New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH'
HozU a Sho7cman "Butted In ana
iSpoHed Good Advertising.

-. a,,-,seroent parks at Coney Island yesterday
The managers Of one Of the popular snow S -
son told a story 10 illustrate me iacuitS "a t1
men butt in Al the "'0"s
a good thing. lilo, -,
I'VE had a number OF sandwich men walking up
and down Surf-ave with advertisements Ol 10
show" said the manager, but business was Poo''
o,6 some Of US thought Of brilliant idea 10 at
tract the crowd 20 place It was careiuIl "
.e-e7 mar two Of the sandwich men should ap-
rroach two others at a crowded place IN 0uI -
and tell them that the manager "allteu 'Ie"4 ~
hack 10 the Office at once. IT was the pai - -
second pair OF sandwich men TO misunderstood az
protest against going back. Ihen there wa" -,
an argument waxing hotter and hotter anu "-e
a crowd had been gathered the men Win 'ho 80
sage from the Office were 10 try 10 drag lile O''
hack to the show. Arguing and hghuhg' 'Ie' W.
., fall hack gradually TO our show, ana tHeh N4
.--ear through the gates continuing the hsnl
within and attracting hundreds Of visitors III VIZ,
them The details had all been carefully arIaliseu'
and the scheme was working perfectly. Inc aIsu-
,,ent was started, and a large crowd had been at
,-.o,a5 N see our sandwich men fight, the signs
with our advertisement their backs looming UP
before the spectators and swaying back ana ioIen
IN the thick Of the fight. Slowly the men loueII'
their way back toward the show. followed by big
throng Not a policeman was in sight to spoI the
fun Suddenly one Of the proprietorS Of the snow
who was not onto the game. happened along. H6s s
mind was not capable o. gTas2ln agI, sn9 Al he
could see that few sandwich signs. when when
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damaged He rushed through the crowd and or
dered the men 10 stop They did not Know Z,, nm
he declared that he was one Of the propretoTs 81
the show the men thought ne vas N the gav a +b
proprietor rushed TO the police stallon ammo
that some Of the property Of his show was being
damaged and asked for a policeman to stop the
fight The result was that the sandwich men were
an arrested and dragged of 10 the police court
which, by the way. was in the opposite direction
from the show. They were followed, OF course oy
the crowd. which we had planned to corTad al -
much head. What did happen was that the sana5
We had 70 pay he anes. The language We used
when we heard Of what the proprietor haa gone
by ''butting in" was mora forcible than elegant
That this proprietor not cut out fPr the
show business added the manager. was also
clearly shown by the way IN which he allowed
complete stranger TO almost wreck the enterprise
This stranger was one OF those smooth talking as-
gressive fellows who can make you believe that he
knows more about your business than you DO your
self One day he went TO the proprietor and began
10 tell him a lot Of things that were wrong with
the show. Then he began to make suggestions for
Improvement. he said he old stage man
aeer and talked so persuasively that he hypnotzed
the proprietor. He protested that he did not want
any money for his ideas. but simply dying to
make some changes in the show. because his sense
OF what ought 10 be cried out against the way the
show was being conducted. All he asked
free hand for few days in making the improve
n2ents. Just give him control Of things and he
would produce a show that would increase the re-
ceipTe by thousands OF dollars a week The picture
he painted strong and attractive and the pro-
pEietor, who would not be held back by those with
more experience than he, finally consented to the
strangers proposition. The latter started IN with
whirl and in a few hours had ripped out scenery
that cost hundreds OF dollars Every employee IN
the place kept the jump, new material was
ordered and fixed up in accordance with the ideas
OF the stranger. He seemed to be a marvel of
energy. and was constantly patting himself on the
back FOR the wonderful things he was doing. But
the proprietor began TO see a great light when
stranger had brent ;5e go ~ a. iase me
ce,ass 10 d ~ 1i'1ILt I1ett, "LCh enoed MS
solemn and gloomy picture needed TO make It look
tanned, and with much pains made to lie down AT
the door OF a kennel, to which he was chained The
tones, was telling Of the horrible catastrophe which
me scene was supposed TO represent Suddenly
the dog sat Up and took notice. and began to howl
The crowd which had not noticed the brute before
The dog made dash for the wings dpaFgin tbe
kennel with him. The lecturer, all broken up
down on the Pf zz ana That 6g The ~Rs THng
III stage manager left u.s. but the bills he had
tracted continued to come in for
put the show in the hands OF receiver"
Talking Of playing to the galleries by induIging
In lofty flights OF rhetorical fireworks on the mart
Of certain lawyers ex-Assistant Corporation Conn
sci Luke d Staplston told story at the Kings
County Democratic Club the other night. A youth
ful public prosecutor, whose great desire was TO
emulate the lawyer Of whom he had heard IN
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cutting a man for murder. In his opening address
he attempted 10 draw vivid picture Of the scene of
the crime. Growing intensely dramatic and in a
voice trembling with emotion he said:
1T vas dark night. Not sound was to he
heard through the Stygian pail that fell around
and encompassed the spot. Suddenly a shot rang
out in the darkness. echong and re-echoing
through the baneful gloom. And-and-and a soul
went soul weut-Went-wheTe the woodbine
The swift reaction made by this startling and in
congruQus climax upon the minds OF the jury and
otheTs IL the courtroom, whose blood had begun to
run cold from the dramatic description Of the
5tyglan pail" caused q roar of Iylic,
entirely spoiled the seriousness and solernnity of
tfe occasion. The young lawyer tried to proceed
jury TOOK everything he said after that so lightly
mat ne lost his fight. although IL seemed to be
q clear case.
Two persons were on their way down Orange-st
70 attend the concert in celebration of the opentr
OF the remodelled Plymouth Church organ when
footsteps were heard approaching rapidly in tba
rear As they turned around they saw a rather
elderly, shabby dressed little man hustling aIon,
he was talking 10 himself As he passed they
overheard him mattering:
Get there! get therei. It's d seldom on -
church: but I've got TO hear that organ
AIlC ne rushed down the street In rhe dtrec,,o,
O Lae cAufch' MS coaltais standing OUT in H.
after the concert It happened that the two r,or
syi4s, waiting 10Y a car at Fulton and Orange sts
He was still talking to himself H--4s near BY
oh. nay, wasn't that heavenly wasn.+ 81.
oiylneZ' he was saying 1T took me ia 81, 20 -
that" ~0-4o near
The little old man seemed to be in a trance &c =.
moved down the street. "a 40