New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
GATHERED ABOUT TOHN.

The 'Switchhack' railway uninc1nbered by
watered stock bonds or mortgages. was being Of
fered by a sidewalk merchant in FOrty-sscoad-ss
few days aso- No syndicate combination OF cap
ial was necessary TO acquire control oI this par
1cular railway, for II mechanical ~. ceIl-
prising sevenry-flye separate sections in It's con-
structton, and al for quarter OF a dollar was
made OF papier nache and involved . circular
track, characterized BY stespsShase un'lulat lions
s5I al Ins !oTest % lsItnllsl o. Ll.s route , S,e
and by pulling string little three wheeled car
most inpEessi % ''s r. gs 1s POM P itS q prottTS n
me me Dig broad soUss reiiroad sntsTprissS was IN
strins.
The woman Who delights to entertain al OF her
fellow passengers WIS aboard Broadway
lew mornings ago, and the result OF cer verbal
industry another woman. six seats removed and
across The aisle, closed her book with a bang
and S!ared at The offender. The nan directly
posite' who was crying 10 absorb the contents ri
MS morning peper. gave ir IN in undIsguised dis
ft-l'4 tefna-e vas Geprect(ing tue
siir,I tnaL people 1re not franker" The school
s%bIIl2tI1o thet moro frank woUl1 he the prefer
lie was a Nev-E@g.aud business man. and or his
arrival recently al Eew-YorIs hotci nc aot2d the
iosS Of his purse. Four dgv-es ve-c necessary 20
express the value Of ths E1tez checks ana money
I contained. He said ne kue7- exactly whom he
mad II last, I was Just stepping into the train
on leaving home" saI4 he when my wife calico
me back and gave rae toU--Iear clover TO put tn
my nurse for luck I hogs may see tha t-'ovsr
again II was SO tbougAtfu, o. wife. you Know
Been Soup was the way it was placed On n res
taUranJ bulletin board, and stic&ier Tor accurate
spelling aud expression SHE'D 5,spieoGey aaa
SAD mat bean soup. via, the t-st letter - the
alphabet omitted, was pretty csrraia 70 or e the
At the Astor Library they have practice ot
making up q shelf OF books OE t:meIy subjects
which likely to be il great demand When
~sa- +1.a sf1 v-,z
nsd with works descriptive of Japan Siberia ard
MancAuria. When the English expedition was On
It's Wv 10 Tbc, the volumes dealing wttH SEN
tral Asia had the place OF honor and easy access.
lie shelf 8. loaded down with political
works There is nothing partisan about II. cow.
.r-- tEu lIeniocit .senunCoks are sandWlched
There are several histories Of the political parties,
and there IS a life OF TheodoIe Roosevelt \ M Hie
if one had ever been written
-. e.sisYS 20 li1e LLIa.J ~ ~
without a trace OF beard. Some OF them even we're
who looked oId enough to vote drew from the
political shelf
"Schoolboys,', explained Tie attenda1t when
me youth OF the political students was called 70
ms 9-a a[Ie1t-0 os SFS Ir5biess cam
peEn viii be mashed % out as {h0Togg5y ,,sIg in the
There is a stationer in the financial district who
wins the gratitude OF several hundred people every
day. II IS none the less sincere because il is un-
expressed. In the entrance his store practically
the open street. he has placed a copy Of the
latest city directory stand OF convenient height
There penny IN the slot attachment. and the
directory Is free nIl who care it. The dis
trict is practically barren OF drug stores the usual
recourse Of citizen who is at loss for address
1o and as s' 10 look at the dreetory People walk
and sometimes there is a line OF four five wait
ing 10 use H. Constant handling and exposure 10
the weather use up three or four directories a
tisine investment