New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-15
THURSDAY IN VI LESTER STREET
HOW THE PEDLERS DISPOSE OF SUP
PLIES FOR THE SABBATH.
PRECIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL ARTICLES OFTEN
FOUND IN THEIR COLLECTIONS
isRAEf's LOVE OF FISH


SITS. presents quaint scene on Thursday evening.
when the great Hebrew population preparing for
the Sabbath. The streets are black with purchas-
ers, and bright with the glare of hundreds %
torches from the pushcarts. Il Is dificul; make
a way through the thronR of eager buyers and
sellers. The faces markedly Of the Oriental
type and the voices Of the pcdlers crying their
wares. the approximations Of the purchasers. the
mngllng Of the "Yiddish" Of the elders with ,he
English Of the young people make strange med
ley OF sounds The children VINO have learned
English in the public schools apt 10 refer
rather scornfully 10 the jarEon Of their parents.
Great Is the variety Of wares TO be seen the
DR.. Wolborst who is much interested In the
pedlers. has stated that what cannot be bought
in the pushcart market cannot easily be bought in
New-York A friend Of his wanted match some
draperies After visiting the best stores uptown
she inspected the Of some Hestcr-st. ped
ers and found what she required. The drygoods
pedlers buy remnants, odd pieces and samples
from wholesale houses at low prices. woman
bought a remnant OF valuable lace from pedler.
4 pair Of curtains Of similar lace would have cost
$50. She paid 20 a friend OF hers begged her
to sell tho piece for 800 She did so, returned to
the pedlcr and invested IN sufficient number OF
similar remnants 10 make vestbule curtains and
other lace furnishings for all the rooms In her
house
From bits Of lace, bough, for trihe from the
pedlers other women have made hchus capes.
overskirts etc. Pieces OF fine cloth In sizes from
half yard 10 several yards. are often sold AZ low
rates SQUARES Of carpets. such the statesmen
take on, on the road as samples have been bought
from the pedlers for a trihe AMI converted INTO
handsome rugs one ingenious woman carpeted n
large room by joining number Of squares OF mar
nonious pattern and color she called i, a "harl"-
1,in carpet" and f. much admired
pu, the pedlers who vend such materials are NOT
utial
i;y Stockings may be bought FOR cents pair
children's endorsements for cents apiece Many
Of the carts are filed with rolls Of oiclofh. or
wall paperq The smaller articles NJ household
furniture crockcry glassware. tins. etc. arc ois-
played Ready-made clothing Is cheap Each carr
has IT'S specially. hut in the line ~ carts mere -
strange medley. Dried fruits fresh fruit pickles
preserves vegetables. meat and nSh aliernai" with
household utensils boots and shoes, jewelry and
clothing books and stationery
The Ash carts are largely IN the majority tn"
Wholesale merchants soil the nah AT auction 10 me
peders who In crowds 10 the stores ~ Inc
dealers and have lively hut anxious time IN Try
ing 70 outhid another Sometimes IN" hsh IL
condemned by the Health Department. 10 the great
loss ~ the pedlers As many AZ NIFTY tons OF hsh
are sometimes seized from them in a dsy. Charles
u Slower and other members Of the Social Reform
club hive taken mp the cause ~ the FISH p@dlers.
and are trying remedy some ~ inc Ills from "nch
they suffer II is proposed n utilize part o' me
Hester Street Park for a nsh market IN the morn
ings. tho building 10 be used FOR other purposes
later IN the day. In this way the c-dlers "oud oe
relieved from paying tribute 70 the police "mon
they do In order avoid arrests for ob~'r"ctns
Tho streets Those who pay regularly are not mo
Tested ,, D..
N"Iehuda HaIeyi sang: Israel Is among the other
nations the heart among me nm =, cbri,
.st.o - Ttfg q
endom and Heathendom. win the hUdhcity "-
true culinary genius jewish frsa nsn Is .nh
stance arm and succulent The very bones ther'o'
full a. marrow ara .hstset "i.h Ansin-
Judea more than ali the lip professions Of unity.
Us o9'or nd Is red sy thousand childish recoec
lions eniwined with the most sacred sssociauons,
pietv. In the days u the Messiah when the saints
shall feed or the Iyeviafhor which vii hav" whht
, bs ts' , fs'' fo Xxx r Sn'ay nv MIN
though the Christian saints, who shan be prVl-
legged 10 walt az table hand them plate after plato.
fried nsh shall he All the fare
Tbu. tsh carts abound IN iIesicr-si and It's neigh
o@rhoqo Jsrcs in hat Vicinity The regular ped
le- paws So a year FOR hts license with The addl-
,lonal ices 10 me police he can hardly earn more
,bar g. a week 90 he often hires pushcart f'r his
wife and sometimes the children TOO are pr"ught
49, he service The rem, Of a pushcar, ia 10 cents
a day and the pushcar' livery stables 40 good
III g., .ho ,rase Tanors or mechanics who are
ont OF work hire a pushcart until they md POSI-
ton Recently landed immigrants are adViF"d bF
their friends 70 take A pushcart until th"y can IS.
.ahll-h Themselves In some business. 80 IN" great
comretltlOn IN the trade and additional expenses
make II leas profitable than II used 70 be
Tho Jewish pedlers are Independent dealers. Ita-
ian fruit vendors usually in the employ or fruit
merchants There are far more men than women
IN tho trade but poor widows support NOR 'a'nl-
lies by their pushcarts. and wives help their nus
ha nds -, -,
on one ~ the most sultry evenings OF the last
week n Tribune reporter stopped by one OF tho
carts where a woman sat stool with an infant
In hg- . g
plnched and palld It's eyes were dull. II was. IN
decd alarningly H. In answer 10 questions inc
moor mother shook her head sadly. and explained
in her broken English that she had sat al day In
inc street and the sick babe had been exposed 10
the glare OF the sun but on the return ~ nor nus
hand who had another cart at some distance. she
would take the child to n doctor She seemed nope
l,evcd that tho little life would be tortured by
another day In that sitting and crowded street.