The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-23

lawsuit for which he owes me $500. | have
Just received his bill for $3.50. ! have
credited him with that amount and | am
now going up to collect the $3.50 balance
which he yves me. Ill give your sympa-
thy 10 the dentist IL you wish"
I'm AFRAID to ask you to do II for fear
you Will come back at me with a fee
said his companion, and when the lawyer
left, the other Yale men at the table agreed
that he was bound To die rich.
The rapidity with which Wall Street men
emptied the wagon load Of complete Balzac
sets at 10 cents each and their cheerful
surprise when they found in each box some
congressional speeches are the explana-
ton why fakirs find this a profitable part
OF town in which 10 operate. Apparently
the broker enjoys buying gold bricks
from street fakirs and after he has been
fooled he keeps quiet about il that he may
enjoy seeing other men taken in. There
are several firms in this city that deal in
so-called novelties" and each of them sends
fakirs down in the Wall Street district
with something new every week. Several
lays ago one of these street fakirs dis
played on the sidewalk two small mechani-
cal fighting cocks. Whenever he pulled
the string these birds would fly at each
other furiously. 1t caught the crowd and
during the lunch hour he sold out his en-
tire stock.
A man whose family wealth came from
the shoe business and whose name is still
associated with it happened TO be one Of a
little supper party after the theatre OF Satur-
day night. One Of the other guests was
a young woman who ia described by her
friends as perky and whose social am
billions are such that she resented the shoe
mans presence, though his wealth is large
and his manners good. She directed several
Ghntfa nj him AturtHa tIA .panirn prhfah
he apparently overlooked much TO the
amusement Of the other guests. This
annoyed her and finally she said:
Il frequently wear your shoes"
Yes he said, non-committally.
oh, yes she continued, +and now that
j think Of it | wish you would have a pair
OF the kind usually get sent to my house
tomorrow
just what you wear and TO make sure Of
remembering | will just note II dow Miss
~So-and-So. one pair of walking shoes. size
six, extra wide"
The young woman drew her feet, which
were large. well under her skirts and left
the shoe man alone for the rest Of the even
ing.
Hero Is something that always preiu-
diccs mo against a man said a banker
on Saturday morning, as the card Of a
lawyer was presented to him. Down in
the corner was printed Harvard club
Il am a member ~ that club myself and I
happen 10 know who this young man il.
Why should he have Harvard Club printed
on his clrdRY He docs not live there. He
is married and has his own home. | don't
even halieva that he spends much time
there. and II scent 20 me like u very EhOddv
kim Of Identification. The practice ~
printing the name 81 your club on your
card never has teen general here and there
l. no such "NCuSe FOR ~ as there IL ~ London.
Membership N certain London clubs identi-
i'Sa man and II he happens tu hp q bachelor
and lN"a al hhs club IL II his address, Il course
j. seems - Inc that II IL merely parade Boo
THE city when a member Of a club who does
NOT lis" IN n. but has his own home and "a
profession at a business puts HE club ON
hs card. ~ Tar a. ] haN. observed very
lew New YORK Club members dp urr such
'hfds never ha'e met this young lawyer
and ! a--um" thai be- has come ~ ark me
some favor lip may b" all right lHttls
things - the sur indicat. character. how
ever, and Pee wul haN. To- overcome uly
rIruI'i1u liar b." 10 tuulishlv vain l.iurr |
vii l' disposed to do anything for hrm
Nuah Eahy, Nrw Jer-ey's champion Ola
mai, Nl" h'rs az II~satiNay poor farm.
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