The evening world., 1889-09-11
PHASES OF CITY LIFE.
PICTURES OF DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR
GREAT METROPOLIS.
How Practical Jokers widely Advertised n
Newly Married Couple.

How Practical Jokers widely Advertised n
Newly Married Couple.
When q young man is married and starts
of on his wedding tour he is generally very
sensitive to the gaze of curious eyes, and
tries his best TO act ns If he had been married
for a long time.
A young man, who lives in a small village
not far from this city, was married recently,
and cane through New York en- route TO
Washington and other places.
He boosted to his friends how he was going
TO conduct himself 80 that he would not be
laughed at, and was sure that nobody would
have the faintest suspicion of his having just
entered the state OF matrimony.
his expense.
When the couple arrived at the depot the
bridegroom checked his yalise and entered
the train. One Of tho jokers, who had fol-
lowed them, bribed the baggag O. mnster to
allow him to see the travellers ~valise.
To the handle OF the vnlise the Joker, tied
a bouquet, to which was fastened a huge
white satin bow.
When the couple arrived in Town the
presented his check.
He WAS inwardlv congratulating himself on
his quiet conduct, when his gaze was at
tTacted by the long white steamers and the
bouquet.
He blushed and nervously Rrasped the
Vatise and prepared to march away.
A h~alf-dozen train hands gathered about
him and there was n general smile oil around.
Several passengers stopped a minute to
laugh, and the young man hurried on until he
reached his newly made wife.
He clutched her by the arm, rushed her
into q cab, jumped i'll hastily. and amid n
chorus of laughs was driven away.
Clerks and Cashiers Getting Bonds from
Guarantee Companies.
It is unnecessary nowadays for a young
man to have rich friends TO go on his bond
when he secures a situation where security Of
som kind 10 required of him.
There are companies in New York which
make u business of going on employees
bonds, receiving in return a small percentage
of the amount of the bond.
1t is said that this form of doing business
has become quite popular with railroad com
panies and other corporations of the sort, at
least one railroad refusing to accept any other
bonds except those furnished by q company.
These organizations already guaranl ee the
honesty of the employees along over 10, 900
miles of railroad.
The scheme of bonding bank cashiers ia
also very popular, and one company IL now
on the bond of over $50 cashiers in New York
State.
In somo places employers demand a bond
even though they don handle any money, or
happen TO lie unable to steal anything.
The charge Is very small, too. 1t costs all
the way from one-third of ] per cent. to
three-quarters of l per cent. 1t is a sig
nificant fact that the highest rate is that
charged bank cashiers.
A Gar Conductor MoraIIzrs on the "Kick-
ing" Travelling Public.
People have no idea what q car con-
ductor has to stand" said one of them to an
EVENING WORLD reporter this morning.
I'VE have TO keep order on our cars OF
else be discharged, and if we follow the
superintendent instructions We may find
ourselves mixed up between the public and
the Company.
You cannot imagine what a little will stir
up q fight. II a man ia asked to stop smoking
he may resent it. Then there are passengers
who break the rules by putting their feet on
the seats, and others who insist on sitting
down on the dashboard.
"Other people growl if You push past
them, and one night l vas struck q singing
blow for treadIng on the foot of a man who
suddenly stretched his legs half way across
the car.
mo doubt passengers have a good deal t.
: kick about, but we conductors are not tC
blame. We have a hard enough time of it,