The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25
HOTEL. AND CORRIDOR.

C on the sidewalks of New York
came in harsh discords from the throat
of a thin little girl in front of the Knuts-
ford last evening, to the accompaniment
of a shaky hand organ revolved by poor
woman VINO looked as though the gods
had not always favored her with roses
and sunshine. OF course in front OF that
hosiery they received quite a SCATTERING
OF small CONS, and after gratitude eX-
pressed more in action than in words went
up the street in search OF the elusive
Il-clSel-
THE town seems to be invaded with
wandering MINISTRIES at present, began a
man in one of the rings, and the man
with the organ who grlnds out the same
cid tune, day in and day out, will have
to look a "leedle oud' or the metropolitan
novelties which are invading Zion will
have pushed him way back on a very
high shelf.
Three Mexicans and large sized mon
key are putting up The best show now.
The monkey dances, the bronzed smiling
little girls sing, and they all seem happy
although they apparently nave not been
nurtured in the lap of luxury"
Il guess" began another that New
York IS the greatest place for the wan
dering Orpheus, at least, L never saw so
many, and such variety as there are in
the great old town.
They are grotesque nuisances though,
and city would not be a city without
them My friend remarks that their APP
pearance does not indicate any great de
gree OF opulence. No that's trick OF the
trade, and the poorer they look the more
pity they excite, but the blind or manned
are the ones who are fast becoming Croe-
suses.
You'd be surprised to know now much
some of the people make. Business men
i'll higher walks who drop penny into
an outstretched palm, would walk by APP
polio and his Tyre did they know that the
mendicant picked up ali the way from
five TO fifteen dollars a week.
AS rule these artists are very quiet
about their private affairs, but the bust
ness must pay, although to the casual
observer, the automatic distiller Of dis
cords is only one in a seemingly over
stocked market.
Some of these second cousins to mel
ody keep houses, and Servants, and live
very We'll as has been proven by invest1-
cations in cities
I wonder if that fact was the basis of
Conan Doyle'S story where the wealthy
business man disappeared. and Sherlock
Holmes found him by washing the face
OF beggar accused of his nuruer
All OF you who have had much to do
With New York remember a couple of
landmarks in Sixth avenue in the shape
OF little woman in black and a blind
man who gr1ndS out popular airs, and
who has done so for years. People say
that these two are in clover
DO you know that fine musicians have
often gone into the business, particularly
violinists. One night 1 was sitting in the
rotunda of the Auditorium in Chicago
with a party of gentlemen and shabby
fellow, with deep blue eyes and wavy
locks walked up, bow and violin in hand,
and asked if we'd like him to play any
thing. [ winked and said why yes give US
the lntermezZo from Cavaleria RuSticana.
Without a word he took off his chau-
peauX, placed his violin, took his bow,
and struck tine first note. Then he began
on the most beautiful rendition of my
favorite air that [ ever heard. The BUSH
ly talking men all quoted and looked to-
ward the genius, who stood gazing
dreamily toward the great ceiling, and all
the time playing that wonderful music,
thinking his only reward TO be a few
pennies
when he finished there was a thunder
of applause, from canes and hands, and
cries of good, good, Throughout tine
room The crowd insisted on another Sc
lection and then. instead OF pennies and
dimes, came dollars and halves, and the
blushing fellow bowed his way out into
the night.
Il think that the fellows who make the
most money are those Italians who parade
the side streets with the piano organs.
/ used to pay a man regularly to pay
in front of the house, and l think they're
worth the money, although the calliope
holds almost as warm place in my af-
fectfons.
You spoke of Apollo. Let me tell
you now, before we dispense. that it's
lucky he isn't alive now. old man, or
he'd play you; he always was associated
with a high strung Qyre)."