New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-05
CHANCES HERE md THERE

at is rather surprising" said literary man, "to
find that an author slip into palpable error and
that the error escape the attention OF the pub
fishers and Others until the book Is on the market
recent book in showing the evils Of the lax divorce
laws has endeavored 10 make the moral Of the story
unquestionable. Unfortunately however, blunder
was made about the divorce laws OF this state, as our
laws were made to prevent Just What does nap nsgpea
the whole story. and the moral can 20 for nothing
at all in this case"
The writer noticed case the other day whore an
act Of charity done. apparently. after due con-
sideraton. An old woman sat on the sidewalk az
street corner stretching forth tin cup TOT aims
young woman handsomely dressed, stopped before the
begqar her fingers on the clasp Of her purse. she
bestated turned. and walked on. After dozen
stems her pace sackened She walked very slowly
until she was half block from the eesgar wated hack
rapidly to the beggar dropped some chanBe lnoo tns
old tin cup, and hurried on her way VIII" '"'A "
satisfaction on her face.
Two we'll known business men Of this city, who were
passengers on the New-Yorh and NewHaven Railroad
train the other morning, discussing music IN its
various phases, and also the merits Of the several
authors when one Of them, W. A. Hoeber, an insurance
man. remarked that he well remembered a converse
ton lie once had with Mozarts collaboration, Da Pont
who wrote the libretto Of "Don Giovanni HIS
friend looked ncredulous for moment and emphasized
his doubt by expressing it, when Mr. MpeOe ,r. tx
Years DID, that had occasion to 60 up TO the Uni
versty Of the City Of Newfork In washington square
and there | met Professor Da Ponti The Professor
was then eighty years Of age recall was S W
on the subject Of music for which then had ana
continue to possess passion. SO you see that d,d
see and talk with the man who aided IN brhsins
out Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1852
There are very many features about fires which
never get into print for the that in the great
crush of news matter they fall into nsgnifcance There
was a fire uptown recently, however, which caused
overwhelming anguish to several female hearts and
threw them into the usual moth.eaten panic And
Il wasn't much of fire either But this blaze was IN
a boarding house filed with young women chleny art
students 1t makes little difference how the IRE was
discovered for Immediately two three dozen shreks
arose and then pandemonum was king. one woman,
very short and very stout, seized small ptcner OF
water and started upstairs to quench the ndMes' sn9
down two and so on, reaching the top by marching
twice over" Stanley would say HAVING redonyu
the TOP she concluded to come down, and promptly
came down. not taking the trouble this tune 10 hacn
twice over" Another woman, determined to DO hei
share. seized pitcher OF water, resolved 10 saNe -
from the flames. Reaching the top OF the stars sns
concluded to make time" and so hurled the ptche
10 the bottom of the flight. A young woman pIesseu
with marvellous presence Of mind, lighted all the gas
burners and pulled down all the curtains. she eM
pIaned a,terward that the fremen seeing the Ign,
behind the curtains would think this was the nre any
play their hose into the ROOM But IL renlaheu ~
tbe woman who owned jewels TO distinguish herself
She ran to her picked up her purse sca.ieos
her money carefully the bed, and then sellng
box containing her jewels, ran downstairs content "
have everything else burn long as she saved nes
gems Upon looking into her precious box afterwsru
She found that 1t contained-not 1ewels-put sa'e''
pins Meanwhile the fre-wel. the fire was out