The evening world., 1891-03-27
THE CLEANER.

Gen. Horatio King, one of the men from
Maine, passed me the other day. He ,s a. fresh
and alert as ever, and still wears the black
felt army hat which has such an assoc,a,,on
with the time Of the war Gen. King ia bow.
IKE man and enjoys things as mucn as ever.
In Stanley Middleton's studio there ia large
net decorating one OF the walls which he got
one Summer when he was sketching st East
Gloucester. These nets, with their yery rne
threads and email meshes, make most effect
I've bit OF drapery, with their light, cobwebby
folds, and every Summer the artists who visit
the lovely rshinR town capture some OF them.
l met Charles watrous yesterday afternoon
swinging along towards Dickei's Riding Acad.
emy with even more animation than usual in
his bearing. He was gong to shoot His
company practises at the academy. One may
60 many league before finding more thor
ouRh optimist than watrous.
II was my fortune to see one OF the oheap
Park Row restaurants, near Pearl street, re-
ceive an invoice OF chops yesterday. They
were delivered much after the same fashion as
Is load OF coal They were piled high in q
| large open wagon box and the driver was
| shovelllng them out into baskets with q big
| scoop. II an occasional one dropped into the
gutter or on the sidewalk Il did not matter; II
was rescued. and Il found its way with the rest
to the restaurant iarder.
There are two stories which are rife in con.
nection with the selection OF ex- mblymen
WissiR as Tsmmany Hall leader In the Eighth
Assembly District One Is to the effect tnat
ex-City Chamberlain Croker caoled directing q
that the arrangement Of the subordinate
bosses OF the Wigwam to make Assembly man
John E Brodsky the leader must not be
carried out, and that q stanch TammaDy man
must be chosen TO succeed George Hall The
other story has it that Wissig's selection is only
q subterfuge to set Broisky right with his Re-
publican friends In the Assembly, and tha,
when the Legislature adjourns the O'Brienite
leader viii step into the wigwam and into
wissig's shoea
"Hot Cross Buns!" saw several signs in
baker shops announcing these artless dainties
for Good Friday. Some OF the bakeries cook
large supply of these simple biscuit
Last year, II seems to me, the Easter lille,
were more to the front than they are this. l,
"es - SSsAhaoh eikht W bcS tuo blueWAlk ll
front OF florists nalf covered with potted
lilies, their calices wrapped up In nightcaps Of
tissue paper to keep them from catching cold.
Apropos Of Easter lilies, ! met q charming
young woman from Bermuda, where liliei
grow by the acre and roses are a. plentiful N.
The weeds Of the Geld here She told me tha,
the boats coming from Bermuda ports will mol
allow the lilies on board, as the fragrance, &C
overpowering, is thought 10 be great help ts
seasicknesa "The passengers bring then
on and then have to throw them overooard, ,
she said. "We left q wake OF Easter nlei
behind uslr
! was arrested in passing the old woRLI
Building on Park Row the other day by seeing
comfortably seated within 1t that cheerful
good-natured soul, Oliver Sumner Teal.
| went IN and found that he was waiting to hav,
q te't Of some wonderful gun In which he II
Interested. MIR. Tealrs versatility OF interest
10 one OF his most salient characteristicA II,
will never rust from stagnation. MarsusIlinI
and directing a company Of feminine type
writers, collecting names for . petition for tn,
Sunday opening OF the Metropolitan, trying
gun or engaging with the most youthful zest II
some social diversion, II is ono and the sam,
for the young man. he enjoys It all Wh,
ever saw him u1skef