New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-08
THE PASSING THRONG.

81 was fortunate enough TO see the eclipse IN
New-Orleans." said Harrison Fletcher OF Buffalo
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester-
A VIEW OF LAY, and IL a most wonderful
ECLIPSE. sight. I was on board n train from
the North. and from the rear plat
form had most excellent position from which to
view IT, I had heard Of the coolness OF atrnos-
phere that attends eclipse. and / had stop
watch timed Il TO see how soon it came The
air took cold tinSe just ten seconds after the
eclipse started. and this GOODNESS lasted eighteen
seconds after II over. According to my watch
the eclipse itself lasted hfty-ive seconds When
# at what believe is termed its totally the
Jet blackness OF the covering moon was trimmed
seemingly no no, light d gving P5ops 6o ~ M may 50
our twenty dollar pieces. Total darkness did not
seemingly the most Beautiful and Brilliant of moons Sn@
light nights. in which you could clearly see across
e hat ds aaq saSK smsy s0 the I
Of objects TO your eye setter deg saw running
thing in connecti5n WITH # was the shadows cast
an ordimary mooniisht night but Where on an or9i
nary night the black and white contrasts are so
eclipse the edges were dinused and i seemed a.
I ~ ~ nst run" rs w, - vs.
trees. and its effect on one of the old French
This moonlight has puzzled a little. and
ever since have been wondering what caused IL
Scientists tell US that moonlight
A PULLING suns rays from it's surface. but IN
FEATURE. this case the moon lay directly be-
tween the and the earth and
in spite Of the moon being Opaque IL seemed 10
that the rays Of the sun must in manner
have reached US directly through the moon. That
doesn't sound reasonab BILE. 1 acknowledge. but it
seems 70 me as likely as that yarn OF the man In
day who looking from out its s0Tnhre depths
saw the stars twinkling above him But, anyway
have ever seen. and was wsn worth the trip An
other thing that | was surprised at was that
could it well and even better with the naked
eye than could with smoked glass.
From 1870 to 1870 said George Talbot OF Bos-
ton. the Hotel Manhattan yesterday. 7 was
engaged in the shoe trade. and
NO TRUST naturally I have taken interest
IN SHOE IN il since. In those days most
TRADE. Of the work was done BIZ hand and
of course. il cost lot than
it does now. To-day shoes Of the same quality and
finish be produced for from one-uhird 70 one
fifth what they cost twenty-five years ago. Do
they wear long? Yes. practically they do; they
wear as long the average mar wants them 10
wear. The usually gets tired of them and
buys a new pair before the shoes themselves are
day consolidation is the rule the combinations thus
achieved being the SO-Called trusts But there
never be a trust or anything like trust in the
shoe trade. big houses may combine. and thus
grow bigger, but the making of shoes is peculiarly
a trade in which IL is impossible to do away with
competition Any workman who has saved 10
$1,000 can at once become shoe manufaCJ lrer on
a small scale if he wants to. The machinery ne
would require to start with would not be
market, and then few days later dnisned
article would be ready for sale once sold The op-
eratlon could be indefinitely repeated You can see
from TINS that the shoe trade is one that is not
likely TO be restrained