Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
ON The st.rs Special Correspondent.

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NEw loRk, Nav %. 1891.
nR BRIGGS SAILS FOR ENGLAND on
~ Saturday on The Umbria. 10 be gone N
summer. The trip is taken by the order Of IA.
physician and IL greatly needed. as the pre-
fessor's health is much broken. Tn. sreat
strain TO which he has been subjected. cominF.
as IL did, when he was very much debilitAtsd
from the grip, has resulted in a state OF nervoU.
prostration. from which rest aud change a
scene and peace are necessary. DIR. Bries.
! WILL however, combine professional work vita
his leisure. He goes to Oxford. where he vii
meet Prof. Brown. his colleague in the faculty
OF the Union Theological Seminary and clo..
personal friend. who is at present there in con.
sultation with the British students on biblical
work Of great importance. The doctor will 10.
turn early in the fall. by which time his case
val be ready for consideration in the SYNOD
OF New York. In the meantime his utter
ances have been rather cast m the shade. foF
the moment certainly. by the very defiant and
peppery remarks of DIR. Parkburst Last sun.
day sermon by this epigrammatio divine has
excited universal comment and not ONLY in the
church but throughout the whole community
/
pers and seems 10 have been read Ne attentivelv
as the latest cock fight or drunken fracas which
Is saying good deal FOR q piece OF religious
news
SELLING ONESELF BELOW COST
One OF the useful societies Of the coun-
try is the Typotheta or employing printers.
There Is q very strong New Yorl chapter of
this society that meets frequently and discusses
matters relating to the ancient and honorable
crait OF printing. AT their monthly dinner re-
Gently an important address was read by one
whom all delight TO honor. Mr.. Theodore L. De-
| Nihhe. lhis gentleman, " no by common consent
stands at the head Of the printing trade in the
CITY, submitted some considerations that
should govern printers in their competing bids
| and among other valuable things which he lei
iaii was remark that out Of his thirty wears Of
| experience he could say that he never knew a
printer that was In the practice Of taking work
| below cost. whatever the reason. who ana NOT
| ultimately get into the hands Of the sheriff.
wonder II this remark isn't of broader
| Application than was intended by the speaker
Ism there solid chunk of wisdom concealed
IN II. There are very many people who. rather
tnan De Idle Tor rather not employed 20 their
utmost tension of energy) are ali the while do
| ing ODD JOBS at less than cost, as expressed an
gray matter and other capital The world is
Iuh OF TINS unnecessary andsuneconomical EN-
ployment, and IL is very likely true that most
generally the result is failure.
NO JOKES IN TRADE.
| The difference in the point OF view be,vee,
our British cousins and ourselves was brought
to my mind very forcibly this week in remark
dropped by the proprietor Of one OF the leading
trade Journals Of England. In discussing the
| oinerence between class papers here and there
be said that what struck him most forcibly was
the tendency OF American trade papers 20 con-
| tam Jokes Now, said he, ANY Joke in an
English trade paper would be fatal 20 IN"
The Englith tradesman takes his business and
himself very seriously. and he doesn't care 10
be trined with by having the vehicle OF his
| trade, and the medium IN winch he adyertises
his wares and in which he reads of what other.
In the trade are doing, made the receptacle of
| rlnlng witticisms. This function OF amuse-
ment he regards as covered by the professional
funny papers: Whenit comes to the newspaper
OF his trade, IL must be devoted 20 black and
white facts and figures.
4 VERDI RULES THE Roosr.
Wagner may do for winter. but Verdi is thu
Sun God and reigns triumphant in the summer
months. This week we nave two Opera COM
panies IN full blast one in the Grand Opora
| mouse ana the other in Hammerstein's new
ouiidng IN Harlem and at both we are having
nightly the simple tunes Of the Italian masters
| Irovatore relgns on Esd street and ..Riro-
letto IN Harlem. For the present the victory
seems certainly with the tune masters as against
the tone masters for elaborate plans are being
made Tor Italian opera next winter at
however
held by the true wagnerite IN utter derision.
De declines TO regard the experiment seriously
though he goes so far as TO pity the poor stocx
holders in the Metropolitan. whom he predicts
VIII .ake thelr part OF the trial very seri-
| ously indeed before they are through
with It, L understand that Herr se,dl
has made very elaborate plans on his part
Tor winter season Of classical and operate
concerts, which will embrace not only New York
and vicinity, but the principal cities OF the
country, an the itinerary. Very likely Wash
| ington VIII have the privilege of hearing his
magnificent orchestra, reinforced by Lilu Leb-
mann and other Nagnerian singers of the FIRST
| rank, In splendid Nagnerian programs.
SOMETHING LIKE RAPID TRANSIT.
| The report Of the committee on rapid transit
has been received with well nigh universal ap-
proval Ii is big job that is mapped out, but
practicable, and it is adequate to the necessi-
ties OF the town. Probably two-story tunnel
Will be bored from the Battery to 42d street.
| or beyond, and then the work be
carried forward one level for a
part OF the way above ground. The whole
thing will cost about go, 900. 900, but that is a
mere huckleberry nowadays. understand
| that there will be considerable competition to
get the job among capitalists and syndicates.
Its astonishing how multiplication brings
| responsibility. Very few men would care 70 bs
engaged in a trade that brought them in few
nickels, but when nickels come in by the mil
| lion the most aristocratic of the 400" are
| much inclined 10 dabble In the business.
| VICTORY FOR ARBoRIAL MAN.
After q stiff fight in which the newspaperv
bore q creditable part, the Adirondacks seem
safe for another year against the intrusion OF
| the railroads. Ii has been almost as hard work
| to defend the Adirondacks as Central Park
against those who would spoil the public en-
| joyment for their own selfish ends.
But New York is SO proud of its
| three-million acre wilderness that q
latent public sentiment always exists which il
properly touched upon develops into a formid-
able resistance. For the moment the sapper
and miner are fooled by the fisherman and the
hunter. Let us hope that amateur barbarism
will continue TO keep on top Of humdrum
civilization, for our day and generation at
least The state 10 steadily acquiring
tracts in the wilderness. and like the
wicked land grabbers of Scripture, adding field
| TO ield-but this time with praiseworthy public
spirit-and If the whole region can be defended
against the railroad kings for a little longer, it
| will be secured as a ''boundess contiguity Of
shade, " and the peoples wilderness be made
as permanent as anything of the sort can be in
this progressive and practical country and age.
TIE EPOCH OF THE MILLION.
This Is certainly the epoch Of the million
Last week spoke of the new million-dollar
hotel on the West Side, which probably viii
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