The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-26
UNCLE SANS club HOUSE.
Observed IN tie Coyfilors 81 the
Sew York fostonee.
SAD s~sn<s SD Lsuxhaale rns,idsnts
seme az the aaser Elupders
raas are M.de Daily

visit the p3ssnstsee not single . probes
sional shisf. pick pocket or swindier Is
ever SLOWED ioenter the corridors. The
szfehmen know them al by sight and
moss OF them By name. and the en-
frances are guarded with = care that
saves many an honest dollar from
Ending its way into dishonest palms.
TIE possottice is the largest and
most popular club hoase in this coun-
try. Here every day business ap.
| pointments are made. engageme nts
are Fixed, calls from out OF town visit
ors are received, goods are bargainea
for. stocks are bought and solds real
estate is traded in, letters are written,
papers are read. kilograms are sent
.ud messages are brought back.
Every phase Of life shown in this biz
town is here presented daily. Isisthe
! peoples club house. and yet Ia spite
OF the Ianlble OF interests. the crush
| ing OF crowds and the diversity OF err
rands. there is no more orderly spot il
New York. nor is there more inter
esting place 70 observe what Tnelr0poi-
itan life really is. Let Us stand in This
corridor Tor an hour or two and watch
the scene
He WANTED BOON.
This Is not the busiest hour OF the
postoftice day. but it is sufficiently
busy to keep ones interest from flag
ging. A long line OF men and bays
fise slowly past the stamp window in
| the Bros dway corridor The leader i
fashionable Fifth avenue clergyman
behind llinl is messenger boy. next
follows corPuient man who is trying
to make amends by trampling on the
| messengers heels In bis haste for neg
! iecting 10 post a letter given to him by
his wife little less than week ago. A
gambler comes next. his studied attire
and flashing diamond pin contrasting
| strongly with the shappy dress of the
man who follows. holding his last two
cents in his hand to mail an answer fo
an advertisements that may bring him
work and bread. and clothes to the
wife and little ones at home. Al bow
legged tailor, sloppiiy shod boot.
maker, politician. nervous, dys.
pepfic man who drops his glasses
fumhles over his change, asks for
stamps he doesn't want, and keeps the
line waiting until his mistakes are
rectified. are part of the line that is
never longer and never shorter, and
continually changing.
| What kin yer do fer me TO-DAY ?s
/ A tail man, with boots too big,
trousers too short, coat too tight and
hat too large, has placed his carpet.
sack on the stone floor in front of the
registered letter window.
I sWbaf do voY. rant aaf-, AZ
clerk.
| What in thunder do YOU s.pose I
| want2 A room not too all fired high
up and amt particular about the
price, for am going to be-
Across the street. Go out the door
| just behind you. one block down on
the right: ask and youth be accommo-
| dated.r
| The man had mistaken the post
office for the Astor House-by no
means an uncommon blunder.
is there letter for me?''
! A little woman, painfully thin and
pailid as to her face, and dressed in a
suit that had been brushed. turned
and made over so many times that its
poverty and its neatness were its chiei
features, stands before one of the gen.
| " a. hCiixNsf WAliuoWc. one Is one d
the 500 persons who ask at these two
windows every day for the l coo letters
that are given out.
Manner"
Margaret Sylvester. =
Nothing
The look of hope that had softened
/ . few OF the careworn wrinkles in heI
pale face into comparative smoothness
dies out.
When do you get the next mai
from Pueblo, Col. 2"
! Three O'Clock.
And she gives way to the man-a
| little old man, a bent and crooked lit
1 tie old man-who comes every day
rain or sunshine, snow or hail, to ash
for the letter that will never come, anG
be in turn is followed by others.
FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.
! Here comes a man who is looking
for some one. He walks through tn.
crowded corridor gazing inten,ly into
every face that he meets. At last hs
espies the object OF his search in {
far end OF the corridor, and momeni
later they are immersed in business
Here al insurance agent lies in wal
for prospective customer who prom
li~es TO meet him in the Park row cor
ridor at III O'Clock. and they retire
into a corner for a half hours exhi
hilton of deliberate cruelty on the on.
hand and patient heroi~m on the othel
worthy OF the victims of the Spanisl
inquisition in its palmiest days. Nov
comes two ilashilv dressed women
who walk down the corridor castiny
chances to the right and to the left
& Two young men leave the crowd ans
address them. and the quartette pas
out of the building into the street.
Il This Is tired little woman. worr
cat with trip from her home in New
Jersey, and this is her husband. Fl,
has run over from his Office to NICE
her In the peoples club house ant
take her out to lunch before she start!
uptown to an afternoon of shopping.
This man, who rushes through IL,
raain entrance AZ hreakGeck speed ans
da~hes mp the stairs that lead to "a.
I second tioor, is evidently in a hurry
And he has need 60 lie. He wants Il
cateh an elevated train.
.sWheFe's the ticket Office % hs
gasp. bfeathlessly ts the gray haires
watshman AT the head of the stairs
Whist ticket oiliee2n
~ bar do you suppose? want tn
Third avenue elevated. and I'm IN ;
auyry. Where IS il 2"
The Waterman smiles and direct
the man 10 the city haIi tstson. Ii i
the second time ibis mistake has hap
peiaea within the past week, ard as
rt,se IL oecaTs once week the ga
through.
"Can You tell me where the mayor
room Is, asks eeYpGsent man Iron
osf of town of the watehntaa.
ioa wiii find IL in The ,its hall. on,
block further or. Ask the flr-f police
man yua meet. and the deputy csgSte
dian turns away 20 direct two anxious
women which ear they should take Il
reach the staten island ferry.
Who are the callers They ar
erstainly stranger. to the pos,ofiice at
teadants. There are i've ia the party
The lcasser Is tai, hronzed ana clad IL
the picturesque costume OF al
Italian peasant. Behind hin
- a woman carrying cro~
ing baA,y IA her arms Affe
them came another man. a stripping
AID girl. As they enter the CORR
aor the men Feversntiy remove fhei
broad hfimmed hats. the woman II
leness the Growing baby, and the part,
make the sign % the ero~s upon theI
breasts and tow their knees as the,
pass the threshold OF the door.
They are direct tronS Castle Garden
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