Evening star., 1896-07-18
SCRAPS OF TALK.
What One Overhears in the Hotel
Corridors.

Corridors.
From the Buffalo Express.
1t is appalling. Education with a colossal
E. One never realized before how much
there Is 20 know. Go sit in a corner in the
corridor OF one OF the big hotels The
IrcQuois is best suited to the purpose, per-
haps. Watch the stream Of humanity flow
by. Listen to the gurgling of the waters of
life. Hear the ripping Of the shadows
ard see the strong, steady 1ow Of the
mighty tide that moving seems asleep, too
full for sound or foam. There are bab-
Ring beings, garrulous creatures with
Jaws that work and tongues that wag In
cessantly: There are quiet, thoughtful
men, deliberate and decided in their move
mentS and speech. slow of expression but
sturdy and set once they take their stand
There are empty pates, milkles5 cocoas
shriveled gourds, mighty minds, massive
heads, gigantic brains. All sorts and sizes
and degrees Of fullness and emptiness
There are wise men and there are some
Wofully unwise men. There are men wise
in their own conceit and others concelted
In their own wisdom. They revolve around
the common center. And just az truth is
round. SO they form the circle Of mankind
that makes life real
Draw near and listen. You catch scraps
OF their discussion sandwiched in with
crumbs dropped by others nearby, and the
whole dovetatled in between the talk of
oiiapodrida The gray-whiskered ola
thinker over in the corner begins it,
Uniting itself with the intellect I'm the
ascending series Of"
Suspenders that won't cut" from a
youth In knickerbockers You see, the
trousers catch "a"
Self. as the fundamental being and
hI al come from the corner
After-dinncr smoke goes well with
said stout paSser-by.
The fifth floor and room for" came
a voice
complete renovation Of the house
WIN new steps and 1t was impossible
10 identity the speakers.
rickey or cocktail taken with a.
known as" 'ou'
Dan O'Grady. who IS
and" "
"A new apartment house Or
The substrata of society underlying
Republican organization is
Simply receptive Of the impre ssions of
the senses. One object succeeds another in
controllng-''
The muskmelons that come from"
The state normal school Of
Iom Platt where Little WILLIE
Barnes of Leland Stanford University is
going to speak on the Pupil as So
Cial--'"
,'McKinleyite from the eleventh ward
"A habit is form I'd and a theoretical view
is reached by the intellect which corre-
spends to
"A hotel license"
GRANTED through the idiosyncrasies Of
tndlNtdualities such AS
me passengers on the Red jacket"
Manifest under
"A street sprinkler that turned the
Heads of departments"
Around the corner
De world Wien"
The VIII united with the intellect to pro-
ducc-'' -
New New potatoes and gooseberr!es at"
The Buffalo club every Sunday after.
noon with
"A "A, cold bot,le and joke over
The Ranes-''
OF yesterday laid the
Poor fellow in the cold
Refrigerators built by that firm in"
Hades! 1t is hot enough to"
lake Tor example, the lower order of
knowing which deals
-, hand 30 every one from the
bcck OF the excursion boat in the for
ward" =" ''e io'
Section of the subdivisions where
AS Dr. klemm suggests, is the right
Weeds or any ether hard"
Shell crabs at this season NAV"
appeal strongly to the instincts of"
LOGS logs that are registered under"
rIhe sod and the dew
BILLS that come in every day"
Will be Sunday"
Buy and buy and never"
Ihat Is to say. hardly ever, does one find
mat listeners hear much good of them
selves Or
ANYBODY else, for that matter would
nave bought brewery and drank
"A bottle of Cows
and effect at once bring us back to
the "
suspend; said the youth in the knick-
erbockers, hurrying back to the bar. as he
humped ur his shoulders.
ANIMATION or even oerebra ticn-" came
from the gray-haired Old thinker. And
one Is tempted to remark
Front called the clerk.