Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-18
fictitious character he has fully believed in
his existence and is confident that he shall
yet find HIM.

"'V'""O Jay 6Ouids elevated railway tracks
VIII continue 20 occupy n portion of the
peoples Only downtown pleasure ground
a,u breathing place, tie once beautiful
Battery Park. Worse vet, the continued
and anmosested occupation wall encourage
the corporation 10 gradually encroach
more and more till tho best part OF the
park Is crid-ironed with side-tracSs, turn
outs, and possibly car-houses, and even
reralr-shops. The old fable about the
entrance of the camcls nose into
the tent Is too tritc Tor quotation.
Bat tho present outragcouslv-protraci
eli uphcaval of the whole OF Broad.
way for the sole benefit of n
cahie-car corporation. reminds n not very
old resident o; tho first attempt TO Law a
surface track on that thorOughiare. II was
dore on Sunday. and extended only the
lelGth Of one block, from Fourteenth To
Thirteenth street. Public indignation
comnollcd the taking up OF that track IN
less time than u took 10 put ii down. Talk
about tho camclS "noseNi That first At
tempt was only the extreme tip Of ono ear
AID u has since been followed by not
merely the camel. but the entire caravan.
While the Battery Park occupation was
discussed before the Park Commissioners
lately one Of the advocates Of that
usurpatlon actually claimed that such
encIoachmcnt would rave the way
for az elevated track through Cen
tral Park. This Il horrible I'M
NOR. and all the more frichtful beceusc IN
the course of not iaT.oa time il may be
true. ~ The Tweed reign II actually was
Vroposed 10 take wide strip on the out
SIDE irc entirely around Central Park to
be sold IN choice lots Tor elegant private
residences. Ii ms especially advocated on
the ground that the sale of such lots
would bring a sum of money sufficient 10
SINK The snkin. fund itself. or in other
words 10 wipe out the entire city debt.
And # ;hc Tweed clGn had continued IN
power long enough that scheme might have
been carried - completion. Yet today
corporations commit equally heinOuS tres
passes upon punhc property and our pa
tent people put up with II.
WHO WILL FOLLOW JEFFERSON AND FLORENCE?
The rumOr i generally credited that
Jefferson and Florence Will separate at the
close ot the present season and play to-
gether no more. The retirement of these
tw1 comedians would mean great deal.
II would leave a gap III the drama that
might not soon be- filed. While managers
1ayo done a great deal TO furnish the
public with the new school of comedies
anu comedians to play them, the old
school plays have been for some time en-
trcly IN the hands of Jefferson and
lorenzo. Perhaps these rare old come
dies never had 4 better Interpretation. II
l. rather extraordinary. when YOU think OF
II, that IN the whole range Of actors there
are none. with the possible exception of
Stuart Robson. who would likely care TO
take tie rlsS OF presenting acCrptably 20
the pubic the comedies with winch the
talne Of Jefferson and Florence l. forever
linked. There are younger actors who can
interpret the characters with which Mr.
Booths name Is so lamliarlv associated,
tut where Is tie actor who could. for tx-
ample, GIVE the public any approach TO
Je1erson's " Rim Van Ninkle:" 50. too,
with the whole list OF characters which
Jefferson and Florence have been
PLAYING during the past two years / do
not wish % lee understood o. helcvlngthat
these characters viii never again be ns sue.
cessIuliy played sitter these two men give
them ny. have no donbt they Will be.
But there are not az present IN sight any
two men who could take the places on the
stage Of Jefferson Gnd Florence. | learn
that TINS continuation Is worth $500 every
week day t'tlyr nee, while Jefferson pro
prietary interest pays nm more. Both men
are rich and have no particular desire
o accumu ate more money. and tor some
time have been PLAYING more because they
love he tOOthgntS than for any wish either
has 20 sequl ster The feet NJ dollar. Flo
renee Is a hJtie closer u the people than
ms dlstinguis contemporary. 4 friend
was talking 10 him on Broadway not long
since, when stranger stopped up to him
and Sall
Good morning. Billy. I haven't got
the play finished yet. bat have three acts
pretty VII along
What play is that Z" asked Mr. Flo
rence. VINO bad evidently heard OF 1t for
the first time
Why. Colonel Crank you know. You
are to play the title-role.'
sure enough, sure enough" returned
the comedian. who pretended t. remember
all about II.
As the would-be playwrigh; moved on
Florence looked after Inn. and WI il
tremor IN his voice ail:
God bless ms soul. So he Is writing
the part Of Colonel Crank for me. Well.
guess that's about what ann
THE SoIsEsT STREET on EARTH.
Brooklyn claims the dis,iction Of pos
s.ss4ng the .s,est street on earth. Com
pared with the roar of traffic which one
hears Wnrn standing near the poot-Oihcc
IA New York between Broadway and Park
row the nO.,lcst streets IN any Ot tne turO-
poan capitals seem almost like the soli-
tud. Of u lodge 10 some vast wilderness
\ BROOKLYN friend tells me that Fulton
street. IN that town, ,urpasses III point OF
nose any street n New l1rh ~ any other
city IN the world. Fuiton-street business
houses. he CLAIMS, actually suffer on
account If tn,s NOISE. the l1e OF
which may not be encountered else
where on eartn. Many Brooklyn ladies
come 10 New York % DO their shopping
because ol the almost unearthly din which
D.. ueyer-ceaslug on Fulton street, where
nearly all the Brooklyn stores are located.
This seems particularly strange when y Is
remelnD erea that brooklyn y known the
world over "a a quiet town. ne rea-
son tina. Fulton street il such q noisy tho
rsuyhfare II due 70 the tact that II Is mar
row a. compared with broadway. the
elevated railroad l. low III most places.
the surface Of the street - crowded
witb h1rse-cars. and being the principal
business street OF the city. II mas - Gerry
more than the average amount OF traffic.
A. an artery Of trade " II Is asucce5s, bat
as a quie, lane Tor stroll IL cannot be re-
commended. At times IL - impO-slpla 10
carry on conycr5at on On the street, and
this difficulty led two men few days ago
10 appear there each with al ear-1iuuipet,
and with these they coinpl9cently "alHcV
M Fultcn street from the City Hall, carry
Inc, on a.. animated conversation by means
~ them. they were the flexible rub
her Arrangement. and the mea were,
therefore. enabled to walk along. talA-
inc through their tubes mean whlIr, WIN
ont apparent inconvenience. Many per-
sons st1pped 10 lOOs al them. and those
who did not know them supposed they
were hard of hearing. This was not the
case. They simply bad wisely provided
themselves with what one Of the parties 10
The r1f.ous spectacle called his Futon
street aid 10 conversation. What n bless
ed s.ot this earth would be a. a dwelling
riace could all those nerve-destroying
noises bo coiiined and confined to a tunnel
under the street.
THE NRW OPERA.
The new opera. "Cayalleria Rusticana.
was awaited by New YORK with great deal
~ auxiety. aud II Is still little early to
-av whether It has come up TO e1pecta-
mons. There is great deal in the DOCK
AMI score 20 commend both, Dut the com
position does not prove absolutely thii
Na.cagi Is q blazing star dropped amOng
rs Perhaps Il might DO claimed with
much lusilce that the opera has moi
ha1 the same advantages OF Dne pre-
sentatiOn that it has had elsewhere, ana
y,.f a treat deel has been done for 1t III
mat particular by New York managers VINO
do nj like 10 have new and pretentlous
suffer at their hands. III can