New-York tribune., 1902-11-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


Some New-YoFk women are engaged in an anti
streetcar croWding campaign. says The Montreal
Star" And there is no reason why they should
not succeed. There is omnibus crowding in
London-nO crowding of the admirable "tuppenny
tube" or the Underground. Paris an electric
line right across the city without a thought OF
Overcrowding 1t is all done by the simple rule Of
forbiddlng car to carry more than a fxed num-
Der; and then running a procession OF cars, If
necessary. People do some waiting at the corners
and in the offices. of course; but the immense trat
hc Of these two great cities is carried every day
without much OF this. An omnibus company or
an electric car management will soon put on as
many vehicles get filled; for IL pays to
carry passengers at the prices charged. The
prices there. of course. run even lower than here
In a city like Montreal there is absolutely no ex-
for overerowding fixed number Of pas
senGers a and frequent cars would Danish
the evil The City Council might we'll take il in
hand. for long as people will pack themselves
away in too few cars the company will not pay
for more.
There are really very few things IN use in the
changed by the forces of methodicaI development
Civilized men and women themselves are the best
beasts Of burden and the creatures which supply
s %STs Shs, TH tY WeT in iSe Se ss ST
OF breeding and training has added beauty and
Of the held. and the same upward tendency is
noted In these latter days In the flowers which
monlsh man perpetualy OF his frailty; Pleasant tt
tion Of flowers has robbed them OF not a whit OF
their native charm. There is. In the sensuous
in any mind attuned to the heart of nature sweet
memories OF tangled vines and Wild roses, creeping
Ine & fn tap de rscneIion tc Of Sore e OF ~ p m ts
plnks tended by loving hands that have been folded
for years in dreamleSS repose In the regal
brave little asters which came TO smbellish the
dooryaTd with the first chill of autumn and after
City Star.
BY way of investigating the industrial condition
OF the negro in the Southern States. The Chatta-
nooga Tradesman' has recently sent a circular
letter 10 all the manufacturers OF the South ask
ing how many negroes they employ, how many OF
them skilled sem-skilled what kind OF skilled
work they do. what wages they receive. how they
compare in efficiency with the white worknen
how much education they have had what the
effect OF the education has been and whether the
employers intend 10 continue 10 employ skilled
negro workmen. About hve hundred replies were
received not all pointing 20 the same conclusions
nor anything like II. but from them ''The Trades
man reaches the conclusion that in some indus
tries. among them the cottonseed oil and lumber
mills the foundries kilns. mines and blast fur
naces they are superior to white any other kind
of labor. while in the occupations requiring more
skill they inferior. They valuable
experienced assistants and in this respect are
practically Indispensable. As brick makers car
penters. blacksmiths, firemen and engineers, many
OF them become fairly expert but In the textile
Industries, fine cabinet work. Matchmaking nice
tool and machine constructing and IN the pro-
fessions. the number who have distinguished them
selves is too small TO be appreciable as affecting
the possibilities Of the race.
"ARCADEs AMBo"-"BLUFFERs" BOTH
AS "blurfers'' no doubt quite deserve ali the fame
They have earned by so playing their business
AS TO make it remind US of poker;
None the less. II is cleai. we're not fated 10 gee
Just at present that season of glad ''Tubiiee" :"
Which the Yankees announced was so shortly to
Since each prophet. 'twoud seem, was joker.
But what they are busily doing just now
Il is difficult rather to tell. we allow
Since for every old scheme they in haste disavow
But though much of their policy may be unknown.
That they've both fallen out has 50 clearly been
That all We honest men ought to come by our own
-Gondon Truth.
Father Bouillion. Canadian priest is said TO
have drawn the plans for cathedral in New
York. to be the largest In the world scheme So
capacious to suggest that the pious father did
not grasp it in all its bearings 1t took thousand
years or so TO build one of the great minister's;
Cologne took even longer, and was begun before
Charlemagne. and only finished the other day To
exceed these constructions. as we'll as Rome,s
Crowning ornament The Dome the vast and
wondrous dome, to which Diana's marvel was a
CELL" might take a much longer time than the
imaginative Father Bouillion has figured on.
Winter Ways OF squirreIs.-cray SQUIRRELS do NOT
hibernate but seldom leave their nests during the
very cold weather. On mild days in winter how
ever, they out and race through the tree IONS
and visit the large stores OF which they gath
cred ana hid away in the autumn. Red squirrels
are smaller but much harder creatures than the
gray on ones. and I a although they too. have snug
them only at night for weather is so severe
as 10 keep these little fellows indoors They are
about the most provdent of all the creatures in the
woods, usually storing away under brush heaps
beneath fallen logs and in hollow trunks far moro
nuts than they can possibly eat in winter They
do not put them all in one place as a rule: they
generally have several boards at some little dis
tance apart. This is wise precaution as il some
times happens that one store Is discovered and
stolen by an enemy, and unless there was another
supply 70 fal back upon the squirrels might die OF
Internationally oman'S Home Companion.