The sun., 1892-05-11
IRpR1ssIoss or NKu Yonn.
A Shrewd Hustle Nnrrntea lTis Cb,ervn-
vtOus and q, r,us1ous,

New York city the other dav. Now YORK did
not arrear t. be conscious OF it,
have heard n good deal OF New York city,
saw there many things which were totally
unexpected.
This may have been due partially to the
fact that was unexpected. One sees more oil
the real nature and character OF things when
he slips up on them, as 1t were.
banana peel for instance.
However. didn't sllp up on a banana peel;
but | saw messenger boy slir up on one.
and for moment or two he went faster than
he over did before In his life.
may say here that on Broadway. and pretty
| much o"o-ywh3r6 else In the neighborhood OF
| fruit stand or wagon. saw banana or orange
peels lying quietly in wait on the sldewalksand
| everybody. except tho people who stepped
on thom. carefully walked around them. 1t
didn't seem to occur to anybody to kick them
into the street.
may also add that It didn't seem to occur to
anybody not to throw ,hcm on the sidewalk.
We don't do that way in the country We
| slug n wretch In the neck who carolessly puts
ono OF those pitfalls in the path OF his fellow
| man.
1rodc in m elevated train and got seat II
one moro man had got in. however. he would
| not have been 70 fortunate. woman might
| possibly have got one. for they were nearly oil
men in tho ear. and am informed. on good
authority that nt least one New Yorker to tho
cur load has galiantry sufficient to warrant
that much politcness. This applies only to
elevated trains. understand that in surface
cars tho ratio is ono man 10 two ear loads. SO
that II u woman strikes the of cur she will
have to sit on the strap.
saw one mnn in surface car give his seat
to woman. and she thanked him for it. From
tho way each looked at the other / should
Judge their surprise WAS mutual.
Within block Of Broadway up town. and
within half block down town. during the
same day. saw man eating with his knife.
and shovclling the food in in tho most inar.
tistic ana unTsthctic manner It wasn't tho
same man: either. One Of them know to be
i SAW several policemen Their clothes were
deal OF hard work to do. They appeared to me
as II he had been up late the night before. Do
they keep them w all night in New York?
saw hundreds OF men sitting, around doing
and nodding in the sun. Do they get paid for
@ sn'aaf at enth e9 svonue and Th
Snss ns & way to the
broadway / walked two blocks and took an
elevated train that mt me where ! wantedto
the New York public schools as u geography
visited several offices Of New York business
rr:s men: aPd FS, Il there n Ind beea few iron Ears
l had got into n dungeon cell.
as9 ntGtyswSd several office bHys to
put 70 carry to the men | wanted to see: IL
York office boy due to tho fact that he is u
AT high noon. in front OF the Fifth Avenue
W9s say yomnG tn mHn and o younE
Plia. o. Bro 2,klyn. or Hoboken. or .HunGtown.
didn't inquire. but as they, walked he put his
es esT T ana thus II dys u a
in the crowd on Twenty third street,
Ana eI theGe "rs Wns ne ereu. circus. in It town ethe:
tho streets wsro to my thinEin;: .rsmark kabiy
entirely unbiased.
evening at a down town feedcry for 30 cents.
tosS auhen there the the ReSt ay and EHid
eoa sS ' II ike ses.s oW sn
merry within shipping distance OF New York.
ont tho Pos ocs and wshhp ian pt Two up IN
ects1 to e look at m I'm wv %s that aa Ss'
I saw him driving toward the bridge. followed |
by an army Of small boys and no roiicemen.
but instead got into IL restaurant near there. |
and. observing tho many BIBLICAL mottoes ON !
Col HsG SHKcrara 9S5ss' Does the
ssnnctity psrrpeato the entire atmosphere Of
got myself into trouble by innocently asking |
man rdor IN shosd S is tx 1to9d to a1W fSy
what they really do mean
man driving n pair Of gray horses and an cx-
W"s Is sT Wbsn fons ne ddm
street ear step and riding our: 1 presume no |
took me for tumble bug: don't know. l |
couldn't i've II very quiet lie on Broadway. I |
may say hero that, the strcet-rar conductor
pnst the wagon. lie was Mt the other end Of
Speaking OF careless driving. observed that
when policeman stood fast in the middle OF
bs Was 9t rn sr how the nr
ran across the Washington Arch by acct
dent. It is Leautlul enough to be somewhere
difficult for the transient stranger to find as
tho q ant Monument is:
drawn y two Hav"s ts a"mo '9 resa1d "a fos
| ne i, feelings OF horse MS well us for any own
rTnslIcnIs saw on the streets should say q
New New aGrk hunco Steerermust needs be yerywel
his own fellow townsmen. breach Of proies-
si99nnl etiquette not to DO tolerated.
and when thanked the man at the window he
almost had u paroxysm. Was it lad form for
me to say THANK You 7"
diScovered that the working hours OF some |
New lorkers. those trcd to see. mt lcast arc
y good deal In" 4 ose oi Gen. George Sheri-
lnn. who once lived in Washington, The sign
l2to l2:lI every other Wednesday,"
noticed large number of blind ladies on
cause they were led about by dogs varying In
siIc from y piece OF ,sonp to prize calf.
girl about in various places. They appeared
to he strangers in the ,lty.
at the hotel. which. | am informed. is the ycrv
last. place the average visitor to New York
seeks. HHweyer rs was not Parkhursting. /
Thought that was the proper thing to do.
! was in New York thirty-six hours. That
was plenty think neither OF us is stuck on
'he o'heE. KNOW am not. RUsTlCus.
Another Fault iu the New Coins.
F'"m me 81 Louis GiJ,t- D,mor,al