Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-27
THE TOPICAL TALKER.

Cable Cars Can Make Express Time With.
out the Cable-Nrs. LnnEtry Solid with
Royalty Agntn-A Picture of Genuine
Dude-AIIss PIxIey's Pluck.
| THE ENHANCEMENT of the Center avenue grip
with the Fifth avenue cable at the Wood
street crossing on Tuesday night caused a good
deal of trouble, and repetitions of the accident
will prove very expensive. One of the many
who walked home that night tells me that as
he reached Fulton street he was surprised to
see cable car come whooping down Wylie
avenue. The cable was at a standstill, and the
car, of course. was running by gravitation.
The steep incline Of Wylie avenue above
Fulton street had given the car a great
impetus. and it was beating cable time out of
sight A couple of women were waiting at the
corner. and one of them stepped of the curb to
hail the car. But the car was a through ex-
press; there was no possibility of stopping it,
and as it few down the hill the women's faces
grew very long.
The steep grades Of the newest cable line
promise to make a journey downtown some
what exciting until the gripmen get used to the
road An alrbrake of the sort described in
The DISPATCH last Sunday would be very
useful on the Center avenue line.
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NOTHING seems to impair Mrs. Langtrys
popularity with royal and titled personages
in London. When she produced "As You Like
1t" at the st. James Theater on Monday night.
the Prince of Wales, his daughter, the duchess
of Fife, and her husband, and no end of folks
with handles to their names were present But
even the aristocratic audience could not inspire
the Lily to make her RosdEind more than an
exhibition of fine physical proportions. One
critic says that she was very awkward and
stacy" That is her abiding fault.
But since her compatriots, the swels mostly.
are as ready as ever to pay to see her behind
the fOotlights, the best thing Mrs. Langtry can
do is to stay in England. She seems to know
that Americans have soured upon professional
beauties.
P1TTsBUReERs who stay at home really do
not know what a real bowling dude of the
latest pattern looks like. A good many young
men in this. city try to be dudish, and to GER
tain extent succeed in making sights of them
selves. But when dude comes here from New
York-the place where dudes flourish most
the difference between a tendency toward
idiocy and idiocy itself, as manifested by
apparel and other exterior signs, may be noted
readily enough.
Yesterday had the privilege of seeing what
have little doubt was New York dude on
Fifth avenue. Perhaps it may interest some of
my readers If 1 give a careful description of it
without exaggeration. It had on little derby
hat with fiat Drim, beneath which on one side
closely cropped hair bristled and on the other
was dear little nose-I could not see its fore
head. A high collar and tie of some quiet color
(the single sign of good taste) divided the head
from tightly fitting overcoat reaching to
about an inch below the waist. The coat was
of gray and black diagonal, cut in presum.
ably English STYLE for it was hideous. The
shoulders were padded evidently. Beneath
this trousers a world too wide for any dudes
understandings, striped broadly in white and
dark gray. led down to pair of patent leather
shoes. Gloves. dark tan in color completed
the clothing proper of this funny creature. But
there were accessories. 1t carried an
immense cane, about six inches too long for
its use, with shepherds crook handle In its
mouth was cigarette.
Many people turned around to look at the
model dude.
the close of the second act of ',22 Second
"A Floor" last night little skye terrier car
rled realism to extremes, and in the excitement
of the noisy situation bit Miss Annie Pixley's
ally an unpleasant accident to the plucky
actress. who is battling with good many foes
this week. A doctor was sent for and Miss
Pixley played out the comedy
Miss Pixley is deserving Of great credit for
her courage and her fidelity to the public. She
will not allow her admirers to be disappointed
If she can help it. 1 know of no worthier
woman upon the stage to-day.