The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-10
1GNSONTHE BOWERY
u,uAT ONE MAY SEE ON NEW Works
FAMOUS THOROUGHFARE.

c.raet That Has q WOrIuWl0e hepuCa-
Am Avenue Wherein Are Found
poon1e of All Nationalities.
III those students of human nature
wbo are quick to see the weak side of
every character save their own, a trip
m the Bowery and Park row is always
fr,itful of good results. There are so
,oonv sights, sounds and scenes novel
and interesting in the stirring comedy
drama, struggle for Bread" that the
s+r,dent cannot help feeling amused and
interested. Then, too, the fact that
nearly every one he meets is poorer than
himself imparts the zest of complacency
IN his pilgrimage, and he steps among
the hungry and wretched and the happy
and careless, keeps his hand on his peck
atbook 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
cd 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 a 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 be 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 fisticuffs and as
sault and battery.
But contemplation of the chalk writ
ten words that "a Delmonico lunch goes
with every glass of beer" gives rise to
more kindly feelings, and he soon for
gets his fears.
red nosed man rapping with rat
tan at large and startling representa-
ton of THE Wonderful Monstrosity,
Jumbeto, the Elephant Boy, Half Ele-
plant, Half Human, Now to Be Seen
Alive Inside" holds him awhile. But
ne feels sure it is fake and drifts on
to the Auction Sale"
sharp eyed person in his shirt
sleeves is extolling the merits of solid
gold full jeweled, stem winding, Amer
lean movement watch, cased, chased,
turned and beveled, going at the ridicu-
lousy 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
olme museum screen tries vainly to
urown their cries by its jerky render
ing OF Comrades. comrades, ever since
we were boys, while the man at the
ooor still raps the counterfeit visaee of
'Ae elephant boy and cries that the ad
mission is but dime.
The crowd thickens; evening comes on
Inc oysters and CLAIMS one cent" man
ushts MS torch, Cinnamon, bloused and
i pi9'aued' heading for Chinatown; Ital-
t h with pushcarts turning toward the
Oend Greeks bound for James street
negroes for South Fifth avenue, Ger
a a.enS lor Avenue A, Hebrews for FL
uiuse street, all homeward bound, work
' ~Otn ana weary, hurry past. 'sBeef
S'eaK Johns" is crowded. The fifteen
S oent lodging houses have each their
WIZ VI loungers at their d;ngy portals
,oI ~ Is night. Now the shooting gal
-Sl'es hight up and the ''pingr "pingf
~ sne 2S-caliber bullets ring down
Is sous" am The sheet iron targets. Men Turk
aIn aaeyways and stink out to demand
sn ILLS A crowd of roiste-ers come down
S Stm IN arm. They are college bows
N'"u On the Bowery for fun.
ssi "a One eyed man has song sheets for
s salo' lie cries his wares and SELLS
''T T copies to the youths.
and d"' y. variety theaters open their doors
srrso. 'ne Bowery amusement seeker
and ~ ~ N TO see the Irish-American -Four
mns ~ aHc0lf1n and McGufin, the king
P'uS OF song and dance
Omen enc GERMAN and Hebrew theaters are
The p1 w. and have their crowds also.
in tb al n Lady orchestra has tuned up
at i ih' h concert halls, and the Bowery IS
ing fos o'ti at the family resort is clang-
ticket en- Ine first performance, and the
pst sVs seller opens his little window and
seIS his chanoa rooa~, "Al4'io" anu