Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-28
Every Sunday down to her home we go;
All the boys and all the girls they love her

Every Sunday down to her home we go;
All the boys and all the girls they love her
Always jolly, heart that is true, know;
For she's the sunshine Of Paradise Alley.
Paradise alley famous in song,
notorious in crime-will pass into his
tory within a week. Over a year ago
the board of health of New York is
sued the fiat that the old building in
the alley, which has sheltered over
1000 human beings at one time,
must go, and the other day
the last tenant moved out. Now
the work OF demolition has begun, and
the policemen on the beat view the
proceedings with feelings of gratitude.
Paradise alley ran back from No. 36
cherry street. In its time it has been
the rendezvous of members of the
Cherry Hill, Whyo and other gangs of
lesperadoes. Many policeman has
left it's shadows manned and bruised,
and many dark crime has been per-
petrated there. Yet the old place is
dear to certain people. Some of those
who lived in Para lise alley have been
law-abidi ,g, honest, hardworking
people, with their moments of light
heartedness. The plunkety-plunk. of
the banjo, the drone of the
concertina and shrill if not always
melodious voices in song have
often sounded thence in token of easy
conscience. This brighter side of the
alley has found expression in the
ballad of local bard. Who does not
know the daughter of Widow Nc
Nally, the sunshine of Paradise alley?"
Her fame has spread everywhere the
English language is sung or spoken,
and even the cafe chantants of Paris
are now stirred nightly by the ditty,
done into French. But the doom Of
Paradise alley has been pronounced,
and soon it will be only memory.
The Fifth-avenue house which ex-
Secretary William G. Whitney is i'm
proving at reported cost of $3.50, 900
for his own use, having given his
former home to his son, was original
ly the home of Mrs. Robert L. Stuart,
whose husband died while it was
building. AMI l.. Barber, the asphalt
paving man, bought it for $562, 500,
and ex-GOv. Morton leased it for one
season. 1t will be handsomely decor
ated and ballroom added. 3,
Tammany is John G. Sheehan, and
John G. Sheehan is Tammany. 1t is
we'll that this relationship has been
male clear thus early in the game.
The only way to smash the infamies OF
Tammany is to pulverize the schemes
of lis boss.
Ex-senator Hill gives notice that he
may have som .thing IT, say about
rolitics in September. This probably
means that he expects to have his new
set of political con> i:tioos in ruDiing
order by that time. O..
KNICKrRBoCKER.
Anyone who does that which is out
of the ordinary is considered mad by
the public in general and policemen in
particular. The other day Finnish
sailor who had been i'll for some time,
but who had recovered enough to go
out and take the fresh air, was walk
ing across Brooklyn bridge. He saw
some men painting the coping on the
top, 27S feet above the water. The
idea Of climbing up with them and en-
ioying the scene took him and he
mounted up hand over hand until he
rea ached the topmost point. A crowd
collected and the terrified painters told
him to go down or he would be killed.
But he climbed along to free place
and then to show the crowd his secur-
ity he stood on his head and waved his
legs gracefully In the air. 1t was no
more than what Is done In athletic per
formaEces frequently. hut when he
came down he was arrested and
brought up to have his sanity looked
into. There is no more reason why
this should have been done than that
the stupid painters should have been
accused of disturbing tue peace or
charged with insanity.