The sun., 1893-12-08

remark attributed 20 ono nitllionate and Gn0the-
alhc got out ot his money was his board and o..
| Tnis s undoubtedly true. At the same time I IN
must be admitted thAs there IL difference in b..
| ing houses and talor,'
| -'Candor conrcls n s'ate" ssil = cheerful
| tramp that nm not huurry; hN"a airoGdy sdten
| tonight nve mcas with men who couiiu't give ma
money for fear that spent IT for ram, WHO Ut.
forsd to take me to ares'aurant and something
to eat what want now & place to slu.p, zen yea
help me out little that"
| Few persons know that the short ns ~ rAUway
which breaks through the backbone q ths annexed d.
trict. Mott Haven and tho tracks rtn.
ming Of the rand central station with tho tracks
| bordering the Hudson belongs TO the New YORK
| Central but tn tho vanderbilt family Ths central
pays handsome annual sum for the use OF this con.
Meeting thread
An enterprisinR statIoner Of this town Is trying 10
make with clubs ,upry them with au,h
stationery they need for annual lump sum lie pro-
fesses to believe that with the certainty Of having
large orders to nll he can the clubs money "A
| make fair pront lie counts good deal upon abo.
isning the percentages Of great many stewards or
other purchasing agents
| Paper box manufacturers long sgo finished ths
| Christmas boxes I" for tho trade" and they
busy In making Christmas boxes for the thousand rrd
one churches and that distribute candy to
children all this single side as.ors.
tion has 800 700 boxes made to order rur
pose and tons OF candy viii he Distributed IN ths fash
| ion by the opening Of the new year
THAT astonishing piece of rs ier in copper the
front OF the old vanderbilt freiph house at the
Of Hudson and Beach has lately become frosted
over with the corssou thai gradually thicE.ns upon
copper posed to the atmosphere Tue result
been to soften and improve the work, that 1t has
now somewhat the air of an antique. AZ matter Of
fact. it put in place only twenty nve years ngo.
doctor" Ia an east aide snutation for any we'll
dressed stranger II is peculiarly tile salutStion THAI
children employ because the convent'onsiiy dres'sd
man whom they see most frequently and famArly in
their homes 10 . physician, probably physician who
from neIghboring dispensary. This OF course
AAn
mans in that region have fondess for comforting
title doctor.
Tho hurry Of modern life or SONS other equally
good has made the wars OF the street broom
seller picturesque and pleasing There go time when
brooms came into the market well seasoned and yeh
low nov. however. they come stili bearing the de-
lghfu night water OF the unseasoned stage and
there few pleasing sights the east slis
than the broom seller with his mass OF soft uniform
green. carried at shoulder shift
There is pathetic indication o'hard times in the
appearance OF warm shawD blankets, and other win.
ter toggery the windows OF east aide pawnbroksrs
at this season. when times only ordinarily hard
the pawnbrokers display musical Instruments. boxing
gloves useless French clocks ana various articles Of
personal or household adornment. When times are at
their worst mechanics tools and the simpler comforts
and necessities of life hnd their way to the pawn.
brokers.
There are signs that New York is later TO
have many of those tiny shops characteristic of Paris
where only some single sricls of dress household
adornme is sold few such shops larger than tho
characteristic Parisian houses have sprung up. and
the constantly increasing thronE of shoppers In New
York tends to encourage the growth. Sho piping
tnues to be most burdensome business to women in
spite Of many labor and tme-saving devices In the
great houses.
Hudson street Is in curious transition stats,
IL includes OF the oldes and OF the newest
buildings in town and during six months for the
last three four years has It presented the same
aspect Great tenstory structures of buf briok
within a stones throw OF old RambrsLroofed houses
forty years the abodes of sdes OF high con-
sderation and merchants who have maintained their
old stands OF hfy or sixty compete
studded red brick shops with tenants of the mammoth
new structures.
-"FAmily Entrance" Il much abused phrase OF
wide and varied significance 1t means In som. parts
OF this town Just what the words convsy-th.
door by which members of the saloon keepers family
reach ther private apartments. It means perhaps
more frequently the entrance by which women entera
saloon to hob mob with men. II also the
side the door by which women and children eutsrts
have pitchers and bottles filled for home consumption
There is nothing improper in this from the normal
German point OF view.
Persons living in that paradise which forms
what may be called the pan handle OF Manhattan Isl
and will welcome rapid transit in almost any guiss
They get down town by means of the Hudson
River road to Thrtieth street and Eleventh avsnus
Many of them have considerable distance to drive
walk to station as there few street lines In
that upper regon and the trains long inter.
vals Rapid transit will open to settlement consider
able area Of unspoilsd country between WAshington
Heights and spuyten Duyvl
--Grand street By night in the weeks last before
Christmas 10 really OF the most remarkable sights
OF this city There ia better lighted thorouRhfars
the etyi the shop windows . blaze Of color. and
tho sidewalks are thronged with . moving crowd thAt
speaks all the forty languages and dialects Of down
town east and west To person unAoQuAintsd with
that part OF the city the glare Of Light hurry
many feet and the babel OF strange tongusS msks
Grand street bewildertngiy foreign a. the least
known OF European shoroughtarsa
Many devices tnAs help to make Il cheap and easy
for bachelor 30 prepare his own simple breakfast
home now sold In this town. The whole outnt Of
china and utensiis including tiny gasstovs. and
really tasteful tableware may be had for 50 81
and II . bachelor be content with the kind OF china
used In the OF the outfit may be
less by nearly half Not the cheapest OF
dscsntly clean rsstaurants cheap breakfast
as man thus provided may prepare for himself while
hs Is IN the act OF dressing. The old PArisAn trick OF
svAding the necessity of washing dishes by using wAt
sr-iks wooden plates and saucers and then burning
them probably has not bsen adopted by bachelors in
New York
The officers Of the steamship scAndiA arrived a.
Philadelphia from Hamburg = few days ago. and re-
port that during the voyage In the widest storm thu
shlp had ever been in with high waves breaking
the ship in great volume soap suds made and allowed
to drift the ships bow almost instAntAnsouslY
broke the force Of the seas which ceased to smash
the sidsA and the vessel soon lay comparative
easy The oneers enthusiastic over the success
OF the experiment Experiments In this limo have rs
Gently been made by the photographic once uith
uniform succssA Tho use OF soap suds is not nkey
to entirely superssde OIL for the purpose OF soothing
the seas but soap is cheaper occupies less the
ship aud its suds lie heavier the water than Ou
80 that It IL likely to be generally adopted
Tariff TinkerinE.
To sHs EDrroH or THs sus-sir see by tn. pro-
posed Tariff bill that dye sturs called ATchl
and eudbeAr still the free list while Anilins 10
TO taxed IS per cent at present THIS showsths
com mitss have not made any searching investigation
or they would have put Arehl ami cudbsAr on ths
taxed list and mAds them contribute their share