New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29
ROAST CHESTNUT TINE.
THE DETECTED GREEK AND HIS rrT-
NESS WHERE THE BKAZIElS



walk upon the streets that this ought to loo the
time Of year to stop and buy I'VE cents worth
of roasted chestnuts at the Curbstonc stand.
AS for the stand itself it ha- appeared ID good
time but there is no denying that the vendors
wear air not at all Indicative Of bowling
success one two Of tia, Broadway pre-
sentatves OF the roasted chestnut business who
do business on the ever gay reach from lnlon
Square to Forty second-st have the air OF being
about the most detected sellers OF food in this
prosperous community AT the present time.
They say nothing in praise Of their wares they
only stand and wait 1t would be mistake,
however to suppose that this depression Of
spirits is due merely to Unreasonable drprcs-
sion Of their particular trade.
On a close. investigation of the roastc. host
nut industry it appears that those who embark
on it as sole means Of Subsistence generally
find that like literature il is a good can. hut
q poor crutch." The only Spectators who get
anything ont Of it are the well established pro-
prietors OF fruit stands vino. rs soon winter
begins to show its teeth set up comforting,
glowing sheet iron braZicrs With picturesque,
but feeble wood fires therein as side ISSUES 80
their regular business The fruit stand m'u as
everybody knows. ar mostly Italians the
chestnut men pure and simple seem to be
mostly Gree X no have only recently arrived
In this country This fact largely accounts for
their detection. the Greek immigrant being. IS
a type sad eyed not by any means openly
rejoicing H. This country the Land of OPP
portunty
The Greek chestnut mans stock OF English
is probably smaller than that Of any other a,l-
venturcr who goes IL aon, IN his trad, MS
pccuniary capital is wofuy IN keep.us with
All - "a. t,.
found tho real reason why there such things
cNclusiv, not Chestnut stands n is not that
there is demand for cheStnuts but that moth
ing else except newspapers can be sold ~ith SO
small a capital and the newly arrived Greek
has neither tho English nor the physique 10
oompct, with thc WHY natives IN this line For
IN, chestnut business ali the outlay necessary
IS for In, nuts themselves and the primitive
hrazcr a sack of raw chcstuuts Of about the
size that "a degenerate Laccdcmonlan could make
u load 90 - enough to- make good start IN the
business Those who pretend to be familiar
WITH tn, habits of IL, Ncw-York Greek say
tina, tn. sior, house for ms raw material is GEN
.rall, IN. s,,nfv space. under his bed when no
has = iced or his roll Of bedding IN less opulent
circumstances But it should he remembered
that most of IN, information about the habits
~ th, Greek comes from his Italian competitor.
who does not low, HIM
Reside. -, n,,s tb. chestnut man has TO
nav. IN. roasting APPARATUS An ordinary
Am.r,ca,, citizen would hardly know where 10
,o,l f., ch.stn,,, hraz,.r ~ the anproved
pattern !. n. should want t. buy one There
ma, he. other sources Of surpl, but the regular
Ilac, uh,r, your average rooster gets his layout
ie H. Caih.rlu.-st Catherine 81 seems to be a
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