Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30
ODD BITS OF NEWS PICKED UP
In AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY

| Gotham's society This luxurious auto
crat who sees the world through the
monocle of idleness may be seen every
day in the theater district or in the
hotels and cafes taking life easy, US
ually neatly dressed and wearing a
prosperous exterior. They are never
seen at work Some one else pays the
freight. Many of these remittance men
are scions of wealthy foreign families,
but, save in few cases, it has never
been learned why they stay away from
home. They seem to receive their re-
mfttances regularly, and when these
come it usually is a signal for cele-
bration, for sometimes the remittance
men do ridiculous things Usually the
remittance men are broke at the end of
the month or the quarter and they
owe all kinds of bills. Then comes the
draft and they settle up, and for a
week or two they are lions in society
Many of the larger and most exclusive
clubs have on their roster remittance
men.
Ears as Purses
"Just watch that Chinaman when
the conductor comes for his fare" sad
a keeneyed man to the fat man who
was wedged in beside him on an "L''
train. The two watched, saw the
second and then hand the conductor a
nickel. well. did not see anything
unusual" observed the fat man, Eek
cept that he kept the conductor wait
ing while he scratched his ear" THAT
was just the point" explained the keen
eyed man. HE had to scratch his ear
to get his money. Chinamen keep their
carfare in their ears, sometimes a ten
cent piece and sometimes a nickel I've
wa ffsh iar nd c,
again. It's a more convenient place
for carrying change than in their trous-
ers pockets, for they'd be ages getting
into their voluminOus draperies. It's
a good sight better habit, too, than
holding coins between ones teeth,
which you see pretty girls doing every
day."
Old Salt an Art Critic
An old salt whose bronzed and hard
ened face indicated that he had sailed
the high seas for decades, proved him
self an able art critic the other day at
an uptown gallery which is renowned
for its rare and costly paintings. With
a swagger and roll the mariner walked
up to a great maritime picture in oil.
crossed his arms and his face began
to jerk convulsively. "Ho, ho!" laughed
the tar. Here we have tradin'
away from a rock-bound coast through
a mighty fierce tumble of sea. The
schooner's main topmast is gone and
all sails are low'rd except her staysail,
which is kept hoisted. though she's
towin' head ON to the gale Why, that
hoisted staysail shows all hands are
drunk" He then turned to another
painting in oil. Here the principal
boat an 1S-footer. is racing" he con-
tinued, ''yet has no flag flying. That's
as wrong as II would be for you to go
to a dinner party without shirt The
crew of this boat are gettin' In the
spinnaker, and If they lowere both spin
maker and boom will be in the water.
for they have neglected to let tie boom
go for'ard. But know what the
trouble is with them. They. too. are
drunk"
Cow Loose on Broadway
During the theater and shopping rush
on Broadway this afternoon the atten-
ton of PEDESTRIANS was attracted by a
loud. strange sound that was entirely
foreign to the vein Of commerce.
2" M Moow-oo-meo" resounded through the
lane of skyscrapers. The sound made
the chorus Of auto honk-honks sound
like an orchestra of tin whistles. 1t
startled fha work man at irat baeaIlSta