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Show MM TwtaU Slret I TtedM. H I otlen a matter of rpncutatlnn how the multitude of trel vender In New York make, a living In the vicinity vicin-ity of tho portoElce, oppolt tho Aitor IIoum, aro alwaj to lie een niimerou puiih CArt Jra containing nothing but bananas Invariably tiro-iellol by lary looking on of Italy Watch them for an hour, or a long a tluio aa you I can ip.ve, and tin chanw rwilei are eo tiuall, to few an I far bttwwn, that It doem't teem (nxelble that enough bnJ-net bnJ-net can be done to yield n profit tri Orient to keep body and oul together. Yit very few of tliem but turn out from one dolbr lo two dollar a day clear of clpetine. An n'verage of 1.50 per day, rnln or hint, b not unniuiL There nr no eiprrwibetonlth mall capital In veiled In a bunch of tho lucculcht I tropical fruit Very often thb b for- ' nlfhivl by another Italian, who may own a number of the cart nnd varl- , ou treet Hands while tho veiidcnaro operating on iharo or comiiilMlou. . Thb capllalht b a aort of padrone, and I I liavlng blmwlf tprung from tin rank , require n ftcrupulou accounting from lib poorer countryman, who ambl- I tlon toown cart and lib own Irada b rjiuuet turo to be reolUed In tin courM of time. Tin Utter b then ready tu marry an I run an catablliliraeiit of lib own Ilo can earn a much a tin averago day laborer, but ho inuit l about tho trrrta early and lata. Tin police rrg-ubllon rrg-ubllon comil lihu to keep moving I'enUtent violation of thoM rule b hkily togethlui Into Irouble, though 'the flnoit" are very lenient hi tin erclw of th"lr dberetlon In thb rcipcct. The fruit cart U but on of tin many Hurcro of livelihood of tin itreet vend rr, but Ita meager tlmpllclty npab moet owirfully to tho Imagination of tho observer. Now York Herald. |