Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-10-27

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y had dssesninsd 10 g est wed o
initiating the dry goods establishments in
Broadway. end selling below ost.-shst
10. blacking pair Of bosls, With . good
polish gusraateed for three centa
How yuE CRIsm AyyDr1s TIE AkrIsm-Ws
knocked, yesterday at the doors Of several
Of our most noted artists. (portrait and
landscape painters,) to inquire in friendly
way. how the Hard Times affected them
To the majority Of our applications their
was no answer received Door Stocked, KEY
removed. and only the e, hoes Of our knuc.
kles within the studio indicated the actual
state OF affairs. This was mostly the case
with the portrait painters. Men cannot af
fort to sit for their portraits Just now or
Il they can afford it, they hav'nt time; or
II they have time, they hav'nt patieLce.-
When a man Is anxious 10 hear about stocks.
to sit for IN hour TO painter is like being
in the stocks. And as artists generally
cannot flourish by painting their own
portraits. portrait painters at present, can
only--in their freedom from occupation
portray the stagnation which has fallen up
ON u very elevated branch of q most noble
art
BOARDING HousEs.
Is the boarding and lodging to be any
cheaper this Winter is question which is
being daily asked. probably by Thousands OF
keeny interested persons. In the first
place the inachan.c asks it, looking towards
his wife and children, and wondering wheth-
ar he can procure bread for them, for he is
out Of employment, and sees but slight
chance OF getting anything TO DO. The clerk
cogitates the subject and glooinily imagines
the aspect of his landlady, when he tells
her that he is compelled, in common with
his employers. to suspend payment The
book keepers and confidential letter writers
Of the large firms. who, more fortunate than
thousands of others, have not been deprived
Of employment, but only curtailed in their
salaries, are very curious in the matter
Are New York boarding houses to reduce
their terms
Whatever may be done in the future.
there Is little movement to that end ut pre-
sent. People, with vacant apartments, but
with all modern conveniences, and every
accommodation to match, are, in some in
stances, Offering inducements slightly under
the usual rates, to gentlemen and their
wives for "a permanency, respectable reier
ences required Of course But, at the ut
most. not more than five per cent Of such
eases are to be heard Of The landlords or
landlady's house Is taken at certain rent
until May next, and the house owner does
not believe in u crisls-that is. he is deaf to
all propositions for lowering his rent. Con
sequently, the boarding house keeper can
not reduce the rent Of his or her rooms to
individual boarders. And talk to me,
says Mrs -. any bosrder may fill up the
blank, cor reduction in provisions-flour
cheaper. and potatoes cheaper. and sugar
cheaper Idon't find it So When ! go to
market, my purse comes back as empty as
it did six months ago, They ask rs much
for beef, mutton, pork, poultry and fish as
they did before the whatd'ye call 1.-THE
panic. But one thing | do know my
young men,-perhaps because they can't
e stop in as they used to do, and take
plate of oysters, raw or roast,--eat a great
deal more than usual. Reduce board, no
sir, We must raise it.
There is no badnage in the foregoing
Boarding house keepers are in u quandary
A few,-their number is rery small,-think
of reduction, as one or two OF the hotels have
done, which reduction of course will not
terd to augment the magniticence of the
Thanksgiving Dinner, in November, but
will most asSuredly lead to diurnal thinner
slices, and frown on the unlucky weight
who sends his plate a second time for meat
DAouEEnEoIYrisTs.
The business Directory gives the names
Of ninety three Dagucrreotypists in New
York. This list embraces the Photoyra-
phists, Hallotypists, Amb. otypists, Crystal
otyplsis, and the great family Of names be
sides, which mean Daguerreotypists with n
difference in the style of execution
A visit to u number Of establishments,
yesterday. and conversation with their pro-
prietors, evealed the fact that the present
monetary crisis has affected their interests.
"a class, very disastrously The proprie.
tor OF one Of the largest Broadway estab-
li=hment~ when first asked how the hard
times told upon his business, answered, de-
cidedly. Smashed it all to thunder But
when told that We wished the information
to publish, he modified the reply.
The last two weeks, he said had been
tough beyond precedent. There was not
a gradual decline in custom, but n sudden
stop. He felt bound, however, TO keep his
head NJ and look composed as though bust
ness was oprressively brisk. If the same
dull times continued two months longer he
believed that some Of the leading Daguer
reo,ypists of this city would have to sell the
gilt frames and their show pictures to pay
their rent His average weekly receipts
used to he over 81 900, whereas. during the
last fortnight he had taken in $50.
At MIR. Fredcricks Gallery, Nos 5S5 and
5S7 Broadway, they confess slight falling
off in City custom. Strangers from the coun
try. and particularly foreigners, are now
their chief patrons. They keep the same
number of men at work as formerly, and pay
their old wages.
At Bradys Gallery, No $3.50 Broadway,
they acknowledge u diminution in ho,ne
patronage. They have had no occasion,
however, to send away any of their work
men-of whom they keep 23-or to lessen
their wages.
MIR. Quincy, No. $40 Broadway, has dis
charged two Of his operators ON account Of
slack times, but his business warrants the |
retaining of 20 men still in his employ. lie
pays his former wages and charges former
prices.
Mr.. Lawrence, No. 3Sl Broadway, saws
his business has diminished one half within |
the past three weeks, but he has not vet |
sent away any Of his men, and lie keeps |
their pay up to old rates
Homes, No. 2S9 Broadway, has expert |
enced a falling off Of onc-third in his re-
ceiPis He used to employ 20 men, but has |
sent away five of them. He charges Old |
prices. and pays his remaining force full
wages.