Arizona republican., 1892-04-29
IN UNBEArEN PATHs.
How Some Persons Gain n Livelihood 4
New York.

New York.
Correspondence OF THE REPUBLICAN.
NEw YORK. April 2l.-That one-hali Of
the world does not know how the other
half lives is a truism aptly illustrated IN
this great metropolis 10 anywhere you
may and you are sure to run against a
class OF busy workers. who in one "a
pacity or another are solving the prob
lem Of how TO keep body and soul to
gether and yet are apart from the com
petition encountered IN the ea,ling
industries of life
Strangely enough, IN this field of lahnr
women play no unimportant pirt They
may he ladies who have met with mis-
fortune. but too proud to become men
ials and too honorable to yield to the
gross temptations Of hfe; these employ
their education, taste and experience foi
the benefit Of Others who have been less
favored Visit the stores during the
holidays ami von will tind their handi
work IN thr mluufar;pr. Il DAINTY tri'
a-brac, III the painting nj Christmas
New Years and menu cards, IN the
adornment of wedding cake and bonbon
boxes and the transfer of exquisite de
signs To screens. ribbons and the panels
of dresses Their pay is small in con
trast with the price the merchants
charge AT retail, but ii serves to keep
the wolf from the door
Possibly In these same establishments
you will run against some richly dressed
woman accompanied by lady com
panion" who has been employed to do
her shopping. and who selects the goods
and attends Ia all the details Of trade
The compensation is in the form OF n
paid by the employer Another and moi
less honorable vocation IL that of WON
en- who regularly visit the homes OF the
wealthy and arrange the decorations in
the parlors, handling with tender care
the valuable porcelains and other works
Of art that cannot be safely intrusted to
servants. Perhaps you will meet on the
premises woman manicure or chiropo
dist, who satchel in hand pays her peri
odic visit to the "petted darlngs" to clean
their nails and pick their corns. Still
more useful are the women who 20 about
darning stockings, sewing on buttons
and doing the mending of household
These are godsend to the bachelors
and they secure "a good living.
Many Of the male sex are not less in
genious in their endeavor to make pow
erty respectable by honest work Frank
lin once said 1t is hard for an empty
bag to stand upright. But there are
scores Of industrious fellows wandering
through our streets who support them
selves by expedients that in more than
one instance have brought ample gain.
During Christmas week an Italian
peddled what he called IAN aerial top
u small circular plate with fianges like
the wheel OF propeller, that, leaving
his hand with quick pull OF string
shot hundred feet IN air. He and his
confreres sold thousands of them
Stand in the vicinity of some of the
public schools about the hour of recess
and you will find punctual candy man.
Go down in the neighborhood Of Wall
street and in the vicinity Of every ex-
change. there will be a neat low vehicle
from which you can purchase a glass OF
milk and sandwich Not far away
perhaps you will see an old time colored
man. or stout, rosy looking German,
each immediately arrayed in white
jacket and apron and bearing a tray
piled up with golden hued waffles. soft
and luscious. and generously sprinkled
with sugar from the sitter that stan Ills
at hand The crab and lobster man Ii,
there. too-for twenty years one of the
characters ot the street Basket IN
hand. he enters ihe offices of the brokers
always welcome iacause no IL such
CHEEKY. respectful fellow and from its
contents you may rhs"rse ihe>e tooth
some denizeis Of the SEA III every shape.
hard. soft. deviled or pickled with all
the accompanying condiments
Scattered elsewhere IN the city are
other working tees in tins busy hive,
the man who sharpens your scissors and
razors and attracts yonr custom with u
prestidi,itatorial trick the man who
mends your umbrella while yon wait
the needle man who stands. on the corner
and shows how easily ueedie may be
threaded. while some confederate In the
crowd he has gathered slips behind you