Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-30
ABOUT IN GOTHAM.
we.dsrs and " aaderfsxs Ia sd AFsaad
ths Great Metropolis

la ths Eidst Of dinner We are in
danger, or, g. the undsrtaksrs much
prefer 70 phrase il, in the midst Of life
We are Ia death Might have been in at
tbs death, anyway, II not oar own, as
the bullets whiLzed around our car
cases, Just eomfortsd b snug little
dinner near UEion Square. This Is one
OF the sweet charms OF dear life II
Gotham, you never know when you
may leave 10 for tho skies. A tragedy
Well, perhaps not, but the intent
was good. A scrimmage on the side
walk. woman's shrisks, a maE's
muflsd curses, then a cracking yolley
OF pistol shots at hying target among
scattering crowd. Hs caught the bull
lets in his back; she intended them for
his breast She Was whirled like magic
into street ear, where she hysterically
proclaimed her woes for the delectati0n
OF her alarmed fellow-passengers, who
paled as she wiped the blood from her
neck, which he had tried TO cut, shoot,
or some way MAIN. The old familiar
story, a stupid marriage between an
actress and a stage workman, who
posed 20 her as tn actor. When the
vail was removed love flow out of the
window Qusrrels. separation, je2l-
ousy, powder and shot, remorse and
wretchedness unspeaka5ls Tragic
comedy too. for the shot-carrying
Lothario retired on the triumphant arm
of Belinda number two; but an enter
tainment not 10 be recommended as the
best aid to digestion is witnessed sud
denly.
Pass We on now 10 the fArcical Would
you expect TO find il in church
Scarcely In church il was, nevertheless.
Picture solemn edi6ce, half lit with
the ftting dim religious light" the
organ breathing forth the most ethereal
strains. everything subdued, gloomy,
yet withal genteel. For this was
Presbyterian church in fashionable
Madison avenue, its preacher one of
the cleyerest of Gotham's half dozen
divines, DR.. Thompson. formerly of
Kansas City. Topic, athletics and
goodness" happily chosen to suit he
tastes of those whom the late Lawrence
Oliphant described as the worldly holy
and the wholly worldly. The preacher
took a text, of course, for how could
there be sermon without one, but
there Was a lecture-room twang about
it that was rather puzzling until, in
an evil moment of nd-wandsring, the
speaker slid into the secular manner
by addressing Us as 'Iadies and gentle
men" The shock was as welcome as
an ice-cream, and about as delicious
IL any of the dear sisters or bret hren
tainted sway when they reached home
on bordering over this terrible limo
vation, they probably soon recovered.
It only goes TO show how sadly the
overworked clergymen of fashionable
churches need three months vacation
every year to revive their wits and re-
duce their surpluses. Also, that old
weekday lectures can be cooked up
into Sunday sermons.
Talking OF preachers aud their envi-
able vacations reminds me of rising
young pulpit orator who has struck
new thing in vacations. The Rev
Thomas Dixon, junior, has been preach
ing for some months in the hall of the
Young Mems Christian A.sociat ion,
his own chul ch being unable TO hold
the crowds that come to hear his earn
eat orstions. He is now enjoying his
holiday-enjoymen ought TO be the
word-sseing that he Is preaching to an
uptown congregation every Sunday
while his own downtown people are
putting up withIsubsiitutes. Preaching
maybe made profitable for all things,
and sometimes is great gain, for saints
IS we'll 50 sinners.
Have You ever seen a Grew OF coiored
sailors at their Sabbath evening dsvo-
tionsl On the orvard deck Of = ship
with the East Indian name IndramaYo.
lying a the inner bay, were gathered
about score Of sturdy fellows, whether
negroes or Iascars we were not near
enough to distinguish. They stood in
a ring. like children playing rings
ring o'-rosss. their hands seemed 30 be
holding = rope on sail-sheet, and
they capered about with al the agility
and grace Of the front row in the Nsdi-
son Garden ballet. At = signal from
the master OF ceremonies the dance
changed into high leaping, the sheet
seemed 70 be let 90. for an instant the
circle broke, only 20 cone together in e
rnsdissely in closer file. much like the
contraction OF rubber ring. then
there vas a chorus Of hilarious whoeps.
but inst a. she grsad climax wss
coming. our vsxatious boat shot "a
cut Of sight. They must have been
+ celebrating the holy dsy By tossi NJ
their missionsry passenger in a blanket.
"
This idea q an extensive domestic
market for the surplus product q tho
so il Of The FIRST consequence lis q
all thinES thai which most efectuallF
conduces 20 a fourshing STATE Of sFri-
culture" To secure such a Market
there = no otber expeiient than &c pro-
mote nansfscturinE establ ishments =
IL = the interest ~ community with
a view to eventual and permanent
economy. TO encourage The Trowta 81
manufacturers In National view. 3
eraporsrT enhaucement of price uess
always he Neif comrens stated fTa PER-
manent reduction of k~-Alezander
Han tsn
To he independent for ths eo~ forts
q life re musr taaricats .hem cnr
selves We mess now o-ace esr rsare-
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e. cor Independence ss - oar comfort =
Thomas Ja'fere>r