Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.
A mysterious stranger. we'll dressed and
correct In sartorial get-up. has been play
ing angel to the human waits Of New
York Every night between Ii and midnight
he appears in Bryant park and distributes
silver dollars among the tramps who crowd
the benches there. Once OF twice he gave
away over 100 OF these coins. 1T will do
them more good than It is doing me-" he
said to a policeman whom he asked to ac-
company him. The tramps have been null
tiplying SO fast that the stranger is ex-
pected to stop his lavish distribution as
suddenly as II was begun.
Russell Sage boarded Sixth avenue ele-
waited train at Rector street one day last
week. He carried Under one arm a sample
brick wrapped in a newspaper. 1t was one
that the builder Of the Emma Willard sem
mary had taken to the hnanciers ofice.
Repairs to Sage hall are to be made, and
Mr.. Sage wanted to see the brick that is to
be used. 1t was worth perhaps cents. At
Twenty eighth street a sporty looking
youth. who evidently knew the great man.
reached down. seized the brick, dashed to
the door and was down the stairs and away
before Mr.. Sage. much annoyed, could get
to the door and breathlessly explain to
the guard what had happened.
Il felt sorry for him." said he latter,
when he told OF the experience. He looked
real sad at losing that brick. but I'd have
given a dollar to see the face OF the other
fellow when he cut the string
In New York the schedule governing the
working hours OF the walters is not par
arIx, Nr,.tpz thraa
shifts. The long watch is the hardest and
the most remunerative. The men 80 on at
$50 a. m. and work till IL noon, then re-
port again at o'clock and work through
usually to between IL o'clock and midnight.
The relief watch goes on at a. m. and
works till p. m, returning at $50 to work
through the dinner rush. The intermediate
watch is best. The walters report at II 30
a. m. and quit usually at 8. Opportunities
for. tips are about equal in all these
watches. The European rule Of 10 per cent
of the cost is generally ignored. The aver
age New York tip is about 20 per cent when
persons dine singly and Is per cent in par
ties Of two or more. In most of the first
class places the tip for any kind of service
is rarely less than Is cents.
There is a new enjoyment for the lucky
1t with sufficient impressiveness and dis
tinctness Some stage experience as actor
or singer is of great assistance. but not all
of the men who engage in this vocation
have enjoyed this preparation
It Is in the factories of the manufacturers
| of phonograph rolls that this new employ
ment is to be found. Some of the men at
this work earn as much as SIS week, and
| two get twice that sum. Both of these are
able to enunciate clearly and have very
| good voices. Both have been on the variety
stage.
The duty Of such an employe is to an
! nounce into the receiver before song the
name of the selection and Of the person
who is to deliver It, not forgetting to men
ton more emphatically than either of these
facts, the name of the maker of the in
strument-"as sung into the Blank-blank
phonograph''-he must say with both feet
on the name of the machine.
The habit of engaging music hall per-
! formers and later. noted actors and singers
| to use the phonograph made the announcer
! more important than he ever had been be-
! fore. He has now to pronounce correctly
| foreign names and titles of arias In differ
ent languages. and he must do all this in
way that will be understood. For these
| reasons II became necessary to have ca
| paDle mens SO Ine new pIOlGbSlOh Va bhO
photograph barker came into existence.
In signing the bill known as the Install
ment bili'' Governor Odell has alleviated
| in a way the life of many of the unfor-
tunate residents of lower East side. For
many years agents of constituencies dealers
have wheedleC the ignorant into buying
goods they did not need, usually teW'elry,
at prices ranging from two to twenty times
! their value the amount to be paid in small
linstallments. The dealers arranged IL so
that the customers have skipped a pay
ment: then they have descended upon the
luckless buyers and demanded immediate
payment in full. If their threats did not
secure payment suit was brought. BY a
piece OF trickery on the dealers part the
defendants did not appear, and judgment
was entered for the specified amounts. The
unfortunate was then arrested perhaps
pulled out of bed In the early morning and
hauled of to Jail by corrupt marshal. the
creature of the dealer. Usually at this
stage the fear of prison overcame the
victims and they borrowed right and left
from their friends and bought their free
dom from jail by paying what the dealers
demanded. But II obdurate there has been
nothing for them but to lie weeks or months
in jail-their terms as prisoners for debt
that no criminal action can be instituted
where the sum involved is less than $780,
and its effect is already being felt
Dr. John B. Rich. who is "a years young
and the Oldest New Yorker in the city,
says becoming a centenarian is as easy
as rolling OF log to anyone who will take
the pains. He instructed the Health Gull
ture club the other night on the secrets of
following;
BE good-natured; be clean; exercise; be
comfortable; sleep in the most comfortable
bed you can get; don't eat twice much
as you need, and don't eat food that will
abuse that poor old muscle, the human
stomach.
1.-The greatest wonder" he said. '1s not
how people manage to live to the age Of
100 years, but how many Of them manage
to live for thirty-ive years. They haven't
time. they say, to take a little exercise,
| tbavr ba time ~ atttdv tha 1.uys