Show new yorker in the province provinces don t t tell them out in the brov aces that you are a new yorker remarked an old time drummer to a younger commercial traveler or they will stick you halt half the time here s an instance I 1 was just start ing home from a city in the far west and a few minutes before train time broke the glass in lay my watch there was a watchmaker watchmakers shop the station and I 1 rushed in with a lest iest for hasty repairs as I 1 was just start ing tor for new york the watch mechanic looked me over and apparent ly sized me up as a new yorker H ira went to his bench tooled fooled around for or a minute or two to snapped the case hut shut banded handed me the timepiece and demanded 50 cents I 1 poked the watch in my pocket aad caught the rear platform as the train rolled out when I 1 looked at the watch an hour later ater there was no sign of a crystal in iiii it it new york tribune |