Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-27
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Tale of a Quarry--Flcwers for Those
Who Have NOT Gnrdens-A theatrical

Tale of a Quarry--Flcwers for Those
Who Have NOT Gnrdens-A theatrical
Necessity.
In stone quarry not more than five miles from
the City Hall, Allegheny. score or more
Italians are taking out stone all day long just
now. The work was proceeding very rapidly
when happened to visit the quarry the other
day with the man who is bossing the job. A
new section of the quarry was being cleared of
its coat of clay shale and tangled brush. 1t
struck me at once that never had seen Italian
laborers hustling SO. and made some remark to
that effect to my companion.
II guess you're right" he replied. 'Pve had
many thousands of Italians working for me in
quarries and on the railroads, but never saw
gang that got through as much work in day
as this one. There's reason for it. You see
that strapping fellow swinging pick at this
end of the Inches Long Mike pay him e
quarter day more than the others. He can
do more than any two ordinary Italians if he
wants to- found that out and pay him extra
just to keep him at high pressure. Then tell
the other men that don't want anyone on this
work that can't keep abreast of Long Mike.
That makes 'em hustle-and in the end I'm
saving ten dollars where give Long Mike one.
Mike knows enough to keep his mouth shut,
and his companions never suspect the game
that's being played on them"
THERE is no reason to believe that zone of
the Workers" /" whose letter appeared in The
DISPATCH of yesterday, represents all or any
large number of the saleswomen of Pittsburg,
except in SO far as she refers to the early-clos-
ing movement The tollers in the stores are
agreed no doubt, in the desire for shorter
hours and they have the sympathy and support
of the best part of the public in any attempt
they may make in this direction. But as to the
!unostentatious distribution of flowers by
a few good-hearted ladies in some
of the stores, reference to which was
made in this column last week, l think very
few of the beneficiaries are to be found
who will indorse "One of the Workers" sug-
gestion to have the flowers in future sent TO
the hospitals. Nobody doubts that charity, as
well as all the other good qualities of the heart
are to be found among the workers in the
stores of this city. The insinu alton carefully
made that there is a very unlovable spirit
among them, will find very little credence any
where.
Now, when the theatrical season has hardly
begun is it too much to ask the managers of
the Grand Opera House and the Bijou to give
the public respectable and intelligible pro-
grammes: The programme of the Bijou has
neat cover, but it contains such tumble of ad-
vertisements, and the information about the
play is scattered SO wildly on different pages,
that it does not serve its purpose well. The
advertising features might be tolerated if the
cast and synopsis of scenery were put on one
page.
The Grand Opera House programme, as dis
tributed in the audience last night. has the ad-
vantage of being devoid of cumbrous adyertis-
ing, but it. too, is mean in the quality of paper
and type for "a frst-class theater. and beside the
cast and scenery list are divided in a senseless
way by . rehearsal of coming attractions.
The programme first-class theater ought
to publishis is single sheet of good paper, with
the title, cast scenery, etc., of the play printed
plainly upon 1t, and nothing else, unless it be
an accurate railway time table. The Opera
House programme has railway time table
which is not conspicuous for any quality save
gross inaccuracy.