Show MIT ma FET CAMP BY OBSERVER 1931 auction auctions new york Is lull full of auctioneers some ot of thera them are arc almost as famous as chris tie ties s in london where they have sold single jewels tor for a million dollars and some are of the catchpenny catch penny type one of 0 the letter latter right in the heart ol of times square has a novel method we can all ail recall the hoarse voiced auctioneer at farm sales ready to drop from the effort of using his voice well this man sells from early morning to late at night and his voice holds out all week how does he do it why he has a microphone in front of him with six receivers around the big store end and his lowest whisper carries to the back wall it Is de selling se sofona con d hand goods this city sells more goods secondhand second hand than many cities sell new recording according to an analysis issued by the merchants association the other day the total sales run a year of which stores sell close to secondhand second hand book stores do a business of nearly more than used automobiles bring A straw showing how many are doing business here on s a shoestring shoe string Is shown by the tact fact that secondhand second hand office furniture Is sold to the amount of each year kindness to blind blin all new yorkers are re kin kind id to blind men one sees them tapping their way around the most crowded parts of the city and when they halt at a curb waiting to cross the street almost anybody will volunteer to lend a friendly arm and aid them to cross A newspaper man here told me a funny thin thing g about that he was waiting at the curb while a friend bought a paper while waiting he started tapping with his cane on the walk all newspaper aper men in this city carry canes its a trade mark As he stood there a nicely dressed woman seeing a blind man tapping the walk as she thought stepped up to him took his arm and remarked let me help you across the street etl embarrassment all around was avoided by the friends appearance he took the newspaperman by the arm thanked the kind hearted woman and told her ho he would help him over valets graft one can pick up wonderful suits it if you know where to go valets of wealthy men get their masters old clothes and they have certain stores where they can sell them the suits are of the best material and practically unworn it Is up to you as to what you pay it varies from 5 to 20 a sul suit t end and tor for that you get clothes that ma make ke you look like a millionaire it Is pretty hard to find and out where to get such bargains as those who are already patronizing izing those shops dont like to let you know t they h ey are wearing cast off suits and besides it if they take you yoa there it means they have a harder time getting bargains themselves still there are those places and it you dont mind wearing somebody alses clothes you can dress like a lord little money iaac in forty years the plan has many supporters but mr hoover has given no intimation ti as to what action he Is likely to take it Is conceded that some measure like it will be absolutely necessary to obtain the revenue needed to run the government and take the place of the loss from reduced payments on the income tax and the quarter of a billion dollars ollars rt the germans have been excused from paying on reparations tor for a year |