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Show NEWS FROM NEW YORK. Mrs. Sloan Writes of the Doings in the Modern Gotham. SOME PERTINENT POINTS. Th Kvolution of tlie Hand Organ The Babies on Oar JSloek Observations During a Park Airing Christian Chris-tian Endeavor Soldiers. The hand organ, which has for years been considered an instrument of torture by the more refined and a blessing in disguise to the less fortunate, has undergone an evolution. evolu-tion. The insrtument, which is now wheeled by the dark-skinned sou of Italy on a truck, much resembles a miniature upright piano. It no longer grinds out the rusty refrain of a thread-bare song, but plays all popular airs from the latest operas to the fetching songs of the vaudeville. He who plys one block with his vocation has au admiring and pleased throng ever about liim, his organ being tuneful aud plays with great precision the raging "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay." As soon as the first notes break upon the air, windows are thrown wide, heads peer out, and everyone seems to be ou the alert. Surely so common a thing as an organ grinder could not create such sensation sensa-tion in a city, where one is educated (musically) (music-ally) by theuu However this may be this scene does occur often several times in one day. I have learned the secret, a blonde baby gowned in a dress, always white, sleeveless sleeve-less and with a demi-train, not older than four years, comes out of the opposite stone-front and ! dances. Carmencita may well look to her laurels, the roguish glances, the coquettish poise of the head, and the graceful kick will later conquer con-quer a continent of dudes. I learn this little mite is now playing in one of the cheap theaters down town aud probably realizing re-alizing her importance aud eager for flattery, flat-tery, she deigns to regale the street urchines with her accomplishments. After this little circus performance ou the sidewalk, there is a tumultuous scramble from the crub aud each vag vies with the other to see who miy touch the hem of her garment. In after years her needs aud requirements may be greater, but she can never gain more sincere homage than she now does from the urchins of the block. I am somewhat doubtful whether Salt Lake City can still be called the realm of babydom, for, notwithstanding the difficulties difficul-ties that surround one in supplying homes for the "enfant terrible," I find an unusual number on our block. 'Tis a mystery from whence they. come; the organ-grinders, a la "Pied Piper of Hamlin," unearths them, though. Wonderful to relate, I am one of the few women who does abhor a dog. The other day, while sauntering in the park, where . nurses and their charges and invalids are supposed to congregate, I found much of the space occupied by women of all ages and conditions, with as many diversified breeds of dogs, also, taking a constitutional. It was an interesting educator to me, to note the lavish attention to the needs of these pets by their mistresses. Repugnant in the extreme. Dogs dogs dogs everywhere one turned; dogs with elaborate silver harness, har-ness, pugs with trotting gear unique, some others, the breed a conundrum. One of the last named was led by a woman of uncertain age, attired in the height of fashion, the costume infinitely decorous and appropriate for a woman of menus. What a spectacle, ludicrous, yet pathetic, to see the caresses bestowed upon the canine by the dame. The care with which he was groomed, the acute angle of his bang, the clean-shaven body, with the tufts of hair at joints only exhibited the pride with which he was regarded. re-garded. Should I discriminate in favor of this one it would be from a seance with him and a knowledge of his superior training and marked degree of intelligence. But nothing could have added more to my already well defined opinion of he who sports a dog in a public thoroughfare. The Society of ' Christian Endeavor are holding their aunual convention in this cit-. The delegates are monopolizing hotels aud boarding houses to the exclusion of all other guests, numbering as they do about thirty-thousand. thirty-thousand. This condition of affairs reverberates rever-berates iu a general howl from chamber maids, porters, waiters and bell boys, who object to the increase in duty and a scarcity of tips. The only attache of the hotel, whose duties have been exempt in attending at-tending the wants of this crowd are the barkeepers. bar-keepers. This is essentially a drv lmrtv. The female delegates largely predominate, there is a refreshing unconventionality about them, which is respected well here, some of them taking advantage of this freedom free-dom to visit the famous Hoffman House barroom bar-room and view its magnificence. The "tenderloin "ten-derloin district" hs been a never failing source of interest daily, here the centralization centraliza-tion of vice in gilded palaces prevails. Seriously Ser-iously speaking I do not think the convocation convoca-tion has manifested in its numerous discussions discus-sions anything of a progressive nature, and think them not abreast of the times in religious re-ligious advancement. Their chief object seems at present to devise means and ways for closing the World's fair on Sunday. This arrangement would deny thousands of workinginen the privilege of viewing this collosal show. This expression expres-sion of fanaticism I very much deplore, being be-ing marshalled by a ho6t said to be 5,000,000 strong. Let the parliament of religions furnish the necessary worship for the day, and then throw open wide the doors to him, who conies, that he. may be enlightened. ' NOTES. Marshall P. Wilder arrived during the week on the City of New York. He will now make a tour of the fashionable watering places. His trip was highly successful, and he enjoyed the hospitalities of Madame Adeliua Patti during his sojourn Colonel Isaac Trumbo, the San Francisco Napoleon of finance, is quartered at the Plaza, gravitating between this place and Newport, where Mrs. Trumbo is at present. - Our genial Charles Burton for some days has been a guest of that magnificent hostelry, hos-telry, the Imperial. He has no doubt secured se-cured bookings of the most popular and best theatricals for the coining season to regale Salt Lake's critical audiences. Sarah Ropgers Si.oax. |