Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-04

Dut thab N ncJ Staten Islands fault. IL
IL Bay Ridges queer taste
Don't DC astonished when you hear
man In New York speak carclcssly about
having just loft "thc island" There are
other islands than Blackwcll's, 8, and Staten
Island IL one OF them.
In tho old days, when you wanted to go
to the left hand side Of Staten Island (the
eastern side, and, therefore called tho
south shore) you took the right hand ferry,
and To reach the right hand, or north
shore, you took the left hand ferry. This
arrangement had its drawbacks, but occa-
sionally 1t was convenient. Now there IL
only one ferry, so 1t is easier TO go to Stat
en- Island than it used to be- but New
York has no chance To prevent that.
Staten Island has four pre-eminent at
tractions South Beach, Prohibition Park
the :. X. Smith inirmary and the Sailors
Snug harbor. 1t doesn't have Constable
Hook, because that Is In New Jersey.
But Its smoke and smells drift over on
Staten Island and place the devoted isle
under cloud OF more than suspicion.
South Beach Is Staten Islands chief at
traction. On Sundays and holidays New
Workers go there, and Staten Islanders
don't; on Mondays "wash trains" are run
to take the Staten Islanders to the beach.
They are well patronized.
Some Staten Islanders have never been
to South Beach. This does not mean that
they do not wash. On the contrary, these
persons form the creme dc Ia creme OF Stat
en- Island society.
There are many strata In Staten Island
society. The natives are not In society,
SO that only tho residents gre stratifed.
Once year the Charity ball takes place
for the benefit Of the s. X. Smith infirm-
ary, and then all society mingles to some
extent The back of a ticket to the ball
contains list of the patronesses and pa
irons, made up from all the strata Of the
island. You look over the list and see II
your name Is on 1t. II 1t Is, you sneer at
the other names; II 1t isn't, you sneer at
the whole list. Having satisfied yourself,
you send the ticket back and save S5.
In Staten Islands Four Hundred there
are about 900 persons-that Is, IL the list
on the ball tickets goes for anything.
Many society people on Staten Island
have intimate relations with New York
society. They send invitations to New
Workers and get back regrets.
No other place in the world has o hos
pital handicapped with the title of the
S. X. Smith inflrmary. It's good hos
pital in spite Of it's name, and that name,
being old established, can't be changed
now. Landmarks must not be removed.
Everybody on Staten Island Is poor
except the oystermen who live on the
north shore. Their houses are made of
white gingerbread work, and in the even
ing the oystermen sit on the front walk
slapping mosquitoes and inhaling the
odors from the heaps Of shells across the
road
There are lots Of horses and carriages on
the island, many Of them pretentious. But
there isn't a single properly turned out
horse and carriage there.
Many houses on Staten Island have on
their piazzas boxes made of mosquito nets
or fine wire nettings, where the residents
seek refuge from mosquitoes. All the
houses should have them.
New Brighton Is the swellest place on
the island. Half of It's water front is
taken up by six story mill; shops take
up the other half, and across the Kills are
the oil reHneries, sending out clouds OF
smoke and volumes of odors. When a
swell New Brightoner wants to get a
view he goes into his cellar
1.-THE mountains gaze ON Marathon and
Marathon ON the soa;" New Brighton
looks down on the other towns, and the
other towns do the same on New Brigh
ton. The social position Of the towns can
not be expressed geographically.
Once on q time casual horse car met
trains Mt Port Richmond, and the con-
ductor cried, "This way for the brewery
and Prohibition Park!' Now there Is a
trolley line to the park, and you can walk
from there to the brewery. The trolley
cars are we'll patronized. So Is the walk.
There is q saloon on Staten Island to ev-
cry % voters.
Reform just squattod down on the Is
land last November. Not single dead
man voted from Snug Harbor, and votes
were drug in the market.
There are good many boats every day
to Staten Island, but the wind Is tempered
to the shorn lamb. There are Just as many
away from there.-Now York Sun.
Snake Kills Three Tots.
Three children Of widow named Jen-
kins, living In Sullivan, Mo-, while at