Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

mantha dones, aBiH Jones, p or their equiv
alents show how the foreign rage runs In
some families, as the. chairs mentioned not
unfrequently demonstrate. When the ex-
perienced traveller sees these things ne men
tally ugures up the tips and trouDle tney
represent, and the recollection of It all quite
reconeifes him to remaining in New York. .
we nave orders for more steamer chairs,
said uealer, than we ever had before AZ
| this season of the year. do not know
whether this means more travel abr dd or
whether 1T is because people are learning
that a deck chair is necessary for comfort
in trip across the Atlantic. II i were the
executive authority OF line of ocean-golng
steamers | should favor supplying my yes
sells with deck chairs for the accommodation
OF nrst-class passengers. There Is no plors
deck than there is in compelling them to
buy their own blankets. - =
Loafers of the Spring Time.
The first balmy days Of spring bring out
the Broadway lounger in force. ut Is one
of the most trying things, don't you know
remarked lady, "to walk down Broadway
from Thirty-third street to the Fifth avenue
corner on account of the ecoarse-featured ana
ill-bred men who loaf along the store fronts,
theater and hotel entrances and barrOoms.
They dare not speak to a lady, but they I'M
pudently stare at her and make Sneerlng re-
marks sometimes to each other about her
Very often this is done within her hearing.
up indignantly they all gaze at her point
blank and perhaps laugh. OF course nothing
can be done with them. The Coleman House
front, the Brewer House corner and the
theater entrances and hotel steps are the
worst. / know the police have tried to break
1t up, and succeeded in a measure last sum-
mer, but 1t Is greater nuisance than ever
lately IL complain at home my bTother
says, Then why don't you keep off of Broad
way?' just as if nobody had any rights
there but the actors and the loafers."
A Newspaper and q Newspaper Man.
THE retirement of Colonel John A. Cock
erill from the World will not surprise those
who are conversant with the recent manage
ment of that paper. Colonel Cockerill is the
man who made the World possible. He con-
tributed to its success more than anybody
else, not excepting Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer, and
while Cockerill was invested with the
supreme authority that great journal reach
ed its highest efficiency and public popular
ity. The management, having become an
irresponsible, hydra-headed concern, always
at skies and seEens with itself, the decline
was certain and only a matter of time. No
great newspaper was ever built up or main
tanned any length of time that was not con-
trolled in its practical workings by single
dominant, master mind. And even poor
sort of master, in such case, is better than
half a dozen good ones. The history of
American journalism abundantly illustrates
this.
Tells the Time by His Beard.
T never carried a watch in my life" said
a New Yorker of so. "a watch is a habit,
not a necessary article. No man who carries
a watch can be any more regular in his
habits than am. Lean get up at certain
minute, and do so every morning. 1 can tell
the time of day by feeling my face. The
beard grows exactly so much, and you can
come within a reasonable time of the hour
by passing the hand over your chin Not
that it is often necessary, because regular
habits soon become second nature and you
never think of wondering about the hour.
OF course, the man who lives on trains and
boats a good deal has to wear timepiece
and time table,"
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.