The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03
NEW YORK PARKS A
REFUGk EROR HEAT.


N M to take a look a. the newly ar
"A " rived Shamrock. az che lies at
anchor at TompkipsyiI!s. staten
island She looked very queer ana batter
ed and not a. ali hike racing craft- out
that was owins 70 the bowsDrii and hggef-
mast that have helped her 70 cross The
Atlantic She will be painted q Hight
green which Is suitable 20 her name and
nationality. II il hard 10 believe that she
% a. pretty a ship as the Columbia. bu, II
- said that when she In In full racing trim
she n the most graceful boat ever ouiis In
ENGLAND The Americans have received
the stranger cordially and adnArinsiy. even
70 the extent Of refusing 10 receive her
entrance Tee Of ~. All that We want now
70 fair race. and may the best boat WIN!
"a OMEONT has said that for the good
~ Of France the streets OF Paris must
~ b. washed In blood every twenty
I've years At one time II seemed as
though Dreyfus would be the excuse Tor
an outbreak. but now that he has been
handed over to the narrow-mtnded ard
prejudiced judges for slow torture, the
mob has turned in a new direction. and
Under the cry OF anarchy and liberty In
sacking churches and riosing on the streets
Of Paris. YOU may be SUR. too. that the
women are participating. Whatever mad
ness . Freedman does. there IL Away
woman a step ahead Of him. During the
awful days Of the commune II WAS the
women yho urged the rioters on 10 fur
Their deeds Of violence. &nd no doubt at the
present moment there are many shrill
feminine voices Joining In the chorus OF
ia CarmaGnole."
b9yo HE long droush Is affecting the state
Of New York very seriously. and
- WIN have a decided effect upon the
prices Of food for the coming winter. There
has been no heavy rainfall since May y.
and many OF the streams have run dry
upon which the farmers depended for wat
er1ng their stock In some OF the larger
streams that are not going dry the fish
are dying by the thousands. There are al
% forest nres in several parts Of the state.
Pastures are drying up. and unless rain
comes soon the farmers viii have 10 feed
their stock. A mispr!nt In . morning pa
DER reads The party were eimmering In
the country" instead Of Summarizing" but
1or once the printer was right. The coun-
try has been very hot and the roads dry
and covered with q thick bed OF powder.
rendering croM-country wheeling only
possible in cloud of dust. Springs. brooks
ana wells are dried UP that never were
known to fail before. Livery men urge
patrons to see that their horses get water.
Farmers at many points are driving stock
several miles to water. returning With cans
and buckets filled Cheese and butter have
gone up In price; also fowls and eggs.
Fruit has already bsgun TO fall. owing to
the dry weather. especially the pearA
TN this hot summer weather the value
Of the small New York parks in very
u apparent. and II II a pleasure TO know
that the appropriation for recreation parks
passed the assembly when other appropria-
tions were held up. Down In the busy
siums OF this great city there are many
small breathing places. some square. some
fhree-cornered. but all large enough to
contain fountain. some green grass and
q number az benches and these are filled
all day. and would be ali night were II not
for the vigilance Of the police. There II q
law forbiddinG Migrants to sleep on any
park benches nj night. A young man I
know. who has kindly. idle disposition,
often spends hours late at night on the
park benches keeping watch for the miser-
able Migrants.
go 20 sleep" he says good naturedly 20
q weary man sitting upright on a bench.
~ VIII le. you know when a policeman
comes along and then. instantly. with
hardly a word Of thanks the man Will re-
lax. fall into a more comfortable position
j
~. ewee;iy. but with abandonment and
greed. When the pol'ceman's steps ap-
proach my friend gently pokcs the sleeper
with his cane. whereupon he sta up until
the city guardian has passed by. How
strange II IL TO think that even a chance to
sleep Is a luxury TO many,
cTrn HE study OF political economy and
philanthropy teach US the difficulty
II Of helping the NEEDY. II would seen,
. simple thing to build q shed where all
these miserable people could crawl In and
sleep In peace. II that were done though.
the creatures who sought refuge there
would Kill each other and quarrel AN,
night until !; would ee n terror 20 the
nc.ghbcrhood II food were dispensed free
of charge the news would go abroad "a
other cities and country places, and all the
Idle and vicious would congregate to live
OF the city and loaf for tho rems ndcr
OF their days. II . for some such rea.
son that Migrants are not allowed TO sie~r
on park benches; IL they were. the places
would be crowded At night with the risY.
ran of the city.
I'D UT II the parks canno, ofyer sleeping
I'm quarters at night at least they
give health and breath ~ fresh
air 10 crowds II little children and sired
oserworkef mothers. who spend the en-
tire day IN the parks A woman viii hrln !:
the baby In perameuiator ana accom-
panied by "A group OF small childrea ~!:h
a basket carrying lunch. bottles OF milk
and quantities of household gnensiux Will
choose pleasant shady place and do hay
sewing III the open air. waite the children
play about on the green grass with shout.
az laughter In the most io!ckiy- populated
part Of New York there are ror.v-f,ur
of these small parks. Same 81 them con.
tain less than halt an acre. many are mere
waste trtanses v here streets meet xh,is
SEINE contain afieen or ihgcty acres
TN crossing the East river ors ~ IN.
most familiar sights IL Ass sodSlc.
~ dsekeG pleasure boat re Republic I,
r. almost always crowded 10 tae rails II
II decorated with Sags ana Manners anc
the passengers dance 10 fAe s,ra,ra 4i
lively music. II makes two trips \ saw
and % tho evening trips a vaudeville show
10 added 10 the attractions