The record-union., 1892-06-29
GOSSIP FROM TIE SOUND.
Beselena's Budget of Happenings at
Seattle City.
A Rap at Theater Disturbers and Gum
Chewing Young Women-Some
Minor Matters.

I have been having friend staying
with me from the country. This was her
first visit to the city in twenty years.
Seattle seemed almost as big and be-
wildering to her as New Y ork would APP
pear to US. In the evening took her to
Cordway's Theater to see the perform
ance. l thought my friend would like TO
hear the music first, so we started early,
and arrived at the theater before the cur
tain was up. / supplied my rural com
panion with bag of the succulent pea
nuts, then procured seats and waited.
Behind us sat a young woman, accom-
panied by her best young man. They
were busily engaged in the profitable
pastime of reading the advertisements
on the drop-curtain. Presently she read
aloud, X. S. V. p" This seemed to puz-
Zle her.
Say" she inquired of the young man,
"do you know what Il. $. Y. Z. meansY'
mo, l don't; something new they've
brought out, guess" was the reply.
Then we went into the theater The
play was war drama, illustrating the
struggle between the South and the
North. The old lady was intentiy inter-
ested, and it was amusing to watch the
various emotions fitting over her face,
and listen to her half-audible comments.
When the curtain descended the boys
came around selling candies, fruits, etc.
My bucolic friend was quite positive
they were calling out, ''Annie's Threats ]"
Finally | had 20 call up boy and have
him show her the contents OF his baSke ct
before she would be convinced. l hardly
blamed the dear old soul; the boys do
speak very lndistinct. OF course L
wanted to show her around the city, and
90 | bar Nv -nnur f1laua vat fnuSaif
have been having dreadful times.
There is one very important thing, lack
ing-that is street-corner signs, denoting
the names of the streets. This is long
felt want which should have been sup
piled long ago. Since Seattle is growing
and gradually G) becoming more and
more citified, these signs should be put
up at once.
My friend was so taken up with theater
that Saturday night l took her again, but
the pleasure of the evening was some
what marred by people coming in late,
talking during the acts, and, TO make
matters worse, they were packing the
scenery, and made such noise IL was
impossible TO hear what was being said
on the stage. Ii people cannot reach the
theater in time, because they have to at
tend to their household duties, they
should be obliged to remain in the lobby
until the act is over, instead OF being
d1lOWGu 10 COtlle 1ulO The lQGdl6r, ana Q1S-
turb the audience.
Coming down on the Portland train
with the Pioneers last week was a dapper
young man, just stopping on the verge of
dudlshness. de was particularly atten-
tive TO the Pioneers-to the ladies of the
party especially. 1t seemed as though he
could not do enough for them. He
stopped near party, and after greeting
the gentleman turned to the lady, and
said with killing look:
'Ah, madam, l would never take you
to be pioneer" Then bowed and passed
on.
The ladies looked at one another: then
one OF them said:
Its not hard to tell he's after a vote"
/ can never understand why a woman
will chew gum on the street. 1t is more
than vulgar, and it is habit in which no
well-bred lady will indulge. A few days
ago well-dressed, good-looking young
lady entered the street-car, chewing gum
just as fast as she could, The sight was
nothing SO much as an animal. thought
OF this old verse Of Burns:
o wad some power the gifte gle us,
To see ourselves as others see us.
If these gum-chewing women could see
themselves with the eyes of others, the
habit would be speedily abolished.
The steamer Flyer, the pride of the
Sound, caught fire last Monday evening
while at the dock here. The fire-boat
Snoqualmie has her slip only few feet
from the place where the Flyer was
moored. By some peculiar circumstances
not yet fully explained, the fre-boat did
not get TO work on the burning steamer
as rapidly as the public anticipated.
There was fatal delay of precious mo-
ments, and the fire got Roadway to such
an extent as to destroy the upper works
of the Flyer, causing damage of about
$50, 900 to cabins, furniture and other ap-
pointments of the boat. Since the fire.
boat has once or twice failed to render the
protection that had been expected of her
on the water 'front.' it did not seem so
much out of the way when one of the
City Councilmen made motion at the
last council meeting to have fire insur-
ance policy for the full value of the Sno-
qualmie placed on the boat.
The other day l was riding out to
Seshi Park in the cable car. On the front
seat sat a lady and gentleman, evidently
strangers. AS the car rounded curve in
the road a large building arose in sight.
perched on top of a high hill, with pair
of very steep stairs leading up to it. The
gentleman turned to the gripman and in
quired what the building was. He was
informed it was the Courthouse The
stranger looked at it with a critical eve.
then said:
'Well, guess the people of this town
have more regard Tor the view TO be OBJ
tanned from their Courthouse than for the
comfort of the officials
Which remark L thought singularly
appropriate. l do not see why such a
public building should be built up so
high, unless the officials thought that the
higher up they were the closer they
would be to eternal justice. / heard a
good story the other night about the
cruiser Baltimore, now in our harbor.
While receiving visitors in Portland an
old lady came on board. At the head of
the ladder leading to the deck stood an
officer. The old lady did not climb the
ladder quickly enough to suit his fastidi-
Gus taste.
''Come, come, my good woman,' he
said, somewhat impatiently, ''if you are
so slow climbing that ladder you'll never
get to heaven"
Never you mind, young man." was
the retort, you'll never be an officer in
heaven, anyway" BESELENA.
Seattle, WASH, June "a, 1892.
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