New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

where the sward IS often strevn with nros+-st. Viz
hns OF the numerous neighborIng saloons he feels
s'Ie mat inerciful municipality have placed
fountain surely just little one-spleoted aryaI-
Tor Tie relief Of the babes and mothers vbo com.
mere 20 get n breath OF the best air tbe, c,, a.,
IN these precincts. But M. rot even here IA such
menace to the beer business OF the sveJt.-fr,u
psit 10 DC round. As he saGnters onward his avs
suddenly Sstens as II giancos up Broad street bur
s-4satioh proves that the fountain he secs thera
Is also for the horse alone. whitehall strsa+ s.,r
poFes ehother hollow shell OF a 'has-been fouuta,n
"'N no" merely serves TO support wearled police
Nien "neh the neishborfng lamppost is occupied
10 MIN who has hunted in vain over this dr.,
shelf, has watched teamsters stevedores ond co.
rlers hghtng for piece OF fee around the Ice boats
at tho foot OF Jefferson street and has ssan than
gloryng IN a drink and a spray beneath one of tha
protective Societys hoses II is grateful roIie a.,
oeed when his eye Is greeted by the tInv oasis
placed In State street by the Woman's AuxiIiar,- ~
tno ohurch temperance Society under the shadow,
or the hungarian Immigrants Home The oh
scurly OF the little fountain doubtless assured
It's safety, and one notes that for the first bIock
In walk OF several miles here is one on which
there is no saloon. Coincidence again navbe but
this is so The fount. which has been there opIv
g comparatively short time would sell for an an
uque' so smooth worn Is its brass ana so battered
has II become. Yet the teamsters and pedestrians
who flock here prove how much cheer the shallow
cup dispenses. how greatly such charity Is ap-
preciated and how much moro such founts srs
needed than tulip borders or even park settees
Praise God. from whom all blessings flow" reads
the legend in brass above the spigot and aIrslv IN
this section none or Gods blessings could nov
with greater benefit than drnkable cold water
IN BATTERY PARK.
In Battery Park there are one or two iu-l,en,
fountains that really run. but they are some dis
tance away from the scene Of the most active work
along the waterfront, and is led 70 conjecture
whether or not the number OF sleeping human dere-
r. ave ybara aaNo,,
degree be iessened II there were a chance for ther
to get water where now they only get the
cheap whisNey which is largely responsible for
their condition. How much people desire a bene-
fetal drink is evidenced at the pasteurized milk
stand in this park. where twenty-five hundred
thrsts day killed or aIayed by the milk
which is charitably sold at the rate OF a cent a
glass.
In the little park at Bowling Greer there ts a
pretty ornamental fountain which delights the eve
but It has tendency on hot day to aRsravata
the thirst. AS the writer watched, two urcbins
dropped into the bowl this fountain To share tho
delights provided for the goldfish alone and while
q wary policeman chased the pair to their lair in
side street two others vaulted the low iron fence
and, with eye after the heeting COP" they lav
fiat on their stomachs and drank deeply from the
muddy pool.
Worse even than South street is West street
where save for the welcome green tubs OF the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnmaIs
there is not even trough for the horse to drink
from, to say nothing OF a fountain for mere man.
There he must take II for granted that unless he
patronizes either the lemonade cart or the saloon
he must go thirsty, and on hot and dusty day
the wage OF the average teamster might easily be
spent with the great thirst that he has acquired
Sill unsiaked.
Personal observation shows that the fountains in
the city which receive the care are where they
are most seen rather than where they are most
needed zone is impressed with the fact" said
Old New Yorker. that instead OF removing
fountains that are eyesores to saloonkeepers In
front Of whose establishments they stand these
ought TO be replaced by new ones and that the
$500 appropriation ought TO be- SO increased as to
admit Of many much needed new fountains IN
the time It would seem though the churches
might do good work for Christ and charity by
turning some OF their money into drinking foun~
tains rather than for the maintenance OF Chinese
missions"