Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-21
American Women Leading the World
Interesting Miscellany.

ptTitnCeu TWO WiniefH III succession
and 1t may be said that genuine sleigh
ing conditions are not known oftne
than one year in four. This must b.
one Of the good years, and everybod!
who owns sleigh or money enough I,
hire one, seems determined to maxi
the most of of the present most favor
able opportunity for sleighing. Th,
/ north, west aud south side parks ant
the thirty miles Of boulevard which
! connects them are made gay by tn,
| presence OF single cutters. double cut
tiers, family cutters, and large four and
six-horse sleighs swiftly gliding TO and
I fro over the unbrOken levels to the jim
| gle OF the merry sleigh bells.
Impromptu sleighing parties O
twenty to forty are the order Of the
day--or rather the night, AZ the uD
! stylish but common-sense way Of fill
1 ing huge box sleigh with straw and
jolly girls Is generally followed al
night.
Such parties usually start early In
| the evening, finishing with dance, d
supper, or both.
THE MILWAUKEE HOLOCAUST
has been the topic of all absorbing In.
icrcst lately. The burning Of large
/ fire-escapeless hotel with sucl
| terrible loss Of life Is appalling
In the extreme, but the sickening
details OF this calamity which brought
seyenty-fvc To eighty persons 10 q
death most frlghtful to contemplate,
| may he the result of saving IA greater
number of lives, for il is n shameful
fact that there are hundreds Of pretcu-
tiOu. hotels in the country equally bad
and some that are even worse death
and fire traps than was the Ncwhall OF
Milwaukee.
Every hotel or other public build
ing should be provided with every
| means Of escape in case of fire. There
are patent fire escapes now used on
most new buildings which seem to
work admirably. 1t con-
sists OF "A ladder and iron
pipe running to the top of the build
ing, and by attaching hose to the
bottom becomes an extinguisher as
well rs an escape.
One of the largest hotels in this city
has every room provided with II coil OF
rope with All end fastened 10 the floor
and long enough to reach the ground.
small porches at every floor might dis
flgure "A building somewhat, but they
could lie very pleasantly utilized In
summer. and In case of fire would
almost insure against loss of life. az
persons could easily swing downward
from one story to the one below.
A irightful cause of death
and hindrancc to Gremen Il
found In the unsightly
TELEGRAPH WIRES.
That our streets and housctops
should be disiigurcd by these un-
slightly poles and wires to save expense
To giant telegraph monopoles should
bc enough TO arouse the righteous in
dignaiion OF the people, but when
tbey become engines of death and de-
struction by hlndering tiremen from
saving what they might, they should
! be no longer tolerated.
London, Paris and other great cities
have thoroughly tested the practicable
| ity of underground telegraph wires
| and IL IL disgrace to
our cities that they have not long be-
fore now made this badly needed re-
form.
IL has been suggested that firemcn
be equipped with shears on lengthy
poles to cut the wires, but precautions
would have Ia be taken to keep the
poles from falling, and besides much
precious time would be lost Were this
idea OF underground wires an untcstel
theory there would be some excuse for
delay, but now ii IL merely matter of
expense TO n few monopolistsa s against
the annoyance and peril OF
the people. After long fight
Chicago has decided that all wires
within the city must 20 under ground
In tho spring, and IL all goes well, she
VIII be the American city to take the
initiative In this important matter.
MRS. LANuTRY
has finished her engagement of two
weeks and drew from The public purse
the sum OF $4,000. As | said last
week, she IL not aa beautiful nor as good
an actress rs folks had been led TO
believe, but then you know there IL
nothing like being able To say that YOU
have seen Jumbo, or Oscar Wilde, or
Mrs. Langtry.
CHICAGO As A THEATRICAL CENTER
takes rank rs the first among Amer.
can cities, including New York and
"culchawedn Boston.
Not long since, through the efforts of
leading women In this state and city.
there was established at Evanston. n
suburb of Chicago,
AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL ron GIRLS.
There are young mems Christian as
sociations and many other institutions
for helping and saving the bows. lut
lew are the provisions for lending the
helping hand to girls. Bows
are cared for and educated to care for
themselves, but their very sisters.
what becomes of theme Ifpoor and
iriendless, miserable indeed is the life
they lead in order to keep soul and
body together, and IL they are not
compelled by poverty 10 10 disagreed.
Bile work for others, they are seldom
taught anything higher than TO wait
FOR the coming man."
To this industrial school
poor little street waits are
taken and not only taught
domestic duties but are educated and
trained TO fight the battle OF life more
nooiy. Ihe cost per year of this train
ing Is woo or $40 per month. It Is
said there are 10. 0O0 waits in this clh.
alone, half of which are eirls. Il Il
not nobier for church people 10 IN.
hold such charities than To spcnd their
money In spreading the gospe, among
distant heatheng Ii may be that The
countless millions of idol worshippors
are perfectly destitute of knowledge
concerning the divine influences
OF love and llght, hut
theirs Is a destitltion not 10 be com.
pared with that OF the countless little
ilowers In our very midst that are
being dwarted and withered morally
and physically for the want of care.
MISS EMILY FAITHRuIL.
This eminent English advocate of
,women's rights is i'm the city, and has