The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-09
Stray Topics From, NeU York

New York. Feb. 1.-The squirrels of
New York have allowed themselves to
be caught in the whirlpool of high liv-
ing. and despite their primitive in
sttncts, bid fair to be swept along in
the stream Of twentieth century civil
ization. In short. like all New York.
ers. they find the simple diet of the
last generation entirely urpalatable
and clamor for new dishes with fancy
names. s
These gray-coated rodents inhabit the
numerous parks about the city, and
have always depended for their susie
nance upon the casual passer-by who
had stray peanut in his pocket. Pea
nuts were gratefully received. so that
1t soon became a fad in Central Park
for the nurse maids from the fashion
able section of Fifth Avenue to- supply
their charges with a bag of peanuts
and go for an afternoons frolic with
the squirrals. The. result was that Mr.
Squirrels storehouse was soon filled to
overlooking with plain ordinary pes.
nuts. But scattered among Sthese were
several sailed almonds-and fancy nuts
Of different kinds.
After tasting these delicaciss, Mr.
Squirrel no longer cared for peanuts
Regular visitors to the park have
learned their epicurean tastes; and feed
them only expensive assorted nuts, but
the uninitiated still give them peanuts.
which lie untouched upon the ground
Although women have invaded every
line OF business once devoted to men.
II IL seldom that a man will think II
worth while to steal poor housemaid's
job. But one man recently, who found
himself in the line of New FORKS 100..
900 unemployed. grew. sufficiently. de&-
perate to Insert the following adver.
tisement In a morning newspaper:
Young man wants place for general
housework, first class cook, bread, cake;
sleep out"
An interesting and important phase
Of that education which is made so i'm.
portant feature of all up-to-date re
lief effort in New York is the work OF
the cooking teacher maintained by the
Association for Improving the Gondi-
tIon OF the Poor.
This teacher. a trained expert, goes
into the tenement homes. where the in
come. though small. Is sufficient, IL
wisely used. to maintain the family In
q state of physical efficiency. She ex-
plains, to the mother why a diet Of
strong tea or coffee and delieatessen
store pie. together with cake and pick
les is worse than extravaganza, and
shows her by practical demonstration
how really good plain meat dishes, &c
allv she Is able to reduce the food out
lays and is able always to help the
mother buy more wisely. and get at the
same time food that is palatable and
healthfuI.
"DOn't loan money to your friends.
or you'll lose them" was the warning
the oil maEnate. handed out to his Sun
dav School class at the Fifth Avenue
Church last week.
Mr.. Rockefeller ceased his active.
work with the class last year. but has
been persuaded to give an occasional
talk. because after he gave up the
leadership the attendance dwindled to
almost nothing. Mr.. Rockefeller's talk
was most timely and highly appreciat-
ed by the 200 young men in the class
for probably not one of them had a.
capped being touched" for a little loan
during the financial stringency
But the millionaire leader handed out
few more "don'ts" that combined re-
ligion with good sound business.
Don't loan money to anybody" he
went on to say. without taking a note
charging interest. 1t is a religious
duty not to loan IS or $40 to a man
promising to repay 1t at once and never
intending to do so. Such a man has
got to take his medicine.
=
do 1t in a business way; take his note
with interest
one OF the latest organizations in
New York is the Janitors' Sucietv
Heretofore the janitor of an apartment
! house has been the most independent
man in the world. He had to be tipped
to get the slightest favor from him
But according to the plan of the new
society. the janifor is to be educated
and besides being licensed engineer
he Is tn be a carpenter. plumber and ex-
pert on hygiene and above all else a
diplomat.
TO use the words of the first presI-
dent of the society. "janitoring is an
art" However. New Workers. have be-
come so accustomed to obeying the jan
itor. that 1t will probahlv take some
time for them to adjust themselves to
She new relation.
New York's four footed cops" are
now on duty. and while there are only
| ave Of them on the force at present.
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