The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-25

than he pays for. Moreover, the most re-
cent grapes are on top, and the pushcart
man deity substitutes for these, when
possible. the superannUated ones from IN
derneath- When compelled by some eagle
eyed shopper TO destroy the careful ar
rangement Of his shcw-pieces he plainly
shows resentment and sometimes declines
10 sell al all
Bananas, however. seem as expressly de-
signed for the beneht OF the pushcart man
as monkeys for the organ grinder Il is
their well-knOwn habit TO grow In two
layers, the inner one much smaller and
generally less desirable than the outer Ar
ranging his wares with an artists eye for
eject. the pusheart man adrertises FIVE
! bananas for cents. meaning TWO good
I ones o. top and three third-olass ones be-
low Woe 10 the shopper who insists OF
having five Of the top layer for her
cents; the Italians dusky eyes flash with
indignation. he shouts q negative The
profit on The three bad bananas represents
an extra cents worth Of spaghetti for his
harc-eaTned evening meal. which this fat
American wants 10 do him out Of What
pigs Americans are.
The dust from the street and the elm
deTs from me elevated road are other foes
10 be guarded against almost as vigilantly
as the policeman, the shopper and the pill
fering small boy The Italian knows that
II he wants 70 sell his apples. grapes, or
candy, he must keep them well polished or
busted Therefore, IN the intervals OF
business, with one melancholy eye OF the
hustling- bustling crowd he rubs an apple
On dingy sleeve OF overall carefully Civ
ing the last polish with ragged handker-
chief, or Yields a moulting feather custer.
One sort Of produce 70 which some
pushcart men confine themselves, but
which 10 one is ever sven to buy, goes BY
the generic term candy II includes figs,
gun-drops and various sorts Of blonde
and brunette pastes some OF a brilliant
auburn or orange color There must be a
demand for these articles, else there
would not be this perennial and unvarying
supply; but II bought, they are bought
surTeptitiOusly, and eaten even more so.
Yet II seems that a spirit bold enough 70
buy and eat these corrections should dare
the daylight and the eyes Of men.
a crowd gathered the other da- on a
Broadway corner and listened with de-
light to conversation between a vsnder
OF these candles and a messenger boy, who
had just run into the pushcart with his
bicycle and tipped the contents into the
street. The boy and the Italian were both
vOciferous and BilIngsgate hOnors were
about even. when the crowd made way for
a seven-fOot member Of the Broadway
squad, who advanced with majestic strides
10 the scene Of hngual action The
Italian fell dumb al sight OF his arch
enemy. and only showed his teeth. like an
underground animal in s trap. The mes
senger boy mounted his wheel and rode
away. and the crowd departed, too, all but
two or three who stayed 10 watch The
puShcart nan pick up his stOck-!n-trsde,
and efter 4 sting each piece rearrarge II
on the cart II looked then quite as good
as new. probably sold as well. and doubt
less tasted Just the same. But the Itsl-
ia1's eyes showed his sense Of injury the
fiercer because he could not express it
IL IS not good for s. southron 20 hold his
tongue or TO bottle up his wrath; and that
is one reason why the italian who makes
his living out Of the unsympathetic Ameri-
can crowd and lives in awe OF the Irish
policeman is = sadder and a less attrac-
tive man than his brother OF The quar-
ter"