Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-15
Always IN the Way.

VEDN E4DAY, AUGUST l0s 1So8s
Always IN tho Way.
Some people are always getting in the
way of others. The bump of inquisi-
tiveness and curiosity is 80 large in the
human Uranium that the majority Of
people attracted by what is going on
and wishing to zee and know more will
get In the way Of others more directly
concerned and will remain there until
ordered to stand aside politely perhaps,
or otherwise, more likely the latter ooh
/ didn't think" is generally the excuse
made, for it is creditable to our training
o know that although we get in the
mad of others, the majority will not
defend their action, or tarry to argue
the question. There is, however, quite
a number who get offended and retaliate
by sharp recriminating words, and
trouble is the result. If an accident
happens crowd rushes to the scene
with no intention Of assisting the suf-
ferer, but merely to crafty morbid
curiosity, and when the real friends,
doctor or surgeon sarrive, they have to
push and edge their way through cor
don of curiosity gazers who are bent
on gratifying their inquisitiveness even
should they shut out all fresh air from
the patient and from those who are
trying to relieve the sufferer.
The crowd is in the way. They can
do no good, but they little think of the
harm they are doing. There are so
many pee pie in the way all the time.
They go into stores and seat themselves
upon the counter and the store-keeper,a
good natured soul, who does not want
10 offend them, sells goods to otaers over
their shoulders. They crowd around
workmen in the streets who are laying
pipes or psyements, and when a work
man wants to uss a SPADE, pick, shovel
OF crowbar he viii ind it under the feet
of crowd of curiosity gazers, who are
ell the time in the road. They do not
think, and it is all important that they
should nee all that is going on even If
the work should be retarded by their
being in the way.
People of leisure are apt to drift into
the way of those who are busiy EN-
ployed before thinking of the annoy.
ance it creates. 1t is a very small thing
to stand upon the edge of an excavation
from which workmen are throwing out
dirt by the spadeful, but tits rather big
thing for the workman 70 throw the dirt
out at some mor4 announcement point tt
avoid throwing it upon TIE curiosity
gazers.
We saw something like this take place
at the stone quarries from which thu
workmen on the new Baltimore ant
Philadelphia Railroad are procuring
blocks of stone for the piers ofthe brldg
over the Brandywine, and when tn
pazers got splashed by some spawls o
stone thrown into a puddle Of water
instead of moving off after making al
apology for being there, some of then
got angry aud retaliated in sharp words
The foreman, reasonable gentlemen
who seemed to know how to avoid III
pleasantness, argued the question wit
them, and showed how his men wer
put to An inconvenience and prevente
from doing all they could do by thes
persons standing around in the way an
attracting the attention of the workme
nv asking them questions. But theS
men didn't think what they were dolnI
1t is very small thing for a person
step into an editors room and take
exchange away to read it, but it ceas
to be a small thing, when the edito
hard pressed for copy, has to 90 on
hunt for his paper. And when the ed
tor is busily engaged i'll writing an
ticle on the tariff, or the Municip
Court, and his thoughts are c"nrentr
ted upon the subject, it is small matt
for somebody to rush i'll and coinmen
an earnest conversation about base ba
but it is rather a sudden interruption
the editor. Such persons are al! I
time in the way. They mean al! rigI
but they have a wrong way OF show
1t. But then we suppose that these
luisitiv", curiosity people, who are
ways turning up al the wrong time a
who are always III the road, sill have
be endured with and those who Ia
cause for complaint must suffer on
be patient.
THAT DISTANCE lends encha
ment to the view is verified by
Austin (Texas) State 'man's vlgor