Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-28

ing and gasping In the most Piteous man
ner, and the sense of sufocation became 80
great boarded tram car, determined to
seek the seashore, which 10 here washed by
the waters of Long Island sound few
blocks, however, convinced me that ruin
cd suit of clothes would be the price OF
that pleasure trip, and sadly retrsced
my way.
warm the windows and doors In all the |
houses were CLOSELY shut. said to gen. |
tleman, f'Sir, live In tropical country |
where we suffer much from heat, but we |
never fall to make the most of the goods |
the gods provide In the slightest breeze. |
Have you not refreshing airs from the
wateri Why do you close your dwellings
against themi'
"Beeause of the dust, he answered. cit
spoils our frescoes, dirties our hangings,
ruins our furniture and the damage In one
week Ia greater than We can retrieve In
many months. We have suffered this de-
privation the entire summer" i was
moved to ask one question, but remember
ing the attainmsnts of these people Was
silent.
marvellsd much at the dress of these
| beautiful women. Young and old alike
were clothed In narrow short dresses of
some light glazed material, with close caps
or hoods of the same, and thick vests
tightly drawn over the face. Looking at
| the ugly folds of the stiff glazed material,
and the tightly covered face, soliloquise,
"Oh, Mohsmmedan woman, with thy soft
graceful robes and flowing veill Thou hast
been too much commiserated. There are
others of thy sex deserving greater pity.
On questioning companion later, he
said: "It IL the usual custom of New Ha-
ven ladies to wear rich and varied toilettes,
but the dust, 30 destructive to lungs,
throat, clothes and complexion, has COM
PEELED them to this uniformity of costume
during the past summer. Hundreds OF
modistss and mantua makers have given
up business in consequence, and multi
tudes of seamstresses and work women are
thrown out of employment, thus occasion
ing added misery.
The next day, King the Christians holy
day, / resolved to visit their temples, fol-
expected to see In this religious New Eng
land the highest type of spiritual worship.
However, on passing from one to another
found them shut and barred, without
exception. A loiterer upon the steps
! answered my surprised interrogations.
eyes. sir; 1t has been impossible to oper
churches here for months, on account o.
! the duetl 1t has caused great Hines
, among the clergy and their congregations
! and even where an audience could still b,
gathered the catarrh, bronchitis and luni
troubles occasioned by the dust were 81
: universal that the multiplied and incessan
: impossible for either preachers or choir
a to bs heard. Services were discontinued
: months ago.
= Strelling this morning among the uni
r versity buildings 1t struck me as very lat
i in the season for the opening of the colleg
g term, and questioned darby workman
on the grouud.
"Yaas, BessI it's late, shu ah NUT. Blu
/ ye see de dust 'roun' dis yer town give
everybody some disease a'noder, an
!. students, dey's feared to come back. De
amt NO school of any kind open in di
II ysre town, Boss"
n That evening I addressed the public dil
J. nitary-my vis-a-vis at the hotel table,
y follows:
"a Most gracious sirl Will you permit a
|, / unenlightened heather studying the b,
Is nign influences of your institutions to as
IA you q single question:
d Why does the government of your beal
tiful city permit this loathsome and d,
4 structive dust-s foe 80 subtle, 40 desdl
If and SO universsl-to 60 unassailed an
10 unhindered, and work Its own sweet wi
\ upon q helpless populstioni If 1t were
my torrid India I should not raise tt
W. question; but in this land of abundar
il water, as also numerous and skillful appl
ances for its use, can only marvel ,
# your self-denial.
~ He answered.: "There are no funds fl
this purpose. VS. are too poor. Thel
N must DO many appropriations made. "
n must lay out parks and beautify them; "
must widen streets and pave them; v
r must erect costly buildings for education
:. and there is no money left.
I answered: "Most gracious siri hs,
a patience with an unenlightened heather
N and will speak but this once. You ha,
beautiful parks, but they are desolatet
ia You have beautiful temples and schoe
houses, but they are closed. You hay
= beautiful streets, but the hearse grind
:. their paving stones into dust. Is 1t nc
!. important that this one duty were don,
and some others left undonep
"a But the great potentate turned away an
4 made me no answer.