Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-16
A sACCHARINE SMILE.

And his smile is intoxicating in its sweet
ness the while, for he knows there is clus-
ter of pretty girls just outside, and that no
female, from Z to 20 ever passes without
looking in upon him.
A little further on is a glover's store
Here, in the early evening, is always little
knot of curious people, mostly ladies. For
in the window is broad-shouldered French
man in q blouse, as we see workmen of all
kinds in Paris. He has fiat board in his
lap, and is cutting out kid gloves and tack
ing them together for the stitchers. With an
expertness that comes Of long practice the
workman stretches the thin kidskin upon
the board In such manner that the most
can be made of the piece, and rapidly notes
the quality of the material. The skin is not
of uniform thickness or quality, and must
be cut so as to get the good and bad in the
right places. Then he is cutting those long
fingered, long-sleeved, eight buttoned affairs,
perhaps, and jumble of mysterious figures
are before him. For they are for some met
ropolitan beauty, and being made to
measure.
IMAGINATION IN GLOVE.
How many would-be Romeos in that
shifting crowd sigh as they slowly resume
their stroll, thinking of the cheeks those
same gloves may kiss. The exquisit palm
and slender fingers that take shape under
the keen knife OF the glover-they seem only
fit for child! And yet there is the swell
of lovely arm in the shapely tops.
Still further down crowded Broadway is
a dark-skinned Turk in slashed jacket and
red fez, seated in broad show window at
the foot of a crude loom, weaving rugs.
1t is the representation OF the process seen at
Constantinople and you saw it at the Pitts
burg Exposition. On Union Square, linear
by, is the noted restaurant where, practi-
cally, all of this show window business
began. The restaurant is an immense
affair on the ground floor, with q cooking
outfit in the big window. Oysters, slap
lacks and biscuits are turned out here for
the hundreds of patrons, two men IN spot
less white aprons and paper caps officiating
at the hot irons. In front of this window a
large crowd blocks the 30-foot walk and is
occasionally broken up by a policeman.
Down town shoppers become suddenly
hungry as they catch sight OF these window
cooks at work and it must be admitted that
no form of advertisement for this line of
business could have more practical effect.
ADVERTISING A WIG.
A more startling thing in the automatic
line is the wig makers sign on Sixth avenue.
A mans head and shoulders confront
your gaze. ana Dy cleVer mecnanlcal con-
tr1vance, which is invisible. the scalp of the
dummy's head slowly rises, exhibiting a
bald-headed sinner, as commonly seen on
the front row at the spectacular drama, and
as slowly settles in place again, representing
a Christian gentleman OF considerable moral
severity. The hrst time you Inadvertently
stumble across this your hair has tendency
to rise in unison with his, but the ludicrious
contrast of a man with hair and the same
man without hair is enough to set things
straight.
A short time ago one of the conspicuous
features of great shopping street was a man
in full uniform armed with musket and
bayonet, parading up and down the root.
This was an advertisement of photograph
gallery. A boy in downtown win
dow folds and uniolds camp chairs during
business hours for the entertainment of the
passersby and the advertisement of the article
sold by the house that employs him. And
it's no easy job. CHAs. 7. MURRAY.