The evening world., 1891-03-10
THE CLEANER.

Isee that beggsrs shil try to worn the dodee
Of admitting with an air Of frank repentano,
that u vas liquor that eot fall out of them.
II eeeGsfs had more sense Of how the averas,
man n affected By . high-pitched, whirinf
voice which sets forth the distinguished claimI
OF the applicant - begGar they would droI
that method, TOO. Tho dimcuity OF telling I
really worthy objeot Of charity leads many I
kind-hearted man to turning q deaf ear :,
nepaiesnts. ....
learned to-day that our pious Postmaster
General was In the city last Sunday aud a.
tended the Rev. DR.. J. X. Paxton's Wesi
Presbyterian Church both morning and even.
ing, while In the afternoon he visited
no Sunday school, or. Paxton ane
NJ Wanamater are Intimate friends.
The Postmaster Generals visit wa,
unnsraided. and no one recognized in the de.
vous man in the front pew the distin guIshed
guardian OF the purity Of our mails. He was,
aud the scholars, ] am told, were greatly i'm
pressed with him.
DR.. Paxton. By tho way, u to make speech
st the coming banquet Of the 81 Patrick's
Society. 1t isn't often that . Presbyterian
minister has an opportunity TO accept an invi-
tstion to respond TO . toast In honor OF Ire
lands patron ss!nt
Rx-fresident Cleveland 10 certainly losing q
nesh. His friends say that he has diminished
his weight By nssrlv sixty pounds since he len
the White House, and his proportions are now
suoh a. 10 attract no undue attention from
observen. His enemies can no longer CON-
nent with ghoulish glee upon his possession Of
asupernuous quantity Of adipose tissue II they
have any regard for the truth. The calumny
about the anectstion OF the ex-President OF
ancient and battered headgear may also a. well
DO exploded. noticed the other morning In
coming downtown on the same train with him
that he wore shiny and nat'y tie OF the latest
and most approved style. The most fashion,
able rfomenader on Fifth avenue could not
have taken the slightest exception 70 1t
Cremation cranks seem to DO .aten with
queer and srotssque notions nowadaya A few
days ago the aahes OF q respectable German
o,tinen Of Staten 1hlapd were scattered to the
four winds Of heaven from the headlight Of the
Statue OF Liberty. Then the incinerated re-
mains Of the late iamented Emma Abbott were
brought to New York and surreptih jusly con-
signed to the deep recesses of Q safe-deposit
vault And now she executors Of an eminent
Louisville scientist have, In accordance with
the instructions OF his last will and testament
dumped his ashes into the muddy waters Of the
Ohio In midstream.
am informed that there 10 much perturbation
OF spirit among the Democratic holdovers In
the Cu,tom-House since The accession OF
calico Charley Foster 10 the secretaryshir
OF the Treasury. Foster Is known TO be an
active partisan, and tho Democratic oficiAls
who managed 70 hang on 10 the civil-service
rope during Secretary WINDOWS administra-
tion arc aaid 70 be fearful that the new Secre-
taTy will not scrupie TO cut that rope and set
them adrif on the tide OF Salt River.
It II only ignorance which makes 20 many
young women adopt art as acsrser from which
they expect 20 make q livelihood. Unless an
artist has some good pot-boiling work, he
10 never sure Of an Income from his paintings,
and 'he disbursement Is very great.
was struck the other day In meeting with
writer whe associates Q great deal with
another writer Of her own sex whose views
aud methods she shares. TO ma that she had
assimilaHd certain physical traits Of her
friend. aer laugh, the movement of her chin,
her gestures were exact reproductions OF the
other womanA Iwould like 10 know whether
the imitation II conscious or UNCONSCIOUS.
Amos Learned, the newspaper man, whose
BRAIN gave way three years ago under the
strain Of overwork and whose death waa re-
corded this morning, was one OF the oid-,ime
workers who graduated from the printers
case instead OF college school OF Journalism.
His father was printer and Publisher In Bos.
'on, and on his fathers paper Amos learned
TO stick type when but lad. A feiiow-leaIner
with him was Hugh o'Brien. Afterwards many
ysars Mayor OF the modern Athens. MIR.
Learned had hundreds OF friends, for his
10y atty was his strongest point That quality
caused him to stand rrm 10 the famous sos who
voted 90 psrsis,entiy tor Grants third nomin-
ation