The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-10-13
BROADWAY,
4 writer in tie New York Tribune thu
,!iSCourseS Of Broadway:

4 writer in tie New York Tribune thus
IisCourseS Of Broadway:
The great commercial feature Of Broad
way is it, immense and unrva,led fancy
dry. goods establishments. Besides the pal.
ace of NY Lord Stewart, with its exquisite
marble front and mean brick ends, there are
a least dozen dry.goodS establishments
IA Broadway, each Of which requires a
prlncely income forts support These I'M.
mense stores are always full, at shopping
huuiS, with the Saunteriug Queens, Dutch
e>>cS and COuutcs>eS of Republican New
York, hall buried amid heaps Of exquisite
and costly fabrics. and cndcavoriug 10y the
help Of fiuCry which they do not want to
stimulate their faded and >atjatcd tastes and
ambitions. or to vile away the dreary hours
between one scene aud another in fashion.
able dissipation. Notwithstanding the gOr.
gcou.uc>S Of their employment. 1t is sad
enough 10 look at these crowds Of NamtN'>
yotaiics, and TO reject how frivolous aud
useless are all the objects Of their lives-to
think what an utter and appalling waste OF
life aud If all that should emhelli>h and con-
>ccrate it--oi youth and beauty talent intel
lcCt--iS scattered about these smOihclCd and
groauing counters. We never visit one Of
these establishments without feeling an al
most uncomfortable desire to hang up the
mainly panby clerks and send their custom.
CrS home TO cooking their dinners Or darn
ing their husbands hose.
Broadway, in its outward aspect, varies
a. much at different portions Of the day a. n
fashionable lady. In the early morning it is
quite huShrd aud solitary, and wears that
air of Undesirable and hopeless deSolatuu
which is encountered onthe stage of a thea
TIE after the performance is over and the Ru-
dicnce have taken their departure. You
| look around with almost feeling Of
uucaSinesS. II does not seem possible that
/ tkiS is the noisy, rafting, bn>tlin-, tlashy,
Joyous Broadway to which your steps are
accustomed. II is rather some Palmyra
avenc, solemn aud deserted, 10 which YOU
/ have been Aladdiuizcd. Soon, however,
the sidewalks begin TO Gil with clerks aud
early workers, trudging down townt obrgin
| their day-the awakened swine ga.lop fur.
ouSly downward to have the fiIst cut Of the
new garbage, which, despite the City Faith
crS, is sure to have been deposited in the
CUTTERS omnibuS>eS begin to slide up
conveniently to the curb stone, soliciting
your "powerful pa'ronagc;" and belatcd
bill.Stckcr, tpSy, from want Of sleep, tries
TO rub off his paste pot against your legs, in
passing, In an hour or two the great thor.
onghlare will be alive, aud the whole City
will go Surgiug and laundering through it
a human river in a lre>hetroarug aud foam.
ing toward the sea.
To see Broadway in lis glory, however,
you must wait ill Is o'clock, p NJ Then
if YOU take your stand in the door Of q shop
on the Questionable side" you will>cc New
lork'S possible in the way Of beautiful wo.
men, Scrupuou>ly dressed handles and prct-
~ children. II is only at this hour of the
day that the distinction between the east
and west side is imperative. IN the morn.
iuI or mt mid day, If absolutely forced to CO
TIN ough Broadway. You may take the side.
walk most shady or convenient without pos.
tive loss Of character. But at grand prom.
enadc hour. wo be to the unhappy wight ol
di>tra Scd ham>el who should be seen plod
ding along the shilling pavemehtl 1hi,
distinction is gradually lcSsening, under III,
influence Of Stewards aud other magnifi
cent establishments recently erected on III,
prohibited, and whose attractions are strong
enough to compel the hRuphty procession Il
cross over. Still, however, 1t is unsafe fo,
any lady or gentleman with nothing but {
fashionable reputation TO lose, 10 make n,
appearance on the shilling sidO after 5o'clocl
past meridian.