Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-25

lofty csi ing. a splended skating surface. and
10 conveniently located, a. regards str,t car
facilities. Mr.. Walter Gibson, the
popular young newspaper man, will
add to the attractions Of the rink.
The great difficulty will of course be In the
exclusion OF improper persons from the rink
| where the liue shall be drawn a. to who is
| i'm roper and who is not.
"Decline election please, Gracie," said
one Of the teachers at the Clifton street build
ing to little Oracle Arid, a bright little girl
| attending school In that building. The child
| commenced: Election is q common noun,
third person, singular number"
Well, we'll" ssid the teacher, what gen.
| der is III"
A brish, light over.pread Grscis's face.
"Maaculine." said she positively.
"Masculine," said the teacher. "How's
tbati"
Oracle (triumphantly) )-"Of course it is
women can't vote."
A wag got hold OF one OF the advertising
placafds which have been used in booming
"Lost," the melodrama performed las week
81 the Grand Opera House. To pin it to the
coat tail Of one OF our most able and fiicient
a
dudelets" sailed all over town, amid general
conviction Of all who read the plscard on his
back that there would be no reward, at least.
The lovers of string quartz te music in thi
city will be deligh ed to hear that the
Beethoven string quar- ,ette OF Cincinnati will
| CIV, grand concert a. Blacks opera house
Nov. 3, under the auspices OF the Springfield
Maennei chor. Theo B nder. + a, the fret
violin OF the quartette, is a well known violin
soloist Of Cincinnati, and is oue Of the tav pr-
te disciples OF the great .cobssohn. Tue
others in the qpartete are Chhs. Heir zen,
second violin, Albert Wolf, viola, Ad.
Schellschmidt, viola. Miss Anna Voll, the
talented vocalist OF this city, will be heard in
several vocal numbers. This concert will
probably be the only opportunity during the
winter OF listening to a fle string quartette,
and there shy uld be a large attendance.
We have all read ia Pilgrims Progress Of
the f,rking roads encountered by CHRISTIANS,
one of which led to salvation and the other
tp--vell land that is warmer than this at
all vents. 1t is only necessary to roll u
few steps north on Market street from Main
street TO find something analogous to
Buuyan's story. Crystal hail. once the
trysiing place TOR chippes and their admirers,
now has two doors opening on Market street;
| entr the hrst and you fad your
self worshiping at the shrine OF the SALIVA
,ion Army, enter the second and ou find
| yourself in saloon; the one echoes notes
OF praise, hymns of glsdness aud ihe tones Of
vo ce soft and earnest in praye- the ether
the clink of glasses and gurgling of beer,
| m nglsd with occasional oatns and ribsldry
| ia ael m hat half
opposit 9. The proprietor o. Crystal Hall,
with Mini BILE thrift has d lvided his building
into two par 8; The door leading f ON the
saloon into the hall has been uailsd up the
lower lett hand window looking out into the
rect has been changed into q door-aud
tn res your saloon. la the large cities queer
| juxtaposltions are spt to lie fund. Ga
Broadway. in Cincinnati, one Of the most
notorious gilded palace, Of sin joins It's walls
with those Of chuich, and the b ,isterous
laughter from III, one is waited to The ears OF
the worshippers OF the other but Springfield
certainly oats the record in having saloon
and place OF worship under one roof
Queer incidents sometimes ppen at
Crystal Hall, when the worshipers at the
shrine OF Gsmbr,nus blunder into the Saliva
tion half OF the building, and when-( what
were We about to say y. Of course the Sal
vAtionists wouldn't do such = thing.
The partitions tetween the two rival insti-
tutions are 90 thin that sounds from one can
he Plainly heari in the other. "R II, jordan,
roll. "snd the "Lion Of Judea" mil gle strains
| with "Psnsy Blossom and "l'll Await Ny
Love" To the credit Of the proprietor VI the
"Sslvation Army" saloon, let II be said that
he conducts bis place in q thoroughly orderly
manner.
Can you imsgine a crazy quilt twenty -6ve
miles square, the bright portions formed by
forests OF purple, crimson and gold, vanished
With autumn sunshine, the figured work by
spires, houses and towers and the 8 ans and
embroidery by roads and iences2 If So you
oave faint conception of the par Drama
which Is spread before the observer from the
top of the stand ppe. Ga these lively au-
tumn 'trnoons the prospect from this poiut
OF vantage is surprisingly lov-Iy.
When first the s,and-pipe was built, the
door to the spiral staircase leading to the top
was lett open, so that any could sscend. The
privilege WAS abused SO much, how
ever, by persons who went
to the top and amused them
selves by throwing aIpe-cores
and pesnu' shells. and splitting in, the water,
that the privilege had to be revoked. A
| charge OF ten cents WAS then made tor sd-
mission TO the staud-pipe; this also had its
disadvantages and admission is now only OBJ
tanned by means of u written permit from
water works trustee. Speaking Of the Qaes-
ton of admitting the public to the stsnd-pipe
Mr. Gwyn said;
THE fact is, we hal to stop it. Roushs
would go up TO the top and spit huge quds
OF tobacco into the water; children would
carry all sorts OF rubbish to the top to throw
into the water and to cap the climax one ftl-
low actually went to the top and, finding a
big iron crow-bar on the platf,rm there, he
hurled it with all his strength down through
the water in the s'and-pipe. All proper per-
sons are granted permits and given keys to
the door OF the structure on application at the
| water works"
The stand-ppe Is a wonderful piece OF
| architectural engineering. Even TO sand at
the base and gszs upwards at its summit is
suthcient to give nervous people the head
| ache. The great structure seems to lean and
lmpend over you no matter on which sias
stand. so sure vary pr.pn