Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Prentice Nulford Does Up Fourteenth
Street I'm I:rief.
Especial Correspondence

NEW YORK, June 3.-This is Fourteenth
street Between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Early summer day and trade. Everybody out.
Element four-fifths female. Ti:1e, p II.
High tide of trade and travel. Women and
girls. Girls and women. Passing at the rate
of one hundred per minute. All sorts OF wo-
men. All conditions. Lean, fat, long, short,
pudgy, sallOw, pale, sour, sweet Hurried,
placid, rags, tags velvet gowns. silk ditto.
Look in the windowsi Things Sd cheap,
Things so desirable Lovely shades of color.
Lovely hats Ditto ribbons and trimmings.
Jewelry ravishing. Lovely everything. Ex-
cept p0cketbook 7. b. not lovely. Not
full enough. Not like widows -four barrel
Won't replenish itself Common fault Of
purses. Self recuperative, self filing purse
not yet invented
Big store. Walk in. Ram jam, crush,
squeeze, hustle, hustle, buzz Boils over with
ron,en. Before and behind counters. Shrill
cry every three seconds CASH" Women at
the mark down ribbon counter Ten deep.
Sorting ribbons. Pulling ribbons. Snatch
ing ribbons Clawing ribbons. Tangling
ribbons. Mad for ribbons Mad with rib
bonS Mad at each other. Mad at the rib
bon sales girl Sales girl mad at customer.
General ribbon madness.
Air thick with vexation. Ditto perspira-
ton. Melting mad women.
Sad place to SEQ women. Upsetssentiment.
Too much woman inwardneSs put outward
But LIT Us buy. Buy things we don't want
Buy things we're sick Of a day afterward.
Things we've no use for Things we've no
rooI1 for. Things to fill up the house
House full OF EN- now. Too full Parlor
s,H mo xrya
Woman making last purchase Somewhat
sed woman. Wants gimcrack. Wants II
very bod. Must have H. Pocketbook very
low Last two dollar bill Afraid to ask
husband for more Filled up purse yesterday.
He grumbled then Nearly all gone now
And 50 s0oni Trcmblcs u 20 home. Gim-
crack more fascinating than ever. Must
bave IT. Must, must mustli Cant bear 70
leave without it. But theni Hel What
shau she saw Poor woman. Is Ia misery.
Dubitatea Reflects. Hesitases- Is lost. Re
solves 70 buy. Desperate. Buys. Cincrack
wrapped up. Change made just enough
for car fare. Leaves for home. Leaves moro
miserable than ever. Has sccurcd Einscrack.
Brings no comfort Only pain. Goes out
sad Co.'s home. Goes 70 tho funeral
More wonea pouring IN Moro women
pouring out CASH City women. Coun-
try women Suburban women. Carriage
carried women FootInau tended women
Jobs tGrkcy women AirS. CrGsIs. Mrs
Dives Mrs Midas Tho widow LazaruS
Tho clerrymans wife. Tho sections wife.
Tho generals wife. The high private's wife.
TIE cook OF duty. Tie servant out x place
U'zhnyer women. IOwAyer women. Al
pouring in Al pouring out. Slowing.
habbling. burning, perspiring- All but ez-
piring. Warm work.
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Beagtfrul Sex Beautifal baingS Except
Wien SHOPPING Too much bundle To-
ra,,~s hu-4ls Too much buhble. Too nsuch
n,olasss a. once Too many together. One
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