Smyrna times., 1858-11-25

| '' 'ic l"ules continue to increase in mum.
o7rs as the day advances. The lady.ele,nen,
10 I"'"er OF mixed character. There is oI-
~ays small sprlnkling Of lady-uke women
II"opPlug' OF taxing an airing, or employed in
honorable labor; but there are a considerabIo
number whose character does not hear ,nmnL
SS'netlcal analysis; and also in Broadway. n :
! !" regent street. and on the Boulevards. =
great number of undomesticated ladies'. mot
| necessarily OF doubtful character. buL Iadies
| u""''chedr whose affections have been cross.
~~' anu whose aspirations have been blivhted
ana upon whose bleeding hearts the excitement
OF broadway acts as a sedative. This floating
population is sweIled by many female day
dfeamers, lounging women, or she.loaters.
whose hopeless vacancy of mind ca, lis for the
StImulant OF the noise, the shops, the dust. the
variety OF faces of the Kissing, seethinr street
There Is something there to lure them away
from the monotony of their aimless life, and
gradually they are fascinated by Broadway
Ihsy cannot live without 1t. They become
part and parcel OF Broadway. They dress for
H. as II TO hIrt with its pavement. There are
female faces which haunt Broadway for whole
generation. The stranger who has seen such
face, with Broadway hush at the beginning
OF the nineteenth century, may chance 10 meet
The same face again, with Broadway wrinkles,
toward The middle OF the same centnry.
Toward midday Broadway has lost altoreth-
er It's Ludgate hill and Cheapside character.-I
III tue autumnal days ii parIakes OF the dazzling !
features OF the BouleVards of Paris of the vol. |
clnlc turmoil of the Strada Toledo of Naples. |
OF the lelsurely aspect of the Hamburg Maiden
Lane and the Berlin Linden, of the tornado
rush at the London Strand, and of the elcrance
OF Plccadl!y. But Broadway partakes. on
such occasions, OF all the elements Indicated,
without Coming specifically under any Glass;
" hiie up town Is rushing down town, aud in
lhe afternoon, when the retiux toward home sets
m The street has London Fleet street and
.Ornhi'i look, while ;he sidewalks resemble ra-
her Tie avenues OF Paris, Brussels, aud Ham
Iurg. AT times, the mixture of races, Of Ger.
nan, Irish, French, English, Scotch, Scandina.
.mns, Poles, IIungarians, Italians, Negroes.
lews, and Indians, with hundred varieties of
! ankees, Westerners, Pennsy sylvanians. Cali
1rhlanS, and SOulheruerS, reminds one of
'reat Blbel OF fair, like Nishni Novgorod or
-eIpsIc, or OF grea. Lcvanline port, like Con-
tantln0ple and Alexandria, where all lancua- n
.es are heard, all races mingie Tor a tAlc, and
81 amid the variety every one preserving its !
~n individual y. This, then, IS another pecu. I
l1rIty OF BFoadway,wh ch makes 1t So different I
;om the great thoroU ghfares OF Europe. IN
Alter sunset when business has ceased, and b
ne shops are mostly closed the pleasure atlnos. o
hefe begins. Immense crowds gatnerat thea u
res aud otntr places OF amusement and enter. a
ii"inent. As the evening advances, the char =
c'eF OF the street assumes more ouilnuu. Il
ppeGrance. Even after the pleasure seeker. p
ave returned home, 1t remains fll Of strae. I'
i"rs. Strange looking men aud stIl stranger IA
'okIng women. begin to come from the by tc
reefs and back alleys, forming small knotsat 1t
ronlnent corners, as # for ii cnmpaign. On. h
I0uscs continue to Tuttle. Policemen and u
dlchmen are on the qai rice. Bearded for al
%htrs and natives, smoking and swearing =
aunt the street. Here aud there the or, Of OF
urder Is heard, and then the ub of the police. :
AN. For time all seems quiet again Broad. II
ay at last seems TO 60 to sleep. But no there "
a band of drunken sailors drifting in from u p'
de street. Wild songs shake the air. Here bl
Id there plaIntIVe voice is heard. poor cI
tile hower-glrl offers bouquet of faded flow. Is
$ to one OF the drunken band. Or The fire tr
I'll calls for engines, and the loungers join the W
olIc, aud women who pass Gy change terrible IN
inlatIons with the NOISY gang. The clock al
rkrs one. Broadway is still awake. Irlouks tn
kc Fcsuvius after an eruption. The lava of be
e whole days lite is still trembling ia its air,
ID there are still people in the street II pc
rkes two and three O'Clock, aud Broadway IN
IS not yet retired to rest some drunkards and bI
III sadder creatures lInger on bare-tootc 1 B'
IldTen and women are seen here and there te
tier three-Pcrhaps from four to tye--Broad- su
'y takes sort OF nap. AT this hour, when to
. night is clear, the sleeping street affords a pr
lendId vista. The steeple of Trinity looms dc
owe the surrounding buildings, and the gas to
-hts-lhOse luminous policemen of the Wall cs
rect money sles-bIend their reflection with lz'
G lamps, and in the upper part OF the street Ia
{ air of repOse in this early morning hour is ha
! Of solemDity. But Broadway cannot afford tn
sleep long, aud soon the busy comedy again C'
Z gino.--CrGyOH. VIZ