The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-09
TOPICS ABOUr TOWN

| dlslntcrosted CITIZEN gathered some Opln
ions touching a dead millionaire. A coun
try clergyman asked He got his money by Q
species OF gam bling. didn't he?" A German
BARRIERS comment was. We'll. he hadt to lea
his millions behindt him. A. naval office,
was glad Of the end. young business man
hoped that the country would never again see
such q career. An elevated railway guard
he done them MS tried TO do him. lut he, wanted
the company to Eivo us two suits o clothes
year or raise our pay.
A young Southern girl was surprised and
disappointed Mt the contrast between jay
Gould's wealth and his simplicity OF living.
AS she rode up Fifth avenue on top of coach
the driver pointed out the milionaire,e house.
shss Who oaf sSs
NTH the SSrn o
either"
Wit in tho New York young fellow" II
sometimes brutal. is usually ready. and often
imaginative An unmistakable Oriental. In
turbnn. bagsy trousers gay stockings and
tinsellcd coat, sat on bench in Madison
square tho other dry. an object OF interest to
all the boys. and apparently not dispensed at
the attention, he attracted. There cnme
along presently. however, two rough looking
OF the stranger, looked at him in undisguised
called back his fellow. who had pissed on. and
said, nointinx to the Oriental. Jimmy. Git on
seem ed to call up some stag" nicturs s' in The
rearward OF Jimmy's imagination, for his
instant answer was. "Oh Cinderella: pull
The old complaint that there is no good
public or semi.ru library in New York is
peculiarly tue as to economic works Even
tolumb ia College library. which seeks to make
q specially OF economies. is far from strong in
this department. and n student who was pre-
1t necessary ut last to 20 to the private library
OF Prof. Seligman. where he found what is
perlnns the. hest collection Of such works in
Some BARRIERS Pack the face. after shaving
soothing and refreshing it Is. too.
you can't always tell by the number of
steamer labels on mans trunk Just where he
halls from" the hotel clerk said. "Ihave nown
n youn. city man who had crossed once to
carelcssly carry his gripsack nfterwnrd SO
that tho steamer label would show consp icu-
ously. That trunk in the pile over there that
is covered all over with stars and diamonds
and squares. and all sorts OF things. belongs
to man who lives in n small town not far from
tho Rocky Mountains. IIe made his money
there and he stays there now because lie likes
there than in the city OF course o there r" are
plenty Of great travellers from tie cities.
but there are, many also from the small
fact is that we are great travellers. Ours is !.
big country. aud We get, easily accustomed to
Journeys. And then we have grown SO rapidly
ana our prosperity Is so widesrread that there
tss Who Sns of nG1S all
general public. VINO arc, well ablo to travel
Wnsn they Want and in the greatest
moderate means throughout the country who
are as much accustomed to travel as their fell.
means impossible that the quiet man you
meet on the, steamer, who. as you discover
later ,ISt Loon "3d Paris and i may be-
some smaller town. or from some little place
in the open country.
The practice OF tipping is growing steadily
In this country" said an observer. Persons
who ten or twenty years ago never expected
tips at all do expect them now. and persons
who once never thought Of giving give now as
a matter OF course. And yet cit is not Mt all
probable that tipping will ever become as
widespread hero AS it is in some foreign coun-
tries: the spirit of personal independence
which leads evory man here to think himself
as good as anybody else is against it. There
are some branches Of work OF public and
semi-public nature in which those en-
gagged abroad willingly accept tips. while
men similarly employed In this country
would resent them. In some branches OF
work custom does not appear to he so we'll de-
fined. In London for instance many strang-
ers who sit upon the box seat Of an omnibus.
and who ask the driver for information about
the buildings and points. OF interest on the
way. offer him tip. and he accepts it cheer
fully and as a matter Of course. A visitor in
New York who rode upon the box seat Of two
and courtcousy to each driver tip. One &c
copied it in the spirit in which it was offered.
have characterized the London driver: the
other. with perfect civility but with unmis-
taxable decision. declin cd it."
Ifyou see a well-dressed young man riding
in a hanson and smoking pipe in the day
time 1t does not necessarily follow that he is
imported: for 1t is not unusual nowadays. in
public places where men smoke. to see Amer
leans. who appear to be able to buy cigars II
they wanted to. smoking pipes.