New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-25

comfortably muggy. There were showers in the a.
ternoon and evening g, with considerable lightning.
SHApY-sIDE-For some days Shady side has been
in high fayor-,he shady side of the house, the shady
aide of the street. the shady side of the The
omnibusses have run only hslf full because they
had but one shady side We have seen parties stand
ing on the shady side of the street, watching omni-
bus after omnibus pass them with their one-sded load,
because there was no room on the shady sde IL was
in vain for the driver TO say plenty Of room-there
was DO room on the shady side; and lady would
not leave the shade to expose her shoulders for half an
hour to the direct rays of burning sun, as they
came in through the unshaded windows of one of our
City lumber-wagons, which we denominate " great
" public convenience" because il has not been con-
yenient for their owners TO give any better ones.
Stage proprietors are ready enough in Winter to
hurry out the seighs to make money but not quite as
ready as might be to out with something better
in Summer than these antiqusted prison-yans, to
tempt US out Of the shady side Of house street.
Is il possib that builders Of and carriages OF
all kinds suppose that they have reached the ultima
thule of their art and so content themselves to sit
down in their own comfortable shady aide, without
thinking of the fierce heat we endure on the sunny
side of their vehicles
Is II not possible TO have cars and stages built
that there will be no struggle to get on the shady side,
and failing that, we must endure actual suffering
while riding, and perhaps, actual injury to health
afterward
How much would it cost TO attach during Summer,
a couple of small rods on each side of the
nibus the upper one close to the wool work. and the
lower one projected so that an awning would lie at
an angle of IS lover he windows Let this awning
be attached TO rings sliding the rods to be drawn
whenever that side is exposed 10 the sun. The cir
would circulate through the windows and under the
edge of the cloth, but sun would blister thnly
covered necks it does now most frequently. Both
thon would be shady sides. II would save, too,
much of the discomfort Of falirg cinders on cars
drawn by locomotives. In Cry cars il would be in
fnely better and cheaper than the present arrange
ment of blinds on curtains Some of our City cars
are ornamentes-we suppose it must be for ornament
with stained gIass What heathenish taste, judg-
meni, discretion or want of all, tempted any man to
put bright yellow red glass where thousands OF
weak eyes must be made more weak, looking through
snch Extensively bright colors :
II the car and coach builders viii sit down on come
shady side, and see If they can devise some cheap
plan TO keep out the suu, we will forgive them for
while for lacking ingenuity enough to keep out the
duet.
While upon the subject, should ike to inquire if
making car and omnibus windows to slide up and
down is the very perfection of good sense. What
combination Of musical glasses do these loose rafting
windows give us as we are oed over the cobb stone
pavement at season when it is shady enough to
oblge us 10 keep up the omnibus windows, in their
loose frames, 4ring horid dscord to sensitive ears or
weak nerves. There can be no good reason given
II h. do anfft
cient openings for ventilation, with wooden shutters,
opening on hinges, in such way that they would
not keep up constant rafting dscord.
Sliding windows in railroad are still more
unnecessary-stilI more nusence-for through
them comes all the annoyance Of the dust
What are they made to shove forl Ventilation of
course Now in lOcomotiye-drawn car, suppose the
windows were fixtures, occupying One-hsf the space
in length of the sr and much than at present
in hight as may be desirable for light and view, and
let the space between be occupied by two upright
Stats, opening outward from the center, arranged
that by single turn all that open toward the forward
end OF the car co1d be fastened leaving the Others 10
be opened by the person occupying the seat next to
the ventia'or which should be placed opposite each
seat while the glass should fill the spaces between BY
this arrangement all the ventstors would have three
outer edges from the current Of air aud dust and il
made somewhat wider than the opening and set at q
proper angle do not that much dust could enter
because there would be current outward by nat
ura draft occssioned by the motion through the air
There are few ether improvements that we might
have indicated but unfortunately we find ourselves
no longer on the shady side of the house. The sun is
around upon Us, making US wonder why ell builders
Of houses do not think Of better plan to keep out
the sun than those sLtiquated old fytraps called We
netian blinds. True, Venetian awnings over each
window answer good purpose, but they are not fur
nshed with the house, but le for each tenant to at
tsch as warted and consequently rarely provided
What we want Is something built with the house a.
ways ready to give US shade without shutting our the
air. Can't the house builders give US something pet
ter than these Omnipresen Venetian bhnd' ana their
uncea.iDg slam-banS music every windy nignti
The Pacific, sailing to-day, takes out among her
passengers George Clarence Cram and Charles z.
Whitehead, The Commissioners from the Surrogate to
collect evidence in France relative TO the title to the
well known Da Lux estate, now In litigation before
him.