The herald., 1897-08-06
ON THE STREET

thirst to get rich in a short time have
concluded that II would be foolhardy tS
scorn the advice of those who know
Accordingly they have determined to re.
main in the land of sunshine till next
spring. 1t is doubtful if John T. Gaffey
and Walter S. Moore will attempt theiI
journalistic venture in the Yukon until
there is no danger of that river freezine
for a month or two. The scheme o1
Chief Moore to freight one linotype ma.
chine and a small press over the Chill.
coot pass with team of superannuated
fire horses has been abandoned for the
present and yet. as a San Francisco
journalist remarked the other day, "It
will be a cold day when anyone gets left
at Klondyke."
Are Los Angeles audiences unusually
unmannerly? There was a strange exhi-
bition of thoughtless hoboishness at the
Orpheum the other night. Lew Dock
stader, the inimitable collier" of his
audiences, had been particularly gener-
Gus and had nearly perspired all the
black off his face by very prolonged
turn in response to the repeated ap-
plause. At length he concluded he had
thoroughly well earned his evenings por-
ton Of his $3.50 week salary and smil-
ingly made number of parting bows to
his enthusiastic admirers The curtain
was rung down and then up for the next
turn several times. Still the audience
clamored for more Of Dockstader.
He came to the footlights once more and
explained that an encore was impossi-
BILE. The hoboishness now began to
make itself felt. The curtain was again
rung up for the next turn and clever
artist began to sing, endeavoring to
drown the rude demonstration. Not
word of his first verse could be heard,
and it was only when thea more decent
portion of. the, audience manifested its
that the hobos ceased
from clapping their hands and demand
ing more Dockstader. Such conduct
showed a remarkable lack of considera-
ton FOR the unfortunate successor of
for the management, and
even for the genial Lew himself.
Blackman, late secretary-tr treasurer of
pOlu lHC IAOS <aH6ClCS ILlCClllC COIlpduy
and the First Congregational church, is
behind the bars and supplies another
warning of the sin of being found out.
It is eminently satisfactory that although
we have had a plethora of scandal in
Los Angeles the last few weeks, so
many sinners have been brought to book.
And yet there are plenty of them still on
the street breaking one or another Of the
ten commandments. BY the way, sup
pose the district attorney never heard of
Johnny Kapus.
When man, more strictly speaking,
A rich man, makes up his mind not to
pay taxes on certain items in his prop
erty schedule it is mighty hard to make
him give up. An Illustration of this
time-worn but never more vigorous fact
was on tab recently in Denver. The as
SCISSOR had taxed the sum of $50, 900 in
gold that had the previous year been
returned to him on the schedule of one
:. ]. Clarke. Mr. Clarke appeared be-
fore the board of equalization and urged
that it was unjust to tax this money in
Colorado because he had, in the years
interval removed to Los Angeles on ac-
count of his wifes health. Just what
had become of the yellow wealth did not
appear in the hearing, and the matter
was taken under advisemenr. But here
IS pointer for the Los Angeles assessor
If no tax is paid on the money in Colo
ado, surely it ought to appear on the
Los Angeles rolls.
Two men were conversing on the front
seat Of an Arcade depot street car: Lets
;ee," said one. whats the name of that
fellow in the city council--the head push
If the concern"
You mean Nickel said the other
nan.
NO" that's not it. Oh, know now,
It's Silver"
And the other man said, well, knew
t was something like Nickel, anyway"
A shoe dealer told the Bystander yes
erday that the feet of the Los Angeles
were, on an average, from a size
% size and half larger than those
If their sisters in the east. was about
" lduIICu loIt LII III oil liOlS SLdHl QeLeuSe
If the smallness Of the local feminine
pedal eXtremities when the shoe man
"Oh, you need not get an
cry. 1t is no reflection on women now
ldays for them to have large feet. Ath-
etics have done away with old IDEAS
AS a matter OF fact the slight increase
n size is another tribute to the glorious
climate of Southern California. The
weather is so nice at all seasons of the
year that the women here are out of
1oors more, and they walk great deal
more than the women of the east. The
exercise has tendency to
slightly increase the size of the feet, just
as use will increase the size Of any of the
human muscles. And that is all there
IS to it," No, l shan't tell you the
name of the shoe man. He is mighty
lice fellow and 1 don't want to hurt his
rade. BYSTANDER.
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