The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-02
PITT STREET is UPSIDE DOWN.
EEL CONES ~ THE WATER PIPE,
SPREADING CONSERVATION
n Eclipsing rs a Sensation the Man'iet-
baum-Leidner F~eud-t1rst Thought To
Be a Snake-As II Wasn't. II Made
a Quick Trip TO the COOkin Pot.

He y Snake-As II WASN'T, ~ Mhu<
a Quick Trip TO the Cooking Pot.
Dire Gala mites continue to haunt Pitt
street. 1t was thought that II climax had
tbeen reached several weeks ago when, after
a reign Of peace lasting more than fix
months the feud between Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Mandelbaum, the cafe keeper, and Reful
Leidner, a pushcart pedler, better known
because of his frequent misfortunes a.
The Sorrows Of Pitt Street" broke out
more bitterly than ever. But it was only
a good start.
Leidner was a tenant in Manjelhaum' =
until a disa greement acose some months
ago and Leidner was dispossessed. After
that all sorts of things happsnea to the un-
lucky pedler. Last Fourth Of July he
was accidentally shot in the leg by a merry
maker and lait up for a month. Other
folks sympathizei with him, bu. Herr
M~andelbaun, he declares, only laug he'd
A truce was patched up until one day when
LCidner was visited by fire.
Fire! Fire! It's fire." he cried. wildly
gestic,ating. My loonch is full init fire.
Your lunch. Mop cried Herr Mandel-
baum, who was right on the job and glee-
fully rubbing his hands.
"Nu, NIGHT die lOoncI what you eat die
Ioonch what you sleep Ollie loonch, =
sputtered the irate Leiiner.
you speak like a pickle yet" retortel
Man telblIn, grlboiay a ha1 Nv ~s4lt,er
bottle from a pa ssiny cart. The blaze was
eNtinyuishe1 with the iTprovisei grenade,
but only after the operator had accidentally
squirted LeiOner squarely in the left eye.
Scarcely had this incident blown over
than trouble shifted n little 10 an alarm
sounded by Mandelbaum on Thanksgiving
Day. He fairly shot out of his cafe n in
a frenzy managed to gasp:
Cont, thief gonif! Gswalt! (help)
gewaltr Somebody's stealed mine zwei
gooses."
CONSERVATION reigned in the crowd.
Look, Popie, here's all what's left of der
Rooses, cried Mariechen, his little girl, tear
fully holding up two small smoked fishes.
1t seemed upon investigation that the
culprit had replaced the geese with fish,
This display OF humor did not appeal 10
Mandelbaum and he wrathfully sought out
the unfortunate Leidner, who was now
fairly holding his sides at his enemy's
plight
If I'd get a little madden I'd punch you
by der nose--loafer." howIed Fiddle Dee
Dee.
IVY don't you lone it? You bum re.
torted LeidneT.
At this juncture Solomon Padarofsky,
the Forsyth street jest. hurled a juicy
gherkin which caught Leidner on the fore
head. The pedler thought Mandelbaun
did il, and " ith heads down the two fel
! 10 blows. Mandelbaum only mauled ths
air, while Leidner in his haste connected
with Abraham Eyre, a wienerwurst vcnder
| No harm was done and each having giver
vent to his rage retired heatedly to hIs re-
spective abode.
Louis Zeltner. president of the East Side
" ireless News Association, was 30 busy
chronicling the various happenings that
! last night found him on the verge OF nervous
, prOstration from o~terwork. After makins
a mental note Of the exhausted condition OF
his stationery supply and ordering mp a
dozen reamS Of copy paper and three gross
of pencils be threw himself upon the woOdeT
bench Of his LOOKOUT tower atop ~ his bome
at q Pitt street, resolving 10 take a moo
at al hazards. The field correspondent
had scarcely closed his eyes when he wac
aroused by a piercing scream. u was
Mamma Stiegelfest, upon the roof beside
his window.
"Schlangel CsnakesI ~chlang'" she cried
in agony. QUICK lake IN die abies!
The woman declared she had seen a head
and two beady eyes glittering through the
feed pipe in the bottom 81 the ROOF water
tank. Ieltner bolted 20 the receptacle
He had TO pinch himself to believe wat
he saw for sure enough there vas n rep
tiles head bohhing our.
Never" he shouted 10 his diminUtive
copy boy, Tap in three foUrs on the alarm
signal. Notify every newspaper and th'
HoboKen TOobidu.-
This brought Frank. the court shoe
r .k,par and E,0pn.,nl Gohurart praaiIant nj
the Pushcart Pedlers' Union, to the scene
on the jump.
Tenants Hooked to the roof by dozens
but all the women fed in terror when Frau
ka~pankiawitz told them'that she had seen
the same thing happen in Russia and the
a had sprung out and wrapped ltseli
| about a Woman neck.
A great spla,n ana churning OF the water
in the tank ~caUhetmany men even to desert
CHIEF Zeltner, after tue FIRST snock, mad
armed himself with a six foot clothes pole,
and with a rallying cry advanced TO the
open water pipe. Zeltner vas preparing 10
make n brave advance, when FRANK, toe
court shoe SINNER, stole his boss's thunde:
by crying out:
"Daz notUa snake. Him is a eel
You're tired" retorted Zeltnef. IT'S
snake. min two OF them"
Though he lost his job for it Franz; had
spoken the Truth. After much efor a
Shiny eel, measuring 2 little less than five
feet in length. was tisned out and dubbed.
The peerless news expert orde ed that
bulletin be sent Out Immediately TO read as
follows:
a make maybe just caught on Zelt.
ne~'s house in Pitt street. It's nearly MIN
fect long
Inthem meantime good Frau Weissenannex
tho janitor : vie, had deity shinLed tht
find. n while the Wireless apparatus was
sputte ing the news broadcast the eel was
sizzling in a cooking pot.
MandelDaum heard OF the capture and
hurdlei up the stairs three AT a time In
hopes mayt o the Q Was one on his ROOT.
1T would be such n nicclcss NIT dc. free
lunch = he confded.
He was doomed To disappointment
"Maudel aum's eel vas a lemonade,
chuckled Leidne' on hearing of his friend
luck. Don't it?"