The Wilmingtonian., 1885-04-11
A Growing Nuisance.

The attention Of the city police is again
called to the increasing nuisance of curb
stone loaflng. 1t has again become actually
offensive.
On Easter Sunday last, people attending
divine service had to run the gauntlet along
Market street of more than one of the chos-
en- homesteads of the knights of the pave.
ment. These gentlemen have discovered
certain resorts along the curbstone and
there they have entrenched themselves.
cigars! An immovable tobacco stencil has
anchored itself to these spots. The pave
ment for yards is tlthily dscolored with
their expectorations. 1t is often dangerous
to step upon and fatal to ladies' apparel
The il-smellng odOr, the sickenipg hawk
ing, and the clouds of tobacco smoke are
what decent people should not be subjected
to in passing along the public streets.
Also these young men are not among the
most Chestelfieldan of our golden youth.
They are often impertinent, if not in action,
undoubtedly SO, il leering yulgarity, imper-
tineut stare, and crowding of the side
walk just as ladies are passing, means it..
These young men are usually well dressed
and outward appearances might indicate a
polite behavior.
One of these iders was seen last Sunday
evening, as citizens were going to church,
to step out of knot of cronies, just in front
of party of ladies, and execute something
brilliant in the Terpschorean art, singing a
"Pirates of Penzanoe" jingle, to the ex-
treme qualification of his curbstone admir-
ers, while the ladies, in evident indignation
were constrained to halt until the coarse
clowns gyrations had subsidized, his elevated
elbows had dropped from their ecstatic an.
gularity and he had regained his equi
poise.
L
the ladies as he suddenly discovered that hi
had been obstructing the sidewalk. This
was an incident that occurred on Market
street near st. Pauls Church on Easter Sun
day evening. 1t is quite possible that i
was not the only instance of the day. La
dies should not be subjected to any such in
dignity, neither on the principal avenue o
the city nor any other street upon Sunday
or any other day.
Another nuisance along Market street o
an evening is the not very sweet crowd tina
make the front of the Opera House on thea
Ure nights, malO,lolOus and disagreeable
There is no necessity of the police allown
the increasing crowd of loafers, ticket an
! check beggars to swarm around the theatI
+ entrance. In any well ordered city it is nC
I permitted. Access by ladies AM gentleme
. to the theatre entrance has often to be mad
5 through an avenue of not the most delecta
: bly, tongued representatives of younge
: Wilmington. They crowd and elbow to
u much and interfere with the passage c
y those who wish to purchase tickets.
At various other points alcng Mark,
J street gangs of well dressed loafers patrol
!. re the curbstones and street crossings
VI The habit is increasing of their doggedl
s maintaining their positions, and it is not a
r unusual thing to see passers by necessitatC
to request room to pass.
/ Wilmington is becoming city of son
e magnitude. 1t is growing out of its sma
r clothes, and timely suggestion would pc
l. haps be that some of the common evidenc
y of provincalism, such as idle aping GROVE
lie blocking the street corners be proper
dealt with.