Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-06
BOOM TIMES FOR
The ORGAN GRINDER
Old Days of oocko and the Lit.
tile Red Cap Things Of
the Past.
NOW IT'S "CRANk" PIANO
Expensive instruments That Furnish
Fairly Good Brand of Music Now
the Rule-Make Good
Money.
NOW IT'S "CRANK" PIANO
From Mo Now York sun

Its n lottery in these DAYS what
You are going to get said the hand or
gan man. but not so much OF a lot
terry as YOU might think: we don't often
draw five dollar gold pieces.
The ways of living are different
now. IN the city. in these days of high
buildings and YOU never knew Just,
what You are going 10 get, and with
this uncertainty about it there's always
8; chance, and we are all hoping it Will
turn out big. We never get II strange
letter. You know, without wondering
whether somebody has not sent us "A.
fortune in it. You know also how IT
generally turns out.
You see. it used to be that all hand
organs were small and a man carried,
one around by Il strap over his shoulder
and supported ii on Il stick in front OF
him when he played. Then the hand
organ man carried a monkey. which
besides being Il great attraction. was
his collector as We'll.
"AS he ground the crank the orran
man sent the monkey around at the
END OF II rope to collect. The little
monk carried Il tin cup in which those
who gave dropped their coins. In those
days the organ man always knew what
the monkey would bring back. Whether
they were given his children standing
right around him or by somebody on
the steps or down in Il basement to-
whom the monkey had held out the
cup the coins dropped in 1t were always
cents.
Everything Changed.
Now everything has changed. The
MONKEY mas gone completely from the
city n so have most of the little
hand organs. The hand organ of to-
day Is the big piano organ carried
ABOUT on wheels, and ii may be drawn
ABOUT by II horse. and ii is always oper,
ated by Two men. one acting as the or
ganist and the other as collector.
~ takes some money to go into the,
lahd organ business now, and the re-
turns must be larger, and they are,
leopie carr more zone now, and
spend more: everything is on n bigger
scale, everything. including the houses.
ana IL Is here that we come to the dir
iefent ways In which the money that,
him. ~ ="
Much of 1T now is thrown down tn
nm from the high windows of tan
tenements, flats and apartments or
inns some is thrown down to the watch
lul collector. who stands in the street
ana win hat politely extended sweeps
WIN ms eyes the fronts of the tain
buildings. Sometimes the coin so
thrown may be lost. and nov II =.
Sih'iN IlISIl uD 10 WIAfA
,nelr GIFT In II piece of paper before
throwing il.
Just here comes In the lottery. We
40 not know when we see it fail what
the packhge may contain tina comes by
mail; there is a mystery about ii. and
NJ least until we open it we may hope.
ms mystery. this possibility as to
WHAT the package may hold, appeals to
~ organ collectors alike, though not.
an may plainly reveal their INTEREST,"
out II you will watch you may see more,
han one collector show 1t frankly too
frankly.
Examining Packages.
When the collector has gathered I'M
4 package thus thrown. what he should
40 Is to bow politely In Acknowledged
ment 10 the giver. and then before
opening the package turn away and
open 1T leisurely. 80 as not to evince
9naue haste or curiosity. with the
generosity. This. / say. is what he
should do. and 1T is the polite and
philosophical n experienced collectors
Toes do; but on the other hand you
may see some collectors who cannot
curb their curiosity to wait. or who.
having the gift are now ~thoughtless OF
ne giver. who will pick up the pack
age and. still standing facing toward
nm. open 1t In the giver's face. to
shame him If the gift was small, to
anger him If it was large.
IN Whatever name this package
may be picked up the though of what
u may contain interests us all: for. be-
cause we cannot see within 1t there ia
n chance that it may contain anything.
there is the element of n lottery about
II. But, alas. it is a lottery that yields
few prizes.
II have known dimes to be dra wn
In it. and sometimes quarters: but for
Inc most part the prizes in these back