New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-24
CHANCES HERE AND THERE,


70 say that car window has been invented that can
he opened without injury to conscience or thumbnas
and can and does ventate without gust OF oust'
wind and cindcrs. Dear sir let that window be pro
duced. soon and long may it vent. And when after
two or three decades so it shall have come to
omen and vent everywhere and the many patterned
na splitting spring Of the KIN century shall
hannv mast NAV the survivors sit in a comfortable
chair and babbe to their patient cranddsIchtcr Of the
queer times when they give up everything 10 the
craze for turning the car seats over.
One signing himself ",Ir Harris yet dating not
from the classic vicuare Of Kngsgate-st. London,
+. G.. but from prosaIc Iackcnsach Meadows, " j.,
for meadows read mashes) writes TINS: Ny sister
says can't say better! say I can Can't I2'
You can. Harris but yon better not. and In the
future yon better stndy the elements OF hhghSh
considerable that is II you are mind TO-
coma evening" saws the Hon. shoko Jones, or
whoever It was that wrote the famous preface" one
evening after dinner. having nothing whatever to
do I thought I would SIT down and write the history
Of North Carolina Which Of his numerous offspring
~ ' tb tnI 10 ping on rs he ancient ard ashc
topic Of anglophobia or an2lonana or anGo-anytmhg1
Dear Mr.. Jones. the whole thing is castof
remnant OF an ancient and honorable provncialism.
now worn ont and gone shabby. 'Tis the custom
to turn up the nose at the coarse question, What
do NC care about abroad" But. do you know dear
S9rt NJ We to date That have ever spent i've seconds
in the s54Oo or wasted milllgamine Of gray tissue
In a lifetime In thinking thoughts about any other
people or about their thoughts Of us or theml
What do they thnh Of rs over there Won ask your
friend as he Cor she) walks ashore, fogburcd and
anxious because Of customs from that recorbreal1
ing trip Of the "Clmmerla.' the Emphatic" or the
"Cty of lagdad AS I may chance. = Don't think
sirqishi Of tongue thinking about themselves same
as all tho rest
,Db of,cr,
IN the hardy wclLfed Brton IS. nine times ont OF
ten never mind the tenth now. nothing of the sort;
only mcasurcless content or say, rather, content
cut TO measure. cnwMpping your Islander, on all his
travels. like his ulster As for Your phooas and your
maniaS and yOlr higher aesthetic anxiety for tho
audience beyond the big blue footghts so TO speak,
what is 1t all but Puritan anaemia
In the GOOD old pyaenic DAYS they burnt their
witches with tranquil mind, and thought much more
of the the creek or beyond the mountain
than ever they did about abroad or its thoughts or
WAYS OF thinking But dear all Of MS how tender In
bollls is no LONGER deemed Christian way Of putting
a bad man 10 death. II was In the wholesome hearty
days Of good King Henry VIII OF pleasant memory
The search for health in the form Of rosy cheeks
and an elastic step has much to do in increasing the
number Of women who ride bicycles Many stem
ographcrs and typcwrl;crs. after being shut up in
close Office al day. enjoy nothing much as their
Vibrating afr and the plcasurabc excitement Of the
motion quickly drive away bleached complexlohs;
and paints them instead with the warm glow OF
reflected sunshine. The exercise. TOO. Is form OF
eymnastc drill and It sends the warm blood coursing
for nv bicvce- one Of the riders declares. would
look ike a WORKOUT drudge. Ny bicycle is my HE;
After hours ride feel as refreshed as II had
spent vacation IN the country"
Many Young married women have taken fancy
to the tandem bicycle. The husband rides behind
and furnishes his share Of the motive power while
the wife furnishes what she chooses and takes delight
in holding the Steering bar II her husband does not
conduct himself to please her. She can run him into
dG c f not niwaTS to u ,hat WHEN the two work
the pedals IN harmony and there Is no disagreement
about the steering. they pass everything else on the
road
Ir Is small thing indeed that fails to attract the
attention Of a certain class IN cosmopolitan NewlOrS
couple Of men We're engaged the other day in putting
summer dress on the nlckelin-the slot machines,
only these pcnnvintheslot ones IN the streets
Whenever they stopped curious crowd surrounded
them watching with an apathete interest their , work
The men were extremely dcft and rapid. While ono
with few long, quick strokes painted the nam
silfuy and rather artisticay touched mp the corners
and elevated portions In brou1e. Their work on ea'h
machine took hardly moro than two minutes Ihei
they would grab their pail, and brushes and scamper
up ~ the next machine. where new crowd silently
gathered almost before tho old one had separated and
melted away.
But, on the other hand. there IS the class which
never has time 10 anything, the class which has
made other cities look upon NewYork business men
with brcathlcss amazcment. said one OF them: "When
first came 70 New-YoriS "a good many years ago,
By the WAY. everything new would attract me-
Perhaps could not stop to look AZ carefully but at
least | saw IT, and appreciated what II was llut
now a big storage honsc might be building IN the
nclchborhoOd where | live without my ever giving
thought 10 II beyond the fact that something IS build
ing The work IS completed and the rubbish and re-
naming material car'cd away but do not notice
them. some day happen 10 glance up and find
great seven or eight story building looking down hpOn
mo Fvcn then / haven't the time 10 be- surprised.
shrue my shoulders. say Ia myself that shall soon
be driven further up town. and hurry OF 10 my own
cares"
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