The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03
AT TIE STAMP WINDOW.
QUEER STUDIES ~ HUMAN NATURE
AT THE POSEOfFlcE.
Those who Know What They Want aud
Those Who Don't-fnqnirie. Which lie
long Property to the Depot--Bother over
the Special Delivery Stamp.

long Properly to the Depot-Bother over
/ the Special Delivery Stamp.
There T. a broad and fertile field in
I the postofiice for those who are given 10
/ making character studies. 4 man has
only to stand near one Of The stamp
windows for fcw minutes - see more
OBJ speciinens 81 KHAN pofAaps than axe
/ % be found in any other enc place m the
city. and that means IN the country. one
has only towatch the hurrying norvou5.
pushing line of people rushing In one
! door and out another 10 realize what q
/ peculiar world this is. There Is TIE
/ lapper young lawyers clerk lie lnOw-
what he wants aud how 10 get 10 with f.lc
least trouble lie falls into line. impa-
uently tapping bis foot until his turn
comes. Then ne puts down dollar, says
shortly Fifty twos, snatchc5 mp ln-
,tampl and darts through the crowd
BehinA lNn, pogsauS. il "a old, bent,
gray haired man. dressed I'm jumper
and q pair az oyeralE. Tie asks for one
stamp. and whon thi-is laid down before
him on the thick pane Of glass, hc goes
down iniO MS pocket rnd pulls forth a
greasy. dilaDidated looking leather wal
/ lpt lie hunts ABOUND in this for couple
Of pennies. and finally when he has
found them. takes his lamp and goes ol
! to the side carefully Ia paste 10 on the
letter.
FOOD TOR TIE WOMAN HATER.
The Office boz comes il Ike flash.
/ buvs a lreat roll at the little green, hid
I eOus things. tears 10 rapidly into strips,
and. skilliully running hls tongue along
,he under side Of them. slars them on 90
! "A pile OF letters. tearing each one FROM
/ the strip with % quick. Y'OpinE aaaa4.
/ Some gill hoycrs on the outskirts 81
thetrowd for a while. and then, watch
ing for o clear field. goes up TO the win
dow. when dos the next tain leave
tor Farmington| she asks.
Don know, this Is asiamp window.
She bushes and begins % stammes
Couldn't YOU find out Ion me:
Time table over on the VAL. CuiilE
| and she goes over 10 look I'D the echcd-
dic. which no living man could figure
JIt. Meanwhile the short man. ~ 81 tlla
hat. with large glasses ccr15 lii nose
has be1D snoring gn4 sGs lng oo91t
women" lie makes hi5 purchase, to..
| lows her over 10 the wall, and, a. ing "
whitening look at her, grunts out.
Hum" he slams the door IN q di-
! gustcd manner behind him, still mutter
( ing about women.
Ia ten minutes the girl comes back t.
the window and says timidly; j can {
find Pennington.
well that ain't my fault, is H." say
the man sharply, pecrlng oycr tic glass
NJ lor She fcpg il dI-mgV
And SO they come and go, mcl. women
/ and cluldrcu, not Worc than halt of thcm
I knowing how 10 buy STAMPS, end one
low one delaying dozen more lusiuc-
| like and energetic people The reporter
asked the stamp clerk % tel bin rom
III the moro amusing experiences hcwenl
through in the course of vccb
AZ ODD LITTLE NAN.
~ week" he said umlr: II couldn't
tell YOU I'll that happened ia day. DID
you notice that little shutting man,
whose head scarcely comes uD 90 tie
window: He never comes here less than
six times a day and he never buys moro
than ono stamp at a tlmc asked hun
once why hc did not get twenty or tnirtf
ia q lot. On lac said. with shrewd
air. people like % borrow them too
much lie j. the qucercst one of all the
oueor oDcs who como hcYc. His 0ftre
is several blocks away from the posl
Office. and yet be viii hob0lc down here
again and again in a day rather than
take more than one stamp have tried
To- get lin 90 bug more. lut hc Won't
think of such q thing lie always come
10 my window. have seen him go %
the end Of q line oil ton or twenty hclor.
my window when there were not five 80
the next one. II happen 10 bc away al
dinner or oil duty when be wants
stamp. he goes cut and comes in again
every minute or two until ] return. lie
IS a 0Ueeg ONE hc S.
Then" he went on, "therc is thl
special delivery stamp. That makes
good deal Of trouble. Only one man b.
ten can remember The name of il. }
have had ii called he hurry up stamp,
the pet there stamp. the quick, rush.
special extra stamp, and dozen other
names. but seldom the right one, while
about twenty times o day some funny
man comes in and asks with big grin
for q ~. d. O. stamp. ! have got 3D.
tired Of that stale Cd Joke that / always
pretend not to know what ho means J
c2n stand anything tut that Oh. ycs
this is q good place o. SEQ strange people
but il isn't worth your while to listen o.
nae. Just stand here and watch them
fDr vourealf r-[4y York TriDuu.