The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-26

There's no city In this country hat
makes snch 0 holiday occasion % SaiuP-
day nights % you do here In New Yogk.'
said . man Who travels from coast 20
coast several times . year. why. ne
something thai every strangsF's sure
20 notice. and moro than that. 10 rsnasm-
Der. Take your theatres. for instance.
its no uee trying 10 get tickets unleas
you ~ willing 10 pay an extra price end
get them &C q ticket agency. for every
things sold out lonR in advance for .
saturday night. Then look at your res
Ss% vita r s.. : sT:Sy s 49, one 'S @
over and one ct Of people wsstlng until
the hFSt innialment gess through. Places
where mllnic ian't down for every night
always have u Tor the Saturday night
dinner. and take Il all In all there's gen
eral Atmosphere o. iollity Of . saturday
anywhere In this country
Have New Workers. ever thought about
wha, q poor convention town this so
said tho travelling salesman. 1T 10 cur
reputation that drives Conventions away.
We are too eddy. While working through
the state on my last trip ! met many
people who were planning to attsad sosas
Convention. They were going To Utica.
syracuse. Rochester. 20 every town Of
why don't you Fellows ever meet in
our town. ] asked tho preeid0nt Of .
metal worker association.
because 70 can't acoomplish % much
there. said he. New York OGeFB too many
astrActiona and Temptations. The dele-
association vas new ne met in New York.
AZ every session the hall wns nearly
empty. Men who ought 10 have been
there making speechee we're gAddinR
about seeing the sights. After losing
money ON three conventions that nobody
attended we said eood-by 70 Nov tork
there are no sights TO So"
New fremen whiie learning the ropes
In tho business OF saving human hvos
from peril through Gre can always count
on an appreciative audience a. they 20
through their stunts in the rear % Fire
Headquarters.
A. the new iiremen scale the face u the
sin story building OF let Themselves down
from the roof on ropes or jump from an
upper window into the life net beeo "
there 70 a crowd on s,Ety eighth street
Of the blue aSirtsd men Z i a chance
crowd Of passsrsby that forget their
hurry to see the imaginary rescuea from
imaginary hrea. Not only pedestrians
stop. but truck drivers pull zap their
horses 10 view tho spectacle. Some Of
trrs under the spell % tho hazardous
wo'S and apply for admission 10 the de-
partment
Women are often at the windows of
the asylum opposite, the owners % the
heads doubtless being thrilled by the
seeming recklessnes and daring Of the IRE
heroes.
Down on South street. said an urban
roamsr. there are still places. a. there
have been there for many many year,.
where now in this high priced err you can
still get just the same ~ ever good
oysters and good clans ~ q regular uni
form price Of one cent each. In the Open
air these places arr you stand and eat in
the street. An abundantly supplied hig
howl q crackerh n a. one end Of the little
counter, and al the other one bottled Con-
diments. vinegar. pepper sauce. horse
radiah and ketchup. and Won help your
self - these freely and eat 81 the oysters
or the CLAIMS a. many OF a. few as you
desire. II Ave oysters ~ all you want
why. that - entirely satisfactory to the
proprietor. a. Il 10 u you want ten or
hfteen or twenty; and surely this 10 Dleas-
ing TO the customer.
EIt il Familiarity known that there are
many thinFs in many DOMAINE that we
do1'I a" because the doing ~ouId no, he
profita bic; and the same principle might
apply IN the purchase Of food. There may
vet he places where We could still buy
things az cheap nov a. ever, hut " might
cost Va more 90 get there and hack than
we would save in the purchase