The evening world., 1913-12-06
Seeing New York
Through Rabe Eyes
From the Outside
Newspapev Stand Where
Nothing But Out.of.
Town Papers Are Sold
Check Boy's Graft -
To Get a Decent
Table You Must Tip
the Head Waiter
Secretly.

II takes . stranger TO see the queer
sights OF a city. Two strangers In New
York. men who had never been in .
city OF more than 10000 inhabitants
before In their lives. eat In the lobby
Of one Of the big uptown hotels . night
or two ago and discussed the town and
its ways. All people who come to New
and both inquisitive. with the eatsr
thirst for knowledge 20 frequently seen
In those who were reared Ia tho country.
Il wonder how many queer thinss
one could sss Il one kept ones eyn
opsn." the frst man conjectvrea. go.
The second n,oa vncrosssd his legs
and sat up. a. .intefested look Ia his
eyes. t.js. ~ So. ..... /, F..
Lets try Il and ses." he suggested
enthusiastically. "It's almost dinner
time now. Lets starr odt fight no&
ana keep our eyes open for the remain
der Of the evening""
And 90 the TIVE started out. Their
hrst destination xas . restaurant situ.
ated near TiA,os eruAr6s snl tkly hur.
ried across the street. dodsihs taxicAbs
and mail trucks. keeping "a apprshen-
sive eye on the changing street cars.
That's one thing these city people
never notice." said the second man.
pointing to the tranic squad man stand
ing In the centre OF the street. See
how he Is kept busy all the time dods.
ing street cars and automobiles and
pulling other people out Of the way?
lie doesn't seem to be conscious OF It
At all. but I'll bet an average Of forty
persons an hour ask him quo ,tions. and
he's forced to pull each one Of these
persons out OF the way OF some vehicle
at least two or three times. He never
10 absolutely still. yet most people
would almost take an oath that he
stands IN one place all during his time
| on duty"
Here's another" responded the other
man. Look At that newsstand where
ont-of-town papers arc for sale. Not a
single New York paper 10 sold there. yet
there Is a constant stream OF people
purchasing papers from their home
town. The news.. dealer tells me tina,
he sells an average Of $3.50 dailiss Z
day. And that stand Is only one OF
many In this town" .
The two entered the restaurant 10.
gether and handed over their coats and
hats to tho check boy.
"A beastiy graft" srumbled the sec
ond man. They must get rich on H."
Yes. but not all the coin goes to tn.
man buying the checking privilege" an
swered the first DO you know. thes,
check boys are not supposed TO get Z
cent OF these tipsY They're paid wages
And they are not allowed to have Z
single pocket In their uniforms. Tn.
privilege man does everything he cor
to keep them from, grating a part O
the tips. But one Of the boys told m,
last night that he managed to get aheas
OF the privilege man to the tune O
about s3 . night. lie puts elastic band.
about his underc!othes at his knees
and drops an occasional dime or quar-
ter down inside his collar. When tn
aiyht's work IA done he has \ nice lItt,
sum stored away IN the two catch-alls.
Here's another complaint ! have Z
make about these big restaurants" sal
Tho second man as they we're led TO
table In q part OF tho room remote iron
the cabaret performers. You have I
tip the head waiter a little fortune (
get q decent table"
You may havc to tip HIN quite
wad." admitted the FIRST. But n yo
do II openly he's As insulted a. an Ira
nobleman who's called an Englishmar
No. You spust shp your two or Ave dol
lara unobtrusveiy into his hand wiMl
no one u looking. The dignity Of hi
position forbids him accepting a H.
openly. At least. that's ths way II
SCENE TO look At It. end tho New York
ers don't see anything amusing In hi
attitude"
THERE'S q regular mob In here" I'd
vanoed the hrst man 40 he swept his o.
over the dinner crowd. The second ara
essed about for . usoment and his eve
tWtnkied. 60, 81. .
'Ts.is place 70 popular" ha admttte<
"The funny thing about II 10 INST mos
Of these people 10 here are really Ne,
Workers.. believe ws're, the onl
'rlbes.' But. DO you know that thss
are two or three rather noted rsstsus
ants near here that are patronixsd O.
J moht exclusively by people from 1'odun
: snd Littistown. And they gase at Il
AthAr dlnafa WhA - GSatnR n than