The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-30


| state of delightful modification Here
is the way the notes read:
II wonder il that curtain Is really
made of carpet or If it"
81 have always wanted to sea John
Storm play THE Christian" but"
Did you ever see Maud Adams in
The Little Minister? It's a pretty little
play, but there's really nothingafn u.
you know"
"I think IN make 1t with a hood,
though most Of them come with yokess
now, and"
Then he says he'll follow her any
where she goes, and when they come TO
take her. he
II wonder why that woman don't take
off her hat? should think"
1.-THE Beers are Dutch farmers and
| they"
but I don't think I'd betten she
don't like to have me go out So
II know this amt the place to ts9k
about such things, but I wish you'd
keep your children"
Coming from him as it did, can't
i very well help believing 1t. but always
| thought they got on well together
And so on until the, curtain fell on the
last act and all tongues, were silenced
in the hurry to get out.
No apology is needed for referring to
! the foul condition of our sidewalks,
made so by the expectoration of pass
ersby and street corner loafers. There
! seems to be no city ordinance against
it, but it is possible that the health de-
| partment might do something about the
matter if necessary. There is certainly
| no excuse for eXpectorating on the
| walks, when the street is but a few
feet away The habit, while disgusting
in itself, is also condemned for two
other reasons. In the first place, 1t is
very unsanitary to allow the sputa of
any diseased person to dry upon the,
hard surface of the walk, thus allowing
possible germs of disease, toIbe dissem-
| mated. 80 aHt
| In many cities there is an ordinance
against the splitting habit, and in Los
| Angeles, Cal, the law is most string
emily enforced. About two years ago
number of the local physicians In
Los Angeles called the attention OF the
| city authorities to the danger of tho
| splitting practice, and the chief Of po1icS
was ordered to see that the ordinance
was rigidly enforced There 1t is es-
| pecially dangerous, where there are 30
many consumptives walking the
streets. And while the proportion Of
sick people in Worcester Is not so large
as in Los Angeles, still there are prob@
ably large number of persons In this
city that have some disease Of the
lungs. The danger of injection from
microbes comes when the sputa be-
comes dry, and as long as 1t is wet thera
is not the same danger of infection
Another matter to be considered fs
the unoleanliness of the habit Nearly
every woman knows how disgusting tt
is to go along the sidewalk, trailing her
skirts through a mess of filth that was
caused by the carelessness of men who
ought to know better.
how, t. M nffx or.If T,,A
be brought up from the forgotten
past and busted off to do duty once
more, then by all means let US have an
ordinance that will protect us from
possible contagion, and certainly make
walking on the streets much pleasanteF
for women.
There is certain undertaken In wor.
cester who is becoming exceedingly
tired of being asked if he likes the hotel
business. Thereby hangs a tale.
A day or two ago dizzy looking In
dividual who appeared to be under the
influence Of drugs, meandered into the
undertaker's establishment on Park
street, and going UP to him cautiously,
whispered in his ear, Make 1t the same
as the last time" Then he sat down
There were half a dozen OF the under
takers friends in the place at the time
and all thought like the undertaken
himself that the man had death In
the family and wished for a coffin sim
liar to one he purchased on a previous
occasion.
The undertaken was about to make
some inquiries when the man repeated
his demand, adding, you know. Rock
and rye"
Say" said the undertaken, what
kind Of place do you think you are
n?"
"Oh, that's all right" answered the
dopey fellow. I'm from Providence, and
this is the st. James hotel in Boston Of
course.
It dawned on the undertaken that the
man was really in earnest, and while in
dazed condition, had taken the train,
thinking he was heading for Boston, but
coming to Worcester instead.
How he managed to get to the Park
street undertaking rooms, however, was
a mystery that even the dope himself
when he partially came out of his
trance, was unable to explain.
He could not be persuaded for a long
time that he was not in the st. James.
He insisted on being served with rock
and rye, and it was not until he was
shown the collins that he realized his
position. When asked how he was going
home, he said he would go by boat or
train, boat preferred. The last that was
seen of him he was headed for the lake
to take one of the steamers for Fall
River, so he said. He was rounded up
later in the day and arrested. Judge
Utley fined him along with a bunch Of
drunks in the ordinary way
When any one asks the undertaken
now how he likes the hotel business.
he invariably answers, "I'm doing a
stiff business" This is ON the dead.
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