Telegram-herald., 1889-06-30
sUNDRIES.


b. tae 'Laueaet" are accused 81 n9-k
ng tae sa1ns Annoying mistake -
seusll1g ouE b.ds LA s.g .is4laA1eiy aud
n Instances q people whom ne.iiler
Jaalogs aoF ssal5fs would hass selected
u gfAee thAs precise cecas-on. Tie
reception ~as Supposed T. t. gwen -
4 select les. where, a. ats the ease last
year an ll1acrmu4ts eroad .n some
say managed to 1e pFezeat-
Puble fountains are = good tAing
bat a b tts tie sB4tJeI elsn a nIst-e-A>s
pubic park Add what's the matter
sl1n cots Baek I'LL property Tor tAat
puFposs, IL nouh cost moneY go d.d
tae c.ty hall Bat tie cty hall ).
Nogta every cent Il cost, sud ~ ao8ld
D. tae sAG sort 0t = eity fATS. Grand
Rapids great manufacturing toan.
A4tA au lmuleuse population ~ hofk-
lnga4ru. aJuel and ehalrcn- A public
p4E2 IS tle natural resting AMI rccrea-
tloa place for tl-- Llrge anI worthy
class 0f residents Ollcutme, It Is thrlI
Oaly garden. Moreover. tae rz4t ~oTt
vi q park IS a monument aAt advertise
ment ~ the clty. In commercial
sense alone L Is worth more as 4 per
pctual sanitary TesOrt-tian the pro
posed exposition building. and would
not cost a. much. GFano Rapids can
Afford both, aud now is the time 10
secure the former before the only nat
ural and proper site > dedicated 10
another use.
What IS the American stage coming
10? Ms. Langtry, Mr. Potter, and
nov Mrs. Leslie Carter-Aspasla, Cleo
pltra, Madame Dc M4inteuou. What
pity that the tar-faned Cora Pearl
should have dled ere yet she realized
her opportunity Bat there IS cOnsola-
ton ia All things. Poor sara Bernhardt
need 10 longer langulsh IN harsh sOil-
tude Tor want OF select female society.
But IN all sober seriousness, OH! the
times, aud Oh the morals, when this
professional beauty tuumylrate have
10 be recognized as cCmpeers 10y Clara
Morris and Mary Anderson, and can
command the presence and applause
of decent men and women andlsblakc
for themselves condOneTs and admirers,
and fortunes foT Their managers.
VIII the occulistS please rise 10 re-
mark what earthly need SO many peO
pie have OF their spcctacles, when they
prpetually look over instead OF
through the "derncd things '-aS Josh
Billings once very property designated
them. BY the way, tins wearing ot
glasses has become the rage here. and
even the little tots IN short skirts begin
10 loom up sOlemnly behind portentouS
pebble partitions. Here comes -four
eyes Is growing INTO popular term
Ot udicule among the school children.
lt must be all right, because the men
who make living by the craze all say
u Is, but sometimes Il occurs TO an
unscIentlic but reflective outsider
that these may be more OF habit than
of necessity IN this universal doctOrlng
OF the eyes, and especially IN the ease
OF children, who, If taken out of school
or away from too luxurious home sur
rOundlngs, and turned out 10 grass,
would, IN the resultant general tOnlng
up, be able to dispense with artificial
aldS TO sight, which, like all the other
senses. depends 10 a large extent for It's
strength and perfectItudc cupon the gen
eral condition Of the system.
old world who are financially roCuper-
atlng 10y marrying CocOauut-hcaded
American heireSses, they and their
families, the meanwhile, not scrupllng
20 assure their bue-blOodcd but
pimpled associates that the affair Is
mesdllianCe-qulte shocking, YOU know,
but"weally" a ''dern' dnecessity!" Your
hgh-toned and scrOfulOus American
a a 81
cunning 20 build up their dlsSipated
selves and fortunes through the almost
IucOmpreheuslble vanity and contempt
IDLE cooperation of unfortunate "rich
girls" belonging TO. and vino would do
we'll 20 remain with our great. substan-
tlal middle Classes-the real bone and
snew of the country. and distlnctiyely
the virtuOus and decent element of
American society, properly SO called.
Instances and illustrations of this text
are not unknown - this community.
That was q big kick made the other
d1v when blll was received for 80
for the vocal features OF the cercmo-
NAL at a hIgh-tOned tuneral-that Is 10
say tor the singing. as the minister
'.threw in' his part OF the performance.
There Is another side 10 the question.
A few of our more prominent SINGERS,
ladies and gentlemen, are perpctually
being imposed upon by requests for
their valuable services for
which those who do the requesting
have not the remOtest idea of render
ing condensation or returns Of auy
sort. Even thanks have been wanting
In many instances. and lu several cases
a
left II walk home from the
residence or cemetery. Pop
ulsr vocahsts have also regular daily
avrgarous. c1lIugs and professions,
and t1clr time IS worth fully as much
io them rs To- the other people WHO
work tor a living StIll 70 has become
q common practice To- call upon them
atall times aud upon all occasions
especially funeral occasions to con-
tribute their voices for the edihcatiou
even ot utter strangers, and 70 the
neglect of their own business. Attend
auce upoa funeral means a half day
or more spoiled for q singer. ard when
thEv are calmly requested to devote
large proportion ct the half days ln
wear g. doing something for nothing it
high TIME that they assumed tae de-
fen-ve, and treated the matter from
strictly commercial standpoint.
II the Y VI. q. a "a good thing
why would not \. ". g.. A boz better
onot There are a great many Young
women In tins. aud every other large
CltY. who need. above al thugs. a
decent and comfortable place of public
resort. winch. with perfect freed 1m
g-f rrrnr.r.nfr tlrr may De- AZ f-t.arfv