The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-25
WHAT WE ARE ALL TALKING Arour

WHAT WE ARE ALL TALKING ARoUE
Tho piratical cab driver or might hawk" Who VA
at one time AZ much part of New York as the oldme
stage driver 10 gradually becoming thing Of tho past
The night cab service Of New York is still dsreputAbo
enough and the appearances in police courts Of cab
drivers regular as the coming OF day and night
but the generation 10 not likely to the laurel
OF iniQuity from the old Now night cabs are usually
manned by two young and moro less tough" look.
ing men, who are willing to bAllywrAGRe and buldozo
unfortunate Now Workers who returning to their
houses In the carly hours Of the morning but they Dc
hold their faros and rob them with the de-
gree Of nonchalant Skill evinced by the oidtimaru
This may be In q due TO tho tardy and vaun-
Bile discovery by New Workers that tho city is net
absolutely owned by hackmen after O'Clock in
the morning. The police too. have been more
severe OF late in RuppreSsing this particular form
OF metropolitan outrage. Once In while foxy froW.
sy unshAveu, and beetlebrowsd old pirate Is draRRed
into publicity, but there are few.remnants OF the old
mob left Not long ago q well known member Of the
Old Guard returned to his house in tho early hours OF
the morning after celebrating tho arrival OF four NOM
bers OF the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
OF Boston in New York and made one two mistakes
in his method Of getting from the armory to his house
in Fifty eighth street lie nrst got into a surface
instead of an elevated and went Sixth ave-
then he climbed up the stairs to tho ole
waited station, went to sleep in the train and
walked at 155th street He subsequently
loaded into another train and town and
he would undoubtedly have slept all the way Bat
terry II the brakeman had not walked him and put him
ashore at Twsntyhrd street BY this time 1t pref
wel along in the morning The warrior started walk
over to the Fifth Avenue Hotel when hackmAn drove
along at his heols and importuned him to enter the
vehicle. He did So An hour later he found himself
sitting d block Fifty-seventh street. near
Second avenue By this time It quite hight and the
man Of war had regained control of his faculties Be-
ing an old New Yorker. he went at once 70 the police
authoriies and in very short space OF time his
aud money. which had been taken from him by the
csbman, were returned. Tho method is simple enough
The police had noticed three oldtne hackmen in the
vicinity Of Twenty third street that night and all Of
them weto promptly arrested on general prinoipleA
The pirate disRorged his booty publicity averteA
and the hackmsn went on his way in peace
There now three female dentists in New York All
OF whom thoroughly qualified practise the pre-
fession- Only one OF them is specialist she Is Q
clever and handsome young Jewess aud she has stud
fed the work OF htnR teeth with great deal care
FOR several years She is amply equipped with dplo-
mas 10 busnesslle and Industrious and it is said that
her trade is almost exclusively among men. Formerly
she was employed = typewriter in once down
town. Her hours were from to . and her employ
ment uncertain. II is said that she clears 81
now. has three months vacation. and is seldom her
chair moro than hye hours day. The women
physicians in New York is of course very much great
er than the number Of female denistR None OF them
thus far has attracted particular attention special
iHt though the names OF at least half dozen Of them
are known as being general practitioners of ability
There 10 so much talk about the misRovernment e
New York" said the head of large British importing
house West street yesterday. that people speAi Of
A. though It wero an accomplished fact utterly be-
yond tho reach u contradiction II Is good uk0
the old time complaint of EnEShmeA, that the country
had gone to the doEA For the years England
the regular theme of after dinner conversation has
been the deeadence of brain energy and force among
the rulers OF Great Britain and the books OF every
ado during that time have been led with nationG
over the decline Of EnRlands greatness Yet II any
foreigner starts in 10 voice these sentiments tho entire
British nation rises and denies 1t all with breathless
vshemence and Indignation. All OF this is char
acterstic of every great community 1t seems
ME sometimes as though the croAkers of Now York
are pushing things little far their talk
about the miAmanaRemsnt OF this city Apparently
they mover stop TO think OF the riots in PariA the
sociAliSto upheavAlS In Berlin the strikes among the
police the postal authorities, and in tho army in
London and all OF the other mighty indications of mis-
government which are carried to by tho cEbo every
day. Where do you find more orderly town than the
one In which we are living today There is ne miEA
ton of free speech citizens absolutely untrammeOd
IN their hhertes and yet the order OF the town per
feet There is always cry being raised about corrup
tion and inefcioncy in the departments OF the police
and tho judiciary In the bigger ned Of local pohuca
attentive reader of the newspapers have ASrGo
family connection In New York, have voted hets for
fourteen years and own considerable real estate in
New York. l had rather own 1t here than anywhere
else in tho world. sensatonASts have cried wolf so
often that IN opinion II any real trouble arises with
us It viii BIO very difficult to get tho conservative public
to resent it. People growing tired of hoincesSGnt
turmoil foisted by professional 'rstormers'"
One Of tho features of Brooklyn life among people
to whom the expenditure OF small sums is matter Of
Jealous Interest is trip the electric which
has been put on road that runs TO Fort Hamilton.
There is an odd mixture OF scientific
and picnic parties on the during the morning runA
Tho scientific mon talk electricity until the air is bluo
and tho excursouists eat peanuts and wonder what
mGksE tho car Not infrsquently crowds OF heavy
nAnoisrs from New York TO be found sWOopInE up
and down the car observing is work with beetled
browA Ono OF the enRineorA In speaking OF II the
other day said that he had been Questioned much
about electricity that no had come to tho conclusion
that very few people knew anything about IL
- Tho most valuable thing about this whole
car" he snid. was discovered more or less
by accident It shows how difficult II Is even for
expert inventors 20 forSoo tho effects Of their work You
know heretofore the great trouble has been to get eleo
trio motors which strong enough 10 start tho car
without losing an enormous amount OF force. Il easy
enough 10 keep car moving after It Is once started
The trouble Is the dead weight at tho beginning. TIE
this car Be disconnected from tue sNles by
turning lever so hAtthe motor keeps going even after
The is Stopped Accordingly whom the car ssoppei
of the electricity, and the motor Keeps moving
from Its own momentum. II Is usually necessary 10
start the again once. and connect tho motor
with tho axle before turn on the eerlIc,ty. The
momentum Of the motor starts the aud gets 1t well
under way before It Ia necessary tho electricity
Pm That's one OF the most valuable features OF the
hOls thIDg and ystit may be oIAssod almost a. dis
sOVeTy."
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