The sun., 1907-11-18


A broker Who goes into each OF the lead
ing banking houses Of the Street perhaps
hall a dozen times a week was standing
on Pine street the other day with a puzzled
sxpSsssion on his face. rDo YOU know. ,
he said to an acquaintance who stopped
for an explanation Of his bewildered look.
that ]. noticed something in that banking
house down there for the first time to-day
that gave mo quite a shook, and he pointed
toward William street 90 the Office OF a
firm that owns the whole ONCE building In
which IL 10 located.
the office that always impress me when
enter with q sense OF tho power. magnin-
cence and everlasSihgneas II there ID s0rh
a word, OF thu firm. Well. to-day was
lenhfn& Against one on them casually when
instead OF tho cold. shivery feeling which
You expect from a Aolid marble column
l felt pleasant warmth pervade me.
turned and found that l could make an
impression with my finger nail. Even then
IL wos some time before l could make
mache or wood covered with 2 prepsre-
sfbnto mako them look Ike marble OF some
other kind Of composite
A realization Of the present day extern
sion OF the use of balloons came unex-
pectedIy to citizen OF the metropolis who
was stopped in Broadway by q stranger
who waHtsd 70 know " at crusstown car
to take to get nearest to a number speci-
fed in a West Side avenue. As a matter Of
fact this citizen. though he does kno " the
town fairly well. didn't happen to know
just where that number would come on the
avenue. and as he hesitated for a moment
the stranger added that the place he wanted
to go was So-and-sos. mentioning the name
OF well known aeronaut, who IL also a
manufacturer OF balloons. The New Yorker
happened 20 know the establishment and
told the stranger just what orOsStown car
line 10 take. The citizen went his way
refiocting that while he had read in the
papers lately a lot about balloons and bal
booming yet he had never realized the
extent to which the balloon business had
progressed until people began 20 stop him
IN the street and ask the way TO the balloon
factory
o. Horses Of poor quality are not unusual
at the fag end Of the racing season. so this
incident told by a newspaper man may not
he untrue: g.
II was rushing to the ring with a tan dollar
bill TO. bet on Skate when I bumped against
she owner Of the horse. What are you
going TO bet onr said the owner.
. On, IN Just going to put this on skate
Don't do that. man. Give me the ten
and take the horse. was the reply
Library employees in New York say that
IN the last month, the circulation Of books
dealing with financial subjects has trebled.
and at tho reference hranches-the stor
and Lsnox-many books in that class which
have 'emained untouched for years have
been called from the shelves.
Most OF the inquiries have been for
works which describe modern banking
methods. said a library clerk yesterday.
People seem to want to learn about these
things for themselves. Bat the financial
other kinds OF ooks about money. The
stories OF John Laws Mississippi Bubble
have had a great run lately. an indication,
| suppose. OF the trend OF thought in this
town" .-
That's the only yarade I've seen in ten
years on this post" said the Park row
policeman. that hasn't brought any extra
trade 20 the saloons hereabOuts."
IL was the night the Salvationists we're
waving torches and bands we're playing 70
honor Gen. Booth in City Hall Park
The following card Of thanks appeared
at full advertising rates-in Staten Island
weekly paper.
Il wish to thank through the COLUMNS OF
your paper all the neighbOrs and friends
who so kindly assisted me in the loss of my
wife JOHN BLANK"