The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-02

that will throng the halls Of the differ
ent buildings 1 hope before opening day
that the school board viii see that the
school grounds are thoroughly policed
cleared and swept, and made as inviting
as possible. If I was the Eagle people
! would offer a reward Of fifty dollars
worth of appropriate pictures to be hung
in the building where the children kept
the grounds the cleanest and incest dur
ing the school year. without consulting
the ploprietors of the Eagle 1 viii make
the offer.
A division superintendent of an eastern
railroad told me that the division head
quarters Of the Orient railroad, as con-
templated in this city, would bring TO
our city. at once 4 payroll Of at least
ten thousand dollars per month TO begin
with and would rapidly increase to very
large proportions; that wherever he went
he heard Of Wichita and that he knew OF
no town east or west that bid so fair of
becoming a city Of large proportions, and
that furnished better opportunities for
business enterprises.
people have grown funny and ceased 10
laugh in their sleeves over the Wichita
contingent that participated in their last
concert and make bold to say that the
cheering and encorng for the Wichita
class singing was a guy that they were
making fun of them This Is the second
time they have committed this breach
of good manners. Last year they offered
a like insult to a Wichita soloist-
I visited the G. A. R. meeting. The
vets had a good time; they ought to.
They are entitled to all the good things
that are to be had. Comparatively few
Of them are able TO make their own liv
ing Their annual meetings in the parks
and groves will soon be among the
things Of the past. Their camp fires,
around which they live together and
be rebindled.
think there is golden opportunity
for the ". c. T T., of this city to show
the kind Of stuff there is in them by
providing a barrel Of drinking water at
a number Of different places on the
streets during the Carnival free drink
of cold water to be had on almost every
corner will keep scores of men from go
ing to drink something else. and it viii
DE a humane act for women and children.
I see there is a new play on the boards
entitled The Fast Mail have not seen
the play. but it reminds me Of the slow
fast mail that this county is enjoying. |
and suggests the opportunity for fine
setting a scene of an engine scooting |
across the stage with a mail coach at |
tached a mail agent lying asleep on a |
couple Of bags of second-class mail mat
ter.
I get tired of this ''Pn bet YOU" bust |
ness when election time comes around. |
It's all buncombe. They are seldom ever |
paid. II all the bets that are passed |
and made vera straight actually made, /
one-half of the voters of some communi-
ties would be disfranchised. But the
many propositions all have a string to
them.
I met lady this week who expressed
great disgust over the splitting ordinance.
she says that the men will come along
by her home and expectorate on her
lawn and parking and that she hasN to
turn the hose on in order that her child
rem may rolck and play on the grass,
and not get some kind of microbes on
them.
I think a mistake has been made IN
changing the street car poles from the
center OF the street to the sides. The
space between the tracks is of no use
whatever for travel If they must go
On the sides they should be just on line
with lots and not in front of the build
ng door.
Cycology IS the fad now with great
many advanced thinkers-giving the
,ause and effect Of many things that
,&ist. for example a man with a red
lose indicates that he is OF bi5ulous hab-
=. while a woman with a red nose is
aid 10 be unusually intelligent. think
here is something in it.
Everything goes was the slogan in
yichita ~ the early days. If it's history
he same spirit viii no doubt exist during
carnival week. VIII even allow our
-isitors to spit on the sidewalk.
Why don't some one organize an eques-
r,enne club? There is nothing more
oIsy and healthful than horseback rid
nE. The ladies should wear divided
ldrts and ride man fashion.
I wish all the property owners in a
quare could agree on some nice. last
aE color for painting and trimming their
lone and paint them all alike in the en-
ire square.
I am not a street railway builder but
the road on North Topeka avenue pays
eally would not one on South Topeka
.ay-a belt line connecting with Main
treet line.
Now that the Orient road is a fact why
ant the Rock Island. The santa Fe
nj Frisco join with the Orient road
nd have a union depot
II vas a member CT the Kansas
legislature would introduce a bill at its
ext session that all divorce cases should
z tried by a jury.
Our street railway system viii not -
1mpleted until il has a handsome
ouble decker for trolley parties.
Wichita must have the Wichita and
outhesstern road and that viii give Us
w0 dollar coal