Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

Special correspondence of The Herald.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE appear
ance Of a number of gilded candy
stores at intervals of more or less re-
cent date, in the midst of the hurry and
hustle of downtown districts, has in
terested more than one observer of ur-
ban ways. OF course, the general in
ference has been that the business man
has suddenly developed sweet tooth,
which, however, is little better in the
way of explanation of the presence of
these confectionery emporiums than the
tentative suggestion propounded the
other day that office boys are inereas-
ing in number and in opulence of pur-
chasing power. For that mater, there
may be many reasons for these stores,
but one prime reason was given by a
member of luncheon club where
every noon in the year, except Sundays
and holidays, some thousands of young
women lunch. The club member re-
ferred to paused in the doorway of the
club. She carried bag of chocolate
cream drops. The increase, she said,
was simply the inevitable working out
of the law of supply and demand,
which APPLIED to candy stores as well as
to anything else. 1.-THE weaker sex,
so-called," she said, sis the candy-eat-
ing sex. Now, when you estimate the
number Of girls employed in the offices
hereaboutS-well, I won't estimate, but
there are thousands of them, tens OF
thousands, I might say-when you es-
innate the number you begin to realize
what the demand for candy must be.
If, in response to the demand, the stores
you speak of have started up / see
nothing strange about it. Personally 1
believe we and we alone are responsible
for the candy store boom down here.
Candy is always a good part of our
luncheon" A tour of Nassau street
and Broadway, between Beaver and
Fulton streets, following this CONVEX
sation, seemed to verify the young
woman's words. Parties of girls car
rying boxes of candy were as frequent
as those without them and, strange to
say, the number of Office boys who were
seen smoking was greatly below the
number eating candy. Even men were
seen dipping into their pockets for bon
bons as they hurled along, and, to
clinch matters, candy stores were
crowded, so much so that at least in
three places on Broadway patrons We're
seen to depart before being waited
on because of the MONDAY crush.
Doctors Kick About Patients
1t is the prerogative of the patients to
complain about doctors and of doctors
to complain about patients. An east
side doctor, whose callers arrive in
shoals, has come to the fore with a
new grievance. IF L could aHord IT,
he said, "and could work the scheme
without offending my patients 1 would
have my reception room divided off into
little stalls and usher each caller into
one so the lot of them could not sit to-
gether and compare ailments. That is
what they are sure to do when turned
loose in one room to await their turn
for consultation. The woman afflicted
with dizziness describes her aches and
pains to the one who is troubled with
sore throat and the one with dyspepsia
listens and draws a diagram of her
own symptoms for both. By the time
they have exchanged condolences for
half an hour they are feeling twice as
badly as their conditions warrant, and
when / get hold of them 1t is difficult
to determine just how Ill they really
are. With the single compartment ar
rangement that aggravation of Symp-
toms would be obviated and 1 could
gauge each patients condition much
more accurately than under the present
plan of social converse"
Superstitious Women
Even when she contents herself with
merely talking about them a woman's
superstitions are likely to be uncom-
fortables to her associates, and when
she puts into practices her belief in
signs and omens she easily becomes a
dozen times as disagreeable. When d
Lackawanna train today emptied a
crowd In which were many women who
doubtless we're coming to town for
shopping one superstitious woman pro-
ceeded to keep all behind her from
getting aboard the next ferryboat. She
stopped before ladder, which was so
placed in the station that every per-
son coming from that particular car
would have to pass under the rungs.
She fatty refused to move one step un-
til the deadly object should be removed.
She did not mind I'm the least the un-
complimentary comments OF the men
who were kept back on her account.
and who would have walked under a
dozen ladders rather than have missed
the boat.
Ratsl<ln Gloves No Good
A Broadway glove dealer took from
cabinet a handsome pair of brown
gloves. These cloves are made OF rat
skim" he said. 'They look well at frst