The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-23
ORGAN GRlNDER's LOTTERY.
Receipts Bigger Than in Monkeys
 Day-Expenses Larger.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Its a lottery. in these days. what you going to get" said the hand-organ man, but not so much of a lottery you might think; we don't often draw $5 gold pieces.
 But the ways of giving are different now in the city, in these days of high buildings, and you never know just what you are going to get. and with this un- certainty about it there's always a chance and we are all hoping 1t will turn out big. We never get strange letter. you know without wondering whether some body has not sent us a fortune in it. But you know how it generally turns out.
 You see 1t used to be that all hand- organs were small. and man carried one around by a strap over his shoulder and supported 1t on stick, in front of him, when he played. Then the hand-organ man carried a monkey. which, besides being great attraction, was his collec- tor as well.
 'As he ground the crank the organ man sent the monkey around at the end of rope to collect The little monk carried a tin cup in which those who gave dropped their coins And in those days the organ man always knew what the monkey would bring back. Whether they were given by children standing right around him or by somebody up on a step or down in a basement to whom the monkey had held out the cup. the coins dropped In it were always cents. But now everything has changed The monkey has gone completely from the city and so have most of the little hand organs. The hand-organ of today is the big piano organ carried about on wheels, and it may be drawn about by horse, and it is always operated by two men,
 one acting as the organst and the other as collector.
 "Jt takes. Some nnonev to -o into tho hand-organ business now and the re- turns must be larger. and they are Peo- pie earn more money now and spend
 more; everything is on a bigger scale. everything. including the houses. and 1t is here that we come to the different ways in which the money that the hand organ man gets is given to him.
 Much of it is now thrown down to him from the high windows of tall tenements flats and apartments. Of this some IS thrown down to the watcnful collector. who stands in the street and with hat politely extended sweeps with his eyes
 the fronts of the tall buildings. But sometimes the coin so thrown may be lost and now it is common Tor givers high up to wrap their gifts in a piece or paper before throwing it.
 And here comes in the lottery. We know not when we see It fall, what the package may contain that comes by mail; there Is mystery about 1t. and at least until we have opened IL we may hope. And this mystery. this possibility as to what tfre package may hold. appeals to all organ collectors alike. though not all may plainly reveal their interest. But if you will watch you may see more than one collector show it frankly, too frank ly.
 When the collector has gathered up n package thus thrown, what he should do is to bow politely in nowledgement
 to the giver. and then before opening the package turn away and open 1t leis- urely. so as not to evince undue haste or curiosity. with the doubt that might im- Div of the givers generosity. This I say. Is what he should do. and it is what the polite and philosophical and experienced collector does do; but, on the other hand. you may see more collectors who cannot curb their curiosity to wait. or who nav ing got the gift. are now thoughtless of