New-York tribune., 1891-05-10
GLANCES HERE IND THERE.

at is rather surprising said literary man, 10
find that author slip into palpable error ana
that the error escape the attention of tho pub
fishers and others until the book Is the market
recent book in showing the evils Of the lax divorce
laws has endeavored to mako the moral OF the story
unquestlonable. Unfortunately, however, blunder
laws made TO prevent Just what does happen
in this book. OF course, this destroys the logic OF
tho whole story, and the moral can 80 for nothing
at all in this case.'
The writer noticed a case the other day where an
act Of charity DONE apparently. after due con-
sideration. An old woman sat on the sidewalk at a
street corner stretching forth tin cup for aims
young woman. handsomely dressed, stopped before the
beggar her fingers on the clasp OF her purse. She
hesltated, turned, and walled on. After dozen
steps her pace slachened. She walked very slowly
until she half block from the beggar Then hav
Ing stopped once more she wheeled, walked BACK
piuy 10 the Deggar cropped some cnsnse iIeo & .y ~,
old tin cup, and hurried on her way with look Oh
satisfaction on her face.
There is one thing that has kept pace with the
ascending buildings 1t takes you less time TO reach
the eleventh story OF structure nowadays than
took to reach the third floor few years ago. When
you step into elevator in modern building, you
feel as II you flashed through space. You no
IN or e sne@ efr o the ee1sos
boy: You find yourself over a. great city hardly
having Office in midar is reduced to point scarcely
worth considering
Two well-known business Of this city, who were
passengers the New-York and New-IIsyen Railroad
train the other morning. discussing music I'm its
various phases, and also the merits Of the several
authors, when Of them, W. A. Hoeber, insurance
man, remarked that he well remembered converse
ton he had with Mozarts collaboration, Da Pont,
who wrote the lbretto Of Don Giovanni" HIS
friend looked ncreduous for moment and emphasized
his doubt by expressing 1T, when Mr.. Hoeber ex-
planned 1t was In 1885, when was ouly twelve
versty Of the City OF NewYor, In Washington Square,
and there met Professor Da Pont. The Professor
was then eighty years OF age recall what charming
conversatonallst lie was, and how interesting he was
on the subject Of music for which then bns had and and
see and talk with the man who aided in bringing
out Mozarts Don Giovanni in 1885,"
There are very many features about fires which
get into print for the that in the great
crush Of matter they all into nsgnifcance There
fire uptown recently. however, which caused
overwhelming anguish to several female hearts and
threw them into the usual motheaten panic And
it wasn't much Of fire either But this blaze was in
a boardng-hOus filled with young women, chiefly art
students 1t makes little difference how the fire was
discovered for Immediately two or three dozen shreks
arose and then pandemOnum was king. One woman,
very short and very stout seized small pitcher Of
water and staNed upstairs to quench the flames. She
went up two steps and down one, then up three and
down two, and on, reaching the top by marching
" twice over" Stanley would say. Having reached
the top she concluded to come down, and promptly
down, not taking the trouble this time TO march
" twice over" Another woman, determined TO do her
share seized pitcher of water, resolved to save 1t
from the flames Reaching the top of the stairs, she
concluded TO make time" and so hurled the pitcher
to the bottom of the night. young woman, blessed
with marvellous presence OF mind lighted all the gas
burners and pulled down all the curtains. she ex,
planned a,terward that the lremen. seeing the light
behind the curtains. would think this the fire and
MIA IL remained
the woman who owned jewels 10 distinguish herself:
She to her room picked up her purse, scattered
her money carefully the bed and then, selling
box containing her jewels downstairs content to
have everything else burn so long as she saved her
gems Upon looking into her precious box afterward
She found that 1t contained-not 1ewels-but safety
pins Meanwhile the fre--well, the fire was out
"I don't believe so much in hercdty,' said the
psychologist. "Now, there's u, the lawyer look
at his sons. One of them became professional
musician, another Is a school teacher principal Of