New-York tribune., 1891-05-07
GLANCES HERE AND THERE.

sneaxinr OF simplicity the Londoners excel us on
the pont in another matter That is in the names OF
their railway stations. They have Euston, Paduins
ton St. Pancras, Kings Cross, Waterloo and the Ike
New-York has It's Grand Central station 10 oe SUR
commonly abbreviated to Grand Central though there
Is Grand Central Hotel-but BESIDES thls uere "a, u
nothing TO designate our railway stations except a IG
Amerjcsn must admit that the matters referred to
the British capital is ahead of New-lork
al find a ont OF the question 10 get along without
The Tribune SAYS Boston literary man. Il have
made the experiment several times Of trying to DO
without II for a few weeks but always find myseh
coming back to II. haven't read 1t fifty years YET
but expect to read 1t good many more than iify'
When at home get it about o'clock In the & afternoon
don't know what would do without the paper, and
honestly say that 4, was nSS RGSer Off' fe Ee a eV
three times three all BY myself Tor the giahu oiu
Tribune"
@There is a man." said the hotel clerk, "who
comes into this corridor day of his life Watch
him. lie is looking around as il he expected some
one to meet him. He is not hunting for any one at
all. never saw him speak to any one In here
That's his daily programme. He comes In, LOOKS IN
the corridors, goes into the reading room, walks
through the bar and saunters out again. suppose
he thinks that people notice him because lie enters
@ o Iooms rSSr in W the house lie goes out as
he were lust stepping around the corner in elSurey
way way trouhIe so we do not mind his fooshness. but
we often point him out as one OF our great ana only
wonders OF the kind
AT wish.p said the Harvard man. " that old Harvard
vronld brace up and take one stand another on tho
subject of baseball. When the triangular league wa
nroken was sorry to the old games and traditions
CO. When it seemed this spring that the two college.
in college baseball. Then came anotAer dsagreemehl
and feel like the man without a country III on
Gt If they do want it aud with Princeton next t.
Yale, they ought TO nave H.
More bridges across the East River may not bc
.xactv in sight as yet nor is the output Of bridges
uhelv to be large for years to come but still
n seems not too early consider the question OF som
simple and rational system Of naming such bridges ~
NAV be constructed in the near or remote lulue' IL"
ordce which was finally opened in 1883, after hleei
long and weary years Is officially known as the New
York and Brooklyn Bridge; in ordinary parance IL u
universally termed simply the Brooklyn Bridge, or
more simply stlll, the Bridge. But neither OF thes
designations will be in order as soon as another prog
Is in operation, or in process OF construction III
official name OF the company when mace uhsucoesSu
gorts IN otain charter from the Legislature recent
was the East River Bridge Company; but the nam
rast River Bridge is not infreQuenty applied to th
oistinc structure and that title would inevitably
confusing Why cannot serle. OF names DC ueHiSo i
as sp9 MP Thsm. in London There they have Londo
1rdge BlacKiriars Bridge. Waterloo HrI1ec, NcS
minister Bridge, iattersca Bridge, etc' No,'ne SgI @
or fie Greater New York. will need some Hstc.
~ nomenclature comparable TO this in the years
come.
"The eve is not such a wonderful organ as man
people fancys said a physician. IalooKed lhto III
matter carefully once because l thought OF making
sneeislty of the eye but found that there was n'
enough 10 II TO satisfy Really ! believe that
man could make far better eye than men ana wome
are supplied with the trouble that he could not col
meet 1t with the optic nerve. An eve comd be mao
that would be both microscopic and telescope, an
that would Of course, answer for every cOnceva0
purpose between those two extremes. AS said, u
seh Of operation for the Oculst is not large IheI
are only six muscles that move the eye-seven if yo
count the muscle that controls the eyelid-and the
are all large fat muscles. suppose most people thr
there are twenty thirty muscles involved in ii
movements Of the eye, but II is not of course
the case OF cataract and other diseases the ocust get
In his fine work. But far the examination Of Il
eyes 10 determine what sort Of glasses ought
wear II any, is concerned. believe that good, eo
scentIous Optlcan serve most people as well a.
Mgh-priced oculst. suppose for instance, that yOl
eyes are astgmatc. That means that the eyeb4ll hi
been sQueezed so that IL j. not precisely spheT1ca
and glass has TO be provided TO remedy this defec
An optlcian who understands his business can make
examination IN five minutes and determine just VIII
sort Of glass you need II you go to an Ocnlist u
chances that you Will have 10 wait an hour or tv
for other patients who ahead OF and then yC
ve have TO pay a handsome fee besides'