New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-29

Would il not be better to distribute the resting
time of children more evenly instead of lengthen-
ing an already long period of vacation idleness
In other words, would il not do the children more
good to shorten the hours Of daily attendance at
school or TO inteIsperse more frequent in
those hours, whereby the children might breathe
fresh air and the schoo-rooms be thoroughly ven
tilated, than to add a fortnight or a month TO the
summer vacation7
Restaurants and hotels these days should adj
yertise the amount of tips expected by the wait
es instead of announcing the price for dinner OF by
the day. With the present growth of the " tip " 1t
bids fair to overshalow all other economical con-
alterations Beginning with a nickel, it increased
TO a dime and now q waiter of standing considers
nothing lessthan half dollar worth acknowledging.
Taking the average tip at 20 cents, it amounts.
with two meals a day at restaurant, to $3 %
a week, or $1S2 a year, which simply goes to
paw anothers employe. The demand has be-
come so unblushing that few have the
courage to join openly an anti-feeing league, how
ever severe the tax may be. But an excellent bust
ness awaits the hotel restaurant keeper in this
city who will pay his servants living wages and
make it a personal point that they shall accept no
fees and yet discharge their duties i'll satisfactory
manner.
Secretary Foleer SAYS that he is resigned so far
az the result of the late election in New-York was
concerned. WAS your husband resigned y said
the minister to the widow at the funeral of her lord
and master. 81 'spect he was" answered the weep
ING bereaved; "leastwi,e he couldn't help hsself.'
The silence of Quaker Westinghouse during tho
moments when no one is moved to speak has hith-
erto been supposed TO be the stillest knl of silence
known to the children of men. But the silence of
Quaker meeting house is a roaring tumult when
compared with the silence that the Democrats of
this State now MAINTAIN touching the propuoty Of
abolishing the Authorship and sundry other Offices
which they have declared to be us less
The citizens OF New York, without regard 70 race.
notifies rre gon present their compliments 10 Mr.
F. Theodore Walton. They congratulate Mr.. Wal
ton on his safe return to the M tropolis, and trust
that refreshed and rejuvenated by his vacation in
Europe and with the path of his official duty
rendered clearer by his inspection of large and
varied assortment of transatlantic streets, he will
approach the problem of cleaning the streets of this
city this winter not only determined but prepared
to solve it. The citizens of NewYork understand
that Mr. Walton, as an earnest OF what he is gong
to do and how he is going TO do il, has already
sta ed that the streets will be cleaned efficiently
They yeain to believe that this promise of the
plunCer Is to be carried out. They cannot doubt
ing that i'll the long past the streets OF NewYor1
have never been but always TO be blast with clean
illness in the winter. they are prevented by
tine scepticism born of repeated disappointments
from placing unreserved and childlike trust in the
nromse of the Plungcr. One thing on their part
they are ready TO stipuac. They will all receive
the promise at It's face value just as soon as the
streets are clean. At present they hardly pre-
pared to say more.
Our Connecticut friends who are referring to sir.
Waller as the boy Governor" on the strength of
his being only forty-three years Old are respect
eullv reminded that of the most notable of the
Governors of this State was elected when he was
only thrty-seven years old. We refer to William
H. Seward. He was born in 1901 and elected |
Governor in 1888.
The in the story who, after his horse had been
stoleu placed a large and intricate combination
lock on his barn door and stationed savage bull |
dog that had been brought up on human flesh in
front of the door, and who himself kept watch and
ward over the door day aud night armed to each
one of his individual crashing teeth with rifles,
clubs cans of dynamite and kerosene lamps-all of
which murderous weapons he had first carefully |
loaded-that very man pops up spontaneously into
the recollection of the American people as they
read of the Presidents tardy. not to say post
inorteIn. activity In the Star Route matter.
Governor-elect Cleveland is represented as being