Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27


subject in a serious way nor tabulated
the fact in the rapidly expanding die
tionary of alenlstic terms. but IL Is
safe to say that INTEL ectuality Is at
a Two ebb in the summer months.
Things too trivial to notice in the win
ter months become of vital Importance
when the nineties are CoaXing the mer-
curry upward. Amusements which would
be declared inane and childish I'm the
comparative light of January are ac-
cepted in August with joy and glad
ness. 1t Is not only because theater and
concert hall are warmer than the roof
garden; Shakespeare or Ibsen would
draw scarcely twenty persons to play
house even If 1t were properly cooled.
1t has already been shown in New
York that high-class music is not
success I'm summer, even when given
with the coolest surroundings and the
accompaniments of iced and cooling
drinks. Human nature in this' part of
the country wants froth to feed on from
June to September Whether It is to the
homer or credit of managers and amuse-
ment purveyors, there assuredly Is
good supply. The Oldest jokes are fond
ly sprung by roof garden comedians,
and the audience welcomes them as
dear friends; last seasons costumes
are resurrected by the managers for
people sit under roof and blazing
lights and complacently consider them
selves on a roof garden; they watch
the inspiring spectacle of horse climb
ing into bed or listen to alleged Ger
man comedians shatter the atmosphere
with an impossible dialect and they
laugh laborously. 1t is a sight that
runs the gamut from humor to pathos.
At the summer resorts the mad whirl
,f n q
tennis tournament, participated in by
occupants of adjoining dining room
tables; into auto meets in which rs
many as six cars take part and wild
race is pulled off on the beach if the
tide is not coming in, or the hotel
guests gather on the piazza to watch
an exciting baseball struggle between
the bell boys and the porters As
climax to all this gayety an entertain
ment by wonderfully talented amateur
guests is given in the ball room. And
if a hard working professional could
hear the applause that greets these
performances! Is that the natural de-
sire to be pleased when on a vacation
or do people unconSciously put their
minds on half rations? Whichever the
cause it is undenable that New York
ers will stand for anything on the sum-
mer amusement line, and everything
well called SILLY season."
Chinks Are Scattering
Those Bowery FOUNDERS who for years
have made living by acting as guides
to the wickedness of Chinatown, point
ing out opium dens to the Sunday
school teachers from afar who patron
ize the Summing wagons, have taken
alarm at the rapid disintegration of
their gold mine. They say that there
are only about 5000 Chinamen in China
town, where there used to be double
that number; and that presently there
won't be any public wickedness to eX-
hibit. The dispersal is due to a COM
bination of causes. The cheap rents
in Harlem and at this end of the Will
iamsburg bridge have attracted some
of the thrifty About go Chinese are
reported to have married white wives,
who object to living in the fetid at
mosphere of the quarter. These men
have set up homes elsewhere to suit
the taste of their American wives.
Then. since the warning Tongs COM
mitted so many murders, the police in
Chinatown have been trebled and pub
lie gambling has been done away with.
Not cuss Word
of a hanson was hurrying down Broad
way. When he reached Dey street he
collided with light truck which was
going in the same direction. The driver
of the hanson looked at the other jehu
for a moment and then laughed. CAN
right" said the truck driver. "All
right" rejoined the other; II guess it's
my fault, not yours" Both then drove
on. Gee whiz,' said the big police
bernians had been in the Bronx in
a shindy they'd have kicked up
Cops Mustn't Have Corns
Applicants for a place on the "foorce"
of the finest hereafter must be chir-
opodized. They must have perfect
foot in order to swing a club. In other
words, when they are at inspection
they must hist" as would a horse to
a prospective buyer. The coppers who
take with them their raincoats every
time their corns begin to ache will
gradually have to walk the plank.
Commissioner Bingham has declared
that the hobbies will have to be minus
corns, ingrowing toe nails, calloused
skin, and other affections which mar
the beauty of the peeler's "tootsies,"
and at all times render them unfit for
duty Twenty-nine candidates for po-
sitions on the force were examined the
other day. None of their feet would fit
the glass slipper, and all were rejected.
Another Subway Kick
1t seems now that the proper ventila-
tion of the subway will suffer a serious
delay because of a difference of opinion
as to who will have to pay the 5000, 900
necessary to carry out the work. The
Interborough company, declaring it is
cnly a lessee of the tunnel, deems it
proper that the city, which owns it,
should bear the expense of arrangin &
so important a benefit to the people.
! The rapid transit commission, whose
| judgment very infrequently differs from
that of the great traction interests, is
in doubt as to on whom the financial
| burden should rest. Wise legal minds
are trying to figure it out. So blithely
| begun, so full of promise to those who
are nightly crushed into the hot, stuffy
subway. the project seems marked for
arrested growth. 1t would be pessimisti ic
| indeed to forecast that by the time it is
| finally settled the chill winter days may
be here and though the air may still
be foul the heat, principal agent of dis
| comfort now, will be but a memory.
| Any unnecessary delay in this work il
| inhuman and the hundreds of thoI-