Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-20
TIE TOPICAL TALKER.
Shifting Scenes on the Ohio-Thenter Hats
Lowered-NOtes at the Stage Door-How
TO Crush the indecent Novel.

shifting scenes on the Oht0-Thenter Hats
Lowered-Notes at the Stage Door-How
TO Crush the indecent Novel.
The Ohio in these days changes its appear
ance a dozen times day. The wonderful fiuc-
tuations of temperature we have enjoyed since
Sunday have kept the rivers in a constant state
of transformation For instance, on Monday
morning the Ohio was almost free from ice. in
the afternoon it rose quickly and became
turbulent, threatening floods everywhere. In
the early part of the evening its waters bore
great packs of lumber and litter, washed from
the submerged shores. By midnight the ice
began to come down in great quantities from
the Monongahela and the Allegheny, and the
OhiO's bosom sparkled brightly under moon
which had waned but little from the full
1t was grand sight the ice foes made crash
ing in riotous collision with the stone piers of
the Bellevue dam, while the moonlight swept
undimmed through the frosty air.
From all appearances the cold wave came
just in time on Monday night to prevent
food of no small dimensions.
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A THEATRICAL man who arrived here yester-
day told me that on Monday afternoon in Balti-
more he found it too warm to wear even a light
overcoat Ithas often struck me that COM
merclal travellers and theatrical people have to
encounter peris to the health in their enforced
movement from warm climates to cold which
even Pittsburgers with all the extraordinary
local variations of temperature do not en-
counter.
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THERE is no doubt about 1.-THE ladies'
reward them, are wearing very much lower
hats to the theater than they used to. The
of11 r Il
most fashionable young women this city boasts
Of, a hat which to the masculine eye bore some
resemblance to turban in miniature. This
precious boon is becoming to everybody, and
it is not high enough to add materially to the
obstructiveness of woman's head. If there
were poet laureate within reach would be-
seech him to pen poetic eulogy of this new
and altogether lovely bit of millinery.
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THE new building which will be erected in
1890 upon the Fifth avenue frontage of the
Coleman estate, whereon Harris Theater and
the Grand Opera House lobby now stand will
not be a hotel. According to the present ideas
of the parties interested in improving this val
liable property, the new structure will be fitted
for stores and Offices. and will be as handsome
as any building now adorning the streets of the
new Pittsburg.
MISS PAULINE HALL, who is making the
hearts of impressionable men futter at the
Bijou this week, is one of those actresses, SO
seldom found, who are really prettier off the
stage than on. She looked remarkably charm
ing yesterday in heavy sealSkin coat and
bonnet of quiet color as she walked up Sixth
street. Her complexion is good, but her
greatest charm is her erect, stately carriage,
which makes her appear several inches taller
than she really is.
II DIDN'T remember that it was election day
until l met Bob Bottelle on my way home"
said Mr.. Carraby to his wife last night.
why did Bob remind you, my dear?"
"Oh, asked him to take something and he
said he guessed he wouldn't drink anything
while the weather was so changeable. The
saloons were closed yesterday, you know"
THE indecent novel no longer comes from
France Its manufacture is one of our indus
tries that has already outgrown its infancy. In
the railroad cars, in the restaurants and almost
everywhere, always excepting the home, the
latest production of a diseased imagination
and depraved mind is more talked about than
Mr.. Harrison's Cabinet.
The book reviewers who have scalped the
writers of these delectable works time and time
again in the magazines and newspapers, would
serve the public better if they treated inde-
cent novels-of certain American school,
which is happily small but strong as to odor-
as they do other rubbish, with silent contempt.
Unnoticed and flung into the waste basket the
indecent novel would cease to be profitable to
the publishers, and its publication would be
much less frequent.