Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

clerks, II don't think Il would be such
a tough proposition to touch this joint
for all you've got in It. Hey2"
Don't, eh2" responded the clerk.
Just look here, my friend" and he
directed the stranger to each Of the
twelve little windows looking out
from the semi -circular enclosure which
is arranged in the place. At each Of
these windows appeared the face Of
n man assigned to some specia. branch
Of the business and close to each Of
these faces, pointing out at the po-
tential robber, was big repeating
revolver, which automatically fires ten
shots at a single pressure of the trlg-
ger. The stranger saw"
Society Women's Cooking
When we hear that such-and- such
society woman knows how to cook
well we take the story with many
grains of salt. Somehow the tendency
Is to believe that any dish turned out
by such culinary amateur is bound
to be a failure. Yet friends of Mrs.
Robert Goelet, who have tasted some
Of her bonbons say she has positive
genius for making sweets. Some con-
fections of her own Invention she
serves at afternoon tea-which is a
queer place and time for candy when
Goelet's efforts, Mrs. Alfred Wander
bilt has gone her one better and has
invented a breakfast dish. Pity the
hard-worked rich!
Janltors' Society's Report
The May Janitors' Advocate, pub
llshed by the Janitors' society, con-
tains q report of the work done by
the society's physician last year.
Seventy-two janitors received treat
ment. OF course, rheumatism, asthma,
diphtheria and other commonplace ills
are on the list, but one is rather sur
prised to find two of the craft reported
to have suffered from hysteria so Sc
verely as to occasion eighteen visits
by the doctor. Some tenants will find
difficulty in grasping the idea con-
veyed-that the janitor is sensitive and
nervous.
New York's Postoffice
New York's postoffice is nothing IL
not relic of the barbaric age. Here
you cannot register a letter after 8
o'clock at night, and if you want to
purchase a stamp you must search over
the entire lower floor before you find
the single window which does duty after
nightfall. There are during. the day
At night here is but one-and 1t is not
the same one every night. Tonight you
may find a window on the Park Row
side open; tomorrow night it will be on
the Broadway side. AS to registering
letter, it is impossible after 6 o'clock.
Persons having valuable letters must
either trust them to the ordinary mail
or register them while it is day. And,
by the way, New York's postoffice is
n A-1A sod
place you could imagine anywhere.
New Twain Story
A new Mark Twain story is going the
rounds. 1t was told during a recent din
ner in this city. The humorist takes
long rides in the country in his auto,
and one day the mud was so deep that
the machine stuck in 1t. On the railroad
nearby an Irishman was seen bossing
gang of Italians. II called to him"
said Mark, land he brought the whole
bunch over to lift the machine out. We
clashed right away. The Irishman in
sisted on bossing the job and l wouldn't
stand for it. All right said the Irish
man; and he took his men back to the
railroad. There was nothing for me 10
do but give in l sat in the car for about
an hour and then called for the Irish
man to come back Am L to be boss?
he asked. You are,' l said. And he
was"
Crop of Stowaways
The crop of stowaWays was par
ticularly heavy among the ships that
arrived in port today, and over dozen
misguided and clandestine passengers
on incoming liners and tramp steam
ships will remain on board the ships
I'll. III fhnxr
taken back whence they came. On the
Ultonia, Antonio Valencia was found.
This was his fourth experience as
stowaway, he having been deported
from New York three times within the
last year.
Woman Diamond Agent
Few women would care to carry with
them diamonds valued at quarter of
a million dollars-that is, If they were
not their own and they had to account
for the safety of the gems during long
ocean voyages. Yet Miss Grace M.
Varcoe, who is now in New York, has
crossed the Atlantic twenty-one times
as the agent of an English diamond
concern, and on each trip she has car
ried with her gems valued at from
$3.50, 900 to 100000. Miss Varcoe is said
to be an expert lapidarist. She has
travelled in all the principal cities in
this country, Canada and Europe as
the representative of her present firm.
She speaks four languages, and Incl
dentally carries a revolver, which,
should occasion require, could also
speak"
Cashiers Bothersome
One thing that strikes the average
man as most interesting in New York
is the number of cashiers employed
here. There is hardly a store of any
size but what sports a man or girl
whose sole duty is to receive cash from
customers after purchases are made.
In small drug stores, tobacco shops,
groceries and like places 1t is the eX-
ception to pay your money over the
counter to the clerk who serves you.
This time-killing system of taking
your check to the cashier and there
waiting in line until the crowd gets
by is i'm vogue, but whether it is owing
to the proprietor's distrust of his
clerks or desire to put on frills is
not known.
Kite Flying Popular
Young clerks of both sexes in down
town office building have taken i'm