New-York tribune., 1869-01-08
vroa,bc1 IN smiles are not lo him and her we san With

vreathed ip smiles re not lio him and her ssT With
IL o ,'o 80 eofors IN the!r cdsd cabinets.
To lefot 1vourd rot behind tlOse clustering gene
w. 'T Inn % ] 90, i' mo brsrs about tho Key ~ yrprthy,
noss vcly doors that ead 10 haunted chambers ana
Tic ro.Sione fronts. with all thelr likeness admit
o le WHO live flds by side in the pretcntous
Avepu, know each other not. RuckcrbocEer anu PIT
ycuu, the nhcrOr Ok wealth. and tuc aTeIt&sse & r ~ @
own fortune, tue genuine gentleman anu 'no '"'s~'
srob. reside in the same block ,,.,,.,,,.
one house is visited hS the best nna most d!si,h
the house atjoirg by men VINO t,is i"uu ~ s;r ~ o,r
syntlx and women Who wear loS lo."S ~ ,- ~ dTcji
author whose Voik9 gi' am y Ia * 49,, =, ,tt
way fellow 10 has . genius Tor money selllhS' pH'
VINO cannot solve tie mysteries Of spelling. ,,
H. Ibis plain carIago steps se!i-o'Neo, IoW'ViU;
sacet-iaced w0mal whie Jdss olp",ei ~ @ 49,,
the coachnau ~ snowy hyey,t9 DRIVE 10 -" - o-A
straight before all them almonds is gone -, -, ho-
peTi.s air cf sSoLIpeine il rot altered BY The high
tones OF MRS. Colonel Tnbuuter" who says 70 w
tohe At the door, Fre'd SG'de d" ma V"'' '"'1"'''
Al this Dome who CHANGED to be bern IN FaIi sinS
French which acF mistress more UNDERSTANDS 'H"'
did the maid her misrcss's baibusns .,o,.,ocs
in the Ivenne always have a deserted look Only lhe
occupants and servants appear on me DIX 4
stoo only nc , earliagss M r tie master Oi INC
i,t " fi,rilv Uurcbased n house in the Avenue but
li't. % ci MOI ia members They have
Roihug hut ncY fortune u Feeohiuiehu 'N''"' ANY
The FIST gcnciaon Of the unrccoSnized farcs hard.
THO second i educated, and tho third claims lineage;
pIatCs of "genhilty" and h0Whs upon "h"t is bi"n'
parents . -. - a,r.
10 gct into the Avenue and into its Society are differ
ept things. ,,.. o ~,
They who struggle to enter certain circles nre rot
wanted Those WHO Indifferent TO mere fashion hre
I'm Ic0ucst seek socially, is usually 10 Oc
sought. Destiny appears Wiling always to grant What
we Do not want, and determined to withhold what we
DO. A.. .,,a
Very many Of these houses have histories that Wond
furnish abundant themes Or tLe Old fashioned tTee
youIne English novsl. Every day that pasecs wiiAih
Them would supply comedy ana tragedy one "l ~ Do'n H.
they Who know would tell. one meets there any une'
women locking pure their faces would almost coD
diet facts yet part oi their lives, II revealed wo "a
their dearest friends Those women are good al III
wc understand the terms Their faults wouII sno.h, .
tlelr virtues win Witl foot "o ihikD' eP0'i'
uff, nii. tr ud wee slouid c1rc-s.
IN we cncoUuter ia tho Avenue have the anger cnd
.rsTft connii,ed in their hCing. They are neither 50
faulty nor faullcss 10 believed. They aio hat ui
vine yet wholly human. They represent tho World.
Circumstance drives. Temperament blads them
Fii.h Avennc has Its shas. and iOlies, ana evils Bnt
go ihrro elsewhere and. wien We have pond red dtp
y enough, shall see that Charity ends what syEpaiBy
begins.
As a companion-piece to this picture. we may give
the somber sketch of a seeno from the opposite OK
tremity OF the social scale.