New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-23
DISSERTATIONS OF A THURMAN.
HIGH-HANDED WAYS OF EMPLOYEES ON
COLUMBUs-AvE. CABLE CARs-A REPORT
ABOUT MELBAs DEPARTURE
EOp L>IrROpT

Why it's simply awful TO hear what men have to
say about affairs when they come in here. Nobody
escapes criticism. They talk about Richard Croker
and Thomas c. Plat X they common police
captains Then there the Police Commissio
one OF them advocates prze-fghting and calls 1t
manly while another believes in all sorts of shocking
affairs centralized and under the control OF the
police. IL the Ra!nes law ten-room hotels
not enough to keep the OF respectable per-
sons at high tension Still another OF the Police
/ Commissioners believes in a little policy Of his own
take up the time of his associates. The remain
ing Commissioner is like the buck In poker game.
and IL passed around with each deal. We TO
have some of the Seeey dinner. II reports he
true even II everybody Is crying Hey Rube The
Broadway Garden is still open. and doing business
at the same old stand Despite the fact that frantic
fathers engage dozen Welsh rabbit detectives to
search after their hayward sons who leave their
colleges to cavort and frolc around this great city
with fat actresses who appear in vaudeville none
Of the detectives think of looking into the
broadway Garden for their quarry. To be sure.
frantic parents receive clews from Philadelphia and
other rura, communities at $50 per clew. when the
star OF the show Is seated with her victim In the
seclusion of the Broadway Garden. 1t must be
lively place. several signs have appeared in the
neighborhood bearing the legend black eyes painted
within
What a slow affair the French ball when
compared with the that Otero attended be-
fore she wore diamonds. Why there was more
champagne opened IL OtfIos DOA at tn"t "H"'
than any wine agent in this city could carry II
was extremely ordinary crowd this year. to
make the best Of it. 1t the slowest. stupidest
affair ever held in Madison Square Garden
What lot Of trouble the gallant Goth Regiment
has caused to the National Guard. Perhaps when
they get armory fit for to meet In with
chance to drill with some degree of comfort. the
regiment may regain its prestige and the men IN
the regiment become patrons of the manicures
The bones of some soldiers were recently found
Virginia battlefield, with buckles bearing the
number OF the 69th New-York There Is no dan
ger of finding buckles of some other regiments in
this city on the battleields Of the South. be-
lieve the Goth should have good armory. so that
the regiment may regain its status.
But say. did you ride uptown on Column
bus-ave. car? We'll. it's just frightful; that's all
there is about it. The voyage to Harlem on a
cable-car is an extremely hazardous undertaking.
In the first place. the gripman Will not stop Tor
you after midnight unless he feels disposed 10 90 IT,
The conductor often has an argument WIN some
passenger who objects because the remaining mcn-
bers his party unable 10 take the car on the
fly If woman is alone the conductor ieers at her
as If she had business to be out alone AT that
hour. On stormy nights the bold buccaneers WHO
man the cable-cars are in their element Passengers
are ordered around if they were fortunate that
they were permitted to board the car at all When
the car arrives at Fiftieth-st everybody Is COM
peed TO change cars and all packed in like
sardnes in a box Sometimes the lights go out. ana
then there is unlimited excitement Al fllueth-s,
II Is not at all unusual for half a dozen gripmen
and conductors to stand on the rear PLATFORM on
the way uptown. With the moral support Of his as
sociates the conductor does just as he peases lie
Stops the car when II suits his convenience ana
people permitted TO get out at the places d
which they desire TO stop. A caDe-car aiter Hli"-
night on upper Coumbus-ave. frequently FURNISHES
scenes far more lively than any witnessed al the
French ball Ever since the decline and fall OF the
Tenderloin A part of the upper West Side is not a
pleasant place to live in if one has 10 ride on the
cablc-cars after midnight
How strange 1t is that women Of wealth In many
cases purchase gold bricks with the avidity OF
farmer In ono of the leading hotels an oiiy'
smooth talking man. with good letters and reicr-
ences managed to sell upward OF s2ooW OF Wort
less securities to women. who were told tnat II re-
oured much diplomacy to secure the shares. Inc
result is that some women spending the winter
in the country, and will be compelled TO forego a
trim TO Europe next year. A few irascible husbands
are looking for the man that beguiled their wives
into purchasing worthless securities. In the mean
while the sleek swindler is seeking Tor other VIC
tins In another city, and using the letters or MS
pa irons as references the stability OF the So
called enterprises with which he IL associated.
"How Jealous opera singers are OF one anothef!
Now | hear that Media can sing as well as ever
but there has been a terrible quarrel among the
singers VINO joined forces against Media. In a
moment of pique Melba demanded that her contract
be cancelled. Her request was granted so quickly
that there was nothing left for her TO do but TO san
for Europe on the first steamer What could she
do when ptted against the dc ReszKes, Mine
Eames and Nine. Calve. Now, you See we have an
operatic trust which completes the circle at the
Metropolitan opera nights. Women cannot keep
secrets any more than men, so you will hear all the
details before many days .,. - ,ho
Julian Story who painted a portray OF INC
Prince Of Wales for William Waldorf Astor, Is 20
paint portrait Of Richard Hr0Ker ch al i
give him sittings. that he may MAKE a por @
terity as the greatest effort of the artist huspaha
Of Emma Eames Story . 10 a,rs for
bocks without meeting persons whom he knows
Evidently Mr. Mott takes his constitntonas IN tnf
,,reettIed rar.s Of the Annexed District. MI Mott
should purchase bicycle and make some he"
they meet eenerasl 1t is fortunate that some oIn
changes were made in the " {" engage gage in the
search for vyandiere VINO has disappeared wrs
are eted with desire exchange photographs
and that Oteros photograph has pFh M comes 70
the ears of Little Egypt there Is key 10 DC sEae
trouble unless her portrait is ADDED 10 'he 'o''e'
Just to think that such amahle mild man man
troIble with the authorities is enough to give one
a chill. The new District Attorney certainly , mas
5sPt g0S bis hH fa c @ policemen moth
mg sdmemss NE police and
performance is fitted 70 their measurerncnt OF ue.
n %eIsken for Nyack dude because a man that
resombled his picture called for Eau de vie de
Danfzic' and drove of Oscars Pomeranan
walters nearly crazy In their efforts to MI me
order The show given with unusual zest mat
night and now Oscar is in trouble. Why doesn't
oscar engage the Barrisons and give respectable
show that will not mock the new District-Attor-
ncy? , +, ...e, -
cause his cooks assistant Goiah got On the war
pat and dcfed David Sloan who sHote MIN win
such terrible smites. That Goiiah has been in
sings ever since. Now, ii is generally known
among turfmen that Joyner's stable Is a model
one and that his employees are strictly forbidden TO
offend anybody. When Joyner heard that odium
had been cast upon his stable by the dongs OF an
irresponsible assista cook he was exceedingly
Wrathful and highly commended DAVID Sloane Tor
the artistic undoing doing up OF his assistant
cook I have Jack Joyncr's word for II that he
does not tolerate DULLES Of description around
his stable and that he was In no wise 10 blame
Tor hc occlIrred In his absence IN