Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1919 — Cheering Note In City Hubbub. [ARTICLE]

Cheering Note In City Hubbub.

It was a scorching hot day. Three of the characters that grow familiar to the frequenters of the thoroughfare from .Broadway to Park Row took part is a little bit of drama that,was watched from a nearby bench. The lame old man who sells shoestrings sat wearily on the stairs leading to the closed canteen opposite the postofflee. His eyes drooped with sleep, but opened suddenly at a word from the ,woman who sits near by with a basket of pretzete,«the piece de resistance of many a midday meal in that vicinity. She held out a tall glass of orangeade supplied, doubtless, by the proprietor of the flourishing stand hard by. wher6 brie may buy post cant souvenlrs of New York, or sweets and cool drinks to eke out the pretzel lunch. He drank It gratefully while the kindly if draggled Hebe chatted about the weather. It was a cheering note in the rush of the city's crowded, careless thoroughfare.—New York Times.