Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-06
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TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST s 1877.
MUNICH ALUNACY,
BY JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

Has anybody yet thought Of the de-
STABILITY Of municipal ownership OF
the barber shops? If not it Is respect
fully suggested that the matter be look
ed into, for under private control II Is
undenlable that many abuses have
grown up. No misplaced respect fol
alleged private rights should be per
mitted to take the lather out OF the
mouths of the public.
re-
The Brooklyn EaSle says that you
simply can't marry business and poll
tics" All, but yoI can. Misallianees
are always possible. The real trouble
will come when you try to divorce
them, even for cause.
Only fool would suggest managing ga:
companies, street car companies ana 81
on regardless Of cost.-Hearsts New fork
Evening Journal.
Now. William, stop calling yourself
names. Leave that TO your enemies
One thing Is very certain. If capital
lists refuse to take the municipal bonds
that are being offered on the markets
IL won't take more than fifteen minutes
for an alert common council to pass an
ordinance requiring them to take
them. Better be warned In time, ye
money sharks. When that ordinance
is passed, who knows but that one OF
its provisions will set the price or O
hundred dollar bond at Sl25?
Too much credit has ruined many o
man. Wherefore the city that cannot sell
Its mortgages for over 1914 is just thai
much further from ruin as S31a Is from
par. .. Z. ID.
There seems to be general sus
picion In New York city that the
more Hourlshlng of its pool rooms and
other gambling institutions are con
trolled by a committee Of municipal
officials acting ex officiO. This Is one
of the few varieties of municipal con
troll which can be said to realize enor.
nous profits.
Mortified, Vt, before starting In up
on municipal ownership owed $2,0S2
At the close Of the experiment It owed
S47,319, a nice little profit Of $45'237.
Opera Note of the Future.-Now that
New York city has assumed charge OF
the Metropolitan Opera House and OPP
era has been thoroughly municipallzed
the music lovers of the city are look
ing forward with much curiosity to
what promises to be an interesting sea-
son. The appointment of Mr.. Fassett,
the we'll known plumber, to Its man
agement by the common council VIII
infuse new spirit into the institution,
though there are still timid souls who
doubt whether the artists he has en-
gagged, notably Mr. O'Brien, the livery
stable keeper, and Miss Maggie Dugan
of Lacey's ribbon counter, to sing Romeo
and Juliet are yocally equal to the roles
assigned them. Those who have heard
Miss Dugan summon a cash boy are
perfectly familiar with the wonderful
quality of her voice, especially in its
higher attitudes, and her enunclatlon
of the word cash is bell-like in the
clarity of its tone. Mr.. O'Brlen, how
ever, Is more Of an experiment; but,
while we must confess we have only
heard him address his horses in the
past, there is no denying that there Is
a superb quality to the notes of his
middle register. Signor Cospetto oil
Napoli, the popular dealer In confetti
In Mulberry street, who will lead the
orchestra OH Italian nights, comes or
a musical family, bis parents having
toured the country with barrel organ
for many prosperous seasons.