The evening world., 1889-01-08
PICTURES OF CITY LIFE.
RANDOM SKETCHES DRAWN BY EVENING
WORLD" REPORTERS.

Bores who Make Miserable the Lift Of the
Dime Museum Man.
If I were to tell you Of all the people who
come here and the guys they throw out to get
situations you would be surprised that there
are not more murders committed up this
way" said the manager of a dime museum to
an EVENING WORLD young man.
fair type of the female bore 10 the
woman who comes and. in the sweetest
honey and -molasses voice that you can i'm
who wishes to get a position on the stage as a
vocalist that so-and 80, who is q relative of
the young lady, has heard her sing and pro-
nounces her voice remarkable. She doesn't
to get an opening. Well, l take her back to
the piano, and ten chances to one her voice
will sound like the notes of a prize pig stuck
under a gate.
tells what n wonderful curiosity she hasa
three-legged chicken, perhaps, or some other
thing of that sort.
"Shs tells you, all in one breath. what q
crowd of people it will draw, and modestly
suggests that / pay her some small sum of
money on account.
I generally say to these people : Well,
madam. II YOU think you have such q good
attraction, why don you hire q hall and ex-
hibit 1t yourself?'
'Then there are bores among the men as
well, A few days ago q man dressed up in
regular song-and-dance costume came in aud
asked me if ! wanted any help.
- What kind of help p I asked him.
Singing, said he, and then he asked. How
many performances do you give
- Twenty-Five a day, and our v~ocalists
have to give a solo at each one.' he fled.
'Only yesterday u man came in and asked
me how much l would give him to fire of u
loaded revolver. which he would hold in his
mouth.
If you'll let me load the gun on pay day.
He made his escape.
I'VE have lots of 'em call. but long ex-
perience teaches a man to know what he
wants when he sees it."
A Reporter Gets Innocently Under the sus-
picion of Chicken Stealing.
The stores in town which sell Japanese
goods are very numerous.
So are the watchers to see that somebody
in q fit of absent minded admiration doesn't
pick up one of the hundreds of tiny objects
of exquisite art wolk and put it in his pocket,
instead of back on the counter. Many of the
things are so small that they can be easily
covered by the hand, and among these triies
are little fluffy yellow chickens just break
ing loose from an eggshell.
An EVENING WORLD reporter had been
strolling along looking ut the things and
thinking how many he would buy if he were
a millionaire.
n lhuy, Will lutl utllCNtte COuSlueTutlOu
which is SO awtully prominent i'll many lady
shoppers, dashed by SO vigorously that he
was quite pushed against the counter for a
moment. The lady looked at him indig-
nantiy, as if wondering why such u horrid
thing was allowed TO exist at all. The re
porter thought he would go and started out.
He had not got TO the door when a small
shop attendant of the female sex said pertly
IL don't think you remembered to pay for
that, did your"
He ollowedh her eye. and there. half sticking
III his pocket, was one of those Y elbow chick
ems. When he had been jammed against the
counter II had stuck to him, and he was going
off with 1t in the most blissful unconscious
ness.
II didn't know it was there" he said
faintly. What is the price? l might as
Five cents"
He gave up a nickel and said reproachfully
" You surely don't think ! would try to steal
i've cents worth, do you ?"
oh. no. indeed. :" said the damsel.
But the reporter was glad to get out, just
the same.
What Becomes Of the Articles Len on "Ln
Road Trainst
What becomes of all the articles found
m the cars ?" asked an EVENING WORLD re-
porter of an Elevated railroad guard re
Gently;
end OF the trip and then ON it over to the
train dispatcher.
" He keeps it until the next day, and then,
If 1t is still unclaimed. he sends II to the Lost
Property Clerks office in From. street. Down
there they make a. entry i'll a book Of what
train. where and by whom the package was
found. and q description of its contents.
IF tn. loser goes down there he NAV re-
cover IL = missing articles by describing
them. Ine property is kept a certain length
OF time and then slowed way to await the
semi-annual sale. at which all unclaimed
property Is disposed of at auction"
Who gets tine money received for these
things ?' queried the reporter.
IN Company. Some people think that
the proceeds from the sale should be turned
over to the mar who found the article sold;
but the Company argue that they devote a
whole room to conducting this department
and pay the salaries of several clerks, SO they
pocket everything.
"You wouldn't begin to guess the things
we md. We pick up everything. from q pa
per hustle to a diamond shirt-stud."
TEE spasns so common during tsething are prevented
oy MoSELL's TEETHISG CORDIAL. Price, Orc 80.