Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-13
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Economical City Fathers-Over Rock Bal.
Inst for Nothing-Pittsburs's Dramatic
EHopt Ahroad

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Economical City Fathers-Over Rock Bal.
last for Nothing-Pittsburs's Dramatic
Effort Abroad.
1t is seldom that legislator or city father
is accused of being economical when he travels
at the public expense. They all take Pooh
BdRs advice under such circumstances. But
an Allegheny politician assures me that not
long ago Councilmanic committee deputed
Allegheny wants to have, were actually guilty
of reasonable expenditure of the taxpayers
| money.
why" said he, 'they were away three
whole days and travelled several hundred miles
and yet they only turned in claims for SIS
| apiece for expenses. 1t is even said they paid
out $50 each out of their own pockets rather
than swell the bill. The funny thing was that
| one of them who did not come back with the
| rest of the committee, but went off to Europe,
rendered bill to the city for sos when he re-
turned. Junketing tours are not what they
used to be-"
WHEN the Chicago Express No. A, on the
Fort Wayne Railroad, had but barely drawn
out from the alleged station at Washington
avenue, red signals barred its way and pre-
vented it from breaking the record by reaching
the Federal street depot on time. After the
lapse of ten minutes it became noised through
the train that the tracks ahead were blocked by
derailed passenger car. Sundry of the pas.
sengers thereupon left the cars and proceeded
to catechise the brakemen. One passenger
whose age, sex and condition of servitude it is
needless to specify, asked an angelic-faced
baggagemaster how long it would be before the
train made move in the right direc-
tion, With a seraphic smile he re-
piled that he guessed it might be
one hour and it might be two. The passenger
guessed he would walk and started out over
| the track. No one thoroughly appreciates the
beauty of rock-ballast till he has walked on it
and the ties for half mile. 1t is no wonder that
the poor tramp has murderous tendencies; a
bishop would have them too if he were obliged
to walk dozen miles over ragged rocks to
luncheon.
Narrowly escaping once or twice death that
would have been chronicled In two lines in
Local Briefs" and might have caused Sapiens
to remark to his wife that another fool had
walked on the track for the last time, the
passenger reached the Irwin avenue crossing at
last. The Allegheny brand of pavement was
luxury after the ballast and the shrewd passen-
ger walked gaily up to Western avenue. As
he turned his face toward Federal street the
noise of locomotive bell fell upon his ear, and
looking around he saw the train he had left
ten minutes before gently steaming through
the park. 1t reached the Federal street station
five minutes before he did.
There is moyal to this true story, but for
the life of me I'm not sure what it is. Perhaps
the sanguine baggage master could tell.
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THERE has been an unpleasant flavor about
the newspaper news from Louisville about the
first performance of 1.-THE u. S. Mail'' at Nc
Auley's theater there. The reports were ex-
travagantly contradictory at first though on
the second day the critics of the Louisville pa
pers consented to admit that THE u. S. Mail"
was success, and would be a greater one.
Manager R. NJ. Gulick. CT the Bijou Theater,
who went to Louisville to see "The U. s. Mail'
introduced to the world, has returned, but he is
confined to his bed by severe bilious attack.
The play had nothing to do with his bilious
ness. On the contrary: Mr. Gulick said yester-
day: "The play is an undoubted success in
every way. 1would not let it get away from
the Bijou for good deal. David, the come
dian. caught the gallery from start to finish,
and Miss Kate Davis could not do as much as
the audience wanted in the way of encore. The
costumes of the girls are the prettiest have
ever seen in farce comedy On the first night
it was trife too long, but the audience re-
ceived it with great applause all through. 1t
will stand cutting and changing here and there
as every piece will after the author sees it with
an audience to advise him. Mr.. jerks will do
this with his play, of course, and l venture to
predict that it will make money and a name
for the author"