New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-07
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

CHANCES HERE AND THERE
"If man cares to become the victim ct an awful
fate let him, like me, become slave TO one barber
he said. Il always shave myself. and think that
every sane man should do the same. But for years
one has cut my hair, and as my hair Is extremely
difficult TO cut properly. and as he does the thlie
just want it done. have become convinced that
no other man could make a hafdccent Job OF my
perverse head so have been forced to follow that
one barber all the town. BARRIERS it seems to me-
always changing their quarters Ihls feilo"
usually sends me his address whenever he moves,
but the other day when I went to him TO have my
hair cut he had Just changed again had started out
to get my hair cut always great suffering so /
determined TO find him at any cost. 1t took me Just
had not become confirmed crank on the subject |
hG%a Rey & y ssdn 10 but hod be-
able. | wish | had to begin all over again never.
In that case would bind myself to such pernlciouS
habit. Think what an embarrassment II would be Tor
me if my one particular barber should de-
GIVE me a puff at your cigarette will you ~
said a car-driver to young man who was standing
on the front platform 80, | won't take cigar,
thank you, 1t wouldn't do me any good, but |
can stand a puff two right here on the open
platform by keeping the cigarette well hidden in
my hand and drawing at it OH the sly. What about
| the inspectors I Just got my tip from the last
driver down. Wait and III show You. Just watch
the next driver we meet. See little tilt back
ward OF tho headl No danger yet. Ii it had been
a tilt backward and then forward he would DO
near. There. see that Good by to cigarette and
he dropped the stump before the dashboard The next
driver viii draw his hand across his mouth. That
means the inspector is right me. There, didn't
You f. and didn't you the Inspector minute
later. There j. fine imposed on drivers VINO are
caught using signals. But you can't stop IT, The
signals changed every ltle while. a car-driver
without signals. not In this town."
What welcome innovation might be introduced on
the feryboas which make short trips across the river
OF course the ride is not LONG, but beautiful sum
evenings after the rush and crowdlng on the boats
are over nearly every wants to be out on deck to
Soc The countless with their steais of white left
trailing the water behind them. and the big smoke
wrcahcd city and the dazzling electric lights along the
shores There Seats for a dozen two Of people,
heap of camp-stoos, such are used on the
boats which make longer trips would add vastly to the
convenience pleasure and delight Of passengers. True
the ride Is only Of ten minutes, sometimes less,
perhaps. but the air is so cool and refreshing. the
evening gentle and bewltching, that that ten min
utes calm enjoyment would be worth great deal to
many tired men and dragged women. No one rellshes
standing wien he is forced TO stand. There Is not
enough declroon for simmer passenger. And those
and ntolerably hot In summer. gloomy barrack
prison walls which shut oueGhe beauties Of the
a travelling woman who voyages to Europe fire.
queutly heard OF remedy for sea-sicknesS. The
treatment WAS homeopathic Before sailing she in
troduced herself 10 systematic training with mild
emecs. she did not take enough Of them at any
| one time b make her sick. becoming used 10 the
treatment she increased her Doses until like victim Of
the morphine or opium habit she could take with
impunlty what would have killed a novice. This is
not - new idea But behold the practical appllca~
ton When she made her voyage. fortified by her
systematic discipline, her training showed that 1t had
been admirable. But her head drove her almost
insane. 1t was in turmoil. Now it Wa splitting,
In In mad whirl. But she va, not SICK She
wished, however that she might be- Nett time She
will welcome the good old-fashioncd sca,cknesa.
And now comes the unreasonable, selfish. pampered
bachelor who writes to know why SONS one can't get
mp summer homes for unmarried men, run on the
nickel inthe-slot machine basis. He wants his break
fast and drops his nickel Behold it, Ditto his bath,
his shaving water and utensils his bllckencd boots.
his newspapers. and all that IS needed 70 make self
w. t i1vents ~ Tar AZ Known II ougHt
never 10 be Invented either The man who VIII
insist on being bachelor deserves no consideration
from inventors.
The most dreary. dcsolatc and unhappy looking men
in NcwYork those who live in hotel, and at this
time of the year seek in vain for their hotel friends
who have fled 10 cooler climes and clearer air. They
are disguised apparently with summer life. But
there are good many Of their friends frethng and
fuming nj watering places and mountain resorts who
would willingly exchange places with their dscon
tented brothers in New York.
Probably no place in New England has made the
celebration Of the Fourth Of July bring tribute 10
more noble and patriotic spirit Of the past than that
which occurred at bethlehem, Conn, on Friday after
noon when a massive granite monument was dedicated
10 the memory Of the Rev DR.. Joseph Bethany the con
temporary Of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield.
As a thcoogan DR.. Bellamy ranked extremely high
IN his day Probably the works Of Edward, alone have
had wider circulation in theological circles. As a
preacher Dr. Bellamy was pre- eminent; hundreds ana
thousands Hooked - hear him, both In New England
and I'm this city, whittier he called in 1871 10
become pastor Of the Brick Presbyterian Church. but
he concluded 10 leato lIetllehen, aud continued
his M, -try there till hs death - 1890. he having
ilcn completed fly years IN his hTst ana only pas
tOrate.
The monument erected by the people Of Bethlehem
70 perpctuate The memory Of DR.. Bethany and 70 mark
the site Of the meeting house, In which he long min
stcred j. A handsome shaft OF granite eight feet in
height and resting on u suitable base. Its rugged.
solid aspect Is entirely IN keeping with the character
Of DR. Bellamy aud his flock. 1t speaks much tor
the fame OF a New England clergyman that after he
las been dead 100 years. the people OF me town III
Which he lived and died should erect for MN an IN
pcTishable monument
one Of the incidents of every national holiday. Is
pecaly one IN concentration of some feature ~ The
revolution or the War OF 1879. is the hosting Of the
American flag on the old fort I'm Central Park by the
veterans of 1al2 or their representative. AdJntant
j. Gould Warner. This Is always done at SUNRISE
II was noticeable. however, that on Memorial DaY,
the day Of hallOWed memory b. the veterans oil thc
civil War; the flag never raised at Tie iort. huI
a few DAYS before the last Memorial Day william Ne
Fowler a descendant of one Of the founders OF the
tov.n If Milford Conn, Nnt for Adlutant Warner
and throucI. him got permission from the Department