New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-27
Iorr and BUSINESS on STATEN ISLAND

LORE And BUSINESS on STATEN ISLAND
/, docs not seem probable that Mis- Charlotte
To,,cr will ever resume business on Staten Island
She hrs gone away to spend few weeks with an
aunt ot Dodgers Falls, Ncw-Jcrscy, and thoagh
she will rc,urn 10 grace the social circles OF our
pcighboring island it is not at all likely that i's
bu.ines. circles will ever know her again. And I'll
Tribune IA sorry for this, rs every such experience
ma Mics Tcttcr's serves 10 discourage Woman in
Husincss TINT state which we are told Is the only
natural one for the scX.
Inst fall Miss TottCr opened rcal-cstatc and
homecoming agency in Richmond Terrace
She prospcrcd in her business wonderfully, and
though in an unguarded moment she cut up the
blue print OF Maloy's second addition 90 Eras
tina for skirt pattern, she nevertheless kept the
general details well in hand. But her chief sue
cces was In house renting. and during the past two
months of course. her business in this department.
has been particularly large, since many people
move 20 the country each spring with the inten-
ton of keeping COW. Unfortunately. just rs
the spring rush in the house-lcttins llnc
'legan. most interesting and connected
younq man living on Fort Hill began to pay
ardent attention 10 Miss Toiter Naturally the
Fort Hill young mans advances inericrcd with
the real estate and house renting business This
is but reasonable. Strong advocates of the Woman
in Business sly that such should not be- the
ease. but it always il. 1t cannot be otherwise
The next day alter the young man from the Hill
ltst called she butchercd another blue print. One
evening TIE Hill young man proposed marriage,
and Miss T''jcr accepted him. The nest cay
AZ different times four men came into her Office
looking for a small cight-room cottage. 70 each
one OF them Miss Totter rented IA cottage OF this
10 a. 4
that she had let each one OF them the same
cottage in Wcstcrvelt-avc. That night she dill
up her front hair on deed 10 lot which she
was about 70 sell TO n man Mt Port Richmond
Last Friday being a wet and disag rceab bic day
il was of coursc, the one which the four men had
selected for moving. They all arrived at the
cottage at practically the same time, each with
iour-hoIsc van loaded with household goods, and
each with three van-men loaded with rum and
profanity, after the wont o. amen ever since
Noah moved into the Ark. Each one OF the
prospective tenants OF the cghtrooin cottage was
firm, determined man Of tie world aud when
each grasped the situation he offered his head
van-nan 81 Ia get his goods in first and gain
posse ssion. The scene which followed cannot be
wholly made Clear through the cold medium Of
type alone the artists brush is also needed
as we'll as the electicnn'G photograph.
They were large, vigorous, aggressive van-rncn.
They were hard, unrccnting van-mcn. and they
were hot and pcppcry as to temper. When the
50 prospect held out to them. each deter
mined TO sell his life as dearly and to break
as much furniture as possible. Southgate's men
drove up TO the front door; lIawley's men backed
up TO the door while Dowds men got IN
to the side door. This left the diningroom
windows for Robinson's men, They were all, as
we have intimated. full-grown and experienced