who keeps il, for the proprie-
tor is a woman, is dressed in the latest
style, and receives her customer as if
a guest. II is not until after the usual
exchange Of morning situations that
she asks:
"What can / do for madame this
morningi"
The madame displays a set OF Jew
elry, diamonds, perhaps, or bric-a-
brac, on which she wishes a loan.
Sometimes a note is given at the rate
Of Is or 20 per cent. These notes,
however, seldom go 10 protest. for the
givers do not care 10 have these trans
actions known TO their husbands; but,
apart from that, they care but little,
as il is generally understood that a
woman frequently exceeds her allow
ance and makes il up on the next,
while the obliging broker makes a
good profit from the necessities of
fashionable women.
The duplicate gift" woman who
calls at the handsome ''brown front"
house just after a fashionable we'd
ding is known TO the neighbors, who
zee her descend from a carriage or ba-
rouche only as a caller, but she makes
quite a living in buying up the dupli-
cate gifts. Every one knows that the
wedding gifts Of a season run in
grooves, and that most brides, on
looking over their possessions, find a
large proportion of their gifts dupli-
Gated. The bride who wept herself i'll
on finding that she had seven butter
dishes, every one alike, with a COW on
the cover, had not the advantage of
the bride Of today, who calls 10 her
aid the buyer of such duplicates.
One Of the popular brides of last sea-
son found among her 700 wedding
presents Is silver plated candlesticks,
3 bronze busts of Shakespeare, 4 etch.
ings Of Millet's "Angelus," 10 silver
hand mirrors, 3 engravings of one pic
ture, 8 fish knives, % pickle and olive
forks, 16 fans, IL jewel boxes, s bon
bon boxes and z table crumb knives.
What did she do with theml The ex-
change women came 10 her aid and
took most Of the duplicates of her
hands. OF course they were disposed
OF at a sacrifice, and the young bride
worried for weeks for fear the trans
action would leak out but what could
she dor She could not litter up her
rooms with duplicates. l think it
would be a good idea, when one is
sending out invitations for a fashion
able wedding, TO add 10 each what m
is desired 10 present, orelse 10 do away
with gifts by saying, Gifts not de.
sired" am sure either method would
save any amount OF annoyance TO both
giver and receiver.