Life — October 14, 1897 — page 15: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

HIS cartoon was published in Lire last April. We reprint it, as it gives a correct idea of Fifth Avenue to-day, six months later. It is now more than a year that the avenue has been in this condition. General Collis, who is achieving this triumph, is an ex-Philadelphia law- yer, and naturally dislikes haste. If he will only remain firm to his present principles of employing one- sixth of the number of men re- quired, there is no reason why this fashionable thoroughfare should not remai come. It is only fair to General Collis to add that this enterprise, which would have taken an ordinary contractor nearly two months to finish, is now well under way in a single year. was it is for many months to A NEAT LITTLE FLAT WITH A WINDING STARE, A Sure Indication. ‘DY George, Mrs. Monger must be telling our wives the most awful scandal.” **What makes you think so?” “Why, they are both listening without interrupting.” New York, Oct. 1, 1897. Editor of Lire: Will you oblige a constant reader by decid- ing whether “Blume,” ‘Schuessler,” and “Sweitag" are Hebrew names? This is not an idle question, but arises from the follow- ing circumstances: One day last week, the writer was going downtown on a Broadway car with a friend who is afflicted with sporting tendencies. As we passed through Union Square he sug- gested a little game which should serve to pass away the tediousness of the journey. He offered to give me five dollars for every name we saw on the signs between Four- teenth Street and Park Place which was not that of a Hebrew, if, on the other hand, I would give him a dollar for every one that was, When we reached Park Place 1 was $46,317 behind with $18.00 depending on the above three names. Please decide whether 1 owe $46,302 oF $46,320. Yours respectfully, E. Z. Fruit. At Klondike. UNEAU JACK: What are they lynching Sands the grocer for? PLACER PETE: He was caught putting golddust in his sugar.