New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-19
4 BROADWAY IMPROVEAEhT

The resident Of New-York, to whom every
change In the great artery Of the city quickly
cciyed and as carefully noted the changes IN ms house
hold OF in the bazaar which the busy hours OF the DAY
arc passed or IN the price of gold or IN the state OF ms
bank account or the style OF walking dress or III the
poeal sentiment Of his Ward does not need TO be told
that great improvements gong Oh in Broadway and
tbaf one does not hazard much III predicting that IN
another decade the fayOte thorOughfare VIII DC nau
recognizable by those VINO tleau us pdVSSIneite
today and wonder at its magnihcenee,
and guess at its length without attempting 70
measure IT, and calculatos wealth by RUE OF Con COZ.
pound proportion not laid down IN the books ana est
the number Of people who throng during &
by combination OF rules unknown 10 Iycn9 bra" az,
his cotemporarles Every day sees something ne" IN
bfo9uWhy' "a IL IN 'IDo nTllnd Sown tom1rrow
another one built last year Is Puiieu uV"h @ 49,
Yesterday they laid the foundations OF sevenstoy
brown stone structure where week ago there sOod Tow
OF modest granite warehouses There wears ou az u
stories in hight Here meeting house Is pulled doWh
and temple Of the drama rises from It's dust IKE pn
the taest pedestrian is the sypercng spe OF chuIea
hotel when the Arkansas merchant purchased his last
supply of Spring goods his backwoOds store And so
mains the chief avenue OF Manhattan Island .,
Among the most prominent objects which attract lle
attention and excite the admiration OF the stranger VINO
perambuates Broadway for The first time at night when
the gaiy dressed people are hooking to he IataIfs on
when the ticket spectators are vexing the AIR WIN
their sharp mOnOtonOus announcements and the ragged
shr-voced newsbOys crying the last edition OF penny
paper, and the omnibus drivers yelling 10 thelf hoses
and the cabmen swearing at each otheyamone the most
prominent objects OF attention, when the eye has
become accustomed to the moving panorama IN
myriad sounds that assan it, is the apo
thecary's window brilliantly illuminated and MED
with the cunningy devised TASKS of Flemish make the
many colored jars and vases turned by the sltu ORES
den potter and made douby pleasing to the eye by the
delicate tracery OF the artists penc ana hundred anu
other attractive little nothings so peturesqueY ar
ranged that only the most commonplace, matter0act
uBpOetical stroller can pass them without Desto"lhR AZ
least glance upon them.
one OF the most noticeable establishments on Broad
way that of HelmRQd the chemist just step above
the main entrance Of the Metropolitan Hotel Two large
windows lighted by gas umnators whose raaanc eoi
with brightly coOred vases and lars o. cur
vessels filled with herbs and spices. anu seeds from lar
work OF strange design, hang two glass mortars,
which serve as shades for the gas jets that llght
either hand long ranges OF ornamented shelves, ana
counters and showcases. with wealth OF precious per
fumes and other delicate things thereon and therein
and above the upper shelves bright signs In golden let
tiers ground OF glass setting forth the names ana VII
on your left, you enter are the sodafountains ana
within step or TWO series OF other FOUNTAINS from
which are any hour OF the day or night such
mineral waters as your system may need. Here yon may
drink in its purity the pungent kissngen the aity Nlchy
the taseless Kataysne from Gettysburg or the soothing
seer the waters of saratoga or Missisqno famous
health, you reach the prescription department,
snug cosy Apartment, which might Wen ser ny vi
sidrophel for midnight study or mse 20 Here are
for he cnTe Of their patients All day and all night the
clerks are work. and the quantity Of sure cures here
here eoncoetSd. n would he dificnit TO reckon
Next TO the Ladies' Parlor furnished elegant
", the floor covered with thick green carpet soft 10
the the ?D s5t "ad grateful bright it ra o ab @SSr
In the center OF this apartment stands
with variety OF articles made for and for ornament
on either side stands the statue Of negro slave holding
In one hand salver filed with business cards IN the
other tall containing some precious ointment or
priceless beautr whose virtues are best known to
those whom fate and time have forced TO use them'
Beyond the ladies parlor Is the counting room neat
and compact nest OF hepoof sales ana desks an chas
where the heavy business OF the great esapilsheh u
transacted and all the affairs OF the house regulated ana
Here too is the Advertising Department in which ave
clerks constantly engaged III examining the columns
OF the thousands OF journals through when inc eIeat
Helmbold communicates with tine world at large Each
clerk mas his range OF papers, aid when the mails come
in these are properly assorted and examined, ana
record made Of the service rendered by the printer on
such and such date On side Of this room are tho
newspaper shelves all carefully labeled ana N hese are
kent Tor the month or the week the may be- the
different Journals with which Hembold doesbusiness.
two little boxes each side OF the rooin IN one OF
which Helmbold holds court This Is most tastefnliy
furnished office and the other. that OF the "ot o"fh IN
Now Won enter the wholesale department, which you
find filled with boxes and cases. all bearing the name OF
the man who prepared their contents ana all apete LOT
York as thew are each other Here are nye cases
for planter Brazil, and there score for druggist IN
in TINS corner you see a dozen more which will be sent
by the next steamer TO San Francisco ana IN mat sun
another dozen marked for Valparaiso Hard by Is vast
pile OF aDanac 10000 all told TO be mailed 9
nearly every STATE III OHluh lIeFN
Tngsh Here are also German almanacs, and spanish,
and French which will IN few days be read aud p0ndefed
over By farOh sufferers 10 whom pian Ahgo-sa1oh Is
unknown. . a., -, H.
are prepared large proportion OF the remedies when
have made HelmDOd famous. BY Tar the greater part
however are made at MS laboratory m Fiuadelphh'
whore he Keeps Is hands constantly al work The en-
trance to the wholesale department Is Oh CfOsDyst 20
feet from the front on Broadway. 800 ,,,
me csabsbmeut which we have here briefly described
is well worth visit The rooms are spcnddy appointed
IN every respect the light being well hIfaheu lhe oo
a elnu nd
fnIt ornanented There are clerks duty at Helm
Oo!ds day and night and the front door never eloSeu
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