Evening star., 1926-05-09
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The following printed in The star
of May 2, 1876. may bring BACK 10
"Oh, Shoot that was current so
rLs+ uotw years ago, winch
1naL ndt' like almost all pepu-
lar arEot, has long since passed from
use or recognition.
"The folly of going TO law on friv-
olous pretexts is well illustrated oy
case lately tried in the Baltimore
Court of Common Pleas. Two Balti'
more females recently INDUCED IN ex-
pensive litigation growing out OF the
use Of a slang phrase. Some time age
a Mrs. Wilcox and her sister, Wnlie
promenading. passed Mrs. douglass
wearing a hat somewhat extensively
decorated. when one of the former
females. possibly q trifie envious, ex'
claimed derisively, oh. shoot that nat.
Douglass! This naturally aroused the
ire OF Mrs. Douglass and she caused
the arrest of the two women Tor IN
sl1lting her and they were bound over
to keep the peace. But the matter
did not rest there. Mrs. WILCOX then
had Mrs. u. arrested on the charge
~ periurv. of which, however. she
was acquitted. 1t was now Mrs. Doug
lass turn and she brought suit
against Mrs. Wilcox for false and ma
licious prosecution, laying her dam
ages at a high figure. The case was
decided on Friday last, the jury brlng'
ing in q verdict of $45O In favor OF the
plaintiff. This Is q moderately large
sum to pay for the privilege of using
a slang expression.
-
, On the eve of the opening or the
Centennial exposition at philadelphia
-. it was announced
Sunday Closing that in considera-
at Exposition. s,1n sentimen. Sl pn'At in that
city the big show would not be opened
to the public on Sunday. The Star
Of May S, 1876, says on this subject;
"There is q pretty general expires
sion of press opinion censuring the
determination of the Centennial au-
thorities to close the exhibition on
promise that the exhibition be closed
until after the morning services in the
churches and be thrown open to visi-
tors in the afternoon. This, the Balti-
more Sun thinks, will give all classes
an opportunity to visit the exhibition
without unnecessary offense to con-
scientious prejudices, and would en-
able thousands of persons In towns
and cities within $50 miles OF Phiia'
dolphia to leave their homes Saturday
afternoon by rail, to be In Philadel-
phia Sunday morning to visit the
churches before noon. and the exhibi'
ton in the afternoon, and to return
home by Monday morning"
~
On this subject Of visiting the Phil
adelphia exposition. the following in
Stage Coaches 1875, is Of interest:
p...5 "It sounds odd in
kF0poseu. these rushing days
Of steam and electricity to hear some
of the New York journals seriously
advocate the establishment Of g. line
of four.horse coaches between New
York and Philadelphia to take pas
sengers to the Centennial exposition.
And yet after all there is q good deal
of sense in the proposition. It is
urged that there is no pleasure In a
railroad journey; that 1t Is uncom-
Portable, especially in warm weather
owing to the smoke, dust and cinders,
and that one gets only q fieeting and
unsatisfactory glimpse OF the scenery
en- route.
"One travelling on business and
with no time to waste cannot afford
to patronize the slow stage coach in
preference to the flying steam cars,
but there is undoubtedly a class in
New York who would not begrudge
few hours extra and q few dollars
more In consideration Of q novel and
pleasant Journey Of the kind.
1.-THE distance between the two cit
les is about 100 miles and It is esti-
mated that by changing horses every
s miles the trip could be made
in 10 hours. This would be a com
Portable and eXhilarating rate of speed
and would enable the passengers to
enjoy the scenery as they went.
"An individual in New York expert