New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18

factory but for the fact that It has q lofty spire
| This IS the new edifce Of the Marcy Avenue Bapts
Church 1t would that there is marked need II
Brooklyn of architects capable Of designing handsome
churches.
Did Won ever receive a postal card bearing YOU
name and address correctly one side, but absolutely
blank on the other side, A Brooklyn lady had that
experience the other day. The handwriting she uo
no, recognize, and the postmark was too indstinc'
to be made out. Such condition OF things gives
plenty of room for the imagination to play In
Whether tho intended communication important
or otherwise, whether II a mere business notice
OF something requiring immediate attention, whethei
the writer would remember his or her omission
and make haste TO correct it-these were some OF inc
questions instantly suggested In the carry DAYS
of postal cards I recall that one of my classmates
wrote and directed one and then carefully at'achsd
a one-cent stamp in order to mako sure that The
thing would go through all right l suppose others
have made the same mistake and probably the post
Office authorities have had TO dispose of a good
many cards posted either without an address OF
with the reverse left blank One looks at the matter
differently, however, when IL comes unoer one ;
personal observation In the instance referred 10 IL
turned out that the message that never came was
simply the change of an hour in a business engage
mont and no serious trouble was tho result OF the
writer's careessness The omission had been recalled
after the card was on its journey to Brooklyn, but
too late to remedy It.
A few. evenings ago Bishop Andrews, the resident
Methodist Bishop In New-York, was crossing the
Bridge with his wife on their way from Brooklyn,
where their married daughter resides. Probably It
was the benevolent appearance of the elderly couple
that attracted to them a comparatively welldressed
woman who had rustic air and manner and who
wished to make inquiries of some one as to how she
could get to her destination At all events, she
crossed from the side of the where she sitting
and took her place by tho side of the Bishops
wife Others in the neighborhood were soon aware
that she wanted to go TO Broadway and Ninth st.
The Bishop with Enthusiastically benignant smile
Informed her that she could take Broadway car.
but the woman had evidently been told that the
elevated road the better means Of conveyance,
and made known the fact So the right instructions
were given, she explaining that these things were
all new 10 her 1t apparent from her manner
that she would gladly indulge In a prolonged con-
vcrsation, but her advances were not eagerly met
She was not exactly repuscd, but certainly she was
not encouraged She kept her place, however, and
when Bishop ard his wife left the car she followed
them out and again told how to get the train
that would carry her where she wished TO go.
That travellers on the New-York elevated roads
about the hour when day is beginning 10 fade into
night complain loudly Of the offensive odor caused
by the newly lighted lamps is not IN the least sur
prsing. This smell is often nanseatng, and the only
relief for sensitive persons is TO open the windows
In Brooklyn they do this thing better Either tho
lamps are of better quality or are kept in better
condition. or. else superior quality of oil Is used
| have never heard any complaint or perceived any
cause for complaint In this matter on the Brooklyn
roads Evidently the elevated managers in New
York could learn something TO their advantage by
crossing the East River.