New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-06
THE PASSING THRONG.

"A friend of mine" said Walker Hartley yester-
day. has recently had one Of the rosC remarkable
OF luck I've known.
ALL CAME Some two three years ago he
HIS WAY struggling along a news
FINALLY. paper here. and at the same
time very much in love with
a girl in Jersey City. The paper finally gave him
a chance go % the Transvaal as a that time
there seemed a proba bility Of there. There
wasn't much in IL, except the chance make
name, but that he took He had been there some
tine and secured lot OF pictures and material ia
him to stop work and home. There was
returned He wasn't any Better OF in this worlds
goods than when he started and things really
and 50 he vert and worked his TraSsvaaI material
came the Brittsh-Boer war and one OF the publish
him and offered to publish his book OF royalty.
Needless 70 say: ne grabbed at the chance. Inc
tried again 70 obtain the girls parents consent but
letter the editor Of one Of the biggest papers
here, saying he had read the book and wanted the
africa naming good round sum in Commentator
therefor He wrote a curt letter REFUSING 70 20
S Unless ne received 500 month more than an had
he received his first royalties which amounted TO
he saw MS hance,s parents again and they with
ried; and on Thursday, as though he hadn't al
word that reafive had died ana yer bj SEN s2 n
Verify verify 70 him that hath snail be gwen
The newly married pair are their way
South Africa"
y have been confined indoors for a couple Of
days" said Leonard Galbraith. Of Chicago. at the
Waldorf-Astoria, yesterday. and
TIME OF DAY I found it more amusing TO sit
TOLD BY in the corridor and watch the
DRESS passing crowds Of people than 70
DO anything else. To ny mind
there is nothing in this world interesting
people. used to have a great habit OF guessing
at what people were whom 1 passed the
street and then following them try and find out
~ HraL me marx NAG come A OetilserenI
man who took me for detective night ef
IectuaIly cured me of this habit
"One curious thing I have notced-but ii really
isn't so very curious after ALL when you come 10
while sitting here's how the different costumes
OF both men and women reflect the different
hours Of the day. their different walks of life
the diTTerert parts OF the country they from.
am an habitualy early riser. and yesterday I
tCok my accustomed seat in the corridor about
OF clock Almost all the had on sack OF cuta-
preston Of face and walk Here and there was
1rock coat, worn by an elderly visiting
women we're in 'taIornades' or whatever you call
men, ana the unnoly light Of the shopping fever
burned brightly in their eyes.
with the luncheon hour the
again changed, but am not familiar enough with
feminine gear 10 tell you how. What men were
about wore frock coats and high hats. but from
were frock coats galore and then in poured the
business contingent, some rush upstairs and
shortly return in conventional late afternoon cloth
ing DUt most or them GaWdled around in their
business clothes until the hour for dressing for
dinner came About $40 o'clock an occas ionai
dress suit and dinner coat began to appear, and
in conventional evening rig. l never had a day
pass more quickly or pleasantly