New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-07
STRAYNOTES HERE AND THERE

A manufacturer Is hard put to II these DAYS VI h"u
n novel way Of advertising his wares Inc aS'ou
ing growth OF advertising and It's Niiui imloi." ~
business Of every description have gwen e"p'ose
10 many bright minds and 1t w0ua seem IN -" !
the novelties were exhausted. There ere MEL nov"
oror who manage TO devise new attractions IN THIS
line The latest evidence was met In Wall Direct
tho other day. magnificent st. Berhn'" uos' quo
OF the largest OF his kind, wearing oPa"'"u ""s
b,uo blanket bordercd with white. and decorated WIN
LIB w Ia do nfsS s %sTF ak RI from a Trinity
10 the river. II il needless to say lhn. s,nry
saw the advertisement that was paihted III DIE ic'e''
the blanket.
Tho DnImatan Is q novel object OUTSIDE OF MS
native land In Broadway he takes up the vniunpie
time OF Office BOYS and Office magnatcs bank clerks
and merchants He heard such as tns oia
prints bcstow on Abraham, and his turpah Oh "hi'e
and Hue silk has a very ancient LOOK Ills outer sn.o
is a shawl or mantle OF light blue. reacnhs 10 'ne
ground and edged with white fu? one OF MS coa,,
trymcn dressed In this way, was gazed upon WIN
evident interest as lie sirocd leisrly up inc STRICT
The street boys followed him As II ne were circ"s
No one who has used the new Columbian stamps
can pronounce them success. This can De said
without any reference their merits from an artistic
ponlt OF view. The simple fact Is that these STAMPS
| are too large, and besides they are proVded WIN
mucllagc that produces an unpleasant impression 'n
| those who use them in the od.fashioned way Ihey
mosten The envelope wrapper Instead OF the stamp
however, and will almost Inevitably tend, In case tne
Use OF them Is not restricted, 10 Induce people 10
| employ the new stamp-moisteners that are coming
! into use where many stamps are used. Inc ma'"
fault OF the stamps. however, Is that thcy are
| too large. The smaller stamps can be maue ,
within reasonable limits OF course. The better Wnat
noceSslty Is there for depicting various sceis ~. o
70 restrct tho sale OF these stamps to those who
especially inquire for them deserves encouragement
II IS surprising though, how quickly people become
| accustomed 10 stamps when changes In coor OF
| s,,c arc introduced II Il only a short time since
,hc prcecn red twoccnt stamps took the place OF the
| Green ones which preceded them; yet how strange
one Of the green ones would look on letter hanaed
in bv the postnan nowadays! Probably the po9'o"oo
clerks would open their eyes In surprise, too' 10 see
! enc OF them. How manv persons can recall '"e
sarare blue two-ccnt stamps. and tell even approx
ma,clv when they IN nse. or come within NV. i've
years Of 1t In guessing at the Tune "e c ,' ard were
| first manufactured
ouorx. What shall be done with the young woman
~ cyo,iod ambition who gets up at n. m. In the
| mex, fiat and violently malrcats her rented piano
uu ,hc dcwdrops fall This young woman lives oil
| over Ncw.York \ few dumb pianos on the i'ahd
| would not he out OF place.
Some people found serious fault with the cold w'a'h
or which Now York had recently. while others hailed II
as a vast improvement upon the mIggy' mo's
" erippy" weather which prevailed during the 'hr'e
nreccdiug winters There l. accounting for tastes
Of course one man heard 10 remark during tue
cold spell that the weather ut that time was mug!
hut his IDEA OF mucGncss must De eNc"eohsN
pcculIar Throughout the greater part OF the mon'h
the atmosphere has been phenomennlly dry ana hence
the cold has not been severely felt by those IN goo"
health The New York climate Is at IS worst w pea
the-r l. "A damp, chilly, penetrating Atmosphere aIiH
,hc wind seems 10 drive Il through and throueh one >
body At any rate all must agree n rr11,ehg oscr
The complete absence u dust that the rty mas w,
,"voS Of lst. For that relief much thanks-but none
| at All TO the Street Cleaning Department.
One Of the typo.wri,ng machines pm upon TIC mar
To, mot long ago has the singular popularity OF fiac-
inc M dots over the u.s. The letter 49, In fact'
,ook, like small figure T." Perhaps there Is eoou
reason for this. but It Is hard to imagine ~ha' Is
f. Tho undated /" 10 be Of the things the fu'nre
hos In ,,or. fer writers Of English II is certain tant
H., ' bnnawritlnr tho rr, sncc absence NJ The d0t
n',rn helps not llte In the decphcrns OF i'iegi"e
manuscript.
Who can despair OF the city when on" OF Its omcials
n rnmmnny ofSclal. too-s all" 10 add Il woro !"
IN. common speech! In recent report u'e 'o'",
,.siorors Of accounts declared that the fact that
the workshop Of the Board u E'rcaon h1d cost . eo
durlnc the last year WINS satire lncarhato' Wv
nhght Imagine This TO he u typographical error II ne
had not seen IL In the Original report I'll" an'hor !"
this gem has not been announced I" me puoi", wv
no seems TO Ice entitled place alongside ol D"HS
az DuGyvillc. n famous member OF the i"ou'e po'"
NJ Aldermen who enriched the language Win 'pe
word Il" combinc- whch Is now In common u.s. Us III
,he nluchtalkcd Of "Rcading Combine and has no"
reached the point where II is no longer cohSiueioo
necessary 10 inclose II In inverted commas. TOM
,rcr has n place In the Century Dictionary, Tut I'M
name and fame Of Duffy unfortunately. not e.ie
lated thcrr The word Is described In this d'c'ol
AIRY NJ "cooquia and recent: hr-t PnDtcN w.. ~
no trial Of an Alderman for Iiilry IN H'w-i orh ~
| i.sG The author az satire incarnato' can nar,,
cxnect that hi, production Will adN mce III pnoi'
, ,oIor en- r1pdly II would not be- n had idea, by IN
WY for him TO supplementary report eNpi'ih
INC thc precise force and meaning OF TINS poWeriu
-. | phrase.
i Apropos OF the Tammony City Ilail Inc i''
@ ton Herald" suggests II Newiork wants To nave
= something absolutely unique In the way of muh'la
hulding lot her proceed io build II within the origIi
d concentration That would make 1t the wonder o
G | ,ho ,rutury" Not so The Herald" docs not seen
~ u, be- aware that there Is city building not inr IRON
Now York which In, The distinction Of being built 10
Q. | IN, sum set apart for II ut the outset II Is III
. v,mIclpal Department building in Brooklyn. IN
II concentration was 800 900. and when She bulcin
=. WI ready for occupancy the cXpendinrc Hid h'ei
=: kent within that amount. Inc buuulne, n1Me'c';
u mi n uarticulnry creditalle one. ana wnlln lev
~ "cors after IL was ccmf lcted consdcrnblc sum h
rs n bc spent on IN order tn make satisfactory !
c. s doubtless the only building OF the sort II, ,h
ID country In the cree ton OF which the nist approlr"
" vos not exceeded.