New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-14

u-,. &c ., roc..., Il IN, bow Il the present
tendency t. crowd him out ot employ ment Ec' 'h'
Messengers with boards seem To De- CROWNS ''''
numerous an the time. and the elevator boy Has n'
lare,lv replaced iv the elevator mon. CASH boys
once common in tH., cts, have given way to COS"
GIRLS - "A great cAtout. The uniformed, DrA'--
bttoncd call bot. M the hotol, are ltle more u"h
a memory. AID 300 their places are men. IL is u"'
there are siII uc".1.r- about the entrance To ,''
nrdcc. and other place, where there are Sci''''N
crowd, 81 people. bat ncw.womcn ana h'"sm'" arc
ro.ri..flns with them Ia ever increasing numbers
-nt,gn. the ncw,dcllcr ha, virtually driven t.e
hos, ont of business. with hoo,tla'n, the story Is
the sane 4 fcr 81 them sun pu.,ur their calins'
but grown Italian, have seized hold oil th' h''l
corners, and with thr.r big arm' hair, easily Ih'
away the business OF t'rr Nouthlul INhN' "''''
customer, have 10 balance thcm-clvc, on one leg
against the -iar, CORNER cd building. There are
a few 10y rcdl.r, II sh cs'rn1s AID h'"d"c''n' l.
nu, thl, occupation I, far more appropriate to tho'c
who have arrived 20 year, when an hmoIc - tuo
natural gait Nr uanr thc'r are s''m m'rI' l@if
r,,.., and Lo.c. of candy. uad then 30 ABOUT Htt'
collecting them. ucid'atpN cling J." "i 'n
J., Ne. what -lau become # the boN B,
serious question. II t'r r.-cnt I'',ii'n' , fr
Tim T., do viii bc to grow up and become man.
Lnt unfortunately hi, takes lime.
Did the legislators who vced the powers OF the old
srlr,v Commission m the Board Of Electrical Control
ever sion 10 th.ul, what am cNaspcratHs name they
we're ,addling on that body kcadins the name Is
easy enough. but tiy to pronounce 1t. Do II slowly
and Won Will notice nothing peculiar. but repeat the
words a few time, in the If ordinary CON
ver.ation and Won VIII discover what AN awkward
combination Of sound, It is IL was amusing I" near
the llwycrs In heated argument over the injunction
suit recently. wrc-tlc with the name me hf'' umc
orc o them pronounced IT, it went all right Dnt uo
coud time IL sounded something like the Board IF
Ie
Irpl,..cntod bl the Board Il Elcck d'al 'CuNl"l
noncr attempt brought f9rth 90 the h2jld I ,, Ic ~
Tlccl. -" and "A confused gurglc, wac ni the i,hd
@ h Ittlc immunity he citizens Of Sew Ior, have
received from the dangers of the electric Ieh wires, 10
l. Too much 10 expect them TO - through such
cres Of vocal cout1rtons every time they talk about
the great question. what shall We do To be saved rom
tho vrc7
The misuse Of the word "nec' Is source Of per
pctual tribuation 10 copy editors. provincial society
reporters" especially being prone to moarnial as
regard Of ~ real meaning They have a lazy but
nevertheless strong impression that II is equivalent To
the expression whose former name was and they
rarely fail to the fun name In all Ms ari'oerauc
completeness Now. the fact IS that nee IS SIMPLY
French for "born.7 and although the charming Mr..
De Ianccy .onc, may have been "bOm' an Edwards,
she certainly a. not born Miss Jcmima Edwards
Iil, things Of that sort don't Away, turn out just
as might be desired. YOU know Perhaps no fault wiz
ever be found with the fit Of those cunning Ittl"
garments that were carefully fabricated, but IL
Is not always safe 10 select for the baby before
Il arrives. The doting fathertObc may decide that
lis otIspring shall be known a. Aris'ldes lousonhy
Jones but he lftcrwurd be induced 10 select PLAN
Susan instead from circumstances entirely beyond MS
control II might be ally pletcan To- the provincial
society reporter e. refer t. Mrs. lone, nee I'd
wards but ne might try. And he certainly should
avoid the error OF a rural contemporary which re
Gently praised the diamonds of " Ms. De Lancey
Jones nee Mrs. william smith" How poor Mrs
Jones ever came t. be born to state Of widowhood
tho reporter ncsects to explain.
The explanation which Is given in an uptown drug
store Of the system In use there of giving check