Show old bill chafa all A familiar figure to all who have business about park row ia old bill spectacle vendor day after day for tha past twenty veers or more this unique figure has arrived m front of no 31 early hour in the morning and im folded a little campstool sort of contri vance on which he places a small tray containing a few of the cheaper variety of eyeglasses after this he lights hia pipe and awaits the occasional customer in winter bills tall spare figure ia hidden in a heavy overcoat buttoned t the chin his thin face peeping out from a huge cap with large sides that fold down over his ears when the first days of summer approach the heavy trappings are cast aside and the purveyor of eye windows appears resplendent in straw hat light trousers and clean lines duster all inquiries as to the surname of athla odd figure fail to elicit anything satisfactory and his cognomen of old bill is all that can be gathered of course be is reported to be wealthy all suck unique characters always aro aff verb commercial advertiser |