The herald., 1897-12-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ON THE STREET
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It seems strange that the police com.
mission, which has hitherto developed
commendable zeal in endeavOring to en-
force the law. should continue to neglect
the notorious transgression of the sa-
loon ordinance. The Herald has re-
peatedly pointed out che fragrant cases
of several saloons. whose proprietors
beyond closing their main entrances,
absolutely disregard the law that pro-
hibits the sale Of liquor after midnight
and on Sunday. The proprietors of the
Hollenbeck and the Hoffman saloons
continue to sell liquor at all hours of
every day and night, with positive i'm
punity and apparent protection. The
police commission cannot plead ignor-
ance of the condition Of affairs, nor
surely will Chief Glass pretend that
there could be any difficulty in securing
conviction. The question naturally
arises: Why are these places consid-
cred beyond or above the law? The
people make the laws and expect that,
so long as they remain on the statute
book, they should be enforced by the
officers who are paid by the public purse
for that purpose. VIII the authorities
kindly inform a puzzled public why this
open violation Is winked at?
Circumstances, no doubt, arise which
demand that at night dog should oc-
casionally be tied up. But the citizen
who callous to the ears and nerves of
his neighbors. to say nothing Of the in
humanity to the dog, makes a perpetual
practice Of 1t, deserves the sternest CEN
sure. Because the owner Of the canine
and his family possess insentient ears
and cast-irOn nerves and their bowling
hound does not interfere with their own
sound slumber, they perhaps imagine
that alf their neighbors are similarly
constituted. There are enough noises
by day to distract the ordinary man or
woman, without this intolerable nuis-
ance at night. Please heaven. that the
owner of the dog which for months has
disturbed the Bystander's courting of
Morpheus may read this paragraph and
reflect on the enormity of his thought
lessness.
The ruling powers of an erstwhile pop
ular club are said to be in a state of
commotion over the attitude taken by
number of ex-members, who have de-
clined to pay up $25 call, which was
rather unceremoniously sprung upon
the members in the shape of alleged
dues" for the month OF November. Suit
Is said to be threatened against the
gentlemen who have shown such a nu-
merously retiring disposition. and there
Is prospect of whole lot Of dirty linen
being washed in public. There are alle-
cations that bearing cer-
tificates of Indebtedness, payable out Of
the clubs surplus when earned, have
been quietly changed into interest
bearing negotiable notes, which may
have to be paid out of the pending as
sessment. The directors show a dispo-
sition to run things as they please, and
their rule is an iron one. On dit that
weekly paper which has dared to criticise
the actions of this august tribunal Is to
be boycotted and it's advertising patron.
aged depleted where possible, as pun
ishment for taking such a liberty. Mean
time, as the contributions have not come
in with alarming swiftness and the men,
bership is not increasing to an extent
sufficient to counterbalance withdraw
ais, the club cannot be said to be in a
fiourishing condition. All that remains
to give 1t the coup de grace is another
assessment, which will not come in the
shape Of surprise, as the first one did.
There Is no more cruel indiscretion
than the forcing of youthful genius. The
seeds Of lifelong misery are too often
sown by the premature development and
ambitious pressure of talent, which, If
left to the prudent, provident and pro-
tecting course of nature, would ripen In
it's own good time. The cruel craze for
abnormal features of entertainment,
whether it be the antics of cockatoo or
the playing of child prodigy" pianist.
is not only demoralizing to the specta-
tors or the audience, but, in the latter
case Is often responsible for the ruin
of lives which have been exceptionally
lowered with talent. The strain of per-
petual public performances upon SEN
sitive child is entirely unequal and fire.
quently intolerable, the almost newt
able result being nervous breakdown
and the blighting Of brilliant prospects
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What has become of Poker" Davis :?
Ask the policeman.
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