The Washington critic., 1889-03-15
WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

George W. Hdrrey; ~ am going to visit
the oyster beds in a day or two, and after
come back can tell you something about
summer oysters and how plentiful aud how
good they will be. | haven't had time yet
to make my usual spring trip, but | intend
to get away this week. | will be gone
some days"
Jimmy CLARK, the flower boy: "Dc violets
is de stuff. | used to sell papers, but
makes heap more now scllin' violets to
dc ladies on dc street. | buys 'em at de
greenhouse out in dc country In dc mornin'
and charges five cents bunch for em,
but some of de ladies gives me ten cents
cause I'm small, and yeste'd'y man give
Inc quarter fer one bunch. got a mash
on old woman what buys flowers of me
every day. She won't buy nothin of de
niggcrs what's sellin' flowers. She tells me
to be good an not TO 'sociate wild bad boys,
an tells her l won't an she buys dc
flowers. ] knows my business"
Manager Kcrndn. ~ expect to have the
garden ready about the middle OF May.
When ready will have part of the show.
out there every night. The olio portion of
ithe programme each evening will be given
in the house where the performances are
now, and where the big stage and scenery
enable me to put on better things in the
olio line than l could In the garden. Then
the doors will be opened so tine audience
can pass right out into the garden and see
the rest of the bill. The specialties and
such things will be given out in the open
air.
W. H. Barber, the trick bicyclis,, ~ fall
more now learning new tricks than did
while was learning You see person is
more careful while he is learning and gets
careless after he has learned to ride This
is a beautiful city for bicycles, but there
seem to be very few expert riders, either
for speed or at fancy riding. Yes, I've got
sore leg now from fall got last week.
have had more falls this season than
did the season learned to rlde.n
Joe Rock: "Im out for the dust in this
race for the Commissionership, aud I am
willing to make the 'sacrifice.'n
Engineer Commissioner Raymond. "We
secured some new legislation on the subject
of electric wires, but at present 1t ia only
q riddle which our attorney will have to
solve II he can. IL he is successful we may
be able to extend the electric light system
as petitioned for by that company, but II
he cannot make out what Congress In its
wisdom meant to do about the wires, then
we are in bad fix, indeed"
Commissioner Webb. ''One of the results
of the Taulbee committees investigation
Of the method of purchasing school sites
Is a law (S) requiring the Commissioners to
do great many strange things and pre-
venting them from doing other things, but
particularly tieing up the appropriation for
the purchase of school sites SO that we
cannot expend It at all.n
Commissioner IPheatley: "We have got
the liquor dealers against us because we
will not issue sufficient number of licenses
to sell rum to suit them, and we have the
temperance people down on us because we
issue too many licenses l wish we had
absolute prohibition"
John Ron,neD Old Clothes Dealer: "At
this season Of the year our principal trade
is buying overcoats. You would be sur
prised to learn that It takes considerable
capital to carry on this business, as the
greater part of our stock has TO be carried
six months before we realize ON it. In
spring we buy winter clothing, and in the
autumn people bring in their cast-off sum
mer togs. We store them, and sell the
next year. People who know nothing about
this business have no idea Of the class OF
people who sell clothing to me- My trade
is almost exclusively in the fashionable
northwest section Of the city, and every day
have letters from people whose names are
in the society columns Of The CRrTIc con-
stantly. They nearly always write for me
to come in by the back way, and are par
ticular in instructing, me not to mention
their names on penalty Of never selling me
anything again. Inever say anything about
them, but 1t is impossible to keep them en-
tirely secret, as description of every
article buy, with the ename and residence
OF the seller, has to be put In the daily re-
port, which am required by law to send to
Police Headquarters. every evening, There
any one can SEQ the class of people who In
crease their pin money by sending for me.
But DON'T know II Il would print this.
Most of!my customers are ladies, and It
would shock them TO know that their aris-
tocratic names are treasured in the big
book at Headquarters. don't see why,
though" e-ir.'
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