New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-28
CHANCES HERE AND THERE


perhaps the reader. lIho the writer. may not have
given thought before this. II Is that the elecs1s
lights are source Of great pleasure 10 ncwsboys W
gather around the newspaper Offices two or thres
hours before the first editions appear. You WIN
find groups Of them any pleasant night
playing bcckey' and other games of which they only
know the names. In City Hall Park. Here tho nshs
Il good that may finest chalk line on tAs
asphalt pavement and the all night youngsters spena
many pleasant hours there at their games and sporx
making the broad walk an afterdark athletic deI1.
10 Is inst little amusing IN hear peopis
talk about brutality and roughness having bssa
eliminated from the game OF football. for the
next morning you may pick up . newspaper
and read startling tales Of getting brssd bsttsl
and kicked on the football field Undoubtedly there 10
much less brutality displayed In tho game now than
there was few years ago. Every one Is thankfui
for this favor but long football In foctba tssrs
will be roughncss and II the gcnte youths of ihres
generations hence attempt 20 play the sams
in dresssuts and patent leather shscs they vin
play IL with themselves spectators. The public
likes the game because II Is lively. rushing and fun q
force and strength. These al carry with them rUgh
ness.
chiefly by the funny p4rsgrapherl that the price
coal go6s up ana gas bills grow longer so they 90.
But they havo habit OF doing the thing aSont
the same time every year. How about the spring
thought why not break forth In rejoicing than b.
cause the situation Is just reversed Not bit Of H.
Then comes the leo wall These thrcc useful M -
mrable commodities get free advertising than ~
other three things that one can mention st nst thought
The round 81 thu seasons public dinner s beennns
Several hundred columns II speeches are forthcoming
Several thousand covers win be laid, and many s,sss
will ache with aughlng and many heads viii ache Will
thinking Of something new to say. These dinners
In high favor in New York. else they would not
Time "a grow more ana more Important cAch scason
II makes one SILVER 10 man on cold day
standing on couple Of great logs In the North River.
working away with little concern as II he ver she'll
ing peas before a kitchen fire. The writer watfhc1
one the other day at pier wherc new plies wcrc beins
driven al a ferry slip. lie stood on a small piece II
timber which ran from ono pile 70 another Ills ran
sashed about violently In tho wash OF passing steamers
and sgs and Of arriving and departing ferry boats bus
he kept an even balance. At times the water washed
up 10 his knees, but all the while he swung ave
with pair Of vigorous arms. lie was sharpening the
ends Of tho piles. Hc didn't seem 10 mind the We,
much but Il must have been cold Al ANY rata II
sent chill down the backs OF those who stood 90
DIRK land and looked AZ him.
How do tastes run In cigsrsi' said the dealer.
rs hard 10 say For awhile We viii have q run on
one brand when every one seems 10 want H. suddenly
popular favor will change and another cigar viii b.
men tire Of one diet. suppose. But In tho Of
good cigars smokers often return to their old loves.
They Will give them up for awhile. try half dores
brands, and then make friends again with the old
one. That is why certain cigars always In stoos
dealer tell when there Will be q demanl
for Sem. and this ickeness OF smokers enables
They serve experiments for dlssatisa 4 snlokers.'
Why f. IL f1nt the young woman who roads paper
at a seminary debate takes part Ia any public oerc
mony Is brought before tho attention Of the people
Is always spoken OF the pretty Miss soand so'
or Miss So 80. the beautiful speaker" Mise
So andso whose beautiful hair and handsome eyrs.
etc"l Is 10 because every one Is inclined % hs
charitable or Is IL really fact that all tho for'unsis
young women who achieve distinction are also En-
dowed BY generous nature with beauty
There ls tho actress, too. II she eop~ with soma
one II she Startes the world By unusual action
she pectcdiy retires from the STAGE her jewels
are stolen aiein); f-you know the whole hstany II
these things happens she Is almost always spoken n ~
the pretty" 30 II goes, and yet every one kno~s
that very many Of them are not at al beautiful Ans
for TINT matter no one s"s~s whether they s'e o. not
one has only 10 kecp his open "a learn hcv
we'll and how ntellgenty Americans keep themselves
Informed through the newspapers Of contempcraheos'
hlstor-. There were the deporabe rcvelsuons con
corning Stanley's column at lambuya one
heard them discussed on every side. In the street. In
the cars, In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. But that
be declared too extreme case 10 be cited a. hf
example, take the young Emperor OF Germany take
the Irish ENJOYS 90 this country, the isthmus canal
scheme the financial troubles IN the Argentine Ee-
public before their effect widely felt the wreck
~ tho serpent portugas trouble with Ensand-all ~
them connected with foreign hlstory ana All '""'""'
Two newsboys were looking az a funny picture In
a Spanish publication. The illustration 9as really
good and really mlrth provoking. But II was notmns
10 the struggles OF those boys 10 pronounce the spanish
words There was nothing iaughsble for them about
that Joke They might have enjoyed II had Il been
In English. even II they could not understand IT, fof
they could have spelled out the words hnt hs
utterly noored' them and they were miserable aus
disgustcd.
81 cordially indorsc what physician said In The
Tribune the other day about spnnllng the asphalt
pavementsr said another physical YESTERDAY \
dr,v. about the city good deal and n Il panfni ana
dangerous 10 zee a horse slip a. he can't hep u"'"s
on The smooth asphalt when II Is made SIM s'n"'"''
by being wcttcd. of course. when u rams ue"
no helm for t. unless wc adopt the beilamy IDEA w
covered sidewalk with Modification ana pnt covers
over asnhat paveq streets whenever there II storm
nm, in fair wcathsr there is excuse ior ~sefhs
cart on one ~ these pavements. Ihem Is "" GU
10 speak OF. No least II any reasonable care " "N'"
in keeping them clean. II Is hard enough io' h"''
"a keen their footing the asphalt. ani wN ans
sometimes they viii slip Along hail Dozen ''e'
morn In the endesvor 20 come 20 a stHnd.,i VIZ. ~.
nmI,ea IN suddenly Ii 4 positively cruel foT w
,lty authorities or for anybody else ~ 40 N',vns
that Will make u stil harder for them. ,.,,
Sonbt that wctting the asphalt pavements doe w,
/ hone 10 sec a general movement tn put sup
the practice
IL Is singular how many people stu think that ,m
free use Of italics arr necessary In order Ia pcrsp'
Of style. recently published and pcpnl" b"'s
SADLY marrcd for a multitude Of rr'ders Nv W.
ce,sive and entirely needless use OF THIS mc'hoa
dlcatlne emphasis. The writer has q f1end ""
beginning the hook threw II aside In disgust l"s'
canse II this feature An occasional lfah' VOW 49, 49,.
less serves god purpose. though h Is pcssor
,,,,s ,,,bo.t italics and suffer no loss HARM pW
when they are sprlnkled about on every pss. 80