Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-23

m ANY city noises these midsummer
lIkSA nights and days penetrate the open win
INV dows and make miserable the lives Of
A invalids and persons who are unfortu-
S nate enough TO have nerves" Not
knowing what else to do the victims appeal to
the police. The itinerapt musician is the sub
ject Of numerous complaints and so is the buck
ster, the rag bones-and-old- iron man, the clam
man and the useful scissors grinder, who rings a
small dinner bell to give notice of his approach.
There are police regulations to suppress
the noises made by the individuals
mentioned, and by Growing ROSTERS, cackling
hens and barking dogs. Some OF the regula-
tions provide that the noises must be proved
to be unnecessary" before they can be
suppressed, while others only require
that the noises complained of disturb
the party complaining. When such a COM
plant is made the policeman the beat is
required to investigate and report. An in
vestigation of this sort takes some time, Of
course.
POLICEMEN AND NOISY CHICKENS.
In the case Of loud and boisterous chickens
no policeman on duty would dare swear out a
warrant, because he would have to declare that
the chickens annoyed him. and that would nat
uraliy arouse the suspicion of the sergeant and
night inspector.
So far as hucksters are concerned it has been
decided that the crying of their goods is neces-
| sary, but that such outcry must not be loud
enough to disturb the residents of the neigh
borhood in which such outcry is made.
THE SCISSORS GRINDER
| ia the man who suffers most under the police
| regulations. In an endeavor to earn an hon.
est livelihood he rings his little bell and often
has to pay the IS penalty. II he has no other
means of attracting attention he will have to
do like others do. and the result will be that
the door bells will have to be answered much
oftener than they are now
At present most of the men who wheel
grinding apparatus about the streets take the
risk and ring their bells. A number of them
have had TO pay the penalty, and one man has
been taken to court about three times.
THE ORGAN GRINDERS,
| who make more noise than all the others COM
| planned against, are given permits to grind.
There is a section in the police regulations re-
| curing them to have a permit. which is OBJ
| tanned from the chief of police. There are
| now many of these permits out-probably more
than ever before.
In several of the larger cities north of us
organ grinding on the public streets is thing
of the past. and being forced out of those cities
many OF them seek refuge here. For awhile
they came In a rush.
A SHARP DODGE.
The permits are issued free Of charge, and
when so many strange sons of Italy arrived 1t
is said that they were imposed upon by some of
those already here. According to the reports
received by the police some of those holding
permits became acquainted with the new ar
rivals and told them that license to play on
the street was very expensive and in that way
they managed to obtain from the strangers 81
per day for the use of the free permit. Others
refused to pay that amount and continued on
their journey south, where they have an idea
they can play at will and enjoy all the proceeds
| of their labor.