New-York tribune., 1890-04-14
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.


Haven't you got any hardwood toothpicks'' - said
customer in restaurant the other day TO waiter.
These confoundcd pine ones have nasty rcsnous
taste themo NO bad taste about these. SIR" said
the waiter gbly he picked ont one broke it IN two
and began to chew it vigorously. Nonsense, man.
growlcd the customer, guess know what I'm talk
Ing about" "You amt tried ours yet" persisted the
waiter; "besides. amt got any Others Tie
customer condescendcd try and seemed to like
II. "What have you done with them, anyway he
asked Soaked 'cm in strong cinnamon water" re-
piled the waiter Nice amt tleyl Good idea'
sald the customer he transferred three or four 10 MS
waistcoat pocket and walked out. If you want to
make money in the business" said the waiter to by
sandcr. "youvc got TO suit all sorts IF cranks. You
would scarcely suppose that man would kick about
the taste of his toothpcl Yet there are so many men
who have trick of chewing their toohpicSs that II is
worth our while to make the cheapest ones paliahle
for them. It's trick that does lots of harm. too INc
known the little sivcis get lodged in the gums and
considerable trouble there to stuck IN Tie throat
or windpipe and make doctor bill necessary and even
TO inurc the coats Of the stomach permanently and IN
cqraby People ought to stop the habit 6ut were n3t
s altranvc a. os Sou H. and let the Customer look out
for the consequences
"Thcre ought 20 be a savings bank system in every
public school Of this city" said shabby New Yorker
the other day. he leaned over the cigar counter.
My boy will never learn Thrift from his mothers cx-
ample I'm sure any more than he would learn
other and the formers the more useful I've tried to
teach him to save his pennies in little bank but he
feels lonesome in the cndcavor and soon abandon, 1t,
to the permanent dctrimcn Of the banit' bnt feel
that II healthy emulation could be impaired 10
the effort. he would succeed. Nonr American boy or
girl hates to be beaten they spend all their pen
nic-, and nickc AID dimes at the little oandr, Toy
and tobacco that thrive on school cmldrcn>
trade. vying with ono another as to who can buy the
most. II this competition turned BY the teach
or, into the right channel the children would soon be
inst - keen 10 distance each oiher IN lnc siac ol
their savings, and thus habits OF thrift ana economy
wonld be formed In the minds of young Nc" oFAer,
which are sadly needed. 30 many temptations @ 10 'ii ,
examples Of extravaganza will surround them mere All
their lives. That there /, little fear oi thcir nc,oH
mi-ers. No. thank you don't hkc y"ur t%'ier7'
give nc one Of those f5-cent straight Havana'.
"Impossibc. .ir.7 The speaker was a handsome
,oung woman. we'll Grcs ,ci and her eyes IA he'd with
Indignation she said 1t 70 bcncv"lcntlookiAS
| Old jcwcllcr behind the counter. That ring Wa
rivon me 10y q person who would such deceit
Then he must have been imposed himself
replied the lcwcllcr for this is no Naword. bat
pa.ic7 d" He got it resumed the g.rl again, and
then she blushcd and filtered. but resumed" |; was
bought from house whose name is guarantee OF
good faith Then pcrlap, you have taken =
io some rriru.tworly person for rcpair,.' ea'd
tne lcwclcr "who ha, changed the real diamoid for
THE pretty pic ~ paste" 1T Ia, never left aN
poses ion -iur. -. mean have always worn IT,
unfl tld, diamond fell ont Yesterday" and She
put the emphasis diamond. We'll. IT., PASTE
returned the jcgccr. do-gcdly and viii ONLY
take it for repair, on that under,andinr.7 "Thnlt
you.' she replied. With III tie dignity she couid
command. " VIII nor tImlhl" YOU WIN II; l"s
one could that she felt That the j"wcilcr vi,
right. and that she w,s just Bursting with ndiration
n--.n.i som, one " u, 'htmc' sald me merchant.
20 .haftcr her llc Do art, faih 80 carly IN the Sa'
decei'er. man. Int ~ -eli protc'ron.'
The idea that women should dross In such colors
- viii match their surroundings has IT. advantage.
aud again it has N, DISADVANTAGES Tie writer
knows Of A young woman whose husband recently
rur,las.d an artstolly painted Queen Anne cottage
In dcll-hiful suburb Of this citv. Last summer
the first IN the new home. Do, wife would never SID
upon the vcranda without being dressed In gown
which coatra ted harmonou~lv with h" color ~ the
house. The long winter inicrvenci and This prins
flc color 81 the h"n-" "a, allowed +" escape ron
Who, thoy rcrc All bought IL d.rovcr-d that they
conira,cd v.lcly with the vcmnda. SOW he insists
that the house De rephnfcf.
Housewives whosc triaI- are incrcascd IN the hot
-, hv ,,. ,..-....., ,f l...,.n- d.. a -.,r.,.s rr.
on ironing day will hope for the ucec,s Of the inventor
who promises 20 Introduce an electro faiir'n. y
wire from laftrry VIII hc attached 10 the iron near
H.. lotion and the current turned ON. This. il IS
= .ciicd VIII keep tic iron continually hot enough to
Co eooa wor, with. The handle VIII be compo-ed of
some material that docs not easily heat. ard 'h' cur
, Il NltF tlNtiruiliN d'pNf ii' NfI yuri Nl'
flc heat b. needed Tie neAihc wire VIII allow the
iron 10 lc moved IN direction. and The decree 90
hcsf can o. regulated hy turning of the current a.
b easily -, turning od the ga-
Parents whose children arc afflicted with tho mild
insanity ~ amateur acting might do well 10 follow tho
/ example of nroohlyn family who have recently
moved into house With ls attic. The Vi-' amount
- fun which tho youns people of th, household ana
their many friend. derived from private theatrical'
wa, scarcely balanced hy The damage - parlor
furniture scratching II woodwork and general mp
hca,al II the household which the erection of 'h'
porarv stage invariably produced. Therefore the Wise
mother of This stage struck brood had erected per
rancni stage and drop curtain I'm ono cnd "i the Dig
new attic. \ pile If foldlngchalr' prpVih' ample
scaling accommodation on the rest oi the moor inc
wall. have bccn covered with coarse eunnybaS 'lph'
tackled On with strips of hardwood cfsinc 'h''p
mailing cover. the floor. and these ana 'apar'f a,
umbrella. aud banner, form the ccon"ml'', n '' ,
furniture nf the room. II has been N"''n " -.'"'
anccc.. and now tahleans. charfc' ana 'NC', "
-b,i,. ncarcan revival have lost nearly all their tcF
rpr, for Que housewife.