The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23

gently in a mechanical grasp ana
swings him aerially home. AS yet
have scanned the papers in vain for
an establishment modern enough to
provide an airship anchorage on the
roof, but undoubtedly that will come
in time.
To what extent the theatrical man.
ayers are responsible for the ticket
Spectator nuisance is difficult ques-
ton. There is unfortunately no doubt
that some theaters are in partnership
with the spectators. Other theaters,
however, make apparently genuine eff
forts to suppress the abuse, and fail.
The Broadway Theater has stopped it
temporarily 1t sent a number of its
employees out to watch the spectators,
each employe taking one man as his
special charge, and when "a customer
came to that particular Spectator the
employee gave warming that the ticket
would be refused at the door. That
soon put a stop to the proceedings and
the spectators retired, defeated to
the tune of about $3.50 on the evenings
work. But this is only one successful
case out of many which have been I'M
successful. Why cannot the city au-
thorities step in and put a stop to the
whole business by refusing to license
any ticket speculator whatever? Is
istence of their business? Do they
serve any good purpose? If the thea
tiers would be glad to get rid of them,
as they claim, and if the public finds
them "a nuisance, as is generally ad-
mitted, why not abolish the whole I'M
savory business?
New Yorks tendency to panic in
some cases is equalled only by its alb
soIute indifference to peril in others.
Witness the present outbreak of small
pox. A few years ago the entire city
was aghast over the appearance of
typhoid fever in a Bayard street ten
ement, beyond which the disease did
not spread. Now the public is cheer
fully Indifferent to the fact that an
epidemic of smallpox has been pre-
vailing for many months, that there
are a dozen or more new cases every
day, and that almost every part of the
several cities that make up the met
ropolitan district is involved A prom
inent physician said recently: New
York is in the grip of the worst cpl
demic of the last quarter century,
One of the newspapers suggested to
member of the Board of Health that
a list of new cases be prominently
printed every day in it's columns, as
a warning. This suggestion was not
adopted as it was feared a panic
might result. The authorities are
working faithfully at wholesale vacci-
nation, but the public remains apa-
thetic in the face of the danger.
The money market seemed last week
to have turned the corner The bears
had had little profit out of the crisis
which wa beautifully managed be-
tween the banks and the trust compa-
MES, and London and New York
With a heavy loss of cash, the banks
decreased the loan with more than
enough to offset the drain and the
gold shipments were stopped by plac-
ing some more good sized credits
abroad. In the long run this case is
encouraging, since it shows how we'll
the big leaders have all the forces of
all the market in control. 1t is al
most enough to turn one into a bull.
Against that. however, is the settled
opposition of the leaders to any big
rise, and though this may have
changed their policy now. it is not
likely they will want to see specula-
ton break loose again so long as the
Northern Pacific Securities case is
hanging over all deals and over finan-
cial plans of any magnitude. The crop
scares are not to be looked for till in
May. There is nothing difficult ahead
to prevent a little rise, but for a long