The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-31
QUEER THINGS FUR RENT IN NEW YORK Jewels and 'take" Wedding
 Presents for 8ride LEADERS FOR C0TILLON Motor Landaulets With Private Liver ies for Wealthy visitors-Every-
 thing for Everybody Who
 Has the Price.
LEADERS FOR C0TILL0N

things in the world" said a student in the real estate school of the West Side Young Mems Christian association after 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,"
 Yes, although I have never felt the need l am certain that you could se- set of false teeth or a glass eye.
 T happen to know that you can rent baby, to say nothing of renting a per ambulator and crib and baby clothes for the christening"
 Flows that?" asked another member of the party
 Why, one of the childrens societies turned heaven and earth to break up the baby renting business. It seems that women beggars got on to the idea that # they crouched on the sidewalk with little baby in their arms people would drop coins into hand that wash't stretched out, but was accidentally posed so that a coin could be dropped into It.
 These beggars who had no babies of their own to torture, rented them on d percentage basis, either from baby farms or heartless mothers. The beg gars 1t was found, pinched the little ones or did other things to make them cry or moan, and the societies got busy
 Every fence or blank wall of a build- ing is for rent" suggested another, "to the man who wants to paint sign or stick up a billboard. In fact, they had an awful row over a fence around a city building In process of construction hao O food and other advertisers. And while you may not know 1t, stores with show windows on a busy street make large part of their rent by letting some con cern show it's goods. Of course, windows along the line of a parade or an automo- bile race bring high prices"
 My concern rents its office clocks broke in a third. "The man who rents them winds them up and sees that they feep exact tme!'
 'Tror that matter, my firm rents it's typewriting machines, its water cooler. Its towels, combs and brushes and even the office soap. And my wife rents her sewing machine, her gas range, and ac- tually has madc a deal with florist whereby she rents all her potted palms, ferns and decorative plants. This IS a development of the business of renting potted plants for weddings funerals ana receptions. In some of the big hotels you rent decorations for banquet, flags or all sorts cost so much per evening. Ani a private school rents aquariums with all sorts of pollywogs and things in them."
 That's nothing. I rented a seat in subway train during a rush hour was sick and messenger boy had seat. rented it for a dime for as far as WAS going Whenever it rains l rent an um- h ki pyh n at my station And now I come to thinK of it. we once rented a watch dog 10 guard the factory.
 Animals? You can rent any old sort of live stock in New York, from dane ing bear down to ferret to drive out rats You can even rent immunity rom vermin. A place where I lived charged me dollar a month and guaranteed that nothing should crawl in my flat My lodge rents a goat. and know you can rent alligators or snakes, or trained Cogs or monkeys for an evenings enter tainment Also, you can rent butler, or detective, or a palmist.
 For that matter, know a promoter who came to New Yorl, and wanted 10 nut up bluff in hurry, who rented T whole esta ablishment, house, furniture, ali the fixngs, including a trained staff or servants. Moreover, he rented all his o,- flee fixtures and furniture. Another man I know rents another mans name Tor thousands of dollars a year. The name he rents is one old in his business anu brings clients. Young doctors frequently the nouyeaux riches, if they need one. retiring"
 .That's nothing. know of one family in the west which comes to New forh for a month or two off and on. The day after they have arrived they appear on the avenue in their own motor landauiet with a chauffeur wearing their private livery The fact Is that they neither own the automobile nor do they hire the chauffeur They rent both by the month from the New York Transportation com rany, which has a special department TOT supplying people who are to be in the clty for short period with a conveyance which you can't tell from the private ma chimes In this way the people dodge ahe help question, the expense of repairs, and, when they are through with the ve- hicle there Is no worry about storing l'. The same family rents It's entire stan o1 servants from another concern which even has house manager to LOOK alter them and keep them in order. The saiAe concern rents chaperones TOT young Ia dies. shopping guides secretaries, In fact, Anything human you want. On the quiet, they will rent leader for German 10 the nouseaux riches, If the yneed one.
 'If you want to give picnic or an out ing in this city, you can rent everything for it. You can rent Fifth avenue double decker motor bus. or the un spoons and china plates from which the kids eat ice cream at a May party. YOU can rent enough ice or roller skates TOT the crowd, or tents. chairs. phonographs' sun hats, baby carriages, puckets 1or lemonade, steins for beer fests You ca', even rent cake for wedding anu sometimes, on the East Side, couple has been known to rent large assor.- ment of wedding presents. These are labelled From uncle. or The best man, etc, and fix standard of giving for the rest, when displayed some time pe.ore @ the happy event Wedding clothes, rom the groom's glad rags, to the pride veil and artificial orange blossoms are all for hire And, of course, you can rent any amount of jewelry If you want .o go in for that sort of thing
 As far as fancy costumes are concerned YOU can, at ten minutes notice rig your