New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-13
CHANCES HERE AND 7UERE.

When william Philadelphia, the on-tamer at
Hagenbeck's. VINO recently got savagely torn by
his ugly tempered Black Prince appeared In the
ring with his pet" for the usual performance on
a SUBSEQUENT evening every among the spectators
showed an intense interest III the performances:
There appeared to be "A general feeling tnat
something going to happen again The only
persons VINO did seem to be neryously eNpectant
was Philadelphia himself In box were re-, ,n nee
women whose faces they watched the man ana
his lion 30 through their performance were pam,e,
They sat very still and SAID noths d le', IN ,''u In
the close of this part OF the eNnlbitloh the non
bounded through the gate and away To MS quarters,
on OF the ay been TO oS Something in the
face of her friend which made her ieel tnat sneir
her arms around the Of the other ana said.
with great sieh Of relief Thank so9dnsss nsa s me
must have thought that she had Just escaped ny
sheer good luck seeing a man eaten up
The commander of the big cruiser New-York 10
an extremely exclusive nan when his ship is In
action High above her spar deck Is a coming
tower made of metal thick that 1t seems
the layman who looks at ii that no missile couio
penetrate it, Whers the root OF the foW b
through which the commander peers ne sian.in9 3
eSen MIME ball from entering the crack should
the big cruiser go into acton the sna
fight his ship The quarters are so cramped ina. a
tai! man can barely stand erect There Is room
only for the commander and one other 20 ASSIST
him 1t is little bit OF metal box on Heating 1s
DONE the mos, destructive and deadly work.
The Broadway cable road Is nniing the cdpe
great blessing for removing snow. In former years.
when the snow -ploughs mad to be drawn by horses
II was not always easy get the snow on the
track as there limit to the number of horses
which could be htched to one pillow: Now IL -
the simplest thing In the world. with the plougn
grpped the cable something has 10 fly. ana II
is the W. The way those ploughs go rafting up
Broadway must make the o!llcla.s or the ROAD mug
themselves with delight
Hard times have manifested themselves In rather
a peculiar way In the theatrical business Good
plays are extremely well attended. while mediocre
or poor plays almost entirely Stunned. Those
managers who pleasing the public say that they
have never Jared better, while those who are nof
meeting popular favor say II Is Il terrible trosG
"A II people who have cares ana anXletiee
are willing To somewhere 10 forget their pust.
ness. but more than ever 90 they want 10 ses
the worth OF their money In the entertainment:
people haven't money to throw away these days,
said a manager. who IS making money. Ihey are
more discrim mating In selecting play 10 see: !.
week he'll run the chance Of striking something
good. II he afford TO go only once a week ne
runs no risks on guessing AZ his choice
Did YOU know that canvasback ducks haven't
been so cheap before in years? That's due to the
hard times in part for the demand has fallen on
with diminishing bank accounts. so that he ducks
are more plentiful in the markets Some restau-
| rants downtown have given up keeping them In
| stock entirely there are so lew calls Tor tnem
! In some restaurants where a cdnVaSDack DUCK was
| listed a year ago at 81 on the menu card II may
! ng men (and sporting men are supposed 10 pay
| high prices for food and drink has marked the
canvastack duck down 10 s. -, while in one place
| the writer saw the other day IN extra black type
printed on "A bill OF fare. Half canvasback duck.
! 90 cents" Perhaps though il would not be wise 10
eat canvasback duck at that price