The morning call., 1892-05-02


The number of public vehicles is very
much smaller in our large American cities
than in cities of greater or corresponding
nopulatian in Europe, and the reasons are
tyofnld, as a magazine writer points out
In European clues the pavement OF the
streets is good, and both horses and cabs
last about twice the period they do with
ms. The fares are also very much lower.
In America the pavement is neither so well
laid at the conlmenc ementnors so we'll looked
after. and much of it is wretchedly uneven
and full of ruts As a consequence jour-
ney in cabs is only thought of in an emer-
Ceney on account of the DEAFNESS and the
rouphness of the ride, and there is greater
demand for tramway accommodations. In
Iond0n the number OF cabs is 1900 and
the average amount earned is about 81 per
day, The earnings are the same In Paris,
% francs per day but the number OF CABS is
10000. The number OF Licensed carriages
in New York is 1900 and the average earn
ings per day are estimated at Shy no
means a large amount if wear and tear and
the high scale OF remuneration are taken
into account. In San Francisco the cable
tTamways are so universal and continue
running so far into the night that the
hackney carriage service has very little
encouragement, even among party-go
A monument to Lowell was denied in
Westminster Abbey. the Dean holding that
there is no room to spare. Some OF the mon
uments in the Walhalla Of Britan's Illus
trious dead are massive. clumsy and hideouS,
and 1t would improve the appearance OF the
| aisles and transepts could c0pious wedding
ont be heroicaIly cOnsummated. In the past
| the deans were very lavish with the space
| ana extremely tolerant Of high-sounding
liz, Ill laa al m q
! agnatiOn, if not on parallel lines with truth.
! The proposal OF a monument TO L0Well
came from Englishmen and therefore no
! umbrage need be taken on this side OF the
| Atlantic at Dean BTad.ey's ungracious re-
fuSal At this moment the English are con-
eerned at the incOmpleteness OF monu-
ment to one of their own men, great as a
soldier. The monument to the Duke or
| Wellington in st. PauPs Is pronounced by
| high authority the finest piece OF commem-
OratiVe sculpture ever turned out by an Eng
| lishman, but Stephens design has not been
! presented in its entirety and needs aB.eques-
| TRAN figure on top. The Dean and chapter
| declined 10 let even the Duke OF Wellington
! enter st. Paul's on horseback, and they con-
| signed the monument 10 corner ulmly
| lighted where il cannot be seen at any al
vantage. 4 movement is now on loot 10
| atone for these blunders OF taste And yet
/ the Duke is best concentrated, as Lowell
! is, by his achievements.
The Hon. John Russell Young formerly
| our Minister in the Flowery Kingdom, has
an article in the North American Review
| on the Chinese question, in which occurs
| this passage, with very curious anecd0te
| Immigration should never be a burning
| question with China. / have always found
the Chinese rulers Indifferent to it. l recall
| bat one conversation with Ii Hung Chang,
D., 8 /
accredited to bis Government in which the
subject was even mentioned. And yet for a
/ long time l was in constant intercourse
! with that distinguished statesman. This
! one alluSiGn was made rather on comment
! upon some action proposed By our Govern
/ ment, and was IN the nature OF question
as TO whether l could point out that special
! paragraph in WheatOn's International Law
| wherein it was provided that d0ttentot
was more desirable as a resident than u
! Chinaman. My reply was that as the ques-
| ton was one 10 which his Excellency had no
! Interest, it would be a waste OF time to dis
! euss it," MI. Young urges that cur policy
| with China should he maintained on the
same lines as the American policy toward
| England and France. Immigration, he
/ thinks, could be arranged in whatever way
! we please whenever we take ii seriously in
hand. and he sees no reason why American
| statesmen should not direct the eVer-ho wing
| tides of Chinese life toward Borneo, New
| Guinea and the Congo. But IL may De
| asked why American statesmen should
| concern themselves with the Safe-keeping
of the Monaghan h0Tdes in other lands.
| Their true business is to keep them ous OF
! this country by iufiexible prohibition. Ii
| the Chinese Government do not want their
| people 10 come here, so much the better.
! 0ffense cannot be taken at exclusion. But
! even if China does not like it, our duty is
/ still to preserve American soil from the
! degrading contamination OF an increasing
! Chinese settlement The Chinese, as a
| people, are Totally out of harmony with our
| institutions and civilization.
! Bassano, the photographer, is Issuing a
series of portraits of society ladies, Includ-
ing a few actresses, under the title OF
Types of English Beauty" Thus far
there are &c in the galaxy, and the chic I
! star is Lady Clancarty, OF whose cartes
! SO, 600 have been sold. The strictest care is
| exercised by BassanO to only select for his
| gallery ladies' of unimpeachable character
/ a similar enterprise in the art might be
( taken in hand by some Of the San Francisco
| photographers. Titles are Of no consequence
! in measuring the standard OF beauty, and
! the ladies of California are not surpassed by
| those of any other land in lovely faces and
| handsome forms. The mixture of races on
/ the Pacific Coast seems to have a tendency
| to develop refinement OF feature and
| healthy robustness. The climate is also
| favorable to fine race.