The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
TALKING MACHINES AND OTHERS.
sinkers EnliEhtened About Modern Progress
and q Point OF Etiquette.

sinkers Enlightened About Modern Progress
and . Point or Etiquette.
"vas you on der celebration oof der Postal
Office o. asked the Sinker Man as Sarsaparilla
Reilly pulled up a chair to get a cops club sand
witch in the little restaurant.
You name the in~terinauguoration av tn new
Postmaster. Mr.. Van Colt" said Reilly.
der blowout, said Sinkers; der serenation
NIT der letter carrier hand"
NO." remarked Reilly, "Oi wasn't there,
cause OF wasn't invoited, and whin a mans not
invoited to a place 1t names that they don't want
him to come unless he's a policeman, dyer see .
But what's about it r.
"vell. l we're linking dot l wish he we're me
und I vas him, SO dot I could git him's salary
dough und he could git my work dough-
Amy workin' man I'D take tn Postmaster's
job off av his hands" said Reilly.
"Sure," rejoined Sinkers. "for Why not; even
mems What don't work would like to have it
Shust look at der profits from der postal stamps,
und der money for postage cards alone. What
Ny. Reilly. a man could get rich in one day nit
out Waiting sooner. / could get dem stamps
printed less as a t'ousand for fifty cents. Dot
would be nine dollar und fifty cents for profit.
Und when I make two-cent stamps l make twice
so much as before und more besides cause dey
would only cost fifty cents for shust SO much as
1t would DO for ten-cent stamps a t'ousand. an
for one-cent stamps; Amt It'll .n.n.
bekase ye'd have ter pay tn clarks and tn letter
carriers and tn drivers av the mail wagons. An
thin look at tn terrible amount yed be payin'
:: - %tne a order order MONEY Wsl + & sfhsd o sink IN Boston
an you're In New York, you can send me IS by
money order, an OH, git it in Boston by tele-
graph in one minute" -,
Sinkers. "Pooty soon mebbe some one will git
up a machine for bathing in Cone, Island when
much vonderfuiiuiicr as What dey we're When
we're a boy. ain'd it, Shust t'ink; We can talk on
1 nas Phens W 70 a psop and y Rs e se i fsaf into sSs our xn ssa afs
init der Exerson Rays. und We can talk toAour-
self init der phonomgraph %nd We can shoot can
somebody What amt dere at all! Ach, my,
I'm goin' to Berlin on q lectric water boat. Mebbe
after We live out ven see yet machinery mems
US when we're tired, und eat for us. und-veli. all
THAT 'ud be nice. said Reilly. but OF don't
want no machinery men to eat for me. l kin do
me own eattn' an, drinkin': wouldn't moi ,T!
SnIs v 81 @od ID Te moinS Sa tSa't an B Ray On one aI thinF :
Sinkers; Of wpdn't want q machine that I'D talk
Dootch. II had one to do that I'd break it's
damn Dootch neck for it,"
Now you're commencin' again. said the
sin5sr p patGh tRR HffGifS' MACHINE sHS g igSa a II sa aot kf III % gst
worse. Mebbe you got a Irish talkin' machine
In your house, but you dassent tell her dot.
How'd on, yer bunch av knotted sauercrowd,"
shouted Reilly; III yer say one word about
there won't be enough av yer left ter make a
PLEASE" said sinkers. ii didn't said some
ting bout your Mary Jane. only dot she's q nice
lady-der nicestcst in der hull Irish fair"
A roight," said Reilly; that's sufficient.
But don't talk that way again.
"For Why l should We are friends-man to
man should let not vomans interfere in our
business. II my wife talks something back to mo
tonight I'll tell her dot I'm der one what mar
rted her, und dot she did not marry me-
And Oil tell mine tn same" said Reilly, as
they shook hands and parted.