Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-18 | Page 1 | The Amenities

The Amenities I was waiting at a station on the Seconct 1 Avenue L road the other day when I noticed no-ticed an umbrella mender and a traveling glazier The first had a lot of ribs and I handles and old umbrellas and the second had a dozen panes of glass in a box on his back Seeing that they regarded each I other with coldness I asked of the urn1 brella mender Dont you recognize the profession when you meet Its not the same line of business sir I he replied Anybody can putty in a pane of glass but it takes an artist to mend an umbrella While he walked to the other end of the I platform 1 shied up alongside the glazier and remarked Any hard feelings between you and the j umbrella man Oh no sirno personal feeling Its simply that my professional pride demands de-mands that he speak first Hes a trade you see while I have a profession Two hours later I met them in company I at Chatham square and the glazier recognized recog-nized me at once and took me aside to says Its all right sirall right He has assured as-sured me that he once failed in business for 630000 and weve agreed that both have professions and that both of ns are pro j fessorsNew York Sun