New-York tribune., 1890-01-04
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
In certain Office, where many persons employed
and much business is done. with a naggng pub
lic they have adopted original and capital device
for enforcing good mmor. or all events. for com
peling Ill lhumor to keep silence behind smooth face
one day old lady, wearing bearskn cape with
many little tails flung out Of the swinging doors IN
huR one OF the little tails neatly dockcd by
the doors. Some one with sense OF humor found
1t and hung it on the gaShXtre above the desk d ,ue
chief of gwmblcrs. lie kept 10 until some one else
grumbled and then passed the emblem On 10 ms
successor % % Eyer M since ien m TN, e last t n rGmbed d
The average duration of each grow is said to be forty
three seconds.
The Dc Winck Literary Society manned in honor OF
the poet "Of 0bviOusness and paradox" as he has
been apty called writes to The Tribune from Snod
grass University Oklahoma asking this journal to
oblige the society by suggesting easy subject for
the great debate which the students and others
expected to attend on bucNboards and mules also
OF the buck pattcrnl from all parts Of this thriving
Territory. \ college cheer has already been adop'ei,
and ground Will be broken for the college buildings
- soon as the new surveyors determine where the ODD
numbered section is, Certainly. Lady and gentle
men, It's but adding invention to 0mniscence. Then
thus 1t Is: What Is the shcst saying Of the year
"McGinty' or " In the Soap Or this Ditto. st &c
the discovery Of oklahoma. That's what's the mat
ter with Hannah or Docs Your mother know you're
Out?'
There are some very low wires in Fifth-ave. Some
body will do we'll to tree them up before snow
storm makes them hang ,tl lower and thus endanger
the lives of omnibus drivers truck drivers aud way
farers generally After which, OF course they VIII
be cut.
OF course you are all going to have trouble when
you begin letter one gets on such good terms
with year that when ii is gone lie retain, associations
Of the old friend which are not readily shaken off, 30
you Will write 1-,9' scratch # ont, write 1880, and
throw away the sheet OF paper. lou Will catch your
self doing thl, until you take big sheet and scrawl
all over it New York. Jan. -- loJO,7 again and
again. Now you think You are safe But You are
not. When You begin 10 write another letter the
year has quite slipped ont Of your mind Perhaps
you get through Your letter before You discover the
mistake. Thi, is too bad You say. You wonder
if yOd will ever gct used to the new year. No doubt
sou will and very soon at that. II was just as bad
a year ago And year from now you will find 1890
tagging after Nou when Nou want ihc company OF lo9l
l,U If IL i, difficult 10 change the year, how Will IL
(Ou could always depend ON the "lr But when
you have 10 write 1901, there Will be change! Ana
WI look so natural That when You run acro,, date
"lth an " Is in it, say l--9. IT VIII seem odd, old
fashioned 70 YOU a. 1870 docs low. After the first
plunge cold water Is not 80 chilling.
And Of course YOU are all making good resolutions
or have made them, and by thl, time, perhaps, are
beginning 10 smash lot Of New Year crochcry
Well, pchap, it j, very small percentage Of these
new leave, that stays turned over The new leaves
Ike To- HOP ttch, Ju-t q, the 1--9 dos But some
OF Them get bent the r-t Way after being repeatedly
pressed down. suppose they are few Good rcsO-
lutOno are not likely To harm any one. If they
kept only for Il month, a week or day. 80 here IS
Happy New Year To good resolutions.
so Mayor Grant is making an effort to have the
streets cleaned. 1t would be difficult TO find many
New Workers who would object 10 such a desirable
change. While efforts are making in behalf OF the
streets what j, to be done about the subway con.
tract work How a,c the contractor, t. begin the
New Year! some people would like t. know.
When You are in New York hurry as the New
Workers do j., a very good ulc for visitors to the
metropolis, 10 observe. Just a, soon You BEGIN TO
act the street, II YOU had plenty of time 10 trans
act business in. the police begin 10 look ON you with
suspicion, people bump against 3ou, tread on yout
heel, and at YOU. and entire stranger is apt
10 grasp you by the hand. call Nou ly name, assure
you that hc i- old friend oi yo.r iayo-te relative
and ask Nou 20 cash a ch"ch Tor h!m. Many New.
Workers hurry along the streets for this reason alone
bccau-e everybody else i, hu us, and to walk
slowly b, % -ct 30 everybody way. Many Others
huI.} from force Oi Iauit b.lcIu themselves 10 Do
900 terrible haste Wlicu really they rlt boo anything
Ee tic hurry they think tu,y are. the writer iOlud
dashed up tuc -tsi., of the elevated railway two
step, AZ time. and then lrcttcd five minute, iOr
train, jumped for t a, soon b, do" rlad opened tHc
gate, and d 90 De- thrust Ddtn 10 ci 90" passengers
pu ur~t. stood hN the door ready 90 l.Wp Ou for
ru two minutes before tuc train stopped -prn- or
and tiDuIritd down the stairs o.tlu- aud pushing
seconds To- catch ferry boat AND Gd not expect another
uuui tIr spring. ANA soon disappeared TAR all ad ln
thc croad. When the write. oNc4t'oh him again nc
was planted ~iudrN DID t' way OBJ dozen oihI
people Who were really boo hurry, and WAS calmly
reading newspaper bulcun board from top 10
bottom.