The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
THE BoorB1ACK,s yEW SIGN.
Christmas GIFT or n lawyer with q GIT OF
Language to an AdmIrcr.

Christmas GIFT or n Lawyer with . GIFT of
Language to an AdmIrcr.
In one of tho large downtown buildings an OK.
ponent of the illuminative art of bootblacking
holds forth with considerable pecuniary success.
In the same building is a lawyer, whose fame as
q performer in multisyllabics has spread abroad
to every court in the vicinity, and 1t Is alleged
OF him that on one occasion, when he rose to
make a plea upon n reconcile subject before n
Judge, himself somewhat famed for erudition.
the Court an attendant. to whom he
hastily whispered:
Bring me an encyclopedia. a dictionary.
Greek and Latin lexicons and Bartlett's 'Fa-
miliar Quotations. and put them down here on
the floor. Mr.. Blank is going to speak"
In his way, Cesar, the professor of bootblack-
ing, is a connoisscur of fine language and great
in his admiration for the lawyer on this account.
On the day before Christmas the lawyer climbed
up on CRsar's gorgeously decorated chair and.
while his shoes were being polished, said:
Merry Christmas. Caesar. I nearly forgot
you this year. Along what lines do your desires
tend. in the way of Christmas giftsF
"Mistah Blank, replied tho professor. I'm
mighty dubious dat you spoke to mo bout dat.
fob bin wantin' to ahsk you a favoh. sab. for
dis some considerable weeks"
Go ahead. Caesar. Let's hear it,"
"Well, sab. l thought eff you would jess write
out woods TO q sign of my puhfession in youaGh
elegantious language, sab. it would cause n gen.
eral righteousness of business fob me, sab. an
l could hiah a painteh to cnscribe II out, with a
ahtistical frame around it."
Excellent idea. I'll sec about it when I get
home. and l think I'm safe in promising that
you'll have n sign unique in your profession
Two days later the lawyer presented Cesar
with n handsomely framed legend, worded as
follows:
Pedal t~eguments artistically illuminated and lubrl.
and jidiciously resiscita,sd with ex% pcdition for nom.
inai compensation by Professor Caesar.
This sign was the pride and joy OF Cesar's
q compound Of Greek, Latin. and English. but
suspect that no didn't understand every word
Of 1t. 1t had not been up very long when q reg.
this respect. that it did not mention CRsar's
speciality, which Is the mildness with which no
handles tender and painful feet with much
hesitation the Professor preached the subject to
his lawyer friend.
II wouldn't go much as puppeharate a hint,
san. dat you should give me anothah frame, sab.
but ef you could jess write out the language fob
to say dat Professah Csesah conductuates him
self with cihcunspicious Reatility towahds
COINS, bunions. an othah likewise exuberanoes,
II would be r great thing fob my business. sah."
Accordingly there appeared a few days later a
companion sign, which was hung up on the
other side of the chair:
Also Special Notice for non, pachydermatous bipeds,
Congruons treatment guaranteed. and Professor holds
himself hypostatically re .ponsible for particularly
lenitivc manipulation In all cases OF rugosity OF tho
integument. cutaneous excrescence. epidermical in
duration. and podagrical anfractuosity.
In a burst of generous feeling Cesar suggested
that the lawyer sign his name to these master
declination. as he prefers to have his patrons
consider them his own, and In his endoayors to
speech which fairly bristles with unique ole.
gancies Of rhetoric. He says that since tho
signs went up his business has increased noarly
so per cent. and that 1t has become u CUSTOM
and a highly "admiracious" one. he ADDISON
the part OF many of his patrons to give him a
for the literature.