The sun., 1889-12-07

requiring them to show their tickets whenever they
enter the ferries on their way home. With the thsr
below the freezing point when the rain IL
falling Snd with their hands full OF bundles OF thing
purchased to carry home It IL by pleasant to
stop unbuton coats, and undo wraps and nsh around
In inside pockets for the pssteboard To avoid the
discomfort from the chill thus taken on bad dAyS the
| commutera following the example set by j. o.
Davidson, the artist now wear their tickets tied 10
tow rope about their neckA that the ticket hanEt on
| the commuters breast
"uis fashion that makes conspicuous our badges OF
servitude to tho railroad" said hr Davidson as he
marched into the ferry at the head OF sixteen con.
| panions in misery yesterday.
In talk and print the Second Assistant Postmassr
General il everywhere spoken and written OF AZ John
g. CIarkson Ills name is James" but he says tha he
never know the time when people would believe IL
They viii have IL" John" though he cannot explain
why lie Ia abused in another by public misroprs-
sentaon in being spoken OF as rough fellow with the
nature OF q cowboy, who BweRrs like Andrew Jackson
On the contrary, he is = iowvoiced, gentle fellow
always doing little kndnesses in the Quieest way i'm
aginable, never swearing, and choppinE Democrats
heads on with precision and despatch
Tho only sign the great Post once and Federal
building in this city reads as folowB: "shinc cents
with great care"
The development OF New York goes on apace Fer
nearly twenty tho talest newspaper structure in
town was William Drysdas, whose letters are now ap.
Florida To-day he overOpped by half dozen of the
new newspaper buildings.
It will surprise great many persons to know tha, 1,
does little good TO mark CONFIDENTIAL" personal"
letter to great man. The private secretary Of .
man OF national importance in this city said yesterday
that II a letter should como to his employer marked
"on account to be opened by the private secretary
he might hesitate for moment but after thAtho would
open it. "Iwould do that" he said "because it would
to me that this is what am paid for Originally
before tho pestering OF public men by letter became
such an art as n we opened all ordinary letters
gave the great man only his that were marked per.
sonAl" but these eed in volume until II he opened
them ALL there would be time for nothing else A. far
know. all other private secretaries follow the
same rule"
The other day THK Sun made chance ausion In this
column to the undyng quality Of the reputation OF It's
famous humorist tho late Philip II. Weleh This has
brought out from tho editors of two famous weekly
newspapers tho Joint assertion that they have not yet
been able to find any man to take his place All the
world knows that man never gets higher praise.
Tho fact that man who fell dead in the street yester
day carried card giving his name and address was not
unusual one All persons insured In the accident In
suranco companies are provided with card OF the
sort and OF thousands OF not insured
order their taors put their and addresses
their straps Just inside pocket OF their
coats Other their matters to keep similarly
printed slips of silk TO put into their hats (Which sim
ply to save hats their bodeB and still ohsrs
carry little stamped metal tabs on their key rinES.
Then OF half tho world carries Visiting or busS
cards or both.
Ono thing Mayor Grant knows for he is New Yorker
by birth instinct and that that few letters asking
for the of the organ grinders win come from
those giant cahonB of tenements that rise in dreary
ranks either side of town above Fourteenth street.
The people there not accustomed to writing TO great
folks like the Mayor: they do not know how to take
their parts in life. But they all want tho hand organs
to brighten their too prosaio lives
Persons who live in hotels are beginning to notice
able change in the manners of all the hotel
poyees they meet 1t is because Christmas close at
hand The elevator boy who used to call out BE
lively II yer going dswn" now remsrkS Good morn
ing M Dashaway; did You sleep well last nghtr The
chambermRds have grown thoughtful enough TO put
cheap little pincuahions the bacholorg bureaus the
bell boys with ice water without waiting 70 bo
rung for Oh this Is the at which to live At
hotel 1t regret that Christmas comes but once
year.
One OF tho worst deadwire corners In town is at Mas
and Pine streets The sky 10 obscured by great
snar of unstrung wreB dangling from polea and build
ingB to within few feet OF the street Some OF thom
are caught up and twisted about tho trunk Of
pole them striking tho heads Of passerby
and others hang like q huge SPIDERS web in q tauge
the street single point OF contact Of an cleo
trio light wire with OF the wires In tho mass either
close by or at distance would work disastrous resuts
The deadly current would Instantly spread in hundred
directions and nobody knows whore It would stop No
doubt all the wires abandoned and dead, but the
has learned that they all the more dangerous
on that account
A horse attached TO q tradesmans wagon standing by
tho curb on West street few doorB from
Broadway yesterday afternoon became frightened at
heap of gayly coored baSketa and turning Bquarely
around started OF without driver down the lane left
in the middle OF the street between the rows Of car
riagss both curbA People the sidewalks
stopped and looked curiousy what would hap
pen. Nobody made to stop the horse which was
increasing its gait at every moment.
An underlined messenger boy. coming along Twenty
third street. out into tho street without nSRntS
hesitation The horse had quite speed on by this
time held Its head high that the little fellow had
to jump reach tho bride rein lie did 1t, though,
swung in the air moment tuRged hard as he rot his
feet again. and stopping the horse quietly turned It
around again. led 1t back TO the place where IL had been
standing left there. and walked on again. WhstlinE
Half minute later the horse would have been beyond
catching
Walters in down town restaurants say that business
men were never In such hurry now. Tho quick
lunch Is :he only popular midday meal, and hundreds
haven't time for that Tho result In new aud
rapidly growing demand for lunches sent out" This
feature OF the restaurant business has been compare
lively insignificant until within two three ysars and
It has been regarded or less of nuisance Now
Il has become important branch of custom which do
mands careful attention. Hundreds of downtown
bankers brokers, and merchants snatch bite from
tray which boy brings to their desks while they talk
business or sign papers between swallOwA hfecur-
failing habit 1t Is doubt butt illustrates the high
voltage system under which business done in thR the
worlds busiest commercial centre Handy methods OF
serving tho deRk.tied customers coming into
the caterers To send ameAi through the streets
at tho busiest hour of the day upon big hAndbaAnoSd
tray is scarcely possible boy with such burden in
Nassau street Broadway would be lucky II he walked
u block without meeting with disaster. BOISS and
baskets OF various device used The latest plan for
delivering hot coffee with lunch served In this way 10 70
send it in thick ginger ale bottles having patent rubber
stopper. Tho bottles kept in hot and
heavy that they retain heat enough to keep the coffee
proper temperature while carried block or 90.
No proprietor of a gambling house need encounter tho
slightest difficulty In equippng his establishment this
season with all necessary paraphernaA by open pur
chase in big toy shop The popular taste this
seems to run to all manner OF mechanical games OF
chance, There mechanical race tracks which In
vite you to wager your pennies the horse think
will come In ahead and great variety OF similar de-