The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21

TIT: signal from ell the dark corners
Of the surroundings streets there comes :
ha q p pSSsnT p, ard ragged
ferrous establishment. Their number CON
| building, NOT only the. six stories abovs
ground but, as many others in the cellars.
| Fradln founded his establishment iuat a year
| ago For foug sons he ofcrs 20 the homeless
chance 10 r9ss the night unier cover and 10
ed VW I no soup nnd he hns succeed.
| helEhbgiS. N"u enter ut flrst bare room.
IhGt Is the shon that you sco from the outside.
| OF which cutting machine incessantiy shops
| whole kilometres OF four pound ionvea On
! every moment tho wgi,Cra come and mn Zig
| TN cGns with stenming SOUP which they car
| ~ oil
- Ia tho rear Of this room there Is winding
stalr len Ing 10 the upper stories and the gar
refs. lie entito construction forms an in-
mense cnEe. with three separate horizontal
dlvi5ions formed by the floors. but without any
Ial ItlUns 50 tlat rom thc centre OF the stair
the thtCe divisions on tho level. On the
grouad floor. On the second story. and in tho
garrett the same scene nbsOTbs your attention,
constantly increasing and crushing crowd
Never ON the Place lie la Cuncorde On the l4th
Of July have sesn such a packed heap Of
humanity.
-, tradin's customers occupy all tho corners
all the lnterstices ofthe building There they
are on tho benches. around the tables packed
like satdines IN OoN some are even under
the benches and under the tables on the steps
OF the staircase. in the Hobbies Wherever they
can nnd piece 81 plank big enough to seat
u human belnE
| expressed my astonishment nt the exist
enre OF n larisian house with So many cellars.
,,.t i Is also said N. TomeI the only example
ground. The, s9liditv q the foundations and
the lowness OF the vaults give one the impress
sion Of an anc lent fortress cut in a rock"
AND how do TIE customers of Fradin be-
oh. they are by. no means umultuoua; they
are very quiet They come from all quarters.
They include laborers out OF work. I'm pover-
lshed old men. and young apprentices In vice:
but have the greatest respect for Pop trndln.
as they call him. Even their conversation
shows q relative IN oral sense sometimes. Here
isan example which caught. somebody siolca
hotel Just th%E u thaI said d' an G OH man
who was mendlng hs torn trousers with a
needle needle ana HrS% sSS iron e
fellow can't 90 and look FOR work. lie Ia a lost
man. And the old man added innocently. IL
Here are the bdcoGersr baggage huntersl
said VI. Tome handing mo some photographs. !
:, The bdgoters' business is to watch the cabs |
that are loaded with trunks and to run after
a small Dp,TL0Uf. / interviewed two Of them. |
One was formerly notary. and the other was
so With n
are about 1000 bdgot,f"s in Paris, this fellow |
told me but there are only about 200 who |
are amateurs. laborers. and tr0desmen out OF !
work principally masols. The bdooiirI earns |
honorable corporation ia naturally in good |
standing with tho hackmen and they have |
established telegrnpaic signs which enable |
them to get an Idea OF the length Of the |
ride. IL the hackmun turns the handle OF |
his whip upward that means that the |
distance ls very short. II. on the contrary. he |
gives slash Of his whip in the all, that N cans !
that the distance Ia very long. You can see |
that the system Ia very simple. The brgDuerS |
have also their own way Of hindering the re- |
duction OF their fees hy too much active oppo- |
sition. AS u rule. when the cab IL loaded with |
three trunks two men follow IL; and when u !
cab is spotted by u bdgriie" and an amateur ,
appears for the purpose OF setting up oppo- !
sitlon to him, from other points come outa |
number OF other hdVO''1s the police OF the |
trade. who lost e the newcomer and force him |
to give up his chase.
Here now is the portrait Of NJ. Henri Dayve. |
the ratcatcher. You must know that the rat |
catching profession lourishes in Paris. II pro- |
cures for NJ. Dayve very handsome profits. As |
o matter OF fact. rats commercially are worth !
from 10 to 10 francs a hundred one might |
They are exported principally to Belgium !
and to the Flemish portions Of France, where !
rat fights are Just "a fashionable as cock fights |
and dog fights. Henri DAVE il tho only rat !
catcher who obtained authority to hunt in the |
interior Of the sewers. 1t WAS given to him |
q recompense for his services in feeding Paris |
during the siege by his curious industry. lie /
is very proud of his profession and has special |
cartes de visite. upon which We read: