HELL WITH THE LID OFF.
A discussion rather more interesting than elegant is taking place in some of the American journals of the hour. It seems that someone has said that Pittsburg is " Hell with the lid off," a flattering description indeed. While not denying the truth of the description, certainly Pittsburgh are claiming that the phrase is not original, and that, therefore, it loses its sting. Quit* I a number of interesting statements are forthcoming as to the use of the phrase in question. It seems that on one' occasion Sarah Bemhardt was playing in the iron j city, and standing on the balcony of her ; hotel at night when the iron furnaces were belching flame, she described the place in the pithy phrass quoted. Afterwards, j John Burns, describing the United States as a, whole, used the same phrase, while before the defeat of Tammany Dr Parkhurst found that it was suitable for the condition of municipal affairs in New York. So the j phrase is not original in the mouth of the present declaimer against the beauties of Pittsburg, and we have to admit that Madame Bernhardt has the honours. But what sort of honour is it for Pittsburg?
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7996, 27 April 1904, Page 2
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