Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-23

nearby rabbis who will kill the feathereo
purchases in truly orthodox fashion.
Does q housewife want to buy any wear
ing apparel for herself or famiiy7 II she IS
not looking for new suit for her husband
she need not go a step farther than tho
carts adjoining the ones at which she has
just purchased her household supplies.
Here il q cart hidden with scores Of girls
straw and chiffon hats. all wonderfully be-
decked with amazingly hued fowers-roses.
tulips, violets, geraniums; so many diner
ent varieties that 1t would be hard to Inn
agine how any one would experience the
slightest trouble In getting hat decorated
with her favorite flower in her favorits
shade. And the price-25 cents to Il.
Carts Laden With Merchandise.
But here is cart laden with small
breeches and coats to match and as little
Moses accompanies his mother, he is I'M
tremendously stripped Of his much-worn
outer casing. and undergoes the ordeal OF
having suits tried on until he is fitted to his
proud parents taste. And the price? May
be $99; maybe 40 cents a garment.
There are carts which are laden exclu-
combs or dress accessories, such as belts
and chatelaines; lace neckpiece. mems ties
and suspenders, children's stockings, in as
many colors as were in Joseph's coat; shoes
LOT all sizes of feet. from those just stepping
INTO the world to those almost in the grave
CARPET slippers In variegated patterns, at
20 30 and 90 cents the pair. according to the
color; and on still other carts are displayed
rolls Of ribbon of all widths, all shades and
all prices which are possible under dollar
a yard.
Handkerchief peddlers are plentiful, and
all seem to drive thriving trade It Is
the oriental love for color on the East
Side which causes the white handkerchief
10 go begging at 2 cents. while the one
showing the largest and most vivid polka
dot In its border is eagerly snapped up at
D cents, or six for a quarter. In fact, all
along the line colored merchandise finds a
reader sale than white. and the more pro-
nounced the shades the more eagerly the
bargainers contend for 1t.
Some Carts Are Like Stores.
Many carts seem to carry everything that
can be found in the corner notions store Of
the country town.
On one cart is heaped in separate piles,
and displayed well as the six-by-three-
foot space will permit, pins needles, but
TONS combs, stays, garters for both sexes,
dress binding, corset strings, remnants Of
dress goods, pocketbooks, hairpins, gaudy
jewelry, hatpins. looking glasses. neck
chains, lorgnettes, belt buckles, sprigs Of
flowers for the home milliner. balls Of
darning cottons and shoe laces.
Close by stands long-bearded peddler
whose stock in trade Is proclaimed to the
public in this fashion by the sign nailed
to the back Of his cart: Ten thousand
articles on this wagon. 1c. each. To be
sold this week" One glance at the wares
gives the impression that the statement
about the number of articles is warranted.
There are the bundles of toothpicks by the
score, screws, hasps, locks. keys, key
chains, nails. tweezers. bolts and nuts,
ties and nipples. Irvine, tin spoons, knives
and forks, kitchen utensils too numerous
to mention and many other things be-
sides.
China and olac ara fo,ort+o .+o,,,,
Some peddlers make specially of fashily
decorated china salt and pepper shakers
Others sell diminutive lamps and clocks
One cart is always loaded with china
ware statues. none retailing for more than
cents. Still other carts carry monde.
script stocks. and at them the housewife
Is able to buy almost anything that she
needs in the way of china and glassware
for her dark little home six flights up, the
last door in the rear on the right-hano
side.
Dresses for the Women.
While a woman cannot buy her husband
a suit of clothes in this market, she car
get him anything else he may need in wear
ing apparel, and for herself. she need
not go elsewhere for thing unless she
wishes to trade at a store. For there are
peddlers, many of them old women, who
do nothing the whole day through except
to display white goods, calicos, black
goods and all the different kinds of cloths
which women make UP into dresses for
themselves. The peddlers are not content
to show dress goods rolled They unroll
bolt after bolt, toss the yards of stuff in
heaps, either upon the carts or on the
ground, and talk glibly of their wearing
qualities while they are clawed over by the
Notwithstanding women folk
The intellectual comfort of the marketers
is by no means neglected. This is evidenced
in the carts piled high with books whose
covers give the eye such titles Two
Kisses" THE Secret Hole in the Wall"
Gentleman Joe's Moonlight Matinee"
THE Gypsy Dream Book" Way Down
East" and Woman Against Woman" And
man or woman who would exercise the
faculty of composition by writing letter
to the old folks In the old country does
not have to look far for peddler who has
a hundred dollars of his savings invested
in pencils and paper.
What is 1t that a human being really
needs to live that is not offered for sale
every Thursday and Friday in the queerest
market in the metropolis of the new
world?