Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-07-05
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The Yorkville police court was
crowded when woman witress who
weighed about $50 pounds walked in.
trate's desk and sat down on one Of
the rickety benches alongside the
wall. There was crumbling of rotten
wood, crash and the old bench went
down with the heavy woman, another
woman holding a baby In her arms
and two men. The woman screamed.
the spectators jumped to their feet
and the court proceedings We're in
terrupted. The heavy woman was
much embarrassed by her position on
the floor and Roundsman Griffin Of
the court squad seized her by the arm
to help her to her feet, but found his
strength unequal to the task. Two
other policemen went to his assist
ance and when she got up she was so
indignant that she left the court with
out giving her testimony
Something strange and interesting
is happening in big city every day.
Sunday night blacksmith of 81, Sc.
nilely demented was brought to Belle
vue hospital. In few minutes a ped
Ter of 81, sick with the disease so
few of us get. old age. was riding In
an ambulance to the same shelter. II
has often been noticed that things
bad and good, murder and suicide.
marriages and births. have tendency
to come in shoals or very scattering
ly. In great towns this contagion of
events is most noticeable. One LAY
number of years ago we waded indus
triously and hoplessly through the
London daily papers. There was but
one golden grain in all that waste.
Tucked away in the meagre police
news were two giants, Chinese giants.
They didn't. belong to the same show.
They were not friends, but rivals.
They were arrested in different parts
of London. Each had assumed the
Englishman's privilege of beating his
wife. That day millions of things
must have been done by those hud-
dled millions of Londoners. but for us
that day only one thing memorable
was visible. Two gentlemen from
Cathay. one rising heavenward some
eight feet two, the undergrown one
not less than seven feet nine in his
paper shoes, gave their 'Arriets a drub'
bing the same day.
A statistician whose business It Is
to inform himself on the subject re-
Gently came to the conclusion that
the present supply Of rooms in the
New York hotels was 5000 less than 1t
ought to be. In spite Of the number
Of hotels recently put up that many
are needed to bring the supply up to
the demand. These figures are not
the result Of an investigation Of the
subject made when the city is crowd
ed-during the week Of the Horse
Show, for instance, when all the avail.
able space in the hotels Is occupied
but represents conditions that pre-
vail normally with only the regular
demand. 1t may be seen that the op.
portunities for hotel enterprise are
by no means exhausted. The extent
to which they may continue to be
built, moreover, Is shown by the be.
lief among interested men that every
new hotel built benefits those already
In existence. This doctrine may be a
little bit difficult Of comprehension
to the layman, but the hotel keepers
and builders have complete confidence
in it. 1t must also be little bit hard
for the proprietor Of the old-fashionel
hotel who sees his former patrons
attracted by the newer establishments
until he is compelled to close up or go
into bankruptcy to realize just how
the new places are OF benefit to him.
The living picture school Of adver.
tsing would seem to have gone to ul-
innate length when the advantages Of
tooth wash must be made known to
the public by means Of the spectacle
to be seen now in the windows OF
downtown drug store. There sits a
young woman with some claims to per-
sonal loveliness that are chiefly con-
centrated In q beautiful set Of teeth.
On a table in front OF her are can
OF tooth polish and the other reQui-
sites to attending successfully to that
detail Of the toilet. At intervals she
entertains the crowd that gathers In
front of the window by cleaning her
teeth, quite as she would in the pri.
vacy OF her own room. II she were
there. But this goes on In show
window on the principal street OF the
city, before a crowd that gathers to
watch her with as much interest as
If she were the only person that had
ever acquired the habit she adver
tises SO freely.