Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12

splendid form, and grown so close as to be
impenetrable. The subjoined plan will give
an idea of the form adopted, and enable
readers of The DISPATCH to retain clue
TO the way of getting in or out should they
be tempted 70 get out of the straight and into
the narrow and devious ways.
The dimensions of this labyrinth will
probably be :, 900 feet on the longest side,
and 500 feet each on each of those sides
making an acute angle with the longest ex-
tension. The front is an arc in the center OF
which is the entrance A. The object sought
is to gain the center B where a nice arbor
with shade trees and possibly a spring, OF
any other source of refreshment than the
Monongshels Water Company's supply
awaits the weary traveller.
TRACING THE wTNDINGs.
The DISPATCH reader can take pencil
finely pointed or pin and follow the roads
between the lines and see where he lands
and appreciate his difficulty in winding
through narrow lanes OF green without a
landmark to relieve the monotony, except
here and there a rosebush or some similar
ornamentation, which will however be the
same in every instance, and be very unrelia-
bic as guidesi The distance to be travelled
70 gain the center can readily be- computed
from the dimensions given even could the
seeker after the center make his way in the
shortest possible time to the desired goal
without, as nine out of ten will do retrac-
ing his steps to the imminent destruction of
shoe leather and patience
The advantages of such an addition to the
park are so manifest that they scarcely need
review. The politicians who wish to discuss
affairs Of State can quietly step within the
outrageous retreat and get lost in the
labyrinthine arguments of the prospects of
Council lmanic nomination for the Sixth
ward, as well as the paths of the maze until
disagreement or put-up job completes
the matter, and then the watchman will
help them out ofone difficulty by his guild
ance or the other by his vote
Another advantage such park iustitu-
tion would possess, would be to act as a sort
of interminable lovers lane, where the
veally couples who wish the pale-faced
moon alone as q competent witness
to their interchange of vows of endur-
ing constancy, could perpetrate such folly
by broad daylight without fear of interrup-
tion save by some wayfarer too anxious to
get In or out to notice them, or some child
which, with that temerity characteristic of
the age of fesrlessness, steps in where angels
fear to tread and bitterly laments having
lost its way. The general public would be
thus relieved of the sight of blubbering
babies or babbling sweethearts, alike dis
tasteful to the people who go to parks for
fresh air and freedom.
ENDED BY A ROPE.
In order to facilitate liberation from the
entAnglement OF the labyrinth not of the
courtship process, strong whipcord could
be laid concealed from the entrance to the
center, and the keepers by placing this in
the hands of the lost ones and heading them
in the right direction, could free them from
the loss OF direction If not from a breach of
promise suit.
One objection Chief Bigelow saw to the
construction Of such an arrangement
was that it would take four years to COM
plete at least. The walls would have to be
of box tree or Usage orange, and if too old
when transplanted the trees would die out
whileifplanted at the proper age they would
need fully that time to mature and grow
close enough to act as walls, when properly
trimmed and cultivated. To the suggestion
that trellis work, with some climbing plants
such as roses or others, might be used while |
the box was maturing, he said that roses
would be bad for the young ones, as they |
generally carried thorns, and as for other |
climbers people would get impatient and |
break through them to make q short cut. 1t |
would be impossible to watch them so we'll |
rs TO prevent such vandalism. but ueyertbe- |
less, he thought the idea good one, and |
when added 10 the pony track, elephant ride |
and other proposed attractions would no |
doubt be drawing as well as a seIf-sup- |
porting feature.