Show r r r t 1J I 4 41 Day ofthe 1aII Boy In this day of complaint against Incompetent Incompe-tent servants of all sorts it Is rather remarkable remark-able to study the general utility of the apart menthouse hallboy The resourceful New York woman llnds many uses for the liveried lad and where he has been tested mill found thoroughly reliable he Is often trusted with responsible duties tAt t-At one of the upper West side apartment hotels two extremely bright young colored men have been employed for four years and the commissions with which they nre trusted are worth studying One of them was seen at a neighboring bank the other morning depositing deposit-ing money for three guests at the hotel Several Sev-eral other colored boys In uniform were performing per-forming a similar service The receiving teller tel-ler at the bank explained that many of his women depositors Intrusted this work especially espe-cially on stormy days to hall boys and elevator eleva-tor boys and that there has not been a single case of dishonesty or misunderstanding in the matter In some houses elevator and hall boys are not permitted to run errands the Now York World says In others where two or three lads are on duty rules are relaxed and superintendents super-intendents are glad to let tho boys serve tho tenants Naturally the boys like to do the err er-r i di t because there Is corresponding Increase In tbclr Incomes n Il I1t Jr M tJl I < l I J Elevator and hail boys arc also Intrusted with all corts of repairs sponging pressing dyeing etc You will see them hurrying toward I tho uptown shops their arms Indon with nil sorts of we ring apparel from fills hints that need Ironing to shoes that need half soling For such work the boy generally getu two bits of money one from the tenant for performing the errand and another from the tradesman to whom he thrown the work A busy time for many of the boys Is Sunday afternoons and evenings after tho delicates sen shops open Then housowlves upon whom unexpected company has descended whistle for the hall boy who makes an emergency run to the nearest purveyor of readycooked food iOn i-On Sunday roomings you will find quite n line of colored boys In uniform lined up at the branch postofllces In the residence districts These represent various apartment houses and apartment hotels whose tenants want their mall on Sunday mornings and who club togeth er to give tho colored attendants a small fee for making the trip to the branch post 0111 co during the hour at which mall Is distributed every Sunday A very common source of revenue for hall boys Is the care of baby buggies nary few apartments offer room for such vehicles and It Is not always safe to leave them In the base ment A bright hall boy will take care of the carriage keeping it cleaned and repaired locklng It with n chain or padlock to some lean safe place In tho basement and luulnir Cfl Uf > IJI JJ It rendy for use at a signal from tho mother or i nurse Landlords may object to dogs but nail boys never A valuable dog IB pretty sure Sc to i mean a weekly stipend to an obliging eel 01 i ed attendant More G again the Iron fence or bar becomes useful ns un anchorage for the a pot In his rare and many an uptown hall boy spends i JIll noon hour giving n pedigreed dog Its tinting + An upper West side boy whoso Roosovoltlau + > teeth are the hallmark of good nature said when Interviewed on tho subject c Yeanlr we nil can do most anything Mis t bus Towers she has me open nil her cans close her hands Is slinky nn 1 hooks her drefibCB when Mr Powers he aint homo I kin market fur her shore ef feelln poorly tin1 s I nllus meets her mother nt the tnibwiiy Mta 4 deft nn takes her back again 1 tuke hoer of her cat when sloes away and 1 feed Mlauiis Drowns bird when she go < a Mont nil 1a t Vw Indies they give me their lilI l > t if liuj ir 1 tptctin tome one to OI vin i t i > e s MI 1 aint meter nude IK u t + M + t r 1 |