The herald., 1898-03-18
on THE STREET

. on THE STREET . .
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Fred Blanchard's new home Of music
and art, to be erected by Mr.. Newmark
opposite the city
S...fIa~ hall, promises to sup
ply several long-felt
| Felt Wants wants. A suitable
hall for the giving
! of chamber concerts, plano pupils recitals
| and art exhibitions will be a great addi-
ton to the equipment of the Athens OF
America. But the most grateful and COM
| forting promise of the proposed building
| Is the idea of devoting several stories to
music and art studios. Now the artist is,
as rule, an inoffensive individual who
beyond the smell Of paints and "turps,"
furnishes no annoyance to his neighbors,
unless, indeed, he insists on importuning
them to pass judgment on his unfinished
canvases. But the professor of the cor
| net and the instructor of vocalism are not
exactly appreciated by the other tenants
| in business block. The other day a
young friend of mine was suddenly moved
| with a burning Inspiration to write some
verses for The Herald on the Maine dis
aster. The adjoining offices are inhabited
by a teacher Of singing My friends muse
was for two hours violently disturbed and
finally routed by three aspiring tenors, who
| in turn ruined "Ah Che La Morte" for the
| financial edihcation Of the professor. This
instance. however. may not be entirely
apropos, because my young friends verses
might have caused even more anguish
than the vocalistic vagaries. But. seri-
ously the migration of music teachers to
Mr.. Blanchard's new building will be a
distinct benefit to the general community
of business men and a great economy in
temper and bad language.
Whose business is it to remove obstruc-
tions from the street, MY friend. John
Drain, the supern-
A PsoLt>c, of tendent of streets.
rides up and down
Obstruction Ninth street two or
three times a day.
Is 1t possible that he has not noticed an
unsightly wreck that was once a Chinese
vegetable vendors wagon, which lies
against the sidewalk opposite Georgia
street. By collision with an electric
car this poor Mongolian came to
most destructive grief at this spot
How with such a vehicle he had
so long continued to pursue the
uneven tenor of his way is puzzling. but
when the break came hardly a single part
of the wagon remained intact. Three of
the four wheels went entirely to pieces and
the remnants of the wagon present as de-
moralzng a spectacle as can be imagined
Yet the debris has remained there for
over a week. The Chinaman has evidently
abandoned 1t, unless he has been dulling
his grief with opium ever since, and has
forgotten its location. But IL it Is not the
street superintendent's duty to remove It,
is there anything to prevent the neighbors
from chopping it up for firewood? par
tcularly want to know. as live nearby
and am short on kindling
Capt. H. q. Osborne, who by reason Of his
experience and aspirations is one of the
best posted men on
pof:%:-,f politics in this neck
of the woods, Is at
Sweepstakes present in San Fran
cisco. 1t is believed
| in Republican circles that Capt. Osborne
| has now a lead pipe cinch on the United
States marshalship. Johnny Cline. who by
reason of his intimacy with Hanna, was
considered a formidable competitor, has
| scratched for this race, and has entered
| for higher stakes, the shrievalty handi-
cap, in which event, however, he has a
much bigger field to run against.
| The proposed woman's college Of Pasa-
dena is out with a prodigious prospectus
| The committee of
"The Princess'' twenty five" ex'
| plains that it is not
| IN Pasadena to be female sem.
| mary" or "anyone's
college," but college, which is ito be fol
women what Harvard is for men," The
| committees aim seems to be to realize
| Tennyson's princess" In Pasadena But
this educational Utopia is still somewhat
in nubibus, because the committee proceeds
| to state:
It is not to be started until a gift or
gifts aggregating $4O0. 900 be made.
Smaller gifts are acceptable, but will
not be solicited and will not be valid
until the larger foundation sum is Sc
cured, assuring at once its vigorous
life and perpetuity.
The committee Of twenty-five Is certainly
ambitious, and If only its discretion prove.
equal to its valor, its vigorous life ant
perpetuity" will be realized.
A rumor reaches me that the editoria
force of the Evening Express holds itsel
responsible for tn,
G. p.%.:-L al welcome downpoul
of rain which visited
Iff0ifer P1tfvitfs and refreshed tn,
earth last night al
soon as the evening papers were sold out
1t is popular superstition, almos
amounting to a religious dogma, that yol
have only to arm yourself with an UNI
brella or predict a rainfall to make tht
clouds dry up. Acting on this theory, will
a sneaking hope that the ruse might prov,
successful, Mr.. Willard last night pub
lished the following paragraph:
The superstition that rain always
falls on st. Patrick's day does not apply
to Southern California.
This was too much for both st. Patricl