New-York tribune., 1905-07-27
GATHERED ABOUT TOHN.

Mute evidence OF the decline in popularity OF the
bicycle is furnished by the rows OF empty wheel
racks at the Grand Central station Tinae was nor
so long ago. when every OF them they are
hundreds in nuFnber) were filed. and then
arrived with every train Nov io bicycle IS strange
sisht IN the station. and the racks store nothing
pile OF sand Ia Mail-st IN front of the Post
office gave unlimited enjoyment 10 children 70
whom Coney Island and the other beaches we're
denied last week. 1t a pitiful Yet amusing
s'sht TO see them revelling in the sand. the hot
breath Of the asphalt pavement and the furnace
rays OF the sun encirclins them instead OF the
sand NereTteIess SlIald tis StiGolapany & Pia{s r ~
castles and made heir mud pies and got as dirty
watching them. and occasionally taking them to
wiz, mug . E,n d9qnlain in City Hall Park some one
SbIssy bpTISs 9y keepins pile OF sand in that spot
II al children received the care that is be-
slowed on some dogs the infant mortality record
would De appreciaby decreased. Here's a sample
OF the care taken of a white coated poodle: Three
out n2assased and anoiHted with scented wa
10 maze sure Thai his coat shall remain white hts
woman in the washing water
The street IN front of the Tribune Building was
newly asphaited last week Did the contractor do
the work At night when there were no horaeward
hurrying crowds 10 be inconvenienced? Not az all
NeW-York contractors don't do things that way
He chose the night rush hour in which to lay the
asphalt on one of the hottest days 90 the spell
The turbid stream OF humanity That goes up Park
Row in the rush hour was forced TO wind around a
corner Of the old Times Building into a Narrow
] ]rs-led OF space, there 20 meet another eoneested
suean winding up Nassau-st. The two streams
e s and sr snrs foTesd to t9 compress tssmseyss into
The hot steam from the smoking asphalt OF course
added 10 the comfort. One and all Jhey, consigned
as hot as his asphalt
a telegrapher who comes in contact with the
general public meets some queer experiences said
telegraph operator the other day. When l
learning the business IN my native town a woman
acausntanes or mine came into the Office TO send
telegram TO her nance. She spent about twenty
minutes trying to get all she wanted 10 say-whieh
was practically love you'-into the usual ten
words She then carefully folded the message and
handed it over with the amount I had told
her IL would cost. I started unfold message
70 read and cheek II, when she exclaimed; The
idea! How dare you read Jacks message? I re-
folded it and threw II into the switchboard through
little door She gazed at the switchboard and
the wires running out of it for while ana then
faI said Isn,t II wonderfnl how a message can go
One season ] was in a hotel in Saratoga
On the a, ms ssega9 from m
cloth Of some kind The message which was go
ing to big NewYork department store, read
tached pie
Notice the ten words in il? a woman will send
ten words every time whether It's needed not
A passenger a Brooklyn surface car the other
morning handed the conductor a 81 bill and re-
sumed the reading of his paper. Contrary TO the
usual wait OF ten 70 hfteen minutes for change he
had been accustomed TO- he was surprised in be
ing Immediately interrupted / his reading with.
Your change, sir His look of surprise was 50
genuine that the conductor felt called on 10 ex-
plain His explanation was short and to the peint-
He simply opened hts and showed a belt with
mechanical device attached. This had four CYL
inders. holding So a, 70 and cent pieces. As the
conductor collects fares slips them into their
respective places through slot the top of each
receptacle, and In making change abstracts them
with his thumb and foFehaEer from slot at the
bottom The passenger. upon invitation. tried TO
take the coins from the apparatus, but was unable
70 do there being Just way Of doing il. and
that known 10 the
II can make change without looking" said the
conductor; am never short and never lose coin.
II is impossible for 'iiEhtfngered gent 10 help
himself. either. No the company is not going 10
make their general They say it's TOO ~xpen-
siva. and they don't stand to lose anything, any
way, II a man does lose his money