Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-20

AMI In4 WohAO LAUGHS WITH YoU.
special correspondence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, February ls, 1892.
MOI since the days Of John Knox, shall We
ssy' or, ~ any rate, not for many year, has
mere oeen such furious onslaught on the
o"cisi guardians OF the public morals q was
maze oy Dr. Parkhurst last Sunday. His
Pnihppic fairly penetrated the alligator hide of
iammany and there have been some symptoms
OF purpose, as well as 9 desire, on their part
70 nit back In the shape q legal proceedings.
~" pretty safe to say. however, that DR.. Park
hurst viii enjoy the benefit Of clergy" Not
mat ne Is disposed around his form to draw the
AWFUL circle OF the church, for fancy he would
De only too happy to be made defendant in
suitfor defamation Of character DIR. Parkburst.
~niie good deal of fire brand, Is a man who
calculates his words and has an uncommon
Ahack OF saying what he means and what he In
prepared to stand by
Ihere are no two vavs of tbinkino .hont
na ass ne means in the present case but fortu
sentiment at his back. There Was q siob y,
Ieuei IN some quarters when the news came
na' Dr. howard Crosby was dead but now
.Iese same people find out that DR.. Parkhurst,
Sno succeeds Or. Crosby as president of the
nooev ior the Prevention of Crime, intends to
so. PoAA@!' VIA! AnoAo
THERE CAN BE TOO RAPID TRANSIT.
AZ went rafting through the tunnel Of the
vanderbilt viaduct last night, between its stone
walls, at the rate OF mile minute. I thouebt
was uncommonly good rapid transit, and
compared it greatly to the disadvantage of our
airy .aiiroad on stills. At the same time re-
called the recent smashup in the tunnel and
remembered hat never since the elevated was
ssaI 'eo mas there been any serious accident on
snat system ms morning find that another Sc
rious accident, or one that might asiy have been
such, occurred in the tunnel, train leaving
sue Nack ana piunglng along in the darkness,
pumping against the walls and terrifying ali
'ne passengers, for nearly two blocks before it
eouie pe stopped. Fortunately no one was in
yuleu Iurtner than to get a severe shock to the
nervous system. As the immortal Yum Yum
SAID IN the Mikado, 'To be buried alive is such
sunny death" Perhaps on the whole it is
better to take our chances on the elevated
frames.
LAUGH, AND THE WORLD LACdHs WITH YoU,
rronman has scored another triumph in his
new farce OF "Gloriana," 1t is quite remarka-
able what marksman this manager il He
seems to hit the bulls-eye every time. He has
rather taken the town under his arm. as il
were, and signed contract to amuse it. Half
another.
have given him most enviable prestige, The
appetite OF New York for comedy Is something
wonderful. Anybody submits a serious play at
his peril. Even the creepy French school has
peen put aside as an unnecessary narrowing of
nerves already overstrung. What the million
aires can do with their big white elephant Of an
opera house, only they, and perhaps not they,
can tell 1t might not be bad idea,
perhaps, for them to give a series
Of cake walks or trained dog shows
10 meet the popular tendency. A striking
illustration of this tendency might be cited in
the fact that at the monthly reunion this month
OF the Presbyterlan Union the advertisement
consisted OF concert by the Yale Banjo Club
1t would be provoking enough to the shade of
Jonathan Edwards to have Yale admitted at all.
but to have the picking of the banjo relic upon
to entertain the combined Presbyterian con-
stltuency OF the city would be enough to cause
the ancient worthless to swear as deacons do
with an i do YUM and an 1 tell you" 1t
was long time before the "true blue" toIe-
rated organs, but what shall we say now to the
banjo?
THE MIcKELs OF THE NIcKELs.
Beyond any dispute the Americans are the
most wasteful people in trifles of any nation in
the world. had this fact impressed upon me
yesterday in new form through the testimony
of q haberdasher in this city. He said that
under the modern system of laundrying few
collars lasted more than four or five washings
at the laundry before they began to split. The
machine now used for this purpose got in its
deadly work very promptly and the quality of
the linen seemed to make very little difference
This dealer, who has a large store ON Broadway,
said he had come to the conclusion that four
washlngs represented the lite OF the average
collar before it began to go to pieces.
As the price OF the frst-class collars is Is
cents apiece this means that linen collar costs
3 cents each time it is worn, beside the 8 cents
Eve will say that it costs to laundry it, making
an expense Of 9 or 10 cents. and as the rule
among people who wear linen collars at all is to
wear at least one clean one day We find q
charge OF 10 cents day for this item of the
toilet alone. Then we will suppose that man
pays cents day to have his boots blacked,
AS many do, and an average Of at least cents a
day for shaving. and We get an average of
SIPS week for items Of expense which
would be unheard Of by the ordinary man
In any other country on the globe Imagine the
average clerk in England spending shillings
week out OF his salary for these items. We
ing and drinking habits, and it would he hard
TO rebuke such extravaganza too harshly in the
case OF most young men, who have their living
to make for themselves and for their prospec-
tive families, even If they are not married
already. But the amount Of money wasted in
such innocent extrayagances as have lust
mentioned Is some thing prodigious, and the
fact that Young America can be SO reckless
ID an evidence of the unparalleled prosperity
OF this country, which makes US the wonder Of
the world.
THOUGHTFUL CORPORATION.
specimen car of the new cable regime has
made its appearance on Broadway, and is an
object Of great interest to our citizens, who
look on 1t much as we might study a sample
angel made visible to our eyes to show us how
we would look in more elevated and improved
existence. But there is one feature above all
which c0mmends the new car to the hopeful
New Yorker. 1t is larger every way, but in par
ticular the hind platform is twice as large as
the present style. This fact is pregnant with !
hopefulness, as it evinces in the management |
fine sense OF public spirit and desire to do all
they can for the dear people |
1t Was noticed some time ago that the ele- |
waited railroads were about to increase their !
facilities for the accommodation of the public |
by putting in more straps to hang ON BY, and |
in similar spirit of thoughtfuluess the new
cars are to have twice the present 1
space Tor standing room ON the hind platform
hus the world moves and even the most stony |
hearted corporations become enlightened to |
heir true duty to q long suffering community. |
HENRY K ELLIOT.
HIS SWEETHEART SAID "NO."
And Ever Afterward Unlucky Mason Evans