Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-03

Euttof NuT'-lt was announced snort time
ago, by scion OF the bench, that there is no
law against vendors of fruits, vegetables and
Otler matters, selling their wares on the streets.
or against their making their speoialttes,
Wletner or fruit, rags. vegetables SOap-fat
fish, crabs and the rest of iG, known In a way
which cannot be construed into a nuisance.
The orders OF the District Commissioners who
Wele humane enough to endeayor to abate this
dlStracting nuisance, which Is not only crying
evil, but simple torture to the sick and suffer-
ing OF Washington. who seem, like the lepers OF
OLD, TO have no rights worthy of being consid-
ered, nave been made null and void by his hon.
orS decls1on II one may judge by the vocifer-
Gus yells and shouts OF all classes OF these street
vendors, which ill the air with discord from
times three Of Them sometimes procession of
them. appear shouting their medley cries In
tones Sufficient to crack the drum OF ones ears.
ana split their own threats. producing wild
d1scord sufficient to set the nerves of an OK on
edge. l know OF several cases OF illness-aud
COO only Knows how many more like them are
In Wash1ngton-When the poor patient. after
night OF weary pain and watching, has fallen
to sleep between daybreak and Sunrise. has
been startled from his so much-needed repose
b by peallng whoop OF .'Raspberrles BLACK
Oefr1eS!" under their open windows, which
awakens them with wild start to renewed
SleeplesSneSS and suffering.
These vendors have been admonished by this
second Daniel come to Judgment" that they
nuisance by their too loud vociferations! But
WHO'S to decide how loud these men are to be
allowed to shout, and yell, like wild Camanches
Of ay haze
business with them, and they "llft up their
voices and spare not" Are the policemen to
judge how much voice 1t takes to make nuis.
ance? policeman's ears are not very sensi-
tive except to sounds, which to disregard would
cause them the loss OF their place They GER
tainly do not seem to hear the ''Dutch concerts
Of the fruit and Other street vendors, who 20 on
their daily way shouting their discordant cries
in defiance OF law and order.
An invalid myself, had passed night with
out moments sleep, caused partly BY the i'll
ness OF member OF my family, with whom
watched until morning, when We both fell asleep
only to be routed by discordant yell of
'R-ar asberries! ripe, red r-a-asbeTes!' voc1fer-
ated with such force and vim that If shell had
exploded In the neighborhood its effects could
not have been more startling. l ran to the
window, not knowing exactly, between 81 sep-
Ing and waking" what MISCHIEF was Ia the
wind, when saw colcred man with long
box IN his arms, packed wi b smaller boxes
containing the ''red, ripe raspberries," which,
by some accident, was suddenly upset, and the
SOh, what a fall was there' But, nothing
daunted, he knelt down and scooped taen up Ia
MS moist hands (Which were perhnp, clean }
restoring them to the boxes, and the boxes to
by one he picked up every straggler. l don'i
think he lost single one, and wondered il it
were possible he would again offer them for
sale? This he Immediately did, right then and
plckedf' Somebody was vtctimized by those
"R-a-a-sberry's IS. "and no doubt wondered at their
grittlLess. There's no law against grit ether
but there ought to be under such circumstances
But even grit Is more endurabie with our des-
sert than the wild harsh yells of the street
hucksters, which not only torture the nerve
centeTs OF our sick and suffering ones, but, ply
slclans say, counterfeit their efforts to restore
them to health.
The street cries have been abolished In Lon
don and New York city and other places simply
on the ground of their being too great a null
what reason is there to prevent Its being done
In Washington. Can't these noisy pests be
made to take their pound OF flesh without
OF relief and thankfulness when the District
Commissioners issued their order to abate the
nuisance, the whole community rejoiced and
none saw the wisdom OF 1t more than our ply
slcians, but despite the Commissioners and the
approval OF the community, 1t still exists.
LIE MISERABLE,