Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17
AS OTHERS SEE Us.
Points Of Popularity a New York
Man Sees in Pittsburg.
AHEAD In STREET CAR SERVICE.
The Big Sponge in the Barber Shopas Is
Decided Novelty.
GAS CITY RESTAURANTS IN THE LEAD
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Pittsburg has many novel features for
him who has been accustomed to the ways
OF New York-at least it has for me.
The first thing that attracted my attention
was the basket. In the cable car the st]u-
ent gentleman on his way to the East End
sits with his legs protecting prosaic affair
of willow, with ears of corn projecting from
one end and yellow squash, perhaps, rising
at the other. Crossing the Sixth street
bridge, Indian file, the basket is seen making
its way to the Fort Wayne station, or going
beyond the station is seen coming down
Federal from the Allegheny market, not
unfrequently carried by some well-dressed
young fellow, whose wife presumably in the
morning before he left for business, duly
instructed him as to the necessary purchases
of the day.
THE METROPOLITAN WAY.
The New York business man either lives
in populous uptown" Harlem, Jersey
City or Brooklyn, and his wife. having her
supplies near at hand, he is never seen on
the street car or on the Elevated Railroad
with an article other than his cane, umbrella
or evening paper, save at rare intervals
basket OF choice fruit from some favorite
dealer near his Office. He would consider
his pride very much injured were he asked
to bring home o four-pound roast, some
chops, head of cabbage or half peck Of
beans.
The electric and cable street car systems
are unfamiliar and very interesting to the
New Yorker. The Elevated road is his lit
tie god there and he wants more of it; but
the surface roads are still manipulated by
the antiq uated horse. What attempts have
been made with electric power have been
confined to the Madison avenue and Fourth
avenue lines, with but meager results, while
a cable line can't boast of foothold below
Harlem.
AsroNIsHEs NEW YORK.
Here In Pittsburg it is supreme pleas
ure to board one of the cable cars, say at the
postofice, and, comfortably seated with
choice cigar in the smoking compartment of
one Of the double headers" quickly as
cend the hill past the stately Court House,
and, before long, in admiration of the beau,
tiful residences and sloping lawns that line
the track beyond, reach the terminus, and if
so inclined, return by another road with
new scenes to please the eye. For surface
travel, in speed, equipment, and comfort,
Pittsburg is far in advance of New York.
Perhaps there are not so many politicians
and boodlers here looking out for themselves
rather than the public veal
The hurrying cars with their assertive
"ding, ding" that every pedestrian knows,
and makes him watchful at the crossings,
and which every tesmster seems to respect
with alacrity, imparts a sort Of ''go" to the
street life, and incites the pedestrian with
the spirit of ego" too. as though it were
tonic.
THE BARBER'S BIG sPoNGE.
BARRIERS methods differ from those of
New York. The great, large sponge used
here to mop the victims face is never seen
there. And the sponges, displayed on the
tops of the rows, remind the metropolitan of
a drugstore where they are ranged for sale.
The New York barber lathers the face
thickly at once and then scrapes the face
once, fathers lightly again, goes around
with the razor again, removes the soap with
a damp towel, and the shave is finished and
the face ready for bay rum or what extras
are forthcoming.
Here the sponge takes quite an important
part The lather is laid on and the sponge
Immediately used to wash it off. The lather
is then applied the second time, and the first
shave gone through with. The inevitable
sponge then appears again to moisten the
iace, and without the iurther application of
lather the second trip of the razor over the
lace is made. Finally the sponge is used
several times in removing the soap, and
after the application of divers fragrant COM
pounds the improved physiognomy is al
lowed to depart
PLENTY OF GOOD SHOPS.
Pttsburg is well supplied with barber
shops, and the writer has come across none
but good manipulators o. the keen steel; but
he will also see 10 it for his exehequer's
sake that he will not again have hair cut
charged go cents, 40 for the cut presumably,
and the privilege Of being taken for a
millionaire, and 20 for the shave, and the
barber's benign e0ndescension inclusive,
The mule as factor in the street car sery-
ice is pronounced novelty to the New
Yorker here, and he at once instinctiyely
pictures the amusement Of his distant
friends could they have photograph OF him
standing on the front plat orm OF . car be-
hind pair OF these taciturn beasts, with
their upright spreading ears and diminutive
tail "ferninst" the dashboard. The mule
has not invaded New York for street car
service yet, but there is no telling what
improvements" Tammany may eventually
adopt
THE SPORTING MANIA.
The trotting races at Homewood have
created a desire for another meeting in the |
fall. With the New York public, trotting
contests are not popular. The love ior horse
racing in New York In its all-sround .popu- |
lar sense is centercd altogether on running |
races, races where the jockey sits astride his |
horse. where there is no two-wheeled in |
cumbrance and where the fastest possible |
time is made.
Baseball Is patronized in Pittsburg much |
as it is in New York, admiration Of good |
play increasing attendance and disgust at |
poor play resulting in falling off of, re- |
ceipts. Both cities are disgusted with the |
condition OF affairs this season.
GAS CITY RKsTAURANTs.
Pittsburg seems to be adequately sup
plied with restaurants, and 1t was . matter |
of sarprise to the writer TO find many |
places where regular dinner could be had |
ior rs cents, and to fnd they are so literally |
patronized by business men whose appear |
auce indicates that they know when they are |
getting the worth of their money. More |
pretentious restaurants serve a course din |
ner at noon for 80 cents that in every par
ticular. from the unsoiled table cloth and |
attentive waiter. and from soup TO coffee, |
would be difficult to excel In the metropolis
for 81.
The fastidious traveller can find all the