Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-25
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WHAT ONE MAY SEE ON NEySoRk's
FAMOUS THoRouGHFARE.

FAMOUS THoRouGHFARE.
The Most distinguishing Feature OF q
Street That Has Worldwide Reputa-
tion-An Avenue Wherein Arc Found
- People OF All Nationalities.
/, To those students Of human nature
who are quick to see the weak side OF
every character save their own, 9 trip
mp the Bowery and Park row Is always
fruitful Of good results. There are SO
many sights, sounds and scenes novel
and interesting In the stirring comedy
drama, struggle for Bread, " that the
student cannot help feeling amused and
interested. Then, too. the fact that
nearly every one he meets is poorer than
himself i1nparts the zest Of complacency
to his pilgrimage, and her steps among
the hungry and wretched and the happy
and careless, keeps his hand on his pock-,
etbook and hiseyes on the shifting pano-
rama Of life and makes notes.
The signs are the first things that take
the wanderers eye.
He notes IA Regular Dinner for thir-
teen Cents" and 1.-TWO Genuine Import
ed Havanas for Five Cent" with inter-.
est, he feels that his barber charges
him tooiuluch when he sees that he can
receive toasorial attention here for i've
cents, with the added luxury Of bay rum
for tan cents, and: .that;s clean towel Is
guaranteed with every shave.
A large and gaudy cartoon extolling
the merits of the ..Flors de- Maggie Cline
Cigar attracts his attention. : a small
footnote says that 1t Is changed every
day. and that while the merits OF the
cigar win be dwelt lovingly upon, yet
the cartoons viii 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 q dingy doorway that
..black eyes win be made tolook natural
for ten cents" causes him some vague
apprehension, asit is q silent witness
that he is in the land Of fisticuffs and as
sauit and battery.
But contemplation Of the chalk writ
tan words that "a 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 rat
tan at large and startling representa-
ton of "The Wonderful Monstrosity,
Jumbeto, the Elephant Boy, Halt 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 "Anction Sale"
A sharp eyed person In his shirt
sleeves Is sxtolling the merits OF solid
gold, full jeweled, stem winding, Amer-
lean 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. yainly 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 ot
the elephant boy and cries that the ad,
mission is but dime.
The crowd thickens; evening comes on.
The "oysters and CLAIMS one cent" man
lights bis. torch, Cinnamon, 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 FL.
dridge street, all homeward bound, worb
worn and weary, hurry past. s"Beef
steak Johns Is crowded The fifteen
cent lodging houses have each theil
score Of loungers at their dingy portals
It Is night. Now the shooting gal
leries light up and the ''pingp a'pingI'
Of the 22-cahber bullets ring down
against the sheet iron targets. Men lurh
in alleyways and shnk 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 fo1
sale. He cries his wares and SELL
several copies to the youths.
The variety theaters open their door
and the Bowery amusement seeke'
surges in to see the Irish-American Fou'
and McGifan and McGufin, the hnl
pins of song and dance.
The German and Hebrew theaters ar
open, too, and have their crowds also
The Elite Lady orchestra has tuned 'u]
in the concert halls, and the Bowery L
at its best.
The bell at the family resort is clang
ing for the first performance, and tin
ticket seller opens his little window ant
gets bis change ready.
The clothing store "barkers" redoubl
their efforts to catch trade by manua
force, and the Bowery roars with sound
oflife and trade. Saloons are doing
rushing business now. Sailors, long
shoremen. mechanics, all out for drinl
and recreation, make up the crowd.
A new venture, the "two-and-a-halt
cent-a-cue" poolroom, has done sucl
good business that rivals have sprung
up on every side. These places are al
crowded. The frequenters are for tn
most part evil looking, low browe'
youths Of eighteen or twenty years Q
age. They crowd the tables and Bow
cry argot makes their conversation al
most unintelligible to the uninitiated.
The notice that ''no profane or vulga
language is allowed" seems sarcastic
It Is as funny In such place as "Bow
cry prices for Broadway goods is L
the Cheap John clothing store. An
ths student Of human nature notes 1t i
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