Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-07-21
NEW YORK IN THE HOT TIME
". Y. Morgan, in The Hutchin,
son News.
Nn,r- Vnrl- ILL., N

Delore starting on a trip to Other
lands should be marked with ;
proper spirit of seriousness. anC
l would certainly live up to the
prOpriety Of the occasion if i
were not for two things, the bag
gage and the weather. But how
can a man heave a sigh of regret
at departing from home, when
he is chasing over JERSEY CITY
and HObOken after a stray trunk
and the thermometer is breaking
records for highness and the bar.
ometer for humidity. l have
known some tOlerably warm
zephyrs from the south which
were excitedly called "hot
winds" but they are balmy and
pleasant to the touch in cOmpar-
lson with the New York hot wave
which Wits collar, shirt and back
Done into one mass. Then the
prospect of tomorrow being out
on the big water with a sea
breeze and a northeast course
does not seem so bad, even if YOU
are leaving the stars and stripes
and home and friends. There is
nothing like hot, humid weather
to destroy patriotism, love. af-
lection and common civility. |
speak in mild terms but | have
returned from HObOken, the sta
ton just the other side of the
place whose existence is denied
by the UnlversalStS. This is the
place the ship starts from and
not from New York, as it is ad-
yertlSed to do.
Speaking of weather reminds
me thai the west is far ahead of
New York in the emancipation of
men. The custom here is for men
TO wear coats regardless of the
temperature, whereas in the more
west a man is cOnsid-
cred dressed up in the evening if
he takes off his galluSses along
with rs coat. Last night we went
70 a roof garden" and expected
mat it would be a jolly Bohemian
affair, but every man sat with
MS coat on and perspired until
ne couldn't tell whether the
young ladies of the stage were
high or not, and worse
han that, they did not care.
By the time these lines reach
he News the hot spell in Kansas
will probably be ended, and the
ieep feeling which underlies my
opinion of New York weatherwillI
lot be appreciated.
| have been again impressed
With the fact that there are no
lies in New York city. There
ire no screens on the windows
lot even of the dining rooms, and
'et, | have not seen a fly. Il
wish DR.. Crumbine would tell us
Why it is that flies swarm out in
Kansas and leave without a
rlendly visit such a rich pasture
,round as they would find on
he millions of humans on Man.
lattan Island. If l were a fly |
would leave the swatterS and !
he hostile boards of health of
Kansas and take the limited train
or New York and one perpetual
lcnlc for myself and family.
This afternoon | went to the
all game of course. Some peo-
lie would have gone to the art
xhlbit or the beautiful public L.
rary. But New York and Chi
ago were. to play and Mathew
ON was to pitch, and the call of
uty prevailed over the artistic
earnings which would have tax
n me elsewhere. Coming home
rom the game l had. an idea,
'hlch is a dangerous thing to do
I hot weather. There has been
good deal of talk in the. news
aperS about the RepublicanSnOt
on a candidate, and
he question as to whether Taft
an be reelected or not is being
igOrOusly debated. Pull 'em
IL out and nominate ChriSty
This would insure
he electoral vote of New York, /
Matty" on the ticket the elec-
on returns would be so many mi
OnS for MathewSOn and perhaps
few scattering.
There were about as many err
OrS and bOneheadS in the game
etween Chicago and New York
S there would be in a Kansas
tate league game and more than
-Ould come to pass in the match
etween the BARRIERS and the laun-