Telegram-herald., 1890-05-13

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act sssa stricken siSh ths bluss. sTtis-
sic eGina blues "a yoa have walled
along the iateT8lils5-s Ans of JaPansss
stores that stretches along Broadway
frouz south - noELh, And aimee l4ss fail
has bssa zig-zagging >ass and vest
narsh0usss a. nTst, fAsn few shogy
ugtOEn stores. thsa a sPrinkling Of
sing ls Window sh0Ps, sad shen
Noaehiaa Hood Of Easements, overflow
ing al over ths areas right onto the
sidewalks Some hitch tea package
trade on the back Of thechins sbOaldu't
ws s4y lapA 2 A. Christmas tie dealers
broke out With . regular measles Of
eol0rsd sTooksry. Whenever pot-wsrs
gets oVsrcrowsd there is bound 70 be
swssh, and now il has come. Half
these places are closing out. selling on
by auction, almost giving the stun
away. just As it vas ia England few
years ago. First there was . japanese
mania among the rich. Then shiploads
OF the pretty goods were thrust into
the market and modest pooketbooks got
chance. Sull the ships poured In
until fans that fetched . quarter wers
peddled az = cent each, sad tho pictur-
ssqus rush hats plugged the market at
dime each. What merit, Why, 10
work Of the super undAnt eargoes
several troupss of japanese scrobAts-
wonderfully clever fellows they were.
I too-were Exhibited through the country
a. cheap prices and the trays, vases,
fans dolls and all the other fslderels
were given away as premiums TO every
I body who paid 20 see the show Inever
ascertAined the precise statistics Of in
| creased bankrupE paupers and suicides
/ in Japan about that time but l guess
/ Henry George does not need TO so to
Toxic TO preach a meeting against the
/ wicked proft-makers OF Japan, the
/ mystery
Dropping In yesterday upon a we'll
known man Of letters, himself o com
| bination OF literature and commerce,
our talk fell upon the stones by the
way, pro6tless IL not bootlsss confabu-
lstion about the ups and downs Of
these Gothsmesque pavements. Jordan,
so say the learned in dark things, is q
hard read 10 trsbel, bTsevs, but the
Broadway shat leadeth to destruction Of
shoe leather can give it leagues and a
licking on this particular line.
"Not TO mention" humbly inter
polAted, mot TO mention the agility
required to dodge your new-shined
moccasins on. of the aim OF the too
skillful cuspidorist."
True" mused the man of books,
"the problem of watering the streets is
not ys. solved. bat perhaps it is better
! the dus. should be laid in irregular
| spots than not laid at all"
But what Of the letters in the papers
that claim we are the most considsrate
males under the sun towards our ladies
Is il noble in Us 10 make il impossible
for their eyes 20 look on the sidewalks
without disgust, or trail their trains
without turning them into mopsr
"As 20 that" said my mentor, as be
shot a limpid bullet into the corner
cuspidor, Il say we are over-educating
the, rising race. note the ALTERATION,
rising race, and the three RS style, sir,
is everything in speech and penwork.
Yes, ws make fuss about schooling as
an elevator, but, mark my words, sir,
the two ms are what the youngsters OF
the public schools most want teaching
today - Manners and Morals" The
rest was silence.
But don't mind telling a little story
was told in the sad long ago by the
principal actor Ia the farce New Yor <
in those days wanted 20 have its streets
made clean and its good guardians hon
sstly tried 70 keep them so. Well, my
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machine on wheels-this was in the
smart long sgo-which hicked up the
dir, IN twinklinz and made no clouds
OF fuss about 1t. "a our present paten;
cyclone raissrs DO. 1t also saved the
labor OF ever so many men. He had
sold lots OF the machines 20 cleaner
cities, He gave ample demonstration
OF It's virtues TO the wiss aldermen of
Gotham This was in the dim and
misty long ago. Yes, sir, your, Is a
tsrnation clever machine. sure. best as
sver rs seen, bat there's Just ons thing
IL ksint do-lt kain't vote" So Phila-
dslphis got the clever machine, I think
IL Wa the virtuous Phils. Come "a
think Of It. Phila didn's strike me as
over ciesn. last week Maybe she prem
| tiosd shat clean mAchins % learn the
arr sud scisucs o. voting, and ths,
cant b done in ssvsn-ysar schsduls
mind you.
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