New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-10
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

One Of the features OF New-Yorl life which inst now
tends N sweeten a mans disposition is the way the
contractors on the Broadway read have OF changing
the crossings from time TO time one might rs Wen
attempt to get through the chasm left by an earthquake
as TO ret from one the other Of chaotic Broad
wav without the aid Of a crossing. But where the
dol -b+fuI sunrise comes IS when wanders along
one dav on an exploring expedition and mas cuss-
70 o over IL again but sees that the crossing has been
TenIoved. no one knows where The only thing TO do
is 10 trust 10 luck but no mans luck can match the
wicked pervers.ty Of broadway CONTRACTORS
When one reads that several " smart young men
set mon a paralyzed ply stefan and poured oil OF
mustard down the old mans back and laughed when
he was writing under his torture. one can't help re-
GREETING that the DAYS Of Furnishing people by boiling
them in oil are past.
\ Young civil engineer who is at work on the con-
structon OF q railroad through the mountains OF
Montana doesn't think that this has been such re-
uarl,ablv warm September. 4" You may get high tenn
nerafures in New-YOrl.7 he writes but up in these
maintains we are all bowling for winter blankets and
lots OF them. The nights are very Keen put tie
mornings are magnihcenty clear ana invlgorauns
one month from now Our instruments VIII be HeeZlhS
to our fingers
Two Young women found novel and non unnter-
estlpt way to get vacation the other day There
was recently launched at Bath, Me-, the third largest
shin in the world Preparatory TO sailing around the
Horn to san Francisco the monster sailngshp left
Bath for New-York and the two Young women upon
being invited By her to make the trip TO New
York gladly accepted they had fine chance TO see
what a voyage on a modern ship Is like, and also TO
learn a good deal about sailing vessel Of to-day
something which few women, captains wives and
daughters excepted, know anything about 1t isn't
every shpowner or captain who cares 10 take passen
gers on a voyage but in this case IL was different,
for the owner in teegaphing the news OF the sailing to
Tho family OF the young women, put II In this graceful
wav: = Susquehanns sailed this morning with gallant
crew and royal passenger Ast'"
There WAS a picture In the entrance Of a theatre
the other dav which was pathetic and pretty at the
came time A woman whose husband had deserted
her mad some claim on the Actors Fund, and while
stems were being taken have that organization make
nrovisions for her she had come 10 the theatre Ia
see a manager who had offered 70 aid her. she was a
thin uale-facei woman. Her eyes were hollow from
care and distress and her lips pressed together
she had crept rto corner waiting for the manager 20
arrive but her two children. little Girls Of about
seven and FIVE stood nnocently out In The corridor
and looked at the pictures Of the gayly dressed
actresses shown there. Then the largest. looking
closely al one OF the grand ladies' began 70 prink
She t her hat In iaunty way her carls' tucked
AZ her skirts and drew back her shoulders, while
tie little one no bigger than good sized doll, tooR
her coat which down 10 her ankles, IN ner
hand and gathered IL up a. IL II were tram, thIe"
her fragile body into q pose and stood there Win
smile OF satisfaction In her widc-open eyes. Ana
the mother In the corner held her eyes down 70 me
door Ia shame.