New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-05
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN.

The United States Army IS. on the whole. dong
pretty WELL II the opinion Of foreign private IN
Liberty Island company Is OF any value lie received
a visit yesterday from foreign private In company
OF the 10th Regiment good-looking young soldier
with a contracted accent. which left no room for
doubt that he came to America from OF the small
Kingdoms OF Europe. The Liberty Island man does
not belong to the recruiting service. but ought to. and
probably would II the head Of that department could
hear him expatiate eOqueny on the beauties OF the
duties of the enlisted man In America.
"The duty be explained, the duty-there Is no
duty. I have duty TO annoy me- / have been
here here on this island-let me see how long How
long have been here, John '"-tO the keeper OF the
bar" Less than n month. Oh yes, much less.
came here on the OF December and to-day is tho
Cd OF January That Is eighteen days, and In all that
time my duty has been only six hours Just think
OF that! Six hours 1t Is what In this country they
call a snap. You Will have such a snap soon 1t Is
nothing TO do at all. 1t is almost do as you please
l 20 to the city whenever get ready and come back
when / please I wear good clothes. Look at my
shoes They cost me 81 30, and / would not sell
them for three silver dollars. l knew how 1t would
be when came here, or wouldn't have come. Oh.
It Is the place for duty, for there Is no duty know
what duty Is because l served IN ew-Mcxco for
three years.
An officer on duty Just around the corner OF the
pedestal was giving another foreign private lessons
I'm the practice OF the signal code. sentry walked
ND and down the edge OF the fort holding his gun
with his elbow and blowing on his fingers to Keep them
warm.
southerner visiting the city was asked by resi-
dent:
"what in all that you have seen has impressed YOU
most ?,
"The tired and worn-cut appearance Of the people
I have met was the astonishing answer. "They
all seem to be the They seem to have
hunted look. They so about as II they Ind Dut one
day to live and too tired to make 1t interesting
"what impresses you most about our institutional
"Their immensely. When | return home things
will look 50 small that / shall feel like a big man,
The rivers will look like creeks and the great oaks
Will seem as saplings ! thought Atlanta was a ire
mcndous place till NewYorl. When 20 back
shall not he able to walk in the streets but snail
stride the tops OF the houses. huaiG aioc' "'
Is only a hamlet"
There Is noted singer in this city who has a COM
plant to make, and AT the same time favor TO ASK
Every morning about haf-pas o'clock he Is awaH-
encd BIZ the sound OF hand organ his front windoW'
snow said he day two ago, IL am hot
opposed hand organs at all. wonld rather nave
them paving about the streets than not. lhey are
something more than necessary evil. They give
an innocent pleasure 10 many thousands OF ou as
well as Young people while they harm nobody. Bnt
think that the cpalty owes 1t to the people OF
New.YOrk 70 see to II the that play in our
public streets a, unseemy hour IN the morning
should be in good tune want a handorgan censor
ship established. A committee OF able musicians
should be appointed to listen to ard examine once
week every organ in the city, and it shouh be their
duty to cast aside as worthless all that have grown
cracked and wheczy with and 10 send 10 hand
organ hospital all that are wind broken and ont Of
tune We don't allow on the turf; why, then,
should We allow them on the public thoroughfares ?
Another complaint that have to make Is against
the time In which most Of the hlndorgln tunes arc
played Home Sweet Home IS a jig at IN tho
morning ard funeral march at noon. TO me
artist 0ul such thing Is ab)lninable. am gong
% write TO the new Mayor at once on the subject"
The little steamer Bay Ridge OF the Liberty route,
takes out full complement OF passengers at every
trip. The pnblc do not seem TO have grown tired
OF the statue. but the persons who go there now
declare that once Is enough and they will never 80
again. At best the climb to the crown OF Miss
Liberty Is a serious undertaking, and the return to
tho base Of the pedestal tremendous labor, not
unattended with considerable danger, but In tho
almost total absence Of lights the narrow winding
stairs accident policy on mans life would fetch
high premium. Few go 10 the top OF tho
statue. Most Of them get about half way and stop,
frightened by the blacmess above and the div shaft
below.
Hallen and Hart have been to the races at some
time or other. In their new play, THE Idea" they
sing the story OF young mans success In the ring
and then give pantomlmic representation OF his
utter failure. Hart makes book and lays good
price against Hallen's selection. Tho flag falls,
they're off. and Hallen begins TO ride. His style
Of riding is like that Of Frank Clarke. OF Sheepshead
Fay. 1t Is known the tanning. home style. OF
III fails TO fan hard enough and the horse
IIslen's emotional agility leaves no room for doubt
that he has been dead uns" before, and knows
what II Is 10 ride and root" and-lose.
"Snolygoster" Ham, Of Georgia. is about to start
out lecturing tour. following in the wake OF
Governor Bob" Taylor OF Tennessee. The subject
Of HIS discourse will be "Chestnuts Cracked In tho
Ark" " Bob Taylor expects TO wind up his tour
with an election TO the United states senate Ham
hopes for appointment Minister Dahomey.
| John Temple Graves wants to 20 a. consul to tho
Austrian capital ExCongressman p. VI. b. Young
docs think seriously of returning Petersburg.
Perhaps Don VI. Dickinson tell why