Year: 1879

The recent discovery made by the edi-
tor of the Cincinnati Times that every man
has delightful summer resort on the roof
of his house has cast gloom along the


entire seashore. Il have always held"
said ths editor of the Times to reporter,
THAT anybody who has roof to cover
him can pass his time there more pleas
antly than in the heated rooms below. l
trust ! am no mere theorist, and if You
will come with me | will show you the
practicablity of this thing


The reporter accompanied the editor to
the atter's boarding house, over the door
of which was the legend, Royal meals
ten cents" and followed him up a ladder
to the roof This roof is not as fiat as it
should be- observed the editor, "but 1t
will serve to illustrate my ideas; and
crawling on his hands and knees he was
soon safely astride the comb. Just as
easy as riding IA gentle horse, said he,
taking hold of the shingles in front OF him
to make his seat more secure. ''ln the
first place. observed the editor, II would
recommend that roofs that are too steep
should be paned down to the proper level.
This you see, will open up an entirely
new field of industry to our idle Millions
The editor shook the kinks out of leg on
either slope of the roof, and continued
with delightful enthusiasm:


"Please observe the magnificent view
one has from this point. And the gentle
breeze! How it fans ones fevered brow
and invigorates his whole being!'


''It's little too warm, perhaps, said
the editor, ''but ! will remedy that-so"
and up went his umbrella. "How's that,
young fellow? Could anything be simp-
ler? reckon not would provide each
member of the family with an umbrella,
and have one or two in reserve for COM
pany. That would not only insure you
against sun. but against rain and hail as
well. Simplest thing in the world, You
see."


THE children might fall off, mightn't
they?"


mot necessarily. That is, not unless
you wanted 'em to. My plan is to have
what might be called a family hitching-
post set in the centre Of the roof, with as
many chains attached to and radiating
therefrom as you have children. The
chains will be Just so long and no longer.
You catch the idea? When child is Sc
cured ct the end of chain, it will be long
enough-the chain will-to allow the child
to sit on the edge of the roof and dangle
its feet over. or look down on the less for
tunate children on the hot streets below.
Couldn't please the little dears BETTER


"You wouldn't have your books, papers,
gold fish, canary. etc, on the roof, l sup
pose ?"


Certainly. Make it as attractive as
possible. No better place on the broad
universe to read and write than just here
and the editor drew forth bunch of pa
per and pencil, and. quickly throwing up
his knee for writing desk, began to
scribble vigorously.


'.See how the old thing works, young
man. remarked the editor glancing up
pleasantly from his manuscript. 'Here
| am writing Il double-leaded editorial on
the The Evening Newspaper as a Means
of Salvation. and writing it with less
wear and tear of brain tissue than would
write single-leaded article in my library
or office.


Just then lump of SCOT as big as
brick-bat came sailing along and landed
upon the elegant nose of the editor.


'.Of course there will be few disad-
vantages to overcome said he, "knock-
ing the SCOT off his nose but they cannot
be met successfully until they present
and he glanced down his
DTODOsclS. WHICH UitSt HAVE lOOktu W ullil
like stack of black cats. This little
trouble of coal-soot will be speedily over
come by the adoption of smoke-consum-
ers or removing short distance into the
country Here you will observe have
written seventeen pages on The Evening
Newspaper as Means of Salvation in
less than as many minutes-a good hours
job when shut up in a hot room down
stairs. Up here, above the rattle of the
town. where the air is bright and clear as
the eyes of the girl you love, ones
thoughts flow us free as a mountain stream.
No sluggishness. no dead eddies, no.


Here a sudden breeze lifted the EDITORS
umbrella and carried it over dozen blocks
of houses in the direction of Millcreek
bottoms. In an endeavor to secure it sew
enteen pages of 1.-The Evening Newspa-
per us a Means of salvation were caught
up and distributed by the four winds of
heaven. The editor secured his hat by
buttoning it ON the inside of his coat, and
concluded:


MY scheme is not yet fully developed,
but this will serve to show you the drift
of things. Saratoga is nowhere said
he, crawling carefully toward the ladder.
land as for Coney island, | wouldn't have
it mentioned on the same day. wouldn't
hy Gracious ''-CiHcinRdi En1uirer