A Waning Custom

"Do you notice how niueh the practice of carryiug the hands in the pocket has been given up by all classes of men within the. last few years?" asked the literary man. "It was never good forra, but stil] yoa wcrald of ten see it. I thiuk the newsboys are responsibJe for the change. Put yonr hand in your pocket as you stand for an instant on the street sonie day and see if you don't agree with me. lf ycu are anywhere in the lower or centr-.il poriiou of the city there will he fiom One to a dözon or more newsboys in sight. Every one of them will notice the motiou of your hand in your pocket, and if one is looking in another dirección he is attracied by the rush of his feilows, and you are surrounded by a struggliug raass of boys, and as many papers as tbere are urchins are thrust into your iace. It is a dangerous thiug to put yoar hand to your pocket unless you are wilüng .to bave your progress dlayed for a minute or two. -