New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-19
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

Us New-York not getting too many hotels
asked the man-about-tOwu. "A year ago ii seemed
as II there could not be too many-as IL the float
ing population was on the increase at such rapid
rate that hotels could not be erected fast enough
TO house II The hotels have been built they have
oeen eonE up IKE mushrooms IN the tas IIoS5'7ia
ahu now that tCey are ready, the noaplns LOp1Cred
ZION seems TO have fallen of or. at least stoppso
various obbies il apr cared to me tFat the old
best known and established hosteries are no T4rs
possibly two exceptions, barely keep
ing their heads above water. 1t is time TO ca1
halt in hotel building"
Fourteenth-st., crowded it with an after
noon throng OF streetcars. automobiles. carriages
and pedestrians. seemed at all the place LOT
hina-a balky country horse He occupied the centre
Of the eastbound. streetcar track and refused to
bulge In the buggy to which he was attached the
younger of the two men-both apparently farmers
cursed vigorously and vigorously applied the whip:
took part In the efforts to start the horse not
even swearing and not even attempting to give ms
companion suggestions. The conductors Of stalled
cars came up with theories and policemen arrived 9i1
and tried TO persuade the horse 10 move o4t sTI.!
the old man sat watching it all stoidly klna1y
az TO the next move Dynamite and steam derrick
were suggested when suddenly the country horse
the old man for the first time broke his silence.
WAL. horses dew re the same everywhere ne
The sign wet paint" was conspicuously dis
played ana should nave been an aIuP4e warning
but It wasn't. 1t was a Park-ave. iron fence,
the color Of the paint black. and the careless
citizen who went against II had only himself 70
blame, The day was one Of the Indian summer l9
surrendered to eTiQs5y with me % %
cause Of a commotion in the areaway inside the
results most unpleasant. He backed away
with dismay on his features and pattern OF the
one Of those cases OF mental curvature that are
regretted when It is too late.
Sad and exasperated as we'll the victim OF the
incident made double quick time TO his apartments
by the least Popu.ous route
IAN the world is a child when It comes to toys.
said the phiiosophcally inclined store clerk.
There's proof Of IT," and he pointed 10 a middle
aged woman unaccou1pa1ted by children, who was
squeezing the woouy lamb that bleated at every
squeeze. The parents take as much delight IN
revvng cats and animated dolls do their children
The other day q Of forty mounted that rock
ing horse and gaIIoped until was forced TO tel
him the horse polo pony, not a neavyWelgnt
hunter nae b 10Y fh5 ae hour II was big ca;
driving four other cats hitched four-in-h anS. II
is notice the size Of that group around 5ha n
automo6ue climbing up inclined plane. ana
around it. watching with almost GREATNESS interest
were men, women and boys.
Rising above the roar Of street traffic the vpice
Of the book auctoneer summons the uiterate to
become learned and the learned to become more
so for it is the time Of auctions when editions
for a mere song. after the for the last time,
gone" While bargains are oftenCInes 70 oe 90
Famed within the Sign Of the Red Flag, intending
purchasers should be careful not TO be lured into
ecrasv bv rcn bindings These at most holiday
nook auctions cover multitude Of Typographical
sins Printed from types and plates on which the
copyright has long since expired the careful pGyer
# he looks closely Will find many battered and I'M
perfect letters II behoOves him, therefore TO pay
more attention 70 the inside than TO the outside or
the books on which he is bidding
yvhv do women, as rule. lift their skirts while
-+.;- LAT %a-- 7rap-
while descending? There is just as much dirt to be
collected going down there is going up. But 1t
IS not the hvgenic question involved in the trailing
skirt that concerns men What appeals TO them -
the fact that the woman VINO wears long skirc
and lets IL drag invariably reviles one who walks
on il. on the elevated station stairs gong down
the audience crOwding out OF the theatre doors,
in the packed asles OF deDartment stores. there IS
always to be found the woman who has in tow @
train three feet long The men following cannot
helm walking on it. especially in the darkness OF
the elevated station stairs There Is an abrupt
stopping OF the woman. the sound Of something
being rent. and while the men is in the midst or
humble apology he is not called on TO make he
hears this You laundering brute! What are your
eyes IlT?