The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-22

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August 22-3m
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TALLY attributable to the habit of having
star preachers. When the clerical star
breaches the church is full, and when
he is away the church is empty, 1t does
not matter who the star Is If he Is ouly
star. 1t may be Harrison the boy
preacher, who by the way, is rather old
for boy, or the Reverend Sam Jones,
or Parson Newman--the people will
turn out. Apropos of Parson Newman:
The day after the obsequies he preached
in the Nostrand Avenue Methodist
Church in Brooklyn. For an hour be-
fore the service began it was impossible
| to get inside the church. The attend
ance on General Grant has given the
Reverend Doctor boom, which will no
doubt be money in his purse, if he de-
sires to enter the lecture field this win
ter 1t is generally believed that DR..
Newman is pretty well tired of Metho-
dist itneraucy, and if an opportunity is
afforded him Of an Independent church,
New York might be honored by his
presence and profted by his scholarship,
But to return to the subject on which !
started: What are we 10 do with the
children of the poor? The trades unions
close their gates upon them; no repu-
table merchant or store-keeper feels like
putting them in charge of his goods
while surrounded with such evil associ-
ations. We keep enlarging our prisons,
but not fast enough to hold the increase
of juvenile criminals, Again, | ask,
What are we to do with these swarms of
poor uncared-for children? l Igive 1t ur.
Let him answer it who can.
We have had most singular expert
ence in business. The week before
General Grants funeral there was al
most an entire suspension of business,
but this week the sales have been cnor-
nous. There has been unusual activity
in every department of trade, and it is
accounted for in this way; The funeral
brought many thousands of merchants
to the city, and those who were expect
ing to come postponed the orders that
they would otherwise have sent by mail
or express, and those who arrived before
the funeral spent the first few days in
sightseeing, and put off business till
the funeral was over
It ia wonderful tho number of visitors
to General Grants tomb. Every coun-
tryman who comes to town considers il
a sacred obligation to make pilgrimage
to Riverside Park. The weather has
been exceedingly trying, but It does not
make the slightest difference in the
crowd. With the proyidential foresight
of the average country tourist, they
come prepared, not with the wretched
lunch of the average New Yorker, which
will probably consist of ham sandwich,
some schweitzer kase and bottle OF
| beer. Our country cousin brings good
sized basket or yalise, and In 1t is cold
roast chicken, three or four different
kinds of cake, some hard-boiled eggs,
nice sandwiches, ,doughnuts and crullers,
a pot of currant jelly, and other little
delicacies too numerous to mention.
You can see them scattered about in
every direction, very hungry, very tired,
and yet entirely satisfied with the triT.
All the railroads leading to Riverside are
reaping rich harvest. The location Of
General Grants tomb at these grounds
is worth, TO the railroads, the price of a
national monument. 1t may be that
most of our rich men are out OF town
enjoying themselves, so that the monu-
ment fund has not swelled in the rapid
proportion that was expected. There is
no kind of doubt, however, that as soon
as our capitalists get back sufficient
monument to the dead hero which
will be an honor to the state and the
nation.
Don't be astonished the next time you
visit New York if you see one-half of
our male population encased in knee
breeches like our great-great grandfath-
ers; and Broadbrim asks, Why not?
We are on the very eve Of dress reyo-
luton. We poked sticks at Oscar Wilde
and his velvet knee-breeches, but the
bread he cast upon the waters has re-
turned after many days, and the sharp
gentlemen who poked fun at Oscar
will have to take it all back, and
should not be at all surprised to see the
whole of them sporting about in knee
breeches before the fall is over.
The Bicycle Clubs are so numerous
and have found that form of dress so
comfortable, that knee breeches are no
longer strangers TO our streets. Our sis
tiers, our cousins, and our aunts are now
displaying their arms through all sorts
of delusiye little lace sleeves, which are
the merest apology for q covering.
Along our streets at the present time
YOU can see arms of every size from a
pipe stem to well rounded shoulder of
mutton. Our young men are beginning
to travel on their muscle, so they can't
very well display their arms like their
sisters-they appear determined to show
their calves. The great advantage of
this display is that you can do little
judicious padding without the fear OF
detection. This, l presume, is the rea-
son that numbers of our golden youth
walk about the streets in their Bicycle
suits, and l must say that the display of
calf is very creditable. As matters are