Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20


| go by the main entrance and to and from
the clerks desk without running the gaunt-
| let OF critical loafers and stale tobacco
smoke. The exclusive, quiet, private family
idea Is put uppermost.
Artistic for q Purpose.
| There are not a few so-called artists in
New York who dabble in colors as a sort OF
| fad, or to kill time, not because they expect
or need to make money out of it, or because
| they have any ambition to shine in the az
| tfstic world. Some of them are rich and
have the most elaborately fitted up studios,
where they entertain their fashionable
! friends. Ayoung bachelor Of money and
| taste has q prete1t in his "studio' for an at
| ter OF a studio and the privileged character
| OF an artist make admissible the entertain
ment of lady friends who would be by COM
mon social laws debarred from visiting a
bachelor at his rooms. Hence the "studfo''
| racket.
happen to know of a well-to-do young
who is dilettante artist and main tains one
OF these studios In an out-of-the-way corner.
The fact that it is done under an assumed
| name, however, indicates that he is not
proud OF his profession or of his accom-
pllshments. All the same he has high old
times, and between lovely models by day
and champagne suppers in his studio by
night, enjoys an artistic career that would
turn student of the Quarter Latin green
with envy.
Emulates the Pigs-in- Glover Man.
The "World's Fair" puzzle is the latest
attraction Of the business boulevards of
New York. 1t is a little round tin box,
about an inch deep and of the diameter of q
cent. One end is sealed, and the top is
closed from within by hidden spring.
There is slot near the top, and cent is in
serted in the slot and pushed up to the top
by the springing head, 1t can't come out at
the top because of the inner fange, but it
can be sprung up and down with the thumb
and finger. The trick is to get the cent out,
and, having it out, to get it back again. The
man who named it the "W orlds Fair puzzle
had keen sense of humor, for it looks easy
enough to got the cash, while it is really
difficult, and there is a clever trick at the
bottom of it. A loose ball out of sight with
in must be rolled around until it falls into a
particular depression, when the top can be
depressed sufficiently to bring the cent on a
level with the slot, whence it can be re-
moved.
A Man Who Eschews Overcoats.
The overcoat habit, like the eating
habit is pretty general. There are some
men, however, who are fnicky about eating
and some who never wear an overcoat no
matter what is the character of the weather.
The late Hannibal Hamlin was one
of these. People grew so accustomed
to seeing the tall old man going
along Pennsylvania avenue in mid
winter with a blue, brass-buttoned dress suit
that they didn't notice it much. There is
long-legged, round-shouldered gentleman
who can be seen almost any day in the year
on Broadway without an overcoat. He wears
single eyeglass, or monocle instead, but
whether it is to keep him warm or from be-
ing run over do1f't know. The glass is al
odi iy,f has l.,
been born with it, or 1t may have grown
there. It is as precise as the wearer's CATERS;
and together they are quite Englisl-you-
know, way up. So Is the long, swinging
stride of the long gentleman. who habitually,
while on the stride. seems quito out of his
center of gravity and inspires the fear that
M crash. The slim % 9gure is Ay Usually 1de clad in
yellowish brown stuff matching his whiskers
and fitted after the English style, and the
absence Of an overcoat on ripping cold day
lends to it q picturesque appearance charm |
to the common, everyday. ulstered Broad |
way crowd.
Birds OF . Feather Flock Together.
There are two resorts downtown where |
you can meet almost anybody at some hour |
during the middle of the day-at the Cafe |
Savarin or at the Astor House rotunda. A |
good many business men OF the lower city |
seem to make 1t a part Of their business to |
drop in at one or both of these places every |
day. This is SO well known that some are |
not unlikely to meet people there they
don't wish to see. 1 happened to mention
this popularity to gentleman and he
said:
'1t is because the set you look for come
here, that's all. There are plenty Of other
places each having its satellites The busi-
ness world has beaten track for the most
part. That is, most business men, being
regular in their habits, do mostly the same
can't |
may studiously vary for short time, but
they soon fall back into the rut. Most OF
these men lead life as hunadrurn as that of
4 horse breaking tanbark. Men of good
business habits as we call it, are as regular
IS clockwork. The other fellows are equal
y regular in their irregularity. And this
them as if it we're the exact opposite"
Exercise Before Going to Bed.
GA man should take exercise, in the open
,ir If possible" said he enthusiastically, "but
some kind of violent exercise just before
,oing to bed. There is no medicine that will
10 him as much good or put him to sleep
,uicker. When was a boy 1 drank some
Ind smoked great deal and finally became
10 nervous ut 81 that couldn't keep the
covers on my bed at night. The doctors
old me to quit whisky and cigars and take
exercise l followed their advice. l never
,r two or swinging the clubs, and sleep
This man is a reporter on a New York
laily paper and his suggestion cuts q new
4rtery for gentlemen OF that sedentary oc-
upation.
Walking Around the Pool Table.
Probably few persons who sit around
,ool table witnessing clever game of pool
ave any idea of the time and money neces-
Dry to become q crack player of either
'ool or billiards. New York boasts many
Inc amateurs. The latter are to be found
verywhere for that matter. have seen
nen hanging about q, livery stable in a I
ountry village in their shirt sleeves who
an hole all the balls on an opening at pool
nd can run ffties and hundreds at French
arom. The good pool player in New York
very often gambler and turns his skill
nto cash, but he must play with other pool !
amblers who know his game usually, and
he stands an equal show to q
ose.
The great body of pool and billiard play
rs, however, are in it for the amusement
nd exercise. They spend from an hour to
our hours daily walking around a table and ]
unching the worries. Two hours q day are 6
hought necessary to keep:up practice. A
ollar an hour is not an extravagant esti- d
he better player the more he plays, and
500 a year in walking round q table ISN'T t
luch for that kind Of o man. Twenty to ~ s
ears OF this, however, represent in good f
man has on hand at the end of his II
areer. When you add the time and H Il
he bad associations it seems that o man >
ught to get moro for his money and get it 9 !.
Aof' ''Aseaa cHasIxs 81 TElroDonr MURRAY.
NEW YORK, March 10. d