Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
NEW YORK NEWS ITEMS
Doings Gathered In and About
Busy Gotham and Its Vicinity

that" Yes, but you see 1 sometimes
lisp; perhaps that's why" And the
fact that she only lisps over 49, ana
"5o'' could hardly be brought under
discussion.
For City Beautiful
The exponents of the city beautiful
have begun crusade against the sign
nuisance which they hope will be
pushed by the municipal authorities.
There are thousands of outdoor signs
in this city that constantly offend the
eye, violate good taste and constitute
a standing nuisance. The crusaders
have started out to suppress the daub-
ers by bringing suit in every case
where the law has been violated. AS
to abolishing the sign nuisance entire
ly or bringing 1t within decent bounds
of regulation the president of the west
end association suggests that the things
be taxed out of existence. THAT is the
only way to get rid of the nuisance"
he says. "If the advertising companies
that are making enormous profits out
of the business had to pay dollar or
two square foot for every sign they
put up there would soon be a diminu,
tion in the number"
Mr.. Bountiful Tips Jerry the Lug
Fortune emptied her horn right into
the lap of Jerry the Lug early the
other morning. Many times in the
years that the blind man has held his
post outside the Haymarket, through
rain or shine, she has favored him, but
never had she showered her bounties
upon him in this manner. The Goddess,
who has been anythi- but tickle to
Jerry the Lug while he has made the
Tenderloin his stamping ground, how
ever false she may have been to him
in his earlier days, came to him in the
guise of a gay young Lothario who had
more money than he could light his ci-
gars with The pink-faced, loudly
dressed one with the baby mustache
turned UP. at the ends came out of the
Haymarket just at the time when the
white light hanging in front of the re-
sort was shining with paler radiance
in the first 3treaks of dawn. From each
arm dangled a Tenderloin bud of the
kind that blooms best in the district
after midnight. Lothario stopped al
the spot where Jerry the Lug sat on
his camp stool holding out lead pencils.
He dug one hand in lis trousers pocket
and brought out a roll that was both
green and yellow. He detached sew
eral layers and threw them into the
cigar box which dangled from a string
from the blind mans neck. Jerry's in
telligent fingers knew the feel of the
real green and yellow backs, but they
roamed several times over the twen- |
ties, tens and ones while he accustomed |
himself to the touch. He could pick out |
the bills of high denomination from
the 81 bills, for their surface was
smoother; but not until he had called |
a special Waterman did he learn that
he had fallen heir to $50. The Tender
loin is wondering how .ong it ill take
Jerry to see the bottom of his little
pile and whether several nights would
pass before it again heard the tap, tap
of Kentucky Colonel. Kentucky Col
onel is Jerry's best friend. 1t is his
stout walking stick, his guide on his
journeys and his staunch supporter in
days of trouble. Jerry is about so years
old now and familiar to everyone who
knows the Tenderloin by night. He
and Matches Mary, who recently died
in Bellevue, were the best known char
acters in the district. Jerry has always
been part and parcel IF the Tenderloin.