New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-05
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

uLhsI Ox<O 4LA%Le&< <@~'~
aw. s. s.. writes pleasantly and kindly to put In
good word for the country boy, espec'ais ""
country boy who operates the telegraph key,
"Lugs freight tugs grips takes sass as best no ea,
aKeeps books. makes Bills collects all cheerfuiy.
Yes. and does much more, for he Is pohte anu
painstaking; explains why he cannot 90 such anu
such thing and Is not satisfied n a w bssas Ssshs e not
willing The country boy has the respect OF all VINO
know him. and It seems safe to say tas tsese s are
people who will not agree with " W. D. d. sia'ei"i
tribute to his manlness-
A clerk of one Of the weknown hotels OF this city
proved Yesterday that he possessed sharp, quick eye
A young business from the West HANDED nm
800 bill in payment OF small amount. u cannot
accept this replied the clerk to the astonshed young
man. who had taken the note from large rou OK ois
received from bank in his native town. III Is ho'
signed by the president Of the bank On
one Of the National banks o. stockton, Cal. II was
By the 'a o. S e the psn was
Tho note bore evidences OF use, and had peen III
circulation Ss gsDasSy for careT Oh
Almost any afternoon in the week group OF
typical Hebrews may be standing in the Bowery
in front Of the doors of uquorstores near Canast
They attract considerable attention, because the way
OF the NewYork Hebrew is not to stand idly In tne
street during business hours, any way. They are
moreover, of the kind not often seen except In the
East Side downtown district. They are Hebrew
actors and this is their Ralto. Their closeness 10
the rum-shop door is not so much choice as necessity
for their theatre has quor-store on either sloe' AZ
is curious ay-house too and holds curious auai
ences Hebrews from st. Petersburg, roland, "moe-
chapel, BudaPesth, Armenia, Belgium Berlin ana
many other places, speaking as many dialects' gauer
there and listen to the actors interpret tragedy,
Inc
the stage in poyglot sort OF Hebrew that seems TO
reach and interest them all.
There is probably no more uncomfortaby crowded
place in all this big busy city than the narrow WOODEN
tunnel through which the stream OF humanity that
flows up Park Row to the Bridge entrance must be
filtered in front of the new "Worldn building. And
vet this necessarily cramped and dusty cave Is per
mitted by the policeman on duty there 10 De MAUI
many times moro exasperatIg to the public than IL
need be- by fakirs, pedlers and vendors OF various
ple TO the inches between the posts that line the curo
probably because these already occupied oy stas
sSneaknS'toy merchants plant themselves, like Ho
ratius Of ola and his doughty pair OF supporters Ia
can I escape their Importantly The wonder is that
the longsufering crowd has not tfampled the %1 h
u ot e crowds iS phenomenal How
much the policeman who allows TINS nuisance 10 uo,
nue derives in the way OF p peas sommandng business
sta stand in town would be worth betting on.
"No one who goes about town MUCH SAID an oio
traveller can fail to have his attention arrested by
the large numbers of steamerchairs to be seen in front
of the shops where trunks and things of that sort are
dealt in. At one place in Union Square yesterday
saw at least fifty of these chairs all stamped with the
purchasers names initials, and ready 10 DC traS
ferred TO the deck of one another Of the big trans
atlantic passenger steamers. AS looked al them
couldn't help wondering how much longer the com
NAMES would insist in thus Imposing on IheT
passengers. In the nature OF things /. IS h
see any moro reason for a traveller furnishing ns
| own chair when he sets out on voyage 10 LVeI,
pool than for his going to the same expgns So au
trouble when he goes 10 the Grand central otT9 S
TO take q train for Chicago or san Francisco. mt
present custom is simply outrage on the trayeing
hubble: not an outrage of large dimensions anIhl'
bnt an outrage all the same, and that ought not
to be calmly submitted to- for one wiz not sunni
to it without protest, and very earnest one 'oo
| aThe companies profit not only through not having
| to furnish this necessary part Of their steamships
equpmento continued the speaker, but through the
charges for storage, carriage, etc. In Liverpool where
the chairs are slowed away until the return voyage
and also through the ultimate sale OF those not re-
claimed by the owners. OF course 1t Is mseraoie'
petty business and one would think that these gre'
and wealthy corporations would be ABOVE pronths oS
exactnr few shilings each from the greater number
of their patrons Why should not travellers insist
on the companies furnishing seats deck as well as
! in the saloon and reading and smoking roomsf The
existing custom is a survival, out lar lrOn "a su,
vival Of what Is fttest am glad 70 see an aslt iO
started regarding it, and / hope 1t VIII pc kept up
until an end is made of the whole business / am per
suaded that it would be an exceedingly popular thts
Cor ono Of IN, companies to make break from the
ia custom and advertise extensively that il furnlsh ned
| deck chairs enough for all the passengers, VIII q
few TO spare. The Others Woua luhiD i, o So nro'
| other in their eagerness to keep up with the pro
| cessiOno