The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-28
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Miss Sadie Kaiser. who has been fill
ing engagements in New York city and
vicinity for some weeks, is meeting
with great success. A short time ago
she visited Prof. Innes, the leader of
the famous 1nnes band. Although there
were a dozen applicants waiting, he
gave her a hearing at once, and after
she had sang, engaged her on the spot
| for a concert a few nights later, at the
Manhattan theatre. She sang there
before a large audience, and although
she had never sang with the band be-
| fore, received an enthusiastic recall,
| and fine bouquet. S3e could not re-
spond, however, as she had no more
| music arranged for the band. Even
| the band applauded her.and she had TO
| appear several times and bow her ac-
| acknowledgements. Miss Kaiser will re-
turn Wednesday or Thursday, as she is
to sing at the concert in the armory
| April I. in which Egbert, the famous
violinist, will appear.-Wilkes-B Barre
| Record.
| A woman who is evidently very much
opposed to the Scranton Railway COM
| pany's present coal-carrying device,
| writes as follows:
Although questions of such great i'm
port are now agitating the country, do
not let us, in our interest In them, forget
| the needs of our own city. l have just
! returned from a visit in a distant town
| of some two or three months, and, of
| course, noticed many changes on coming
back, but what struck me most forcibly
| was seeing n car filled with coal coupled
to an electric car l could not at first
| believe that my eyes saw Alright, for 1t
| seemed incredible to me that the peo-
| pie of Scranton should have been made
to suffer such an outrage. Several peo-
pie have spoken to me since then, and
| many have been the complaints heard
on all sides. The noise is something fear
| full and / know of one sick woman
| whose nerves suffered agonies whenever
the car went by. Horses are all afraid
of 1t. One of our well-known citizens
nearly met with a bad accident the other
| day from the terror of his horses on
seeing it, In summer the dust from the
loaded cars will be dreadful and Scran-
ton is not such a clean place now, that
we can very well stand any more dirt.
| do not understand why, for the con-
Venience of few men. so many families
along the route of the Peoples car should
be made to suffer. 1t has never been
found necessary to carry coal in this way
before, why should it now? Can not
something be done? In the name of the
sufferers 1 ask it,
|
Patrons of the Albright Library
have recently missed the beautiful
portrait of the founder, Mr.. j. J. ALI
bright, which for some time has grac-
ed the space over the great oaken
| ms nj tnl In Ion CHI
time ago the portrait was loaned for
an exhibition in New York. 1t will
hold additional interest TO the Scran-
ton public now as it was the gift of
Mr.. William r. Smith, who today is
sadly welcomed back to his home after
his last journey, by a multitude who
loved and honored him and who are
deeply shocked at his sudden DEATH
J Mr.. Smith induced Mr.. Albright to set
for the portrait to Chartran, who at
that time was in America.
| All members of the Otis Whist club
organized last year are requested to
meet at the Nash this afternoon when
the future of the club will be dis
cussed, after which a compass game
will be enjoyed.
|
There is no sort of doubt that the
patrons of the street railway are safer
in riding in company with prisoners
in handouts or in charge of officers
than with lots of individuals not thus
guarded who patronize the trolley
cars and who are not labelled as dan
= gerous but after all the idea of be
ing thus closely brought into contact
with criminals is not pleasant. An
other disagreeable feature which
seems not to have been touched upoT
is that the children should not be
subjected to such associations. Near
, ness to criminals is not desirable fol
the rising generation and the morbid
| taste thus fostered to becoming en-
tirely too prevalent. The procession
of children which follows the arrest
of drunk" on the street is alway!
an unpleasant picture and one thai
j many sensible officers attempt t.
eliminate. To habitually take little
children in street cars where theil
sensibilities are shocked, or thei
morbid curiosity excited by the sigh
at close range of thieves and Grim
inals in general, is to be deprecate'
even more than the contamination o
their elders by the same process. MI
\ | Silliman's stand in the matter is to b
| commended at least on this ground.