New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-21

,o -, ,hov car get material to go on witn' o"'
thev must be met and answered sooner VI '"'
Tho Democratic party In the state mas ~
reason TO put on sackcloth and ashes II
ont IN he true that Hill and Murphy nave ""N
falling out.
Weather Prophet Dunn Is 10 DC ca"eu ~
count for trying 1t Is alleged 10 maNe ~.,.,.g
too far In advance. II he VIII only "e.p % -, III,
no weather like that Of the last two days ne III
20 49,. ,>oon,. with him. no matter what the
head of the Weather Bureau thinks aoo"' ~
A. was expected supervisor-at-Large f''cne'
-. y,,c. Countv has sat down hard on the
scheme for building a bridge across Ne~'o""
Croek at an exorbitant price. He does not say
en- directly but he strongly intimates that 'ne'e
was combination among the bridge-puiio''s
ooonanies TO keep the bids high. Al any ra'e'
tho lowest bid was $4lS,OO0, when the ehsinee,s
tod that the cost would not exceed >'Vo'V"'
ond might fall below it. The bridge Is 10 DC d
toint work on behalf Of Kings ana Queens oo1
ties and the Supervisors OF each county ""
shown uncommon anxiety" to award the co'
tract at the high figure named MI rn."e
keeps a keen lookout for jobs, ana VIII oeie
this one IL possible. He Is conVlhceo '""'
there "a a new competition, allowing plenty OF
,me for bidders to figure on the work. at least
s,oo ooo vii, be saved to the taxpayers OF the TWO
counties new bridge OF modern type Is greatly
needed at the principal crossing OF Ne"to""
Crock but no leyel-headed man wants TO see II
made the medium Of extorting large sum from
the peoples pockets
Unless the governments of civilized countries
Chinese
vestication will be nothing but a farce
Mr. Croker is in no hurry to come home II MS
nrenarations for a long stay abroad are any IN
dication of his intention Why shouldn't Tam
many Hall wind up Its aHafs anu Apply io' ~
appOntment of q receiver!
Some English ladies resident in China nave
organized society to put stop to the prac'ice
of binding the feet OF young girls 1t Is custoh'
of unknown antiquity and like all such usases'
no matter how inhuman or absurd, IL pefPe'"-
ated with the most fanatical determination. Inc
Manchus do not bind their feet. That poruoh Vi
the Chinese people who cling to the haplt are iS
much devoted to II as the Jews are 10 clrcu"i-
cis,on or the Christians TO baptism. They think
that the habit Of tight lacins prevailing among
the Occidental women II much more censurabe'
ing up the feet The most obscure social custoWs
have commonly rational origin, and the theory
of this one may have been to keep the women
at home With the free use OF their feet II was
no doubt thought thar hey would nave gone
gadding about gossiping with their neignpors
and neglecting their domestic duties III IL on
the same principle that the wings OF wiz pirus
are clipped in captivity. so that they cannot II!
AWAY with the Introduction to the country OF a
more liberal civilization IT will be SEEN as IL II
here that the more freedom a woman has the
better II is for her, and that unimpeded liberty
of locomotion Is natural right OF which she
should never have been deprived The bicycle
will 20 in with other instruments OF social
ameoration and she will need normally de-
veloped feet to act upon It efficiently II VIII
very likely come round that In due season;
meantime the heather suggestion touching the
Christian corset Is not without poignancy ana
appositeness. and is worth the attention of the
society
The official life Of Sheriff Tamsen Is dismal with
trials and tribuations. When his guests at Hotel
Ludlow rise up against him In open revolt his cup
Of bitterness is indeed filled to Overlooking.