New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-19
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

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A little published story illustrating the ready tact
| OF Miss Ellen Terry attributes to her scheme
which proved successful. she had promised TO in
! troduce a man to Mr. Irving but had forgotten his
name. On the pretext, as the story goes that she
and Mr. Irving had had a little dispute about the
way the mans name spelled. making bet
about 1t. she got him to write 1t slip of paper.
| OF that saved her. If Miss Terry did this
she fortunate than another clever woman
about whom a similar story is told. She. too when
| she had forgotten n name, said that she wished to
settle dispute about the spelling OF the by
having II written out for her. TIE man then gravey
| scrubbed his name. Il was 9 name that Is not
spelled in more than dozen different ways. IL was
Jones.
In hard times Ike these people are more ready
| than usual to respond to the appeals of beggars,
| knowing how much acute distress there is and fear
! ing to send away empty-handed some who il
deserving. Bu; the number Of beggars whom one
meets is simply appalling. and person whose
means are limited cannot think OF giving to every
one who asks In a walk OF one block downtown
the other evening. the writer spoken TO by five
people al Of whom begged earnestly for money.
| At Flfih-ave. and Twenty-seventh-st. on another
evening Il woman stopped the writer and asked for
10 cents While she was making her plea man
hurried up and added his appeal for aid. To these
| peadngs almost instantly vas added third-that
| Of an unmstakab!e tramp who stole up quickly
From the way in which the men glared at each
other IT seemed clear that they were imposers. The
woman may have been fraud, too. but when she
got her piece Of silver she ran from the men aS If
she were afraid that they would rob her Of the little
f ssre h are between rs The Tbnnc Bndn ard the
Park Place elevated station not less han ntty beg
| gars. 1t is almost as safe to say that forty-elBN
| Of them are impostors.
II you may believe walters In restaurants such as
Delmonico's. the brunswick. etc. times were never
| before so hard with them They admit that men
who frequent the places Tip them as of old. and
perhaps as generously in each case but the trouble
| is they say. that man who, n couple OF years
ago. would so into n certain cafe five times week.
now visits It only once week a. barber VINO
built himself little home o2t OF Ups says lnat
his tips this winter would not Dui'd MN Il Jog
house.
When cold wave rolls over NewYork there is
a desire among many people who have the time
| and the money to go South Those who have had
little experience with the Southern climate have
| hazy IDEAS as TO the weather Of the South. New
| Yorker who said recently that he would Ike 10
spend the winter In mild climate like that Of
| Richmond was surprised TO hear that Richmond
could at times give New-York points on cold
weather year ago In January New-Y orker
who was in Richmond found the James River fro,
zen over. The mercury was way below zero. ahi
on the nigh, when big cigarette factory burned
down Il was cold that the fire engines were pFac-
tical!y useless
The long-standing case Of Captain Daniel T. stiles
has been decided and In a manner gratifying TO oil
having an interest IN the good OF the Army. lie
had command OF the troops sent to preserve order
among the boomers at the opening of the Okla
homa Strip last year. and charges were made by
residents Of oklahoma City that he had allowed
friends to secure good sites and derived resulting
benefits 10 himself. 1t was not until after ne was
nut on the retired list that the charges were made
and only were officers generai'y reJ J." s,iies
mrged that the matter be thoroughly ana promptly
So nnwarran;abe anu the findings have been
approved by the War Department.
Following the acton Of the Secretary OF war IN
detachlng all retired officers from duty as military
and technical instructors at colleges. one OF mem
writes to The Army and Navy journal as io'-
lows: For myself have ever thought tha' most
OF the officers on the retired list ought 10 be en-
uloyed by the Government There IS no reason why
they should not do all the recruiting most or the
school work and most Of the work OF the PENSION
pureou etc IL does not follow. because man
can no longer ride march or rough II IN al
kinds Of weather. that he cannot make a eoou re-
cru!tng officer i Is plain that detached sers're
is one Of the Army evils. The Army would 9ald De
benefited, its personnel would be more efie
cont temporarily for staff duty with troops or az
Re Of iae ,s sss9oS s6 1t dH both
tired list 40 them ana necau.e e tne '''''7 ''
ought not to be injured by aolhB ''''"''
Mayor Gliroy has finally scored the PARK COM
,nissIoners tor not removing the snow ana s'"S"
from the walks In city Hall Park j IL WONDER
that he or some previous Mayor has not rd.a'i
cain" about this before. When oth2r s'de"aNS
have been clear Of melting ice. sush ana mud pc
destrlans for years have had 70 wade 'nee-deep IN
crossing city Hall Park. Perhaps th"sr j. g,'.,
one place in the neighborhood waich IS S1n1.nn,
ousy in worse e. eond n y, The Pos,oce which faces
the crty Hall II there Is any one VINO IS enP,''ra
to clear away the mud and nm irom s , yam , Go
man who habltualy passes along II mas ever '''''
the startling discovery.
Il is no, likely tina, the public VIII look with
,,vor uron n plan bas.d on economy, 70 put
out the light which shines by night IN l'o'''y
Statue IN the bay. Whatever people may UI'N 81
the statue as a work OF art, no one can u''P"'e
that II Is OF considerable Interest to those VINO are
borne by craft around the bay in the summer
when thousands upon thousands o, ;rs crr3 "
daiy sail toward the city In the evening I'm ..,
,"rch When they are afar Aowa the bay Il means
a home signal 10 them: There IS ma. No. ~ 'I ho".
| that he cannot hear dozens Of Voices cry'ttS ~
that bertys torch Is sha9ns ,r W. 20 SO many
thousand pleasure seekers IN samH'rr JeyonnsG
OF keeping the electric loren aD.a|t
VIVA. ridiculous stories gain currency about the
wealth Of rich men, the expenditures OF spenitnrilts
and the winnings Of gamblers! pTores7'1ha'
gambler wins $500 and people talk ABOUT he
half million which he made at Monte CARO- or from
the English bookmakers, or at famous POKER
sitting" It's the same way when he Ioses. Now Il
nd r1d and II an average gambler should get
hold OF 100000 he'd that other campers 10Y
only a small share OF his income. II s.iiy young
man throws away few thousand dollars reck-
! iessly It Is always a fortune approaching mIilon.
When a rich mans gets married ne ~ helE 70
any amount from 81 10000 70 $O.VtOVp More non
, sense is talked about money than about any other
subject known TO
1t is sometimes hard to understand the sympathy
which 50 many people seem TO have for the man
who is down. After the conviction or Jphn u
McKane n lawyer said: I'm sorry for Mckane.
It's hard TO have ones life ruined that way: n
friend took him up for this. asking why ne shoud
feel sympathy for "A breaker. "Weh, don l
know replied the lawyer. but do. ana yet II |