Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-17

There is more than a mile In length of these
fire terraces fronting directly on the sea- and
WHEN seen at little distance from land. in tie
soft rich light Of the setting sun. Hove looks
literally like city of palaces by the sea.
Asl have intimated above, there is consider
abe rivalry between Brighton and Hove,
Though In general way the two are considered
or rather spoken Of as one town. IL is the
1eVer-endlng struggle between the old and the
new; and, as it is said that history is always
repeating Itself. it is safe to say that in this
case. as IL the past, the Old must give way tC
the new. Residents in Hove are exempt from
certain taxes which are imposed In Brighton
FOR instance, there Is sort OF borough tax OF
three SlillingS per ton laid on coal brought into
Bright on which is not collected in Hove. There
are also certain other advantages in favor OF
the latter place. and as its residences are newer
ally supplied with '.all the modern improve
me ntS, while those in Brighton are not, it is
nt strange that Hove is improving more rap
Idly than its older and somewhat antiQuated
sister. This Is In the natural order of things
but 1t Is none the less to be regretted, on many
accounts. 1t is always sad TO see the old and
lictutesque pushed aside for the new and th5
practical, even though the latter may be better
In some respects, as IT, generally is
Still, the old has Its drawbacks, as we found
by experience In Brighton.
CIRCUMLOCUToRY PROCESS IN GETTING A DISH
OF SPRATS.
Strolling along the Esplanade with my COM
panlon one Sunday morning, we observed on
large and numerous heaps of shining silver.
Drawing nearer, we found these pies u be i'm
mense quantities OF Sprat, II happened to be
an unusually good morning for spratS in
IN by the score, literally loaded down witt
sprats. Sprats were being piled up every
Where; being packed away In barrels, boxe ),
ard baskets; being carried away in buckets
aprons, and handkerchiefS.
Always liking to test the dishes peculiar TO
the places We may happen to be in for the time
being. and not remembering to have ever eaten
any SpIatS we concluded we would have some
as one OF our dinner dishes that day Accord
mgly, in ordering our dinner at the excellent
restaurant Of the Grand Hotel, where we We're
staying, we made our wants known to that eff
rect 10 the Sentlemanly young man who took
cur older. lie came back presently, saying
lhey had no Sprats, ard what would we have
instead?
''No sprats.n exclaimed we .why. there are
thousands. Yes. millions Of them, just across
The street: Why not go over and get couple Of
buckets full for SiXpence?'
Beg, pardon" replied the waiter, sbut we
ave TO buy them from the licensed Sil-rnonmer
is place his great way hOif; hit would take
TOO long; hand, besides. iii think is place is
closed today
Now, why Sprats in Brighton had to ba
bought from a licensed fiSh-monger and could
not be bought by hotel from the sea shore
Whele they were piled up by the ship load
"WhoieSaie retail and for eXportation,' was
more than our waiter was able to explain, and
more tnan have ever been able to understand
TO this day. But so il was; and we had TO IN AXE
our dinner without Sprats. However, seeing
that great quantities were being put up In bar
Tels and baskets for shipment to London, we
conSoled ourselves with the reflection that when
we got back to that city we could probably
nave them In plenty, without regard to the mu-
Ilclpal laEs or customs Of Brighton, ancient or
modern. This expectation was fully Justified
by our subsequent experience. We had SpratS
for breakfast the first morning following our
return 10 London. Then it was we came to the
conclusion that we hadn't missed so very much
in Brighton after all. X.