New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

it ard 'busts" down on to things inside without
the sh dow Of a warning. 1t is q sort of in
visible h<mbsheI The only real safety for
small vesseh when the busters" come is to be
somewhere elsS Should Jack be caught in one
however, when o>t any of the excursions
he is to be invited to, and should he cap
size let him cling TO his boat and kick. Every
one kicks the moment he is overheard in Sydney
Harbor. Even the women do it. It's second
nature and sure protection against sharks.
Jack will like Sydney fully as well any
port on his cruise around the world It is far from
the Bowery eight thousand miles in a straight
line but il is jolly town and the least expensive
city in the world to live in. Every one has
meat three times a day. course dinner costs
shilling that is % cents. In the restaurant
line 25 cents will go far in Sydney as 81 30
will in New York City. Oysters are threepence
dozen, that Is six cents They are plentiful,
and one may easily gather them himself II he
wishes, without any charge at all They grow
near the city. Chicken, beef and mutton are
cheaper than anywhere else. Salads are plenu-
full; bananas two cents dozen, and pineapples
big ones. only one penny apiece. All the fruits
of the temperate and most of the tropical
fruits abound Eating places are as various as
in San Francisco.
It costs but sixpence TO go by steamer to the
beaches outside the Heads where there is fine
bathing in the Pacific There are innumerable
picnic grounds and splendid parks One-fourth
Of Sydney is laid out in parks, and, besides this
which is far and away the largest proportion
for parks that any city in the world can snow
there are two great natural parks belonging TO
the government. These are each considerably
over forty square miles in area and, excepting
for roads and pathways are as nature made
them There are gulches mountains water
falls plateaus, forests and ferns and flowers III
profusion. The Wentworth Falls come down in
three majestic steps a total of fifteen hundred
feet
In the city. besides the Botanical Gardens and
the great Centennial Park, there is the wonder
full circular quay, always of interest, which Is
IN the very site of the settlement which Cap
tain Arthur Phillip made in 1888, one hundred
and twenty wears ago, beside the stream of
clear pure water flowing into Sydney Bay
Then there are the theatres, where the staging
is more elaborate and magnificent than one
would see in either London or New York and
the seats far cheaper One does very well there
for 05 cents unless one has to have a box
Then one may spend 81 for a chair. The
plays are good The best companies in Europe
go to Sydney and Australia, and the public is
keen and appreciative critic.
sydney streets are rather narrow. The trans
are like the American trolleys. The public
houses are English, and the Tenderloin is like
New York's. Bars close an hour before mid
night, and they close not the front door only
but on the side and behind as well Those who
live In Sydney the year around have an easy
time of it. SO far as climate is concerned The
| thermometer runs from 30 to Is degrees in the
course of twelve months, and the rainfall is
about fifty inches