The daily critic., 1890-09-20

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should connect. and which by accident
never fails TO leave about the time they
get within ten or fifteen feetof it This
premature leaving IS not hy accident
[ It is prgme1iiucd, and Is resorted To-
by The dis uIiusrisu of the railroad
courary-tle always on time Presi-
dent IIrHr-f0r the purpose Of teaching
theraihcr iardy and slow paced people
of Mt plcsan. daily and hourly lessons
of promi tncss. spright.iuess aud pa.
tierce And we would suggest that the
Ms. pleesarters might obviate an this
trouble by getting TO the starting place,
accidcntlv or otherwise about q quarter
Of a minute sooner than they do now
If thcv viii DO this. we ore sure The car
viii never move oT when they get
within ten or fifteen steps Off, bu' viii
De boarded by them always before
30 las been started Hy The promp,
drivers of The prompt president OF
ihIs prompt rcad Do. however they
viii persist in being behind time ten or
fifteen seconds Whey may find cansfIs.
u.n in abusing President HuRr But
they win accomplish nothing.
They say. also. that 10 Is an outrage TO
compel them, 60 going 90 Mt Pleasant
i'm bad weather. either to go through the
company stables ON Fourteenth street.
or else TO bide the polungs of the pitt
less storm outside. And they say, in
addition 10 this. that 70 IS q gross ont.
rage 90 compel o person who gets on the
car Just on this or that side Of the Dead
Line, as they designate The Boundary,
and pays fare, to pay fun fare again as
soon as the car passes over that sombre
line Really, these Mt Pleasant people
are the most unreasonable of people
Every effort made by President HURr
to accommodate them Is met with com
plants like these. They cannot be sat
isfed But they accomplish nothing.
They indignantly declare every day.
and dream every night, that they will
call the old abuses anew. and the new
abuses at once, 10 the attention OF the
District Commissioners And so they
will gently and deliberately, as becomes
Mt Pleasantcrs But-must IL be said?-
they viii accomplish nothing.
THE NEW YoRK Hsrd'd. by special
telegram from San Francisco. says that
the report that JEssIE BENTON FRE.
MONT, widow of General FRENoNr, Is
In destitute circumstances at Los An.
rcles has been confirmed II Is said
that Mrs Fremont now 60 years Of
age resides with her daughter
Elizabeth, who Is aged 4j. that
they are so poor they were
compelled 10 borrow money 90 pay
for the reply 10 the telegram asking
the widows wishes regarding the dis
position Of her husbands body; hat
'blir friends bavc advanced. from time
io time, enough money 20 pay their
household expenses. Then this is
added Mrs IHDoNT has abso-
'uiely no resources, and ler two sons,
one in the Army and the other In
The Navv, having large families, are
not able to rpuder much assistance"
This should be told 70 the marines. II
will not be accepted by thepeople gen.
orally. They are unworthy the respect
of the public OF else Il q false that Mrs.
FREMoST's sons cannot keep her Ia
comfort They could II they would,
and II they will motif they do not
they should be put out Of the pub.
lic service, and be pointed at
as ignoble IONS of o noble sire. Itisa
sarcasm 10 say that an Army aud
Navy officer cannot because Of their
large families, give enough 10 their
mother % keep her from want The
Herald special certainly ISLANDERS the
sons OF the late General FRENONT.
GENERAL J. W, sEwELL Of New
ersey, a member Of the World Fair
Executive Committee, is evidently op-
posed 10 women having anything TO do
with the Worlds Fair enterprise. Alta
meeting Of the committee a few days
ago General SEwELL arose and declared
that there WerstoO many women on the
board Of lady managers These
women" he declared, will cost the
United States one thousand dollars a
day for every day they meet. know
women well enough 10 know that they
will SIT just as long as they can, aud
viii talk just as long as they can. They
will consume an the writing materials
in the country, and as We have to fur
nish an the stenographers, oh, what a
cost there will be The General
further said that the Commission was
being carried away by gallantry, and
that everything proposed in favor Of
women was passed without due con
siderau0n
II Is nov in order for the ladies, God
bless them, 10 speak up.
THE ALEXANDRIA lEAJ G4=sUs Of
yesterday speaks Of the ex-D Democratic
managers Of the Republican party Of