Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-15
Some Interesting Facts About De-
trOlterS.

1T is L fact, sir sail Detroit ply
stefan TO our reporter the other day,
that we have more men III orr city
who nro lame in the left leg than ch he
found in any other city of its size in
America. About one man out of every
sixteen you meet Is lame, aud at least
twenty -eignt ont of every thirty lame
men are lame in the left Leg. lived
in Baltimore six years, and l observed
that most Of her lame men were lame in
the right leg. lived in Chicago three
years, and tho trouble there was lame
backs. Ia the last hour have counted
thirteen lame men ard boys passing
this corner, and eleven OF them we're
lame IN the left leg. How to account
for it ] don't know. Perhaps IL Is mu
tuai sympathy which draws them TO-
gether here, While the same sentiment
draws the lame backs farther west"
Did you over notica how many De.
troiters scratch tho head with the right
foreiinger? II Is sort OF involuntary
movement which you will SEQ in the
car, on the street, in stores and offices,
and in fact i'll all situations of daily
life. In Cincinnati they dig with the
whole hand, and make business of it.
In Cleveland they scratch the left sids
of the mead with three fingers. In
Boston the thumb of the right hand is
alone used. La Chicago they use both
hands. Each city has Al different atti
tude, bnt We claim that Detroits fash
ion Of gently lifting up the foretiuger
and giving it a backward movement
fI,o ~ mt, e
all. Out of our 125 900 population at
least 100 900 scratch the head with the
right foyefiuger. making three distinct
motions il military time.
In New York when Il lady is trying
! hari to remember something, she
clasps the lobe OF the left ear between
her foreiinger and thumb and pulls
down. In Boston it is the right ear: in
Toronto she folds her arms: in SYRIA
cuSe She stands on Que foot; III Balti-
more she bites her finger; in Buffalo
she puts her tongue il the left side of
her cheek; in Detroit she simply closes
the leftcye intoa sort of wink Fuckers
her mouth to the right, and III ten sec
onds can remember clear back to Dan
iel IN tho lions den. 1t is not only
movement of studied grace, but there
is cuteness in it, After little practice
the eyelid can be made to tiuiter Just
enough and not too much, and if the
woman has good teeth the pucker OF
her mouth 10 a conc nest in itself.
This il the only city in America
where a man knows how to hold nn mn
breila over his head to get the full
benefit of it. IL Charleston they hold
! it III the right hand, with the arm a
loot in Gdvance; in Mobile it is tipped
80 far forward that the rain strikes man
straight in the small OF the back; in
! Chattanooga it is tilted back and the men
get their knees wet; in San Francisco
it is tilted to the left, aud in New Haven
to the right. Just take notice of our
population on a rainy day and you will
see every umbrella held plumb up and
down, tho hand on line with the right
ear and the ruin striking the sidewalk
SC far ahead and behind the pedestrian
that his boots arc dry as bone.
Detroiters sit down in the street cars
with motion never found in any
other city; in Philadelphia they fall
back like bag of sand; in Brooklyn
they sit down sideways; in st. Louis
the men grab a coat-tail in either hand;
in Detroit the art of sitting down is
graceful slide without any bump or jar
to it, and car may bo overloaded and
yet furnish room for two women, three
market baskets and dog Detroit
/ Free Press.