Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-07-13
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

M SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
WI Tuesday, July >. was the hottest day
in New York with one exception, in
30 years, witt! a brief break in tn,
9evening. The highest temperature was
x 81 degrees: lowest. 81. At midnight
y II was 50 deSre.S. The 81 degrees
B and the incessa breeze in the even
4 ing were the sum total Of results that
came from a series Of sharp thunder
u stuI na beginning at i35 o'clock Ia the
N afternoon ana ending between ana
a9 o'clock in tao evening. Probably
II not less than 2UO persons died tiom The
y effCO OtS Of the heat. The exact humber
#ropolt,i to the police and the >oio.
4 ncr'S ..iiCc at midnight was / IL, but
the li5t WaI not all in then Probably
4 fully zoo more We're prCatratea. The
police liat Was g12. The cumulative
erect uf the days Of torrid weather,
coupled with the effects Of he worst
night If all the hot season, laid p, pie
low by the score. They collapsed in
their homes, on the streets, in their
Offices. ON trolley cars ana at manual
toll The ambulances of every hospit-
al in the city were kept constantly
busy frum carly morning until late
in the evening. In eight days, New
York's death list has reached the aw
tnl total Of GAS.
The end of June usually finds the
East Drive in Central park robbed of
It's greatest blilliancy. More Of the
handsumest equipages and their Orna
mental occupants have disappeared
from New l>rk by this time and are
divided among the watering places. No
previous June ever knew Il daily pa.
Geant so attI active as that to be seen
in the late afternoons of the last four
VT eks The prevailing prosperity has
K &broug,s new riders to the park and
1fhus had its effect as well On the toll
ettcs CT the women. 1t is the opinion
Z of persons who have seen the after
noon carriage parade in London and
Paris that New York is in every par
ticular more brilliant than that in the
other two cities. In spite OF the fact
that some of the best vehicles seen
in Central park are imported from
Paris and many Of the liveries worn
here come from London makers, the
East Drive in Central park reveals
superiority over London and Paris in
both of these respects. In the beauty
of its women is to be found the crown
ing Point of New York's supremacy in
its tally parade.
Fourth avenue. between Fifteenth
and Eighteenth streets. is now furnish.
<ng one of the few examples that have
occurred of New York streets being
Ienccd in. The Metropolitan Street
Railway company is doing the fencing,
VT the public need not be alarmed.
It is no grab on the part of this enter
prising corporation. The building of
the rapid transit subway is the cause.
In order to avoid Interference with the
construction work and also in order to
continue the running of cars with as
little delay as possible, the Matropoli,
v
tracks for its under trolley cars on
the surface of Fourth avenue from
Fifteenth to Eighteenth streets. These
are raised three or four feet above the
level of the roadway. and are planked
between and on each side of the rails.
The fences-uf the three bar variety
are on either side of the planking
Where the streets cross the railroad
there are breaks in the fence much
like those at country railroad cross
ings.
These are the days when the ice
I$8cream man works day and night, but
although he does, he wears happy
smile, as the orders come pilng in
8over the telephone, by telegraph and
by messenger. Joseph Cozzinp, the
secretary of the Horton lee Cream
company, says that in his 25 years
experience in selling ice cream he had
never known the demand to equal that
OF last week. I'VE get rid
of it so fast" said Mr.. Coz
zine. that we don't have time to
keep track of how much we sell, but
our daily average now is anywhere
from $4,000 to 100000 quarts" Mr..
Cozzine said that there was no imme.
diate prospect of an Ice cream famine.
although some Of the makers and
dealers ran short last week on sup.
plies.
Mrs Dudley Phelps. whose husband
Is counsel to the collector at the Gus.
tom House is likely to make IA small
fortune in furnishing the new buttons
for the New York police uniforms.
The newly signed contract has been
awarded to Mrs. Phelps. the inventor
and patentee of the button which can
he removed from a garment and
cleaned without injuring the fabric.
Mrs Phelps who lives at No. l2S Cen.
trai park. South has been working at
the invention for five years, and has
obtained patents in all countries She
expects soon to begin the manufactures
Of her detachable buttons on large
scale. Judge Dittenhoefer is in charge
Of the financial part of the enterprise
knickerboCker.
Wigg-There isn't much work con-
nected with the average political job,
is there? Wagg-Not after you get It.
There is only one thing which wins
battle, ami that Is straight shoot
ing.