Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-07

only Tazzari could provide Nowhere
else could such exquisite pasties, such
palate-tclling special dishes, and above
an. such tender HOLSTERS, be found. There
was wonderful concoction prepared by
Mama I.azzan. Of fresh young vegetables,
mushrooms. calves brains and veal,
"fritio-msto" by name which turned
epicures into poets But the best OF
good things perish. Papa LAMAR,
suffering from an asthmatic aifllction,
must move to the rarer air of the Adiron-
daek Mountains. and within the month
the old house will be razed and factory
erected on It's site.
Now York's aged Senators are not her
only representatives at the national CAPT
tol who do not condescend to attend the
present session Of Congress. Timothy d..
Sullivan, Iammany Czar Of the East
Side and representative Of the Eighth
Congressional district Of the city. has not
been present In the House since the OPEN
/ ing dnv of the session. somewhat over
five months ago Mr.. Sullivan's sole
appearance al Washington occurred a
few days ago when he flew out to attend
"a meeting of the Committee on Coinage,
/ Weights and Measures and press the bill
To establish the metric system for use by
the government "Big Tins assiduity
, for the metric system is a puzzle both to
| the city at large and his constituents.
| Tho BoNcry has never given any
thought TO the metric system and would
probably be appalled, IL It had TO lill It's
beer cans hy the litre instead OF the pint.
After attending the committee meeting at
Washington, Mr.. Sullivan hurried back TO
Albany where he has stayed all winter
attending 10 his interests" He does
not care for Washington, and will drop
his Job of representative at the end of his
term and have himself elected State Sena-
tor again "a position he graced for many
yoars. There's always something
doing az Albany" he says, explaining
his preference for tho State capitol. In
the light of recent yellow dog revelations,
Father knickerbocker does not question
this.
Tho inalienable right 10 unionize has
been exercised by the bootblacks Of the
city who have formed an organization
with the formidable title of the United
Booiblacls' Protective League. Here
5 after the union shine viii be in order
and the man who has the misfortune
Z TO own q pair of scab-made shoes may
find himself put on the blacklist and un
; able to get his boots decently blacked
A nine-hour day and a Sunday CLOSING
hour at o'clock are reforms contem
plated by the union. And just to shoy
that the organization is fully organized
and up-to-date, charges Of graft in th
. union have already been made. Al
| Italian bootblack on Times square al
- Il
close on certain day. which he did ant
Z behold, all the officers Of the union con
s tinued 20 do business and stole his Gus
e tom. 81 pay tree dol 70 join an
{ feeitv cents a month" he said. "Some
e body gitta da mon and gitta da lemon.
b To get a lemon, in the parlance Of ii
e street, is to be buncoed.
There are no volcanoes in New York .hu
r erlptions Of dangerous character hav
r. been driving thousands Of tenants ava
from the neighborhood Just below Centr,
Park on the West Side. The troubl
Y has been with the heavy iron lids cove
o ing the sewer manholes. which of LAT
e have acquired the habit Of soaring slS,
n ward amidst a great explosion and uplea
, Of flames. Sometimes "a many as 20
a these manhole covers have blow
\ ont at once with a force that shattered a
" the windows in the neighborhood, dan
e aged houses and injured pedestrians
u the streets. One frightened housi
! holder, driven out Of his parlor when on
70 OF the great iron discs crashed throue
IT the window. took refuge in the celia
" whereupon the cellar floor suddenly bic
s, up and mashed him against the ceilinl
"a The trouble originated in the big aut,
Is mobile garages in the neighborhoo,
3 which were accustomed to pass wasi
3 gasolene into the sewers. The gasoler
ie got ignited and caused the blow-up
q This week a committee of residen
n stomed the mayors office and a
n manded that the sewer hombarimen
a be made TO cease. Accordingly n
m aldermen passed an ordinance banisl
ing gasolene irom the sewers.
Longacre.
10 Use Silver Suds for cleaning silve