Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

TOnR6T I HAVE no UUuDL they WOULD naY6 IUTuI6U
entirely different impressions of this country.
Perhaps if Mr.. KEENAN, had remained longer
in Russia and not been biased he would have
written articles In a different strain. Russia Is
q delightful country TO live IN.
American Crests and Notices.
Joseph T. Wilson, stationer-In order to
understand the stationery business thoroughly
I think il best to serve an apprenticeship, !
served my time in Edinburgh, Scotland. and it
was seven years of profitable employment. 1
studied every phase of the stationery business,
and thought when I came to this country that
my knowledge Of heraldry would be SUPER
huous. 1t has proven to be quite profitable,
for / find that many Americans are entitled BY
right of birth to crests and notices. A good
many ladies have beautiful crests engraved
upon their letter paper and not on their car
riages. presume their husbands object TO the
crests on carriages more so than on stationery.
But there are some who do not care II the
world knows that they are entitled to crestS 1
find one thing royal about New York buyerA
and that is they want the best gra1e OF every
thing. A duchess or a lord would not care 20
O1y inner stationery "a s9aH 1s Z ma3ori'y cT ?, AI tSis
statement, but it Is true. The refinement or
people as a rule always shows itself in the pur-
chase OF stationery.
Finance and American Opera.
Theodore Thomas, musieian-The life Of
a musician Is one of work. My playing before
the public is the least part of the work
I have to do. There is never a mo-
ment that I can claim Of absolute
leisure. Hundreds of people write TO me
whom 1 have never seen or heard of, and their
letters have to be answered Friends ask me
why I answer them. but 1 can only answer
civility. Then I am often asked about a
school of opera in this country, and why We
are so far behind in establishing a great COD
servatory. Well. we have 4 few bread and
butter conservatories now, where the teachers
depend upon good paying pupils to get a
butter professors, but 1 do not mean to dis
paraSe them or their methods of teaching.
But no great national school of opera can ever
be established unless it IS raised far above the
plane of financial want. We might Just as
well look the problem squarely in the face and
not try TO deceive ourselves. As long as there
is no large for a grand national
conservatory forthcoming just SO long Will the
musical future of the country be retarded.
Not because there is no talent here, for there
is plenty, but because the talent goes abroad
for an education winch means praetcany
repatriation. We must teach In America,
give opera IN the English language, and ever
contribute for a grand conservatory.
Drunks on the L Roads.
Guard on the Third Avenue Elevated
Road-The greatest trouble find Is in putting
of sleepy drunks at the end of the road at One
IA eAA "N4g A " -
ger slightly intoxicated will get aboard Town.
town, intending to get of at Ffty-ninth or
Sixty-seventh street, and going to sleep viii
ride to the end Of the route. When the train
stops at One Hundred and Tenth street, gen.
orally go in and shake the sleeping man, but all
to no purpose. He will m something
about beng let alone and continue his sleep.
At One Hundred and TYenty-nfth street l at
tempt to get him on in a quick way because /
have to let the passengers out Of the gates in a
hurry. The tug of war comes at One Hundred
and Twenty-ninth STREE. sometimes 1t takes
four guards to get one drunken mai out Of the
car. often 1t is dangerous to put OF a
sleepy drunk passenger. he rises up and
goes to fighting without knowing or caring
where he is. One time Ihad a curious expert
ence. put OF a sleepy drunk at the end OF the
route, and he asked to go down to Forty
seventh street. We have orders not to let
drunken men ride in the elevated cars, but
what are we to do when they get on osteusibly
sober and then sink into alcoholic slumberf
This man said he was not drunk, but had SIM
ply overs:ept himself. We put pim on a down
train, and when we arrived at Forty-seYenth
street he was sound asleep and could not be
awakened. At South Ferry he reused Up,
walked out on the platform and boarded an
uptown train. Again he slept until he arrived
at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES street, and
there he was taken out almost blind drunk and
slept in the nearest station. The life Of q
guard on the elevated road is not one Of ease
and joy.
The Smashing of Trunks.
A Lovejoy, head hotel porrer-I have been
q porter for % years and naturally think Z
know something about my business. 1 handle
some l,5C0 trunks . week and on steamer sail
ing days / often send $50 to 200 trunks to one
steamer. 1t requires care and skill to handle
trunks. l have never yet smashed a trunk,
and that Is a good record. Frequently l have
been asked what kind of trunks stood the wear
and tear OF handling best. The sole leather
trunk l do not consider the most durable, a-
though they have that reputation. A modern
made trunk. canvas covered, with strong strip
pings and iron jointed, so the body Of the trunk
cannot strike the floor if 1t falls sideways, l
think stands hard usage best. The tin covered
trunks can stand just so much pressure and
banging about and then either collapse or
get so fearfully indented they are never in
shape again. Hotel porters handle trunks like
artists and not in the slam bang smashing way
which eharaeterizes thet railroad baggage
handlers. Inow have i've porters cnder me
and they are all men of strength and would as
soon think of dropping a baby as a trunk TIA
trunk got injured in our hotel by the porter,
through careless handling. the guest would
cease to be a patron Of the hotel if the damages
were not paid. 1t Is just as easy to handle q
trunk without smashing 1t as IT is to throw IL
down recklessly. / know a great deal of fun is
poked at the baggage smasher, but l wantiE
distinctly understood that a porter in a first
class hotel, like the one 1 am in. is an artist and
can carry a trunk anywhere with safety and a
certain amount OF grace. We do not belong TO
the class of railroad hamfatters who work for
corporations that have no soul and do not cara
about an individual trunk
Something About Chocolate.
saleslady in a confectionery store-Many
neople ask me about the chocolate statue of the
Venus de Milo in our front window, and want
To know whether 1t will melt. It IS solid, weigh
inc L 25 pounds, and is made of the best ehoco-
late. When the weather is warm the statue has
- -nf In a POOl Mace or else 1t will malE-
Two chocolate statues were sent to the Paris
Exposition recently, and one OF them was
ruined by the boys IN France. who Clipped lit
tie pieces from it to eat. IL was high tribute
to the toothsome quality OF ou- chocolate. The
statues took the medal in Paris. Who is the
artist? He is in the service OF my employer, and
inst makes a statue now and then to keep his
hand in. Ladies are very fond of chocolate
candy when ir is manufactured as boE-bonS
one REGULARITY of chocolate eaters is that they
are very, very fond OF chocolate, and always
want the best. Itnink we make lust as good, il
mot better. chocolate than 10 manufactured In
France. Now, q pound of bourbon chocolate
sells for 81 p while : pouno az % COOKING ehoeo-
healthy candy, and, used In cooking. ID flesh
producing
Looking After Reckless Drivers.
ofcer Michael Kano, Broadway poIies
sauad-I have been at the Fifth avenue and
Twenty-third street crossing some Il years and
have done my duty, I hope, in keeping vehicles
from running over pedestrians. 1t is not an
easy beat, especially on Wednesday afternoons
when the matinees are over. I'm . 1eeL 8
inches tall in my sock feet, weigh over 70
pounds and can run as fast as any one know.
a hackmau ran over a lady just below Worth
monument, not long ago. and broke ootn her
legs. He drove down to Twenty-hrst street be-
fore I was notified Of what bad occurred Al
though he was driving rapidly 10 escape, and
had two blocks the start. Ibid some fast sprint
inc and caught him at seventeenth street. Il
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