Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-21
UN(LASSIFIED.
DENvER'S ODDITIE S
And Peculiarities-Some Strik-
ing Features of The Com
monplace Order.

Special Correspondent to the Evening Capital
1t will not do to say farewell to Denver
and Colorado without few notes and
incidents that present themselves to the
Eastern tourist here, and which, coming
under no particular head are, therefore,
unclassihed.
Passing along the streets of Denver
one is attracted by the peculiar names
on some Of the signs above doors and
windows of various business establish
ments. While waiting for car one day
at prominent street corner here, we
were gazing at the beautiful Colorado
sky, the color of which has its perfection
in this State, very probably because OF
the rarihed air. While admiring the
bluest of blue skies our attention was at
tractsd to the building opposite. on which
was the sign "Cool and High" Now
why it should be cooler just midway that
building, we could not imagine, for it
certainly was not so high as others near
by. On inquiry we were told Cool and
High were the firm who did business
there.
This oddity of names kept US on the
qui vive for others, some of which we
remembered as follows:
A firm doing business in the northern
part Of the city is Love and Joy; another
man is "A Beggar." A tailor on Main
street has his sign out "a Swindler,
Tailor" We are told few tailors will
acknowledge the same. On inquiry we
found this purticular tailor's name is
Adam, which he invariably abbreviates
with "a" for he claims it is bad enough
to be A. Swindler. without claiming to
be Adam; Swindler.
Then there is a Fannie Toogood, a
milliner, here. Isn't it too bad she is
too good for a millner? One Mr.. Lead
beater has his sign out as a plumber.
His name is almost as appropriate as his
business, as are those of the firm of Sal
mon and Trout, who are fish dealers
here in Denver. Now, since MIR. ]. M.
Salmon and MIR. S. L. Trout are in the
fish business. who dares reiterate with
the Bard Of Avon that ''there is nothing
in name.
We gazed at a sign in the window Of
a popular shoe store for long time. de-
liberating whether we should walk in
and take any risks. The sign read, "Any
man, woman or child can have fit in
sidewalk in" Now this column OBJ
iects to having fit any where. whether
inside or out. and the sign struck us for
chilly.
Aside from peculiar signs and odd
names there were other things that at
tracted our attention along the line of
the common place in Denver. Although
we have traversed nearly the entire city,
we have yet to see shutters on any Of
the houses, inside or outside shutters.
These eye lid appendages to our Eastern
homes are altogether an unknown guam
tity in Denver. The people seem to have
no use for them whatever. And as TO
the houses themselves, one has to GO
miles to find frame house. We do not
recall having seen single one, but are
told some OF the Oldest houses here are
frame. There is law against building
frame house in Denver, which has
been in existence some years past. That
is the reason one sees only brick or stone
houses.
Speaking of the Denver houses re-
minds me of what President Harrison
said when visiting Denver q few years
ago as the guest of the G. A. R. of this
city. In his address before large as
semblage the President said in part
'You have fine public buildings and
elegant business houses. but your homes
and your schools appeal to me as the
most distinctive features of your city !.
These homes and schools tell me what
the people Of Colorado are.