The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-04
sHOvELING SNOW FOR FUN.
NOVEL EXPERIENCE OF A
WASHINGTON YOUNG MAN.


,,o-ned some Money at the Dusi-
ss-It was the First That Ever
- to Him by the Sweat of His
nuoxx-He was Treated Pretty Well
md Was offered Unlimited
,aounts of Coffee and Liquor.
Made Enough Cash TO BE Able to
ride Home in Cab
From the Washington Star.
very wen-known West End young
49,, one of the best athletes in Wash
-,p an amateur actor of ability,
.,,ber of two of the best clubs and an
.r-,round clever youth, cut quite figure
snow-shoveler, covering sizable
area while the big storm was in progress
an Monday last. He did not make it
Thor of love. He shoveled snow for pay.
Il u wanted to find out how it felt to earn
btt Of money by the toll of his hands.
He knew that the snow wouldn't bother
\ him much. for he had made two or three
brrtirg trips in the wilds of Canada in
Fl ,b. dad of winter So he rugged himself
onf with view to warmth, and yet to
create the impression that he was hobo.
He borrowed an old-but thick-suit of
clothes from his fathers coachman,
II nrue5 on the Iatters pair of rubber boots,
dug a seedy black hat out of one of his
"a closets provided himself with ragged
edsad shovel. and started out to see what
vas doing in the snow-shoveiing line.
~ found" he says, in describing the
II experience to a Star reporter, that few
nsonle wanted the snow in front of their
III lie Efi
Fl inc they said with a whole lot too much
II uranjmity and enthusiasm to make it
n worth while. | got enough jobs to earn
s,g5 though. and then, look at the sym
HI p9thv I got Nobody ever felt sorry for
me before. and l found it rather a novelty
n TO he condoled with, and to be told
Fl that mine seemed TO be sad case, and
. TO be asked why I didn't make an earnest
Il effort to pull myself together and live
h better life. and so on And if I had taken
n all of the coffee that was offered me I'd
N have had nervous prostration for week;
what's more, if l had tackled all the
IA whisky that sympa thiz ing good fellows
offered me I'd have turned up at home
n roaring drunk and have had a head on me
bigger than a VOLTS the next morning
Looking for Work.
when I started out I drilled for
neighborhood ten or twelve squares from
h where l live with my people-which isn't
suoh a vast distance from Washington
n Circle I didn't want to stand any chance
NJ of helms. recognized, for I was out for the
I. dust-rather the snow and 1 wanted to
81 win out on my merits a hobo up against
it. / didn't tackle any rich peoples base
ment doors to ask for snoW-shovellng
/. work; just hit up the houses that didn't
look pretentious, clearinghouse and
such.
First place l tackled was a three-story
brick house, the corner house of a row
just like it, The basement areaway was
cluttered with drifts above my waist, but
l managed to reach the basement door
bell all right An old nanny came to the
door, and opened it about half an inch
Fo de lans sake wife man, whut
yo' all want2' she esked me-
viii you kindly ask the lady of the
house if size wants the snow in front
cleaned away? l asked the old nanny,
trying to throw booty hoarseness into
my voice
Il think the old nanny was just about
to give me the quick chase, when she was
addressed from behind by somebody. The
somebody was the man of the house, who
mad seen me entering the basement area
way from mis- easy chair in the parlor win
COW lie was a middle aged man In a
SMOKING Jacket He was smoking a cigar
ana looking as warm as toast He OPEN
ed the door wide, so that big bank of
snow fell within the hall.
wen said he, if you amt a jay,
~dutihg TO shovel off snow in front of a
man house when the SHOWS still
coming down at the rate of about a foot
d minute. Amt you afraid of getting lost
~ 'le arlIts! Or are you returned Klon-
III hey?" - eaiiie'
NO l amt no Klondiber,' 1 replied
9ut am up again it, and I'm trying to
PICK up quarter or So
Just you fall in here over that bank
ad,.;s' warm and after you get warm I'd
aINlse you to go down and see nv friend
NsJ. Sylvester, and ask him 10 have Won
aq' up FOR month or so, hey? What
SUI you down to this, anyhow-rum?
Warm Welcome.
4 nodded dejectedly, and he went ~,
Sairs ana brought down a decanter ana
alasSes. ne told me to pour out a booter
U-'0H uld Tor just about needed one
'PpdIehlly wanted me to spend the
hs WIN him, telling him hard llclx
~, ana helping him TO finish that bot
ana ~ toId MN was out for business
# baforo 80 away he handed me a quarter
"a RIM, 80, T' ana told me to cut out the
rum and I'd land all right sonoa. 81, 'ilr .
9''sr' l guess he was a denart,,antaI
p
tb i pu'ting in the day at home and from
Gott, way ne was hitting it up, III bet that
CUE &c was pretty shy by the time the an
seus bell rang. ZINC 'iie an
came lowed along up the street until
"A boar7,, 10 a mouse that 1 knew was big
M ping house for governmental neonle
"A ,y,,5"ere number of women in the
Fl tjf fuqow watching the descent of the beau
y dow, t ana they must have seen me dive
opened ~" r. basement steps, for one of EN-
n nice .o. me basement door. She was a
ed n 'oo a young matron, and She look
her ewes over with no end of sympathy in
tone W nat Is it.? she asked me in a kindly
Van want your snow cleaned off. ma,am ?,
h, 'f her.' It's sdll a-snowin,, I know
Wo,., - l clean off the worst of il the iob
.1., pe so big the next time,
me ne landlady isn't in She said .h,.
N How l n she wants the snow remoyed
II Quarter said l. ''
it Off l'i light right she replied. You NAV clca,
fl, but wouldn't you like a on, &c -