New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-19

There was o critical moment IN the course Oh
the meeting of the League of American Wheeimen
the other dag. 1t appears that the by-laws OF
the League were SO carelessly framed that they
spoke Of the abbreviated garments worn by BIZ
cyce-riders upon their manly legs as trousers
This created anguish in the soul Of Boston dele
gate whose feelings, time went on, rose to such
height that he could no longer repress them.
Rising in oil the dignity that prolonged residence
in the Hub engenders and with voice suffused
with emotion. he said II am from Boston
The assembly was instantly hushed into profound
attention, and lie went on: 1t ofends me that
this convention should so far forget itself as TO
speak OF garment that comes only to the knees
as trousers" So far, so good; but-sad to sayl
the man from Boston proceeded TO remark by
way Of explanation: Trousers ore long pants"
This is shocking. For Boston man to use the
word pants even for the sake Of calculation
and illustration, is, we submit, q worse offence
than that of the League in using trousers IL
only remains to say that the Boston mans sug-
eestion was adopted, and that the members Of the
League will henceforth, officially, wear knee
brooches" Any one Of them who hereafter Of
tends by calling his knee-breeches trousers ought
to be fined for the flrst offence and summary ex-
PEELED for the second.
Superintendent Welch, of. the Niagara Park
Reservation, is reported as saying that the new
Niagara Hydraulic Electric Company h a Viz
GINA enterprise" II is understood, however, that
for the present, OF least, no effort will be made
looking to the removal Of the Falls to Virginia.
The announcement that Miss Mary Anderson has
broken down and will not be able to appear again
on the stage this season, will be received with
universal regret and sympathy. and with general
hope that her illness VIII prove to be only tenn
porary. Miss Anderson is respected and admired
as much for the dignity Of her personal character
as for her artistic achievements The presence OF
such n woman upon the stage does much 70 pro-
tect IL against discredit from triders, and 10
silence the silly gossip of those who affect to be-
lieye that All the virtue In the theatre ia 10 he
found in front of the footaights. Miss Anderson
has won triumphs in other countries as notable as
In her own. and her bearing everywhere has been
that Of q worthy representative Of the best Ameri-
can womanhood. The American public, which has
watched her career with pleasure and pride. will
wish her a speedy and fun recovery.
Il is reported that the alleged Count di Monter-
cole. who made an alleged Countess OF a Pttsburg
lady. much TO her subsequent regret refused TO
sail on the Amsterdam steamer the other day, be-
cause the ladies on board looked like shop
keepers wives-mere dealers in soap and articles
Of that kind There have been Counts OF moro
or hss doubtful degree, whom brief intimacy
with dealer in soap. necessarily on credit
basis, would have greatly benefited; and Count
di Montercoe according to all reports, might have
done better to sail.
The Marquis Of Quecnsberry states that John L.
Sullivan has done more to bring prize-hghting
~. H.. in
Conceding that the Marquis is correct, why is not
Sullivan to be regarded as public oeneiactof
A cheerful report in regard 10 the Hudson River
ice crop is furnished by Hudson correspondent
OF The Albany Argus" He states that there
has been plenty of ice housed TO warrant every
body being supplied the coming season at reason
able price" lie adds that the cakes, aNhough
not as thick as usual are as clear rs crysOl
Good. good-natured public will ccndone the
absence Of the regulation thickness provideu inc
ice is clear as crystal and the price reasonable
1t is, IL is glorious thing to be'-a oerViah
statesman. simultaneously with the aoalcation
of the notorious King Milan, ne" ha.nc1i
Ministry was formed, consisting OF eight members
One Of them was once Polish insurgen', anu is
uow-by virtue of Russian gold-a Pan-Slavist
another wus Nibilist, and is now-haVlns
informed" also D Pan-Slsvst; and third and
a fourth have been sentenced to death IN Servia
AZ reyolutionists and traitors AS for the other
four, they are willing to serve with these No
wonder that the Balkan Peninsula Is much
ycxed quarter Of the globe. 1t is good COM
panion piece to the historic place out West from
which citizen wrote to q friend at the East,
4" Come out, quick. Mighty mean men get offices
hereI"
When Clifford Lloyd. an inGrained Coercionist
proposes the abolition of Castle government and
tentative Home Ruge legislation it begins to look
ne ~ the rats were dcserting the Unionist ship.
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