Arizona republican., 1892-07-23
SIGNSONTHEB BOWERY
WHAT ONE MAY SEE ON NEW WORKS
 FAMOUS THoRoUGRFARE.


 People of All NationaIitIes. To those students of human natur who are quick to see the weak side O every character save their own, tril up the Bowery and Park row is alway fruitful of good results. There are s, many sights, sounds and scenes move and interesting in the stirring comedy drama, Struggle for Bread" that thu student cannot help feeling amused ant interested. Then, too, the fact that nearly every one he meets is poorer thar himself imparts the zest of complacency to his pilgrimage, and he steps among the hungry and wretched and the happy and careless, keeps his hand on his pock. etbook and his eyes on the shifting pano, rama of life and makes notes.
 The signs are the first things that take the wanderers eye. ....
 He notes "A Regular Dinner for thir- teen Cents" and 1.-Two Genuine Import ed Havanas for Five Cents" with inter. est. He feels that his barber charges him too much when he sees that he can receive tonsorial attention here for five cents, with the added luxury of bay rum for ten cents, and that clean towel is guaranteed with every shave.
 A large and gaudy cartoon extolling the merits of the "Flor de Maggie Cline Cigar" attracts his attention. A small footnote says that it is changed every day, and that while the merits of the cigar will be dwelt lovingly upon, yet the cartoons will also deal with timely topics.
 A clothing store near by has big black signboard stating that this is the headquarters of the Society for En- couraging the Wearing of Clean Shirts, |" whereof the proprietor is president. He cannot but feel that the society is at once beneficial, salutary and situated in its proper field, Park row.
 The notice over dingy doorway that black eyes-will te made to look natural for ten cents" causes him some vague apprehension, as it Is a silent witness that he Is in the land of iisticuffs and as- sault and battery.
 But contemplation of the chalk writ ten words that "s Delmonico lunch goes with every glass of beer" gives rise to more kindly feelings, and he soon for gets his fears.
 A red nosed man rapping with a rat tan at large and startling representa- tion of "The Wonderful Monstrosity. Jumbeto, the Elephant Boy, Half Ele- phant, Half Human, Now to Be Seen Alive Inside" holds him awhile. But he feels sure it is fake and drifts on to the Auction Sale"
 A sharp eyed person in his shirt sleeves is extolling the merits of a solid gold. full jeweled, stem winding, Amer ican movement watch, cased, chased, turned and beveled, going at the ridicu- lously low price of four dollars. Cap pers are urging victims to buy, pullers in are bawling the auction to all who pass and the hurdy gurdy behind the dime museum screen tries vainly to drown their cries by its jerky render ing of Comrades, comrades, ever since we were boys," while the man at the door still raps the counterfeit visage of the elephant boy and cries that the ad- mission is but dime.
 The crowd thickens; evening comes on. The oysters and clans one cent" man lights his torch, Chinamen, bloused and pigtailed, heading for Chinatown; Ital- ians with pushcarts turning toward the bend, Greeks bound for James street, negroes for South Fifth avenue, Ger mans for Avenue A, Hebrews for El- dridge street, all honeward bound, work worn and weary, hurry past. Beef steak Johns" is crowded. The fifteen cent lodging houses have each their score of loungers at their dingy portals. It is night. Now the shooting gal leries light up and the "pingp ''ping" of the 22-caliber bullets ring down against the sheet iron targets. Men turk in alleyways and slink out to demand aims. A crowd of roisterers come down arm in arm. They are college boys, down on the Bowery for fun
 A one eyed man has song sheets for sale: He cries his wares and sells several copies to the youths.
 The variety theaters open their doors and the Bowery amusement seeker surges in to see the Irish-American Four and McGiffin and McGufiin, the king pins of song and dance.
 The German and Hebrew theaters are open, too. and have their crowds also. The Elite Lady orchestra has tuned up in the concert halls, and the Bowery is at it's best.
 The bell at the family resort is clang- ing for the first performance, and the ticket seller opens his little window and gets his change ready.
 The clothing store "barkers" redouble their efforts to catch trade by manual force, and the Bowery roars with sounds of life and trade. Saloons arc doing Il rushing business now. Sailors, long shoremen, mechanics, all out for drink and recreation, make up the crowd. \. A new venture, the "two-and -a-half- cent-a-cue" poolroom, has done such good business that rivals have sprung up on every side. These places are all crowded. The frequenters are for the most part evil looking, low browed youths of eighteen or twenty years of age. They crowd tho tables and Bow cry argot makes thoir conversation al-