The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-26
RANDOM WRITINGS.

RANDOM WRITINGS.
Miss Kate Field is evidently lady Oh sonn6 ,udg
ment and discriminating taste. She proycs her nos
| session OF both by her liking for wasNirttoy es ,
residence, which sns etrrcsseh III frank terms ant
| supports Ny iHaAs lbgca and corent reasona II
Nss rather gone out OF fashion OF late to snub Wash
ng'on as a city, but we still get enough elabora,,
criticism from outsiders TO make a case OF repuln,
admiratlon from Travelled and cultivated persor
rather agreeable than otherwise.
Now that the season is tpBfoaehinE when inc
beauty and aefacese5s OF Me city is heightened sc
tHe covers people pant in their front yard.
uueoomes matter OF regret that these Horticultural
| tastes cannot be better protected, SO many more
plants would be cared for II II were not for the even
ohance OF their being stolen fast as they come to
oloom Life has enough care and yeSa,,ons Tor
most of us without this added one OF bes,or,nc
money snd labor on soMe pretty ctna,nest 10 out
homes and then being ntrassed An ,Ns lime by
the wellsronndet re.t that some morning
we snail ece 6nly an unsightly hole in
| me ground where we had left graceful blooming
plant AT the very best n the plants themselves arc
spared, we only take equal chance at the flowers
with some other admrer, who watches Its buds ms
carefully as we do and who gets mn earlier in tho
morning. SO the sad result of all this thivv,nv Is
that most people content themselves with r,a,n turf
which canuot he stolen, and n they a,,emr, any
ncrnuutc Keep " In the back yard, where n will lie
little more Inaccessible In Wow of the loss TO the
wnoie community Ny THIS dlscoufagihg condition OF
affairs let ds horetnat the police vigorously abet,cd
by the citizens viii institute snch vgilant war on
Moral depredaions. and that such dire ard speedy
vengeance will await criminals in the Police Court
that this particular class oi ,heh viii tease TO lie
popular this suYMAeN
Ihere are some things about what one might call
the domestic management of our city that seem cal.
cuated for the purpose OF iniictinc as mnch dis
comfort upon us as possible. one OF these Is the
present arrangement for s'teet cleaning why this
part OF tNs ".eeicipa housekeeping should be done
orS under cover OF darkness It is hard TO imagine
unless for the purpose Of making slumber ,,lfcult
and uncertain state. OF course every one can see
the desrabiity of doing the actual sweeping at night
when the streets are clear as possible; hut the
snpernaturally noisy procession OF rans And skbtcls
that come vocfercusly rrtapRs alone the c,tstones
at early dawn, %hS can shes Not shovel In the day
tlmef II might Be little more trouble 10 the street
cleaners, bW sutely the vast Numbers OF Seope who
want TO be Quietly sleeping Nave some rights that
should be respected. What becomes ct ctety mans
inaenable rights the pursuit of happiness, IL
the sttee-cleaninB bureau can trample on our COM
fort IN tnat ruthless manner? Nothing so surely de-
exasperatlng noises. Good humor gone, peace in
the family goes with It, and long train of domestic
disturbances drags its contentious weight In the
wake OF these obstreperous midnight shovelers.
This is not matter to he treated lightly And en-
dured with smile. Let no Ole think " a ,oSe to
have ones nerves rasned by hideots noises Al the
dead hour Of night
Theth is befote the Ne@ York Legislature bill
Tor tine incorporation of cab company which pro.
poses to put cabs upon the streets at charge of ten
cents mile. This looks like very cheap transporta-
tion and one would think n such rate could be
made profitable in New York 1t might IN Washing
ION, city well adapted for cheap cab system, be-
cause OF Its celebrated distances which tend to make
people snatch at any method OF getting over the
ground eXpeditiously, and the smooth payements
which reduce the wear and tear ot vehicles to a
minimum. Sucha system OF charges as that used
In Chicago, twenty-five cents TO any point within the
city limits Would make the cabs Immensely popular
II adopted here. Any step Id the direction of SIM
pliciiy and cheapness Ia the tariH FOR public trans.
portahon has been almost Invariably an advantage
to the transporting company as well as the public
A uniform and &eknown charge is especially de.
sirable The mind watering between cab and
sreet-car Would decide the cab every time II the
uncertainty about the drivers idea of mile were
removed The little complications about distance.
number of persons, ateness Of hours, and so forth
iurh the sCae III favor OF tile street-car which re.
lieves one OF ali doubts, and is convenient and
economical, If dlsagreeable. Whether it would not
be better for cab waiting about the theatres, for
instance, to get job every night at twenty-five
cents and every third Night at fifty cents is prob
lem which the cab companies might easily solve
This is the season of the year when the nara
graphs about the feats and adventures the docility
and ferocy Of elephants begin to go the rounds of
the press. OF course they have no connection with
the opening of the circus season. but it is singular
coincidence that more elephant paragraphs appear
about now than at any other time of year.
The small boy is in a dlsconsolate state this sum-
mer, and with good reason. There is only one park
at which base ball is going on and that is surrounded
by a railing for the sole purpose of preventing him
from looking through the cracks in the fence at the
game within This is the most nagrant case of op-
preston and wrong the boys know Of taken in con-
nection with the hardshlps inflicted by the circus
tents being pitched inside high fence SO there is
not the bares possibility of crawling under the can
vas. 1t renders boyhooI scarcely the charming
state II was formerly.