Life — April 5, 1900 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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» LIFE - ‘The question ts, WH! Boston ever outgrow Its meanness? LE think not, It ty too near Last n PHILADELPHIA, Philadeiphta ts the meanest elty in the United States, Its water supply ts rhulnal, The namber of deaths from typhoid—the result of Impure water Is appalling. ‘The color of the water vartes from a chocolate to the Untof the coffee you get at a Wc. tabie dhot his coudition has existed fur several years and no one seems t Hittadelpbta has no more fire engl ears ago, notwithstanding great Increase In area and population, nhattan Island, which could be lost in Philadelphia's area, has seventy good engines ; Philadelphia, as tn Isz1, has forty-seven engines of varylog vintages Philadelphia permits a yas company te ge one hundred and fifty per cent Interest on a gas Inll IFA is not pald within three days after presenta, Hou, wad guar ppany that It sball have uo competitor tn busttiess a Tupper. y than it had twenty-nine tees to the ex pit permits a street nullway company —the only one In the city — ree cents for every transfer, No transfer ts free, pia Will not permit a publtc roof garden in summer. Mhiludelphia gives toa private corporation t fa partot th iand for a private Zoo, and permits that corporation to charg o tise Philadelphia will not permit a baker to sell bread on Sunday, Philadeiphta in summer ts stiting hot; in the elty there 1s no recreation but atrolie Fa boat ride on a sturfy, dirty river, or a walk in the park. Vhitad ua are stingy. They promised the Republican Natlonal Com mittee $100,000 for the convention, and now the funny little Mayor ts begging, sing for the money by contriations. t the spunk of mice ; Its newspaper press 1s pitt to leave Mhiladelphia Stub Pen. The Lion: OW! THESE PHLaD! ARE NOT 80 SLOW, A Necessity. “yy HY did Springer leave the Journal?” ‘The streets of Boston are made up of oblique J gracefully in tasteful tsogons and trimmed Jin the day time to avold being seen. than the Heston men can, and tsosceles triangles arral on the side with ataties cov “Ie wanted to become a journalist.” ONE OF THE Best Stories V HEN Lawrence Barrett and Edwin Booth joined forces and went star- ring together, the financial success of the venture was largely due to the fact that the usual prices of admission were prac- tically doubled. When Mr. Barrett next went out by himself, he thought it would be a derogation from his well: known dignity to abate the prices from the figures he had attained while associated with Mr. Booth, His first appearance on the new basis was in New Britain, Connecticut. The play was * Julius Cresar,” with Mr. Bar- rett in his celebrated performance of Cassius. Sundry rumors came to his cars that a good many of the inhabitants of New Britain had declared they would see .».1 EVER HEARD By Francis Wilson. themselves ‘‘darned first” before they would give up two dollarsto see any one- dollar show, and Mr. Barrett was there- fore a bit dubious about the success of his experiment. After the curtain went up, though, he noticed that the house was more than half full, which, at double prices, meant that it held more than the usual amountof money. Mr. Barrett was somewhat elated, and inclined to be gra- cious to those whose station in life was not so exalted as bis own, Therefore when word was passed to him, through , that the manager of re craved a few Mr. Barrett was pleased to accord the boon. Tt must be understood that a New Britain man: moments’ audience, is rot a be-diamonded creature like those of the larger cities, but that among his duties were included the care of the fur- nace and similar functions. Mr. Barrett was prepared to be con- gratulated on the success of his appear- ance, and received the manager on the stage, attired in Cussius's best toga and seated in the finest curule chair the pro duction afforded. The manager ap proached without remo his hat, and in very plain tones Mr. Barrett, T wish that after the next act you'd go in front of the curtain and tell the folks that next weck'’s show is ‘The Rag Baby,’ and that it’s real funny.” Mr. Barrett did not make the requested announcement, comicbooks.com