His Eyes Never Wandered

There was another man who was equally as broke as Velvet. And he was Tony Del Gatto, the owner of the restaurant where Charlie had been working for years. He says, “He was one of the finest gentlemen I had ever met, ”. Even he recalled what a major help he did through that sign which Velvet used. When everyone talked of that sign in memory of Charlie, then why did contrasting reactions came towards it. What exactly was that?