Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

UNGrs.l> that is being male in
~ G that particular KIND Of
rapid transit In which
You have such local interest, Work
is going on rapidly on the great bridge
over the Hudson. and 70 donbi tina, ssupep-
dous work will be finished on schedule time.
need not saw that the usual chorus Of hos
uity has broken out which has met every
great public Improvement in this CITY time out
OF mind. Possibly some OF You remember thss
passage in Lucille where genius is described
as insisting on helping a world which Goes il
best 70 obsiruct and thwart these kindly en-
deavors- So 10 n remarkable degree thi. CITY
sets lite face steadfastly against anything which
can improve adorn IT,
THE GREAT BRIDGE
will span the Hudson at shout 7Oih street "A
make a long curve down 10 the Broadway
station, some where near 10th street This
much is fixed upon. but Il only cnmo ont ve.-
terday that the New York Centsal's manage
nent Will adjust the terminal facilities OF their
own road TO meet tie new conditions. Its
not expected that there will lie orc grand un-
Ion depot, because that would be almost TOO
complicated an Gfsair even for those DAYS. but
tAere viii tie such changes IN the Ceutral's ter
minus As shall work an with the general scheme
81 making s2a street. from Broadway 20 sth
avenue, the great railroad center Of the
country.
N1at will be the effect OF this move on the
Gown town portion cf The island? We already
nave one significant straw in tho aruounce-
ment that the New York I;ey,o,d viii ali ~.
present building and move its plant 90 a loca-
lon near the new union depot. Indeubtealy
aiso' the principal building for the lost Office
viii DC erected In tie same re zion. and. of
course, there VAL be rapid deyelopment of
the retail trade IN districts uli.h ar. no.
largely Residential
so RADICAL CHANCES N downtown IrrF
Out That the wisest heads DO not uticipate
any radical changes in downtown life arna.-.
from the fact that the very people who are in
terested in TINS railroad deyolopmsut--ie the
Nahaerbllts-have just made arrangements Tor
another monster iifteen-story oflic. .,ilasn,,
on 'he corner OF Beekman aud Nassau streets'
opposite their other large structure k,oWp a.
the Vanderbilt building We may cosrJula
therefore, that the change of the ce,t.r al
gravity, 80 Tar as railroad transportation ,roes
VIII not affect the present crush Tor bxkiug
IeSI ana wholesale business purposes below
UNIVERSITY BEcUEsrs
While am speaking Of real estate clnneesI
might add that the splendid project forremoy-
ing So!unbia College TO Bloortngdale
heights, making 1t a truly national university.
Is making rapid headway. lester,l,s thrce
quits oi slOO000 each were announced in ,nr-
tnei rance OF tins plan, besides another 100000
winch has been pledged In case the two npi
yersitles nov dividing tho cityB rAtronnce
s Si DC united la one great corporation The
Episcopal cathedral. which is 10 he br;l, ,,
the Land adjoining the proposed site fol CoIum.
Dia college, Is also making progress to,nrd tho
necessary funds. A heducst a,aou,,ing 10
about s2JO0u0 or $500. 600 for this pur,ns. ha.
just been announced and the religious WORK Of
me- ane oatlSurHA as airendy begun H. preliminary
way by the establishment OF regular seruoe. in
chapel on the cathedral site.
CHILD IN THE NIGHT.
Daudet. in his great novel OF the corrn,. 10.
cadence OF the second empire. The Nal,,t.-
describes in the most touching wnv ubas n.
calls the ''enamel Of innocence" which prots,ts
children, even IN the most vicious stirrou,nl-
lhSs- We Lave had within the lAs & sew davs A
striking illustration OF tEis same q, feuse winch
nature throws around her little once in the
wIekctest scenes of New York Some dnvs ,oo
child Of thirteen wandered, arny FROM Lo,,s
In a pet ana launched forth for herself as a
bread winner IN this city. She was absolu,elv
without any e., erience Of the world and had
no protection whatever against the ene,nie. 81
purity anu goodness. She roamed fhe street,
Tor three dHys, by night and day, much of lie
time an dangerous company aud IN some OF
tne worst districts OF the ciu, while
OF course, her distracted parents used every
agency oil the police and OF privaie inquiry
To discover her whereabouts. IinnlIS through
newspapers, the enid Was identind on ths
street by a stranger and brought hone She
was then subjected 10 searching iuqaries. ana
10 the great comfort OF the family it gas found
that she had entirely escaped any Ipral con-
tamlnatlon and, Ia fact, seemed Utterly -
norant Of the danger 10 which she lad been
exposed Ihis. of course, Is An SIonal ex-
perlence. Most girls OF even sGcn indcr are
would have been furnished by rangig wild In
New York for days at a time. bat n her case
fl.l lnln naf - flns..
her young nature Like water from ducks
back
TOO GOOD A MrDHN.
heard very amusing story toSy which
illustrates the benefits of advertising Ii was
told to me by the owner Of paper hioh hns
one OF the largest circulations in & world.
He said that recently being IN a gnt hurry
just as the forms were closing. he hadiven the
foreman piece OF reprint to i'll ANAL gap
on one OF the pages. and had then Il the OF
flee and the country Tor a short fOngn trir.
Upon his return he astonished find ON
his desk an angry letter from one ofle Lead
ing dry goods houses in another CITY, reaten-
ing him with a libel suit for an ady,isement
Of their concern, which the paper ha,,rint.d
without their authority and which hi been
the source of the greatest annoyance nd los.
to them 1t appeared on inyestlgato that
the foreman had taken the Flip OF pasr and
given II to 1.-THE intelligent composiiof who
sdu Oh luc otItf sue OF tic SID Conn
plete advertisement Of tine dealer in eastion.
and he had assumed that it was this adrtise.
ment which should he reproduced. Accciingly
IL had been inserted, and. as a consesence
the dealer WAS overwhelmed with orda fora
certain line OF goods which he had son time
before cleared out of stock. inyolyini hum
therefore. IN no end of explanations a dis
appointmer Is TO customers. Ills cal WINS
something like that OF the Tarpeian mai who
was crushed under the weight Of the gol9rns-
ments thrown upon her. Day after III and
week after week orders came in from alba-ts
OF the country, and finally the merchat be-
came so enraged that he was moved TO Il in
the strong arm OF tine law against such alood
OF unsougLt and announcement popularity.
The proper explanations were made all ardud,
but probably the merchant needs no canass-
ing now to convince hlm that the papeHs
good advertising medium
YoUNasrER OF SEVENTY.
Rev. nr. Theodore L. Cuyler is evidently .ns
o. those sprightly natures that are willinato
grow old gracefully, if necessary. when hs
time comes, but is not willing to grow old at
ali IL he car help IL Last sunday he reached
the ripe age OF seventy, and preached to his old
congregation on two texts, which he linked
together. the first from the nineteenth Psalm.
1.-The days of our years are three score and ten
ana the other text from. the l02d Psalm: ..Oh.
my God. take me not away in the midst of NV
DAYS Those who know Dr. Cuyler's exuber-
ant spirits will smile TO see how evidently he
considers seventy h a mile post of active mid