The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-07
100 ST JULIAN STREET WEST.
Jptown Distributing Point

the inundated she has no dlncuity In
telling them apart ana connecting win
them their riEhtfu. histories She picks
them up everywhere- the gutter in f1A
'henteI Oh traius-utycr o. ehc lu COO
much 81 hurry OF TOO roueuiruousiy
pl'ccd 10 pick up hairu.n-iudeed u
mas been said of her that 90, moment sha
sees q pin she forEefs her surroundings
ana her companion in her ready Interest
over the new treasure Nor o. shc IN
tho least en- aarrnesrd 10 md that crowd
mas gathered 10 witness her performances
II want 70 pick up pin J feel ! have
that privilege ana ] con believe in them
too. " like / would not De the oily
one VINO 6 30 foolish" o. her ready
eelf-dcfense
Ana every one who stops 10 think Of Il
mus agree with her thar sho Is not me
only one believing Eee why all these
pin gatherera2
stick Pins IN Their Vests
pa YOU ever see man with row OF
pins along the bottom of his veste I, il
ten 10 one be picked every one Of them
out u the street Of course he would
deny ~ n YOU asked him but wait and
watch and some day YOU will catch him
in the very act
Walk down State street nnd witch FOR
pins. You VIII get your eye ou a pin and
make 20 pick it No. bur some one will
see ~ before you and will tuck IL ont OF
tight with look Of shame on hls face
II you concentrate YOUR mind on the
thlng for three blocks YOU will ever
after md yourself Involuntary searching
for pins Half the people who pick up
pins scarcely know they DO IT, II gets
10 BE- second nature. ana the nrst thew
know OF D. they have row Of pins some
whore about their clothing II 10 n very
convenient row 81 pins. Tor pins have
constant demand and are seldom 10 he
had Tor the asking IN this way the pin
collecting habit serves e purpose. but II
10 no purpose which gives q origin. On, .
stupid acquaintance With odd savings and
blind belief IN them.
Police study pin Gatherers
The policeman who stands o.. the cor.
ner 81 state and Washington streets has
made a study of the gin CATERERS. and
he Jeys they constitute - per cent. of the
people who pass his corner re says there
Is no end Of pins dropped on the pave
mcnts near the THREE crossings which he
guards. but that he can never md q pin
and that the sweepers never pick one up
They have the Mn habit az well az the
other people. bur they never have an op-
portuniiy Of iudulg.ng o. Tho pins are all
picked up before the sweepers get around
This policeman has watched pins ana
pavement more than twenty minutes He
has seen people fail in their cagerness 70
pick one ur--one poor tin pin az that.
when asked n the habit were not
character.stlcally feminine one he laugh
- That's just where YOU are wrong"
he said 81 m sorry 20 confess a.. but Il is
the men who pick up the pins III tell
YOU another thing, too. les the old men
ana the we'l-to-do men who pick up the
most uins They make a habit Of n and
ihey rever let . chance pass 20 please
tho habit I've seen some * the smartest
and richest business men In the city siop
on this corner ana pick up pin. And I've
laughed in my sleeve to see them do H.,
Wouderin' what they would cay n some
enc asked en- what they did IL for"
The policeman extricated a woman from
enlargement with a wagon and a street
car before he finally said "Its a funny
thing. they've got most Of the queerness-
es has women. put this isn'i ono % en-
Women don't 90 Ia for pins that's picked
% on the street I suppose they re- the
ones that loses most OF en-, but they sell
dom pick en- up.