Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-09
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current OF Life I'm tn,
Metropolis.


Metropolis.
Some old stagers OF Tammany Hall, who
%tenderly cling to shattered idols, refuse
to transfer their allegiance from Dick
Croker to Lewis Nixon. What is more to
the point. they pay no heed to the orders
Of the young leader and rudely jeer his
pretensions. "The brave declaration OF
young Nixon says one old wheelhorse,
that. he would assume full personal re-
sponsibility for Tammany reminds me of a
ship launching / once attended:
Everything was ready to let her go,
but the boss had not arrived, and no one
dared go ahead without his orders. There
was a gentleman a little under the infu-
ence,' who had lurched in to see the show.
Marching up to the foreman of the yard,
he steadled himself and said: My friend,
what's 'sh'matter?' The old man hasn't
come, and there is no one here to take
the responsibility was the reply.
The other Strengthened up, waved his
arm with an air Of dignity, and said: You
go ahead, my frien'. I'll take resphonsi-
bility!'"
You mean. then" 1 suggested, "that
while the old man Is at Vantage. young
Lewis"
II mean that 1t looks like rain" said
GU, IcncCIlfeiy.
A conductor on a Broadway car had re,
fused to take a transfer the other day on
the ground that 1t was too long after the
hour punched. The passenger was politely
told that under the rules he could not ac>
cept the transfer. reports the New York
Times. and that he would have to pay his
fare or leave the car.
"I1l not pay and I'll not leave the carr
said the passenger savagely.
"Tl pay for you, them" said the con-
ductor, ringing up the fare. "Td rather
lose 8 cents than wrangle with a passen>
GER"
This would doubtless have closed the in
cident had not the irate passenger seen
Abe Hummel sitting opposite him. To
him the irate one appealed to know If he
was right or wrong in refusing to pay
his fare.
D you wish my legal advice ?" asked
Mr.. Hummel, with a show Of gravity.
81 do"
81 never give legal advice without a
fee."
well, here's a IS bill,' said the pas
senger, peeling OF a bill from a big roll.
and handing It to MI. Hummel, who
promptly accepted II.
my advice is-pay your fare or get OF
the car"
"Is that aIl?"
mo-" replied Mr.. Hummel. Then, call
ing the conductor and handing him the
bill, he remarked: at is certainly worth
that much money to find and reward a gen.
tlenanly conductor"
The free lecture system Of the New
York public schools is a magnificent aid IN
l. -
people. During the past season 1t has
been carried into the FIVE boroughs OF
Greater New York. with an attendance OF
almost LOCO. 900.
This course was begun thirteen years
ago In six school houses. There are now
more than 100 places where these lectures
are given.
DIR. Henry NJ. LelpEiger. supervisor of
these lectures, speaking OF the good that
had come through their fundamentally,
says;
New York Is the pioneer in this note
worthy movement for the education OF
grown-ups Each year the sum appropriated
for the worthy purpose has been increased,
for the free lecture movement has won
the appreciation not alone OF the people,
but OF the student OF education.
"You must bear in mind the fact" he
continued. that according to good authori-
ties, but 6 per cent OF the people of this
country are systematically educated after
leaving the common schools, so that the
inclusion Of q provision for adult education
In our educational chapter. is one Of the
most noteworthy deeds performed In the
last decade of the nineteenth century,"
A year ago, reports a correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press, the midnight light
burned In the ofices Of brokers in the