The sun., 1905-09-21
LIVE rOpfCs ABOVr row.


Il am not offering my employees q bon,r
10 Get married, They are nearly all girl
and women, and ! don't know how VI
would gee along without them Many o
them have been In the b,,riness for year
and know the details better than do
They are faithful. industrious, cheerful
and valuable. They have no vice~, car
be trusted to any extent. and recently
when we had a disastrous business ex-
perience. they stood by the house, at greatly
reduced salaries, In a way that enabled us
nor p .cE do al nsser ws can o 70 alysfss %ss
their attention from natrimony."
Few die and none get married-is that
Just about
We never offend their self f-respect.
We pay them the best salaries we can af-
ford. and they are worth tho money. but
we've noticed that they care more about
respectful treatment than they do about
largo salaries without It.
After pause he added. thoughtfully:
III should hear Of man trying to in
diioe one Of them to get married. i-weil--i
might oief him u bonus 10 keep away.
A professional man who .is we'll known
in upper West Side circles has Chinese
cook and he recently instructed John TO
make q large, handsome cake for a birth
day occasion. When the cake appeared
on the table it was triumph Of art. frosted
and decorated with great skill, but to the
surprise Of every one present il bore the
initials y. c. which were not those Of any
member Of the family. Reluctantly, but
certainly, the host was forced to the oon-
cmsion that Johns religious enthu siasm
had become perverted. The more oon-
servative OF the guests were shocked, and
after the feast WAS over the host went to
explain to John why those initials must not
be used for such purposes in future.
As the explanation proceeded John became
.oh hellee dam no!' he exclaimed.
. Him Jelly Cakel'
.You won't have been long in my busi-
ness" said a man who makes collections
for an instalment house, before you
awaken to admiration Of the ingenuity
Of the reasons offered for default in the
weekly payment And 1t just has got to
be q good reason to get by us, for when We
turn In our cards to the cashier at the end
Of the day the excuse must seem pretty
to hin os Ts get on ahat the
handed me. 1t was a neatly printed card
with eight pretty good reasons for such
default, beginning with the rent week one.
which Is a good old standby. The man
said that IL would Ale that at the Office
q would save bother. FOR then he could
rive me his excuses by number and thus
save bother. The cashier took 1t like a
little man and bis only comment was the
remark that any excuses not on that list
would be considered solely on their literary
merits"
A depart ment store on Fulton street dis
,lays a placard at it's principal entrance
the peremptory intimation that
Babies must not be left here" and further
Ldvising mothers that IL they will 60 around
he corner to side entrance their offspring
will be cared for
did you ever notice a negro taking a
alb rider said the man who keeps his eye
,eeled.
Not particularly said the other fellow.
well, you've overlooked bet. Here's
ghat I mean: Ninety mine times out Of a
hundred when a colored man in this town
lesires to take cab ride he halls one with
white driver on top. presume it is sort
& gratifying to the negroes racial instincts
o have q white man waiting on him. On
he east side Of Columbus Circle, at Fifty |
inth street, q lot Of black cabbies have |
heir stand. Dozens OF times I have seen q !
vel dressed negro man and woman pass |
hem right by, 20 clear across the circle |
nd climb into a white mans hanson. |
o that is why know It isn't a coincidence
hat when you see q negro riding In q cab
.bs a co n that a whitA man ia driyin0s