Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19

any craze within bis mercantile experienc
not excepting the Little Lord Fauntlero
period. 1t is happy craze, If it must be
designated, and points more surely to ne
era of naval glory for this Government tina
even the liberality of Congress and the re:
istration OF foreign built ships. 1tbegin
at the root. Inspire the young with prope
pride in the naval uniform-love for tn
Stars and Stripes goes along with it-and W
build upon u solid foundation Of patriotism
The boys will early study the achievement
Reid and Farragut and others Of the lon
line OF American naval heroes, with NOR
earnestness and q better understanding, an
councils wilt push the restoration O
American superiority upon the seas
With this sentiment being now inculcatet
in the voung the time will soon come whel
can born and bred to honor the flag, prout
OF his ship and ready to bravely do and di'
for his country. 1 have seen the eyes Of til.
emotion at the sight of these little chaps In
uniform. 1t tells the sailor that he Is ne
longer human dog to be despised anG
Stunned by all lhndsmen, but that his call
ing is honored of men and glorined Q
women. His ships name on the jaunty holi
day duck Of the five-year.old man-o'wars
man Of BroadwHy IN may well send nd thrill 1,
may he live!-and long live these infantii'
tars that are to come after himi
| Getting Cinders in tho Eye.
Did you ever get cinder in your eyei
Yes? Then you know how it hurts. And
you know how easily it gets in and how diff
cult it is to get out. The elevated trainmen
suffer from cinders more than any other
trainmen in the world. This is partly ow-
ing to the fact that the trains do not run
| fast enough and steady enough for the loco
motives to run under natural draught and
| the forced draught throws out clouds of
cinders, or bits of unconsumed carbon. But
it is mostly due to the fact that a trainman's
| duty on the elevated is on the hooded plat
| form of the car, where the cinders eddy in
| greatest volume. II you ever rode on one
| OF the platforms a short distance you'll
know what it means to be there all day. or
| all night.
The new mon naturally suffer the most. A
| little experience teaches the art OF train
| squint-a half closing OF tho eyes so as to
| get cinders in their eyes every day-new
| men every trip. There is a station man at
Fifty-eigbth street and Sixth avenue who is
an expert on cinders. He handles all tho
bad cases-the others look out for them.
| selves. Time is too short for the celebrated
I faxseed remedy. He has remedy of his own.
This man is known throughout the entire
! elevated service. His fame has spread
even beyond and outsiders often come to
I him for treatment. Tho latter he charges q
fee-his comrades nothing: To say that the
is stating it mildly.
The Dedication Of the suspsnder.
The young woman and her suspenders
challenge the admiration OF Broadway
loungers. The young woman and her sus-
penders are not peculiar to Broadway, but
on that popular promenade they are pecu-
liarly effective. They seem to lift things up,
like broad black band on O white hat: to
put new face on nature, as 1t were. The
young woman and her suspenders are-are
different. We could love the young woman
for herself alone, but her suspenders draw
us to her with an additional 40 horse power.
There is a variegated beauty and richness
Of tone to her suspenders that comes very
near nigh art. They are full Of sentiment,
too-regular class-day poems, that fairly
slop over with girlish enthusiasm. They
touch tender chord in our memory. For
they remind US of the suspsnders we used
to wear when boys-cloth. Sometimes they
were crossed behind and sometimes not,
straps, just as the young woman now wears
them. They were invaribly worn high up,
as is the present fashion, though we miss
the LONG, dangling front ends with their nail
worn buttonholes. We used to call the IN
'tgalluses."
I havn't seen any young woman with ono
gallus-but that will doubtless come-and
one gallus was popular thing in my boy
hood time. The young woman OF New York
who sports suspenders Is gallus young wo-
man, anyhow. I do not attempt to account
for her. There are plenty of slender young
creatures vino might have pardonably worn
suspenders, in secret, long ago; but why this
sudden public display or what has hitherto
been deemed in men more proper out OF
sight? When the young woman and her sus-
penders combine tho linen-bosom, collar,
necktie, studs, etc.-with galluses, as is fire.
quently the case on the streets of New York,
are we to turn away and LOOK out across the
ahnddor1 T..
traditions? Let 'er go! TO lovely woman
alone we accord all the rights in matters of
make guy of herself. And it would be diff
f1cult to conjure up anything more ridicu-
lous than a tall, angular. slab-sided girl with
q dress terminating at the shouldeI-klades
In a pair Of eight inch suspenders. | While
we know the latter are merely ornahfental.
they give the humDed-up appearance OF the
hoy with his trousers strapped up too high.
Ifthe young woman will wear suspenders.
for Heavens sake let them wear them grace
fully, beginning at the waist-band and
crossed in the small of the back. Suspenders
of trowsers is unavoidable. Every man, of
course, will be glad to note the appearance
of the young woman and her suspenders. If
his his coat % and YES vest at home in hot weather and
promenade Broadway in his suspenders
without shame or self.reproach. The
advent ofthe young woman and her suspend
ers makes suspenders respectable, II not
beauty and Joy forever.
A Need of the Hour
What is very much needed in the inter-
ests of the observance of the Sunday laws
and of general morality is a fishpole jointed
SO as to be carried in an inside pocket with
the bait.
The Bicycle Riders Of Gotham.
One of the extraordinary spectacles ON
Broadway is the bicycle rider. With the
new small-wheeled vehicle and its big, hol-
low rubber tire tho rider may dare almost
any city street on which he may get suf-
fcient headway. But the Broadway rider
has the knack OF following the cable groove,
on which he trundes swiftly along on every
stretch between cars. When he overtakes q
car he glides out and around with grace
full curve, to como in again upon the cable
slot just ahead. Agood rider can thus make
wonderful time, uptown at least and to him
any other method of rapid transit ia not in
1t. Occasionally even women riders venture
the slot on Upper Broadway, and when they
do it is to be for the moment the cynosure
of all eyes. The small-wheeled low bicycle,
with multiplying gear and wire projection
for her dress, divests the lady rider of that
peculiar. bold and horsey appearance that
characterized her on the road. On |
the broad asphaltum paved boulevard she |
gets q wider swing, and there she can be |
seen every pleasant day.
with the decrease of the dangers and diff |
ficulties of learning, and the introduction Of |
the new machines. Stacks OF ladies' wheels |
may be seen piled up at the express offices |
terror and to the Watering places. The |
bicycle riders, maie and female, are cvi- |
IDENTIFY rapidly increasing in town and coun- |
try.
Picking Up Living.