"There ls no noon hour in thc |ow<
part of Manhattan," said an old rei
taurant man, who hus supplied lund
eon for business men and clerks ft
over a score of years. "We used to d
seven-eighths of our business betwee
noon and 1 o'clock, but now tho lund
eon hour extends from ll to after 3
to after 1 in the Wall street section,
can remember well when in nil ofllct
and business houses work ceased ?
thc stroke of 12 aud was resumed at
o'clock sharp. Now the noon hour
observed only In shops and faetorio
In offices and commercial houses wor
goes on continuously under the tire
ont day pressure of business, and tl
Clerks nnd other employees go out f<
luncheon In relays, beginning as earl
as ll o'clock, and with this chango bi
come u shortening of the luncheon hoi
J : in most cases to three-quarters of a
j hour?sometimes to half nu hour. Tl
. ' chiefs and employers as a rule eat lat
. most of them about 'J. o'clock, and dow
, | in Wall street the brokers seldom gi
luncheon until after tho oxchangi
close."?Xew York Time*.
Cannon an a I'nrnirr.
When Joseph <!. Cannon of Illino
wai married, he was In decidedly po.
