Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-18
THE EDITOR ABROAD.

DOM lew observations maze Dy inc
editor of the DISPATCH during q trip to
the East may be interesting. Ten
days in the city Of Detroit made US
think it the cleanest city in the United
States. Barrels are placed at short
distances along the sidewalks for
pedestrians to throw their trash into
and street cleaners are many and at
work at all hours. All city employees
work eight hours. Laborers receive
$l.5o per day. policemen SIS per
month. general wage labor Is So per
day and work for everybody. Board
and lodgings where the fare Is substan-
tiaI Is from So to 81 per week. but 1t Is
a question If one can obtain a better
Is cent meal In Detroit than he can
here at the White House or the Re-
ception. You a get a longer list Of
dishes to select from but you cannot
get the quantity. We found M SO per
day hotel superior to the Nevada House.
The weather was very warm and n
can perspire enough without effort to
make his clothes damp from shoes to
hat. We met Frank Hammond and
his mother at the depot. Mrs. Ham
mond complained very much of the
heat and Frank said his clothes had
not been dry since he was in the State.
Times are good and politics booming.
Teddy spoke at the Armory there and
thousands Of people were directed to
an immense building to hold the v
flow and he had TO make two speeches
that evening. The excursions by
steamer up the river and to the lakes
are very cheap and everybody goes.
On a steamer all day and until one
o'clock next morning for so cents. all
the while blowing through magnificent
scenery. past summer homes, and seeing
men, women and children, bathing along
the banks. The "Venice Of America"
Is a town Of itself along the river and
the streets are canals and only by boat
a one visit or travel. The public
parks are grand affairs and under the
charge Of the city. All kinds Of enter
tainment for old age and youth are
offered and on Sunday immense
crowds visit these pleasure grounds.
The boulevard for driving is IS miles
long and as level as a floor. Steam
ers touch all points every ten inmates
until | 80 a. m. Naturally there is no
end Of spoonlng and loving couples are
toe thick for more than casual notice.
The Oriental hotel has 400 rooms and
no woman is allowed within the walls
sacred to man. Men wrapped only in
sheets or bathing suits stalk through
the house and up and down elevators
at all hours Of the day and night TO
Turkish baths and plunges and every
thing in that line. The bather can
have a steam bath up to 1870 degrees
if he wants it. Naturally. also, there
is no gossip in the house. Electric
lights in the city cost n cent per
hour for Is C. p. Paving bricks weigh
ten pounds each and brick Is the favor
lite pavement, although wood. asphalt
and concrete are also used. Women
and girls are everywhere. They are
not OF the proportions, good looks and
health, Of our western femlnlnity. The
great fad now is plunging along in the
evening without a hat and no hats are
worn by the ladies' at theatre or con-
certs. The ladies' waists are so built
out in the bosom that there is sup
posedly room enough for a small bale
Of hay besides the usual contents.
But taars is style 10 il and It greatly
pleased the writer, We bsl.eve ii