New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

the conductor would have no possible use for, ana
carry away even If ne were. dishonest In nine
cases out Of ten these complainant are women. ZEN,
One old marty in here and demanded hef
false teeth She had just got them. and they were
worth s S and oGn she gTodnee rns the for She
him looking at her when she laid them on the
tbey might be worth $50 to her her dentist they
would probably fit no other mortal mort ~ IN 'me omniant
To the central office She said she'd go 70 the
president of the road but that she d nave 'hose
Thev often threaten us with the newspapers the
police the Mayor: one woman said she wlsnea ta
President Roosevelt would something about the tne
way companies managed thlngs @ anu ir of snec
taces and a package of bacon 49,, vii
Several safes are used % cbarge lor @ say they can al
ways tell a womans purse from It's contents, ,S ew
Tha Tn ' shelves given over TO toys of interest
Rows of tagged dollies stare into space; s'acHI d
painted pa ted animals make the place look like eyclon@s e
struck Santa Claws ds sh1P Pe e check aprons and little
socks and cans and shoes have a compartment 9 10
sngi i9ngTncipaiIy|have another There is whole
library of adult literature by the eng Q, % 'e Of
dentists and physicians supplies. TASKS or WS IS
key boxes Of cigars paSeags notary OF stamps and
punches Of keys go the ndiscriminate va May a1d ID
their way to these abodes of the lost on one ba n1e
leather hat ssned e9H Mame Main snd etse @ halt
empty, was marked minnghh Ian docnment IN remarked
.sJpIr returns mark the limits of golf ana oaSe
hall seasons pretty accurately. too ne IT,,
'sard it's casv tell from what part OF tIe
anv articles come Now these, for instance. III III
dy 5i +'g coIIection of dinner pals and overas
Few vrashboiers and such household enecIs,
re- from the line on the East SIDE IneSe ~.
ese"neat looking store tied parcels OF al shapeS
and sizes-"are from the shopping districts on tIe
West side There are fewer things forgotten on
the East Side, perhaps, because there are 1e"ei
things owned. - ,. orA call for
an umbrella unwrapped article. descrlolns
accurately time place etc. and an hour or Two
later an entirely different person call for the s
thing Once or twice we've been able 10 prove DN
orr Conductors that the first caller was stlng py
when he picked the parcel and unquesuboidoddy b d
was not the owner In these instances, the ad-
dress given bv the receiver lnVarlaDly an Inco!
rect one Several times, when the second caller
case was established beyond dispute, we nave mace
his loss good. But can't keep that up lhden-
yiteIy There used to be old man who would come
here regularly about every six months Tor al. UNI UNI
hreIIa He never could remember the exact gay
on which he lost it. but he always managed TO nAd
it and it always good article, TOO once We
caught him. however. II was near the nrst on tht
month and the pile low He insisted II was
a wooden handle. We had some hundred or 50
metal and bone handles. but not a single "oo-tu
one I don't suppose such il thing would occur
again in generation. perhaps. but 1t ala TINS
time-to the old fellows undoing- lie lTleu -
make me believe he had said it was only Pait
wood or something of the sort. He really must
have been hard up for umbrella Yes. a man
and a woman. too, will work pretty hard 70 save
few dollars even cents in some such crooked way
nature here and Aprii's about our hardest inoht5
in the way of umbrellas. but human nature and
poor memories. $ a whole don't vary much WIN
the seasons.