The Meeker herald., 1891-01-31
WINDOW-PANE SMASHES
Various Ways In Which tho Glass
Is Broken.
Drunken Men. Street Arabs, Awkward
Dudes and unsophistieated Country
men piay Havoc with Espen-
slSe Lights.

window glasses IN case oi hccMchtii
brcalSagc. caused an interesting in
vcstiga,ion as To the proportionatc
number OF glasses broken during the
year and the causes usually assigned
for the smash up. Animals and men,
women and children all assist in caus-
ing the organization OF this novel
branch of business, but the encourage
mcnt which the above mentioned CIV.
To the enterprise sinks into insisniii'
cancc when compared with the whole
sale brcakagc CAUSED by drunkSu tnali.
visiaais- --------'
II Is estimated that the annual losses
on window panrs In this city, says the
Louisville Couricr-.Iournal. amount To
not lcas than four thousand dollars, and
that an av.rag. Of two cut Of every one
hundred glasses put in are broken.
Every one tries To br cnr-ful, and every
prccaution II urrd to pr-vcn, the win
dow-panc disaster. hut II sttli continues
that ni.yligiiS are broken. display win
dpws aud showcases ar, smashed and
plate, glass entrances kicked in. bu, in
most cas.s nn nn. can tell VIII" do-'s II,
or how II IL .ionc. Several firms who
make l, tirir busineS, Ia III glasses and
wi,hou, exemption. they each stated that
no, on" oui "f hundred cuipfi,s was
ever .il,.oVrrrd A man stasI.rs. the
glass ~ sia,i"T-d. but the author ~ III.
crash IL s-i.inm caught The country
man walks thfniil'h the m,Tr"r. the
s,r--, Arnh continues io unr hnwldrrs
and ih~ bnshili i"y-r to inw through
I'll. plate gias. window. hu' non, arr
held n'-l-,n.ibic fuT the acctl,nt
4 few instances hav- lately enm. out
In whis-h the ruipf',s were caught. nni
In or,i..r tn ippt-~. them with a sens" Of
their car'l-ssn-N~. they w"t- arrested
anal charged with hous-' hr'aLin.,
Th~.r .as.'s w-rr. however. dismissed.
a. u was discovered ia court tina, the
charge of hnus.' breaking was M, nd'
sanc..i Ter ,hr .-no-l ~ the Public "r the
individual. bu, was pla..'i arsins; tho
ofY-n.i-ts Ia nf,isr Ia secure the felony
sr-for tho afrrs,ins aiiie.fp,
The win.luw pane disaster seldom
arise. Ia the dignity ot misfortune.
csc-p, WHEN a plate glass s,"rc window
or an engraved glass entrance is saeri'
ac-d Ia awL~hf'ln.ss "r drunkenness.
My -, 81 t-npLa." sahi on- glass litter.
lie a register of ,irunL.n n-ss. ani when
I AIN s-n, for I. r"paif v.n.ints. in
nine eas~s ou, II ten can furss tho
cause. Strange a. II NAV s-.m ,h-r- is
srs l,l.,s \, ,ai,.'.s sl an. .. i.-.'ii., .is.s
Of buiiiinss- The na>, .is-s'fur,iyr ole.
men, ta win.i",s isan-s ar.i glassware Ia
general 81 is,s IL i-r-r. whisky ani ~ia-.
Statistics show that at i.'a., nnr half -
the bf-aLas- 10 .ia- ,o ,hts eaus-'s In
I,o,. eases pia,s glass sh--,s which are
usually found in Saloons arr broken by
thrown bottle. snd i,iass.-s- The drunk
en- assaiiaa, s.-n-raiiy mtsa.'s his aim.
ani the mirror or window Ia sacrificed
u his rage.
Mex, in nr,irr Ia spirits anil their In
au-no-s IL tile small ,-nyi OF 'hc
small boy sr-,cics, the s.'h'-nlris'y
plays sirni'.an, par, with his
airsuns anil hls. balls. hu, his Of
fgs, g. hrrak every hins' within his
reach i surpassed by 'hc s,rCgi Nfll's.
III. 81. =slsry anil ;is.r bsYibiack Whru
no, busy pf"v aEv CprnEc,i iH throwing
s,a,,cs. or ell, ting ''siues~ a, English
sparrow. orcs'"uf,h af the damage
10 glassware is a,,Fiha'Ti ,a the small
boy. with a siish, assistance frum tho
.n,aii s.irl.
Wind and thunder often strip the win.
l.vs os their glass. -r sha,'Cr ,hvm Ia
pieces. Glass i~nrN an'l "TCn kylis;h,s
arr the usual victims uf the wind. leo
and snow adj ,h~ir all. AMI often -auss,
the tnrs; graceful fn~n ani women Ia
capsiF-. anil Land in show window.
The electric cars ar not an Insignificant
cause. for horses have lately bc-n
known 'n pasa iiirunFh highly Isnl.
lshctl plate. or irmriish an expansive
showcase Ia av-ii this blind power.
Many glasses arr hrultcn through the
awlwar,incss nf employees. while wash.
Ing or cleaning windows Some serious
losses have been rcpofic,l during tho
past year of porter. a sicp.la'iilcT. or
both falling through glass 'run'- II
the loss is charged 10 the porter. he
feels ,ta, hc has amply raid for Il in
the bruises sustained in the fall and ~.
signs his situation 4 not unfrcggcu,
cause Of the vin'lowpanc tragedy.
aud one which might co;Bc under the
head Of spirits" is she cnraEcj hus-
band. vho comes home ,irsv or Clsc las
forgotten his night key Wien his wife
refuses To h- aroused. hc takes his
palace i,y storm. and af;crwar Pays
the cos, of his war.
One Of the E;ranrcs' cases reported
during the pas, year was that uf a
coun'ryman who shot q, stuffed
panther in display window. Another
one reported was farmer who siuTJcd
90 see a dummy make speech In toy
shop window. The dummy continued
80 roin, a; him. and finally. bccuming
cnragcj at thus being pointed ont, hc
threw bowldcr through the window
at the inoGcnsivc orator. The must in.
cxcusabic slaughter cf glassware occurs
when slight blaze has been detected
in the rear Of some store. 4 thousand
dollar glass front is often broken In TO
admit the fircmcn. 4 great many Of
the windows along the river front have
been shattered by the explosions in the
river improvement. or in the residences
in the vicinity Of stone quarrics.
Some of The less frequent. bu, mos.
unfortunate eases are caused hy tho
dude. who Is unable ,p change the posi-
ton Of his cane or umbrella in stepping
aside % make room for fair pedestrian.
Several handsome windows have lately
been broken by them The most de.
e.r,ct;,-,, Of all ra,tsas Ia n sr,v,,a,i4, .,,1