Evening journal., 1892-05-23
THE FUNNY SIGN BOARDS
Vagaries in Advertising on the
Streets.
PEN PICTURES DRAWN ON SIGHT

lN T AbA bAtlt' HiNn W ~ SN i5ANA a. Z
A woman who Manufactures Human /
Hair Rivalry Ia Restaurants Among the /
breakers Horse and Horse"- and .
Hsorrel Horse"-nin Posters Ingenuity. /
The Pension Grab.
The reporter is O man who lives on the |
streets and his wits His bread and
butter depend upon the way in which be /
uses his eyes and his ears This fact I
causes him to see things that many other
persons entirely overlook. People read
what he writes and wonder why they
never noticed it TO the reporter there is
q funny side To everything. He smiles
sardonic smile when he hears of suicide
on % big fire. because he knows there i5
news in &c. One hour he is writing %
murder thpncXt q wedding the next the
I birth of triplpts and in "a few minutes the
/ husband adds to the item by sending in
word That his wife is dead and If the re
porter wants good item To come ont to
! the house and see what 30 lis hanging from
/ the raftcrs at the end of the clothcslne.
There is fun In it. an, and as in these
cases. there is % funny side to The sign
boards of This city
For instance man advcrtises Palace
Stables. It Is an right If the poor
creatures called kings do NOT object, why
should "a reporter Royal News would
have been much better
Nearby isa sign Family Liquor Store.
lt Is an insult 10 every mother I'm the city,
who is generally acknowledged TO be the
family Ticker
A pension agents sign on Market
street is as follows soldiers, Sailors
Widows. Minor Children. Parents
Brothers and Sisters Pensions Secured.
This bears ont the Democratic claim that
anybody can get pension underthe Re
publican administration, The only ones
ignored are old maid aunts and mothers
iulaw.
Not far away Is n Sign that Informs
the public that the proprietor of the shop
d. "A French Steam Dyer and Scourer
bnt hc does not explain his great secret
of securing and dying French steam
Down the street little farther is sign
that tells the passers by that a stock
company Incorporated for the purpose of
refining the Atlantic has rooms i'm the
second story.
An Orange street Sign tells a wonder
ful story of am eXtensiblo air car step
The reporter has come of of cars ON
these eXtcnsiblc air ear steps but not of
the patented kind When % man goes to
Philadelphia and returns to Wilmington
badly bcfogged. he invariably finds am
eXtensible air car step leading from plat
form above TO platform beneath
At the foot of Shipley street there Is a
sign: "P0st 40 Bills Under Penalty of
, the Law Some cnterprising bin poster
took the hint and posted his bills above
Penalty of the Law. This Is as bad as
the Park Commissioners who have Throw
AZ a d D
Brondywine As % consequence several
worthless characters will ultimately
throw themselves into the south side
race.
A Market street restauranteur throws
his shingle to the breeze: "First Glass
Meals. 10 cents On shades of the
departed Delmonicol
On the front of "a Water street negro
lodging house black daub is seen upon
, the weather boarding Any person who is
conWrsant with Egyptian hieroglyphics
can readily read ii Cigars d Tobacco
Boarding Lodging. Groceries lnclood-
ded Not a block away is am enterpris-
ing rival who offers lodging Groceries
tobacco and Cigars Included
Another lighthouse along the coast
notifies the public That it Us a Board
: ing and Lodging House, Fresh Daily
g Papers.
b Two or three doors away rival ad-
! vortisos the Largest 10 cent meal i'm
d the city.
n Across the street the keeper of res.
taurant informs passcrs-by that "Wo
D. don't mean dinner ON bin of fare. but
right ON table. 10 is generally be
u ievcd that Bin Nye went there one day
e for dinner and paid FOR it by writing th,
Is joke
A Front street hotel advertses itsel
" by sorrel horse, rampant ON am azur
~ ground.
70 A shoemaker near by advertises That il
ie his shop are "Second Hand Boots anI
Shoes Made and Repaired The reporte
ordered a pair of second hand shoes mad
Immediately
The only sign worthy of note alon
~ Arcade Row Is the following Chairs
Re Gained. A ghoulish West From
street sign is: "Ragsl Rags Bones
, BonesW There are more 'fashionabl
y Dress Making signs than plain am
~ Fancy Sewing signs. An enterpnsin
n Tatnall street woman advertises herse
~ as Manufacture of Human Hair.
s There We're no children on the step.
m Large Jumps of anthracite are the favor
n. te signs of several of the coal office
There are several "Odorless EXcavatin
so Company signs The company may D
y, perfectly odorless but the man wit
~ ordinary olofactories does not want to }
~ around whom a hose bursts
= A religious organization on the We
.5 Side has white paste board sign wit
.- the letters cut ont and black muslin
ID the back to make them show.
The Horse and Horse sign ON troi
,lv street noar King, IS spawned m
n. ring b0ncd marvel of artistic skill an
doubtless attracts more attention tina
many of the handsome gilt signs alor
t Market street.
- POLITICAL NOTES.
on Twelfth ward Democrats will meet 9