The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-12-30
INEOCESTS In NEW YORK, OR THE
ADVENTURES OF SUSAN JONES.

Ell write book, but thought i would
only send this letter to you. arrived
in New York week ago. i came via
the Pennsylvania Central and saw moth
ing new until reached the Ohio river.
Pittsburg does indeed s9ook like H"
Its smutty pavements, smutty houses,
smutty windows and smutty clouds of
sulphurous smoke look as they had al
ways been kept on the inside of a smoke
house.
What must it be on rainy day ?
"You viii need it when you go over
the Mountains" was the oft repeated
warning of kind friends until had on
all the clothing could wear or carry.
you'll get showed in ana have to split
up the car for kindling wood" had
made me shiver with dread. My exper-
fence did not correspond with these
Statements Olive Logan would better
write "Does it Pay to visit the Alleghe-
mics ~ All day long had been staring
from right to left at the rocky, fern clad
hills looking for the Mountains; when
at five O'Clock, as we emerged from the
long tunnel, heard a gentleman across
the aisle say: 'Now we are going down"
So instead of going over the mountains
we had gone under them and their
lofty snow capped peaks were but bare
brown earth, about as sharp as the bot
tom of an upturned wash-bowl.
On reaching New York 1 went to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and asked for q
room. Aswe were passing through the
hall to go to it we came to little dark
square room covered with the same soft
Turkey carpeting that seemed to cush-
ion the stairs and floor everywhere
Around it were seats of crimson velvet
and in one corner sat a boy, reading q
newspaper. The servant said something
about .."step in here" and .'take you
up" 1 hesitated but when he repeated
it l obeyed the motion of his hand and
entered. The boy within pulled rope
when instantly a wire door shut me in
and the whole room began to go up like
a balloon, At the fifth landing boy
number one stood waiting to show me
my room.
Soon heard band of music passing
aud rushed to the window to see it, but
only looked down into a little bach
court of the six story building. Yet
for this narrow SHE of a room l paS
five dollars day. Some of those who
occupy the elegant suits of rooms below
pay as high as twenty dollars per day
1t was ten o'clock before l was ready tC
go down, and innocently wondered il
1 could get any breakfast, but on going
into the lunch room found it still vel
filled with ladies and gentlemen leisure
ly eating or reading the morning pa
pers.
After breakfast thought l would &C
down town. l started for the stree
door. l dislike to see people go dodg
ing about as if they did not know which
way to go, so l went right on, crossed
the broad hall, turned corner, passed
through very long hall which finally
came to an end right in the middle o.
it by those deceptive long mirrors be-
tween the columns. / turned to the LEFT
but found no openings except into large
double4parlors. / turned again, went
on around another corner, but still find
ing no exit, resolved to ask the lady
that saw coming down the hall to di-
rect me. said: "Will you please
but stopped short when 1 recognized
the same person who had kept stepping
before me when tried to pass her il
this same hall three years ago. My next
appeal was more successful.
My first GRAND was away down to 145
Broadway. New York is somewhat
larger than EmpOria, there are more
"three story bricks" in it. Broadway il
said to be paved, lighted and policed fol
fifteen miles.
next went to Stewards. i think Mr.
Stewards store is even larger than Ban
croft 81 McCarter's. 1t is built of white
marble and occupies a whole block
In the center is a large open rotund;
extending from the first floor up to the
roof. AS you lean over the balcony OF
the fifth floor and look down, dowI
through the inside of this great bee-hiv,
and see the swarms of ladies and clerks
collected around the different counters
strewn with rich silks, velvets. laces
etc, the view is magnificent. Iremain
ed here more than an hour, and though
did not buy Stewart out, l came very
near buying myself out. l had sixt!
dollars in my pocket and thought
would get me nice suit for church.
had picked out heavy black silk, made
in the latest style, good large collar, ;
plain velvet cloak, and a bonnet, all o
which just suited me. Imagine my
chargrin when learned that the price
of the dress was 1925, the collar, SIS
the cloak, $50, and the bonnet S25.
Sunday morning, as L was coming
home from church, on Both st. passed
? returning tide of Fifth avenue church
goers half mile in length. 'Twa
still warm; few furs or cloaks were t.
be seen, only rich suits of black, brigh
: silks or velvet and pdraSOLS. The ladie
wore their hair in the new style, 4. e.
like two "Chinese pig-tails" looped VI
with bow of ribbon. The gentlemen
Werc ulSllHS ulsuSu ny tnSli llSAt SaAC
and yellow kids. In the afternoon
went to the fashionable Grace Church
saw the veritable Brown, sexton, ant
heard some of that fine quartette sing
ing, so we'll described by Cudworth
The soprano begins: "Oh, for a man
Oh, for man! Oh, for a mansion il
the skies !" then the alto comes in: 'I'l
catch the flee! I'll catch the flee
I'll catch the fleeting hours" Here tn
tenor strikes up: "God save our Poll
God save our Poll! God save GU
polluted souls;" and the bass burst
5 forth: "He1l take the pill! He'll tax
the pill! He'll take the pilgrim home.
: Better the good old fashioned Peter
l borough, in which the congregation
! 'b-o-w Wow before the Lord"
AT my new boarding place met tn