The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
RENTS QUEER THINGS
ORANGE BLOSSOMS, JEWELS AND eFAI<Ep PREsENTs FoR BnED-
 AL PARTIES.
CotiElion Leaders for the Nouveaux Riehep--Afos0r LandauIets with Private L3veries for Veal
 thy Vfsitors.


 New York. May so--(SpeciaI.) )--.sfhis things in the world" said a student in the real estate school of the West Side Young Mems Christian Association, af- ter a lecture the other night. You can rent anything that there is, if you will take the trouble to find the man and pay his price."
 s.Yes. although have never felt the need. am certain that you could rent a set of false teeth or a glass eve
 T happen to know that you can rent e baby to say nothing of renting perambulator and a crib and baby clothes for the christening"
 .sfzow's that7" asked another member of the party.
 awhy. one of the children's societies turned heaven and earth to break up the baby renting business It seeinh that women beggars got on to the idea that if they crouched on the sidewalk with a little baby in their arms. people would drop coins into a hand that wasn't stretched out but was accident ally. posed 70 that a coin could be dfopned Into ik @
 NThsse ba9gars who had no babies of their own to torture. rented them on farms or henrtless mothers. These beEgars. it was found. pinched the iit- flo ones. or did other things 10 malse thafn crv or moan. and the societies got busy.
 ~nverx fence or blank wall of . building is for rent suggested another. to the man who vents to paint algn CT stick Up q billboard. In fact, they had an awful row over a fenca around a city building In process of construc- ion because somebody sold the space 10 sneaFfooF and okher advertisers. And while you may not know lt. stores with show windows on m buav street make a large part of their rent by letting some concern show itn goods. Of course. windows along the line Of . parade or autombiin race bring high prlces."
 My concefn rents ftE eaice clocks. p broke Tn a third aThe man who rents them winds them up and see that they keen 6Mnct tiEna.n
 sFor that matter. nsv frn rents lta typewritina machnaa. it's water cooler, its towels. combs and brushes and even she ofEiee soap And my wife rents her sewing machine. her gas range. and actually has made q deal with florist whereby she rents all Of her potfed palms. ferns and decorstive plante Thiz ln a development of the business oi renting potked plants for weddings, fn- neraie and reeepttoms. Tn some of ths big hotels you rent daeorations for q banquet, flags oe mll sorts cost 90 much per evening" And a private school rents aouarluns with all sorts of poi Iywogs and things fn them
 That's nothing rented a seat In subway train during q rush hour. ! was sick and messenger boy had a seat. I rented lt Tor dime for as far as I was going Nfneuever tt rains rent an umbrella from an energetic kid who waits at my station. And now come to think o4 it. we once rented a watch dog to guard the factory
 Animals. You can rent any old sort of live stock in New York. from a dancing bsar down to a ferret to drive out rats. You can even rent immu- nifty from vermin. A place whore I lived charged me . dollar q month and guaranteed that nothing should crawl in my flat My lodge rents a I goat. and I know you can rent alli- l gators, or snakes, or trained dogs. oF 1 monkeys for an evenings entertain ment. Also. you can rem a butler, oT q detective or ( paimist.