New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-25
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

An excellent critic and observer (no less than Mr..
IIowells) once said he had never heard any one say
4" d'no' as 1t is with the emphasis on the as But
! Mr. Birdofrcdum sawin has for he contrasts the
opposite meanings of the words by repeating
them, first unemplatic then emphasized IN the same
line: d'no' as It's an / dno as IL Is WHICH -
queer and quaint enough, certainly
Isn't il about time for some to bob ny with the
| old cry, "What shall do with our girlsl' This
Is disease which appears regular intervals spreads
abroad and then goes ont OF sight. But the girls
they are here lust the same; I'm fact. Of them.
And really they seem To get along very well, and TO
worry little enough about what other people shall DO
with them. The average bright, sensible American
girl is endowed by nature and inheritance with brains
enough to answer "A good many questions Tor herself
When she want, assistance she likely To ask for II
not before. Meanwhile she gets along admirably;
Witness the American girls who are wearing some
| nicely fitting becoming titles nowadays.
But when it comes right down to question OF
titles for tits' sake, it is extremely doubtful whether
American girls care much moro about them
than about a good many other things
which are charged up to them. The point Is that
when she want, to MARI, q man she doesn't iet nIs
| woman viii tell YOU. at any tate. But, OF course.
,hc may have her own reasons for advancing thlS
| theory
Perhaps Ncv-York may some day glory In rapid
transit that is rapid. In these days when everything
is possible If You only wait long enough land II you
| don't else Wild III i not 50 cNlIcHrN "o'"'"
| 10 expect that the time will come when a man may
| live In Harlem. or even Yonkers tNew York Is sui
| growingl and vet De able 10 spend his day IN New
! York proner Think of tn time when rapid transit
| ma, been 50 much perfected ana
made 50 rapid that man who comes
| shooting down fifteen twenty miles to the theatre
may find that he has forgotten his opera ,G sS'
the act is home and back in couple Of minute Sn
L I.t han that l.. "A
pre,cnt New WORKERS would lc contcntcd with iran
1T that represented fifteen or twenty miles an hour
Every year or two somebody invcnts perfectly
| safe explosive aud 10. while those few last eX-
per.mcnts are in progress dcsui ed To make II YET
little safer that perfectly safe explosive like all
the others before H. suddenly eXplcdes. and up goes
the whole laboratory. inventor and ALL in one terrific
| explosion. Sometime, his brother escapes beihg
fortunately laid mp with the influenza or something
and then he carries on the business until the next
regular explosion: and again. sometimes he doesn't
escapc and then il j., the brother nlaw or favorite
nephew that falls heir 10 the perfect safety; And
-" "Iln u'ut' T., -. ,.' r,npr bother With send.
ing for a doctor. ard Wor~" still paving HIM hf'l
6y,c or M. yba moi # thc hour get il At the corner
and dose yourself Autpyr!ue the latest; MOI nc
,r,n di,g ,b"rsoi,os vim .pcrfect safety? An.
we'll then pa on 10 the next nostrum.
The anctonccr In hi, time sells everything except
himself but the other day be contrivcd 10 sell hi hat
and ovcrcoat by laying them down on Job lot in an
''" w. r 49,, -,y.,o. Tr,ned
o corrcous red vclvc; waiscoat double breasted with
gold ,prlg, all over IT, and the ancic,t Of fancy but
tons for the entire wardrobe Of one Of those speci-
/ mems ~ human pcmmican called Fucgans. The Fue-
,an fashion OF the day consisted of two dried ostrich
skim, worm oyster shell style. over the chest and
back. the human pcmmican repre- cntne the oyster.
MI went WeI NJ me ga rEri Ter io,, t ~ r ,c ~
romoy, 4 Then came Fuc-an songs and dances. and
me trad, ~ tn tho Pur-er bought back his watch
kcy with an Old ovcrcoat. pair Of gamho-e slippers,
% saw tooth razor. q chd's harn0nIcon, and two bot
'''
80 a-ain cmincntly successful hnancler mas been
o,,cdir- IN us that a nan q, sure 10 get Ich II he
.,a,. d., i,.o,o 1ro,r' rrv i, with
ONLY -l'''' lr'' ",'' "'' ''''' r,,-
i''' pcn'' ana 49,, "'" "'" o' ..
,.,- ,r.,,l ,c1n,n,af,, vio 90. rich BOZ ;lmt Way
/ DO yog know orcf VOW. dr't - ana icli %, a,'Is
~"n who har" 20, i'.r " n.ho., n,",r , ,pc" ,irt
''" '
~ green Nulc mahos iat churchyaT' our
! ,rcc.tors used 10 say ard row YOU sec those Old
'..,,.,,c, lr,cy ,,.r- mp two after ALL The mex,
. 81, . ,.,,n, tho ,,,,..
/ tme we want I" A"sh al them a. oo"hu '"c u"'
/ l.t'. all laugh slowly. Fourteen hunfFed ana ,nn
Iyur Aprl Fool B." Tie Fark. and even dcccivin- the
I poor ''"'> Ih'" i''''" '''"'" w ''''"'
n flc rr,.s is sr.n ana the binds are swelling.
what q the winter wheat. gentlemen and the early
/ ,o,,l, ar al the uc,c,o, and the fruit generally
So lcc and up ,traVNorrlc- would make Jack a dll!
/ boy neat summer, "o1ldnt o.
~
som" orthodox hat wol~hipper has aean been
/ ur,a,lIur O., d, tho old solemn sermon ~ warning
..,.... ..,. ., ., .-o ..,, IL. tho air without
''''' IAN" ' , ,r an n.,.h
] N'H4 max. HOW anu MY ~ a" ''''
/ except Quaker Wul.--. Indeed Clty Hail clerk
/ who probably cpt 90 n, then Is now, from the Wen
/ known lmpY>,hIlity 81 trauoacurg the pubic bu'
nr-, without your hat. The London Ntockbroher
goo. h.rchc,1,d iu Thr,cmortln street at high noon
h, go. n.., = mo tco., f'A De- D., IN the house"
consider 10 certain pneumonia 20 le seen IN any ih.nt