Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-09
TALEs Of TIE TINEs,
A Reporter Discovers Some Of the Pecul-
iarities Of Newark. N. j.

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isrities Of Newark. N. j.
| Good Newarkers wind their watches
and 90 to bed at o'clock In tho evening
The curfew rings for them at that hour
| 1t Is q five ton BELL whose notes reach th'
| most remote corner Of the oity. A few
| weeks ago the fire commissioners voted Il
silence tho bell and discharge tho watch
men who rang 1t, bnt the people protested
against the time honored custom beinl
abolished. Consequently tho curfow still
rings, and no irregularity has crept into
the habits Of the really good people.
It is a noticeable fact that Newark young
mon hug their girls iIAhublic to an extent
which would shock people in places wher,
they are not accustomed to seeing such
actions. In Newark, however, nothing Ii
said If nine young men have their arms
around the waists of from dozen to Ia
girls in the trolley cars, picnic parks OF
on a steamboat. The girls do not object,
and nobody but n new resident or an utter
stranger in the town finds anything to re.
mark about 1t. 1t is destructive Of light
dress waists and delicate tinted fabrics,
but the girls do not mind that.
They have all night trolley cars in New
ark now, one on each line, making n trip
every hour. The traction companies
fought against their introduction and put
their objection on purely moral basis.
They said that people staid up too late,
anyhow, and If all night cars were put on
lot of. them wouldn't go homo at all.
The people said that the real reason could
be found In the fact that the cars would
not pay, but they clamored for them until
they got them. The companies drew tho
line at Newarkers, however, and said that
they might go to perdition at the speed OF
~ miles an hour, but the managers OF the
roads would not be responsible for the
downfall of any suburbanites, and conse-
quently the late cars do not run beyond
the city limits.
When Newark social club desires to
call attention to proposed excursion, the
committee of arrangements covers wagon
with muslin signs, gets two drums and a
fife and drives through the principal streets
at night dispensing noise. An innovation
introduced last week, which will no doubt
be popular, was hiring an Italian with one
OF the big piano organs and carting him
around behind the muslin signs.
Peddlers of hot frankfurter sausages in
Newark are not compelled by competition
to give sauerkraut with their meat, but
they are worried for fear the custom will
be introduced from New York. The hot
tamale has not reached Newark yet.
Newark has the only licorioe factory in
the United States, and the people In the
north end always realize 1t when the wind
comes In from the west. The odor is pecul-
lar and not unpleasant at first, but it
soon pals. 1t Is sweet, heavy apd cloy
ing odor. The factory is big ono on the
banks of the canal and is operated by
foreign syndicate, which is said to control
tho worlds supply Of the root.
Newarkors Of both sexes have changed
greatly in manner and expression within
a few years. They are much more agile
than they were and wear q scared look,
which has been mistaken for the effect of
riding the bicycle. 1t Is the trolley face
which, with the accompanying agility, is
produced by the clang Of the trolley car
gong. There is one place where the cars
have to wait their turns in crossing the
street. 1t Is in the business center of the
city where nearly every line passes the
junction of two streets. Sometimes there
will be as many as 30 cars waiting for an
to cross or turn the corner. 1t
requires three policemen and three en-
ployees Of the traction company to keep
the cars moving and prevent people from
s,,..ting under the wheels.
Noxyari,ar Who snould know saws that
there is one saloon In that city to every 81
adult male inhabitants. Some OF the sa-
looms have several hundred regular pa
irons. Consequently some of the others do
not get their quota Of customers. Newark
saloons are peculiar in several respects.
They all keep several kinds Of lager beer
on draft, and a few of them have as many
As seven or eight kinds on tap This is
said to be because Newark beer drinkers
are finical, and all pretend to know every
thing there is to be known about beer and
TO have most critical tastes In that direc-
tion. Another peculiar thing about a
large number Of saloons In Newark Is their
closing hours. Ninety per cent Of them
sell on Sunday. About 10 per cent are
open until or o'clock on every weekday
and probably 8 per cent arc open
all night, but they all close at midnight
on Saturday and keep everybody out until
or o'clock Sunday morning. This is
the only time In the whole week that some
Of them are closed. Yet there is little
inNewark. New York Sun.
A. p. A. Basis For . Novel
N. J. Doyle, formerly Of Sault Ste.
Maria now of Menominee n 1awver rolf-