The sun., 1910-03-21
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fully with an open book In his hand.
.Ithink may can have fn1 q mistake. .
he remarked pointing to q paVssASo In tho
work Of q well known author. A letter
beginning My dearest mamma" was
the thing that botksred him.
1t is wrong. ] make certain, said the
SERVANT. He has one mamma and no
more. isn't iil How may he write MY
dearest mamma Was Il not he more
sfyliah 60 write Ny mamma. dCaress to
me Of all the worldly
whats the matter with this blockl'
said the new policeman. Ia it hlls,d with
thievesP Are assAssinations popuhw3 Ia
it den Of dynAmiSers and likely 60 be
blown upP II none Of those things. Why
does everybody who happens TO bN out
alone after n O'cl>ck tRks TO the middle
Of the strestp'
because this In q hoodoo block Eaid
an old policeman There arc q number
0f them in New York. There u no definite
cause for tho dread thoy inspire. Thsy
are in respectable neiRhbochoods ard
nothing ,SF .rewso~s has svsr haPP"n.d eoa
gained ground thAs thu blocks aFe danger
Gus. and nighthawks are afraid 10 trnat
| their lives and their pockstbooks to the
sidewalk. Park avenue has three OF
those hOodoo bbocks. Lenox avenue two.
West End two. The policemen on the
beats are requested TO keep a sharp eye
on those dreaded spots. Maybe that's
the reason nothing has happened tlasrce
because they are 30 closely watched and
everybody scoots by in such hurry"
II vas q nsighborhood that the man
was familiar with. On ths roof Of this
three story building he know no should
80 the sign Of tho shoemaksr That
house in the middle Of the block should
be topped by the advertisement Of q
clothier. The grocer's sign should blaEe
out from that roof across the street,
and the butchers sign from the conner
building. None OF those evidsncss Of
industry was visible. Darkness en-
sign across the little parS had aaaSrSa
an eclipse. But while no looked little
lights began 90 glow. hut it was not
q . name Of the shoemAker, OF the mer-
chant. OF tho whiakey firm that they
spelled. Holy Mother.' Mary and
the names OF several prOtSCting saints
burned there instead. He inquired the
cause OF the transformatioR.
Those old signs have besn taken down
for this week only said the nan inter
frogaied. IL 10 week given up by the
people Of this naighborhood TO a religious
celebration. IL Ia their custom to bless
the houses with thoss lights on the roof.
To thsir devout minds it would seem
sacrilege % put Mary's name and their
own side by side. % down come their
own signs.'
You'd never gless.- said tho maker
Of the highest priced custom boots In
New York. that our best customers
Gro the drummers Who eel factory shoes.
but they are. There 10 no man 60 whom
tho appearance of. ms feet 10 % impor-
tant. for tho buyer looks at the drum
mer's feet the moment he enters and
sizes up the factory he represents by
what l1s representative wears We have
men Who sell - shoes who buy four
pairs cur best shoes each year. Usually
they bring in a sample from . line the
factory n pushing and have us copy the
shape In ths finest leather and workman
ship Then they can truly point with
pride 20 their feet End untrtlly declare
that they wea- the shoes they try 10 sell.
This is the mouth Of greatest prosperity
70 the proprbstorE Of the Turkish baths.
4 do not know why. one Of the veteran
managers ssid thu other day -hus nc
month brings 10 the Turkish baths the
same patronage as tNe month Of March.
During an experiences Of nearly forty
years I have never known the month 10
I fail To he a source OF profit to these
I esta Olia1th utA. haDye W y pfCauss the
change an the season brings rheumatism
or other ills To men that may b. anchor
ated by these baths, or u may he that
spring brings the desire to get into the
water Whatever the catlSN may he.
the somewhat uncertain returns from q
Turkish hath are likely TO bs good in
March, whatever they are AZ Cth"r SEA
sons
4 carefully dressed young man with
German accent has been working sue
ces-A uI game among the apartment houSes
of thN upper West Side. BY saying hat
his sisceT. usually Elsie schultz. u a mSiI
employed hy one Of the families In a
building he gets TO the servants entrance
of an apartment on one Of the uppsT
ioorV when the bell - answered he
wants To speak to Else schultz. Shs
doesn't work there3 All that is too bad
| for he has been misinformed Possibly
she has sought employment q ealsewhere.
I N the girl 20 whom he u talking Ia
heT=sH ueTE.ssn hs oosdsSts his CON
versasiop in that Language. II not. he
asks 20 speak 20 a German girl. In her
own language he tells her chat he has
Z inst landed from the other side, having
i been lately discharged from the German
Ariuy In hls trunk he has the addresses
unfortunately the customs authorities are
holding his trunk until he pays q 10 duty
on some lace that he has brought his
aiSeer. His story apgeals TO the homesick
hoEesmaid. and when Ne wonders whether
he could borrow the NunA shs generally
succumbs. II is always % 10 that he
wants and there " something convincing
about that amount.
One housskeeper reporIed the case 10
the police. hut the detective who was sent
70 Investigate didn't think there was
enough IN IL 20 warrant eNoFt on his
part.
-Iwish they would catch him, remarked
this woman the other day. We have
heard of him five times from friends
since our experisncs with him, and In
each instance he has been successful IA
securing the loan
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