The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-16
CENTRAL PARK.
What IL Doing ana What Ia
Wanted.
WHERE Is QUE ROTTEN ROW {
xns fAproverneass-Th ucnageris The rfus.um
Il Natural Hissry-Tho New Conservatory
sTha bslvede s-Bustermilk ana Mineral
Waser-WAo was the Big House. Frss-
coed far i-Ths Old Homcr's GeatS


csed fori-Tha Old WcmnH's Goats
= a eNve uvongh the paradise or Gotham, yclcpt
antsal Para, - one ~ the pleasures which should
Se missed by lew possible n tnis delightful
'sprtnG wSuther. The clear sraci1g air the success
stcr of lovely vstas fair al the beaates O vernh
Radiance where Art mas almost olSstripped Nature
wtne nst,ating her Will sst nerves and clear tho
shsaan Of many city cob ven.
OUR PARK OUR PRIDE
nt lca@ we OF Gotham desire 1t SHOULD DC woriiLiy
90 Is h NOT ola, and therefore cannot boast Of
grand Old trees with gnalled trunks and spreading
banbs, stretching her friendly shade over tue sum.
pleY sun parciied earth. on account OF our geo.
gEashic exigences more than half a mile III width
ssauot be spared, aud hence the ground, although
pAclursscncly broken and wonderfully diversified,
gives no verS extended view. Europeans are wont
20 boast The superiority OF their own parks over
anything we can run up, yet in no one OF them can
ssSh variety, coupled with
CONTINUOUS BRAcrY,
De found We shall never herr the last OF the Rois
lie Roulogno until the Commune or somebody else
has chopped Il up for iIcwood. The scene The
banks OF the ornamental water, near the drive VIII
be recalled with q lively pleasure by all VINO have
AAd the good fortune To witness IL wnen
Paris, with the wealth and maynIncencc
81 the wcIld crowded In her lap, held
eSQrt, under the roa i-enbowcrng trees. Along
the Avenue dc Neuiilv ana down TO the great Arc
se pEtoLc towards the hour when the Led sun
Nrcned in golden clouds could be seen from the
Champ Elysee to set beninl the arch the wood
and the silver river. The Londoner
FIANos HYDE PARK L OUR TEETH.
with many a dropping OF tie aspirate, as the Hub
4te pelts that pretty little patch. the Common
nj us win prolonged nasal snow ~ It is nut
SIS extent ard It's grand Old trees anu
tmmeJse spread OF natures carpet, cou0 lay ciain
TO much artistic beauty. The Commissioners now
making Is garden of flowers; Tut IL required
the sturdy reyoln :onary arms OF the July rioters
sur up plegmat!c cockney dom 10 the necessity Of a
new IRON railing, and then only when the,oid one was
corn aown and lower beds lana waste by the Dozen
Il had too, its ornamental p water the Serpentne
sad AT last they think of no longer leaving 1t an
anomaly and a misnomcr. Bat
AS A RgLAxAToRY RESORT
= Is uDriva'leo. Those VINO have seen It's proud
ar.stocracy IA all the array OF fashion proneuadng
the walks skirtlug EoIea Row--ihe most aristo-
cratic and best Kept ride In lite world, where
beauty ana manlinesa Gu past together In al the
exhlaraiag exaitauon Of healthiui equestrian exer
<se, anon 10 drop into walk 10 converse together
pull up tor q moneat's interchange OF salute with
beauty or manness, the rasliag Where foppishness
struts an! genuine BRITISH saubD.saness now and
A.Ain OD.ru1e5 AlNe CofIe, leerLns pgeaelca.
tee dGlve where The BJls lie EosCgae, cree
Oh Carriages fOli pasgth
BE0nESED BEATTY AND DEJEwELLED AGE
may loJ6 on and ne ga2ed IL by those Oh the chairs
alia by eacn other iais Is on The week days only.
IN SUNDAY aris,ocracy rctires IN se.i-cr a. 81
tiOom o. drives " tie exclusive Loo and great Lon
nOa poars out lis p.dAd hiiilons ior a
sally wanted breath OF fresh Hyde parH
becomes ooiu'J. ots1e, aud Regents Nicfola and 81.
James PARK are gicL.res o lie aad qa!e, almost
sal enjoy meal worm a Journey 10 sec. All Europe
would re exhausted for COMPARISON, anu tbs Bcr-
Liner would boast Ills Tiier saten an the wax II in
liner den Lalaen through Tie Branderburg gate
Into side bal not yer. brilliant GuO.as eousacss
" 6r beech, YAK AID .lndens without Tle WHOA
mineral water curist ~ Baden baaen, WHO straye1
the kurs.l ami afterwards aropped a ella
NJ the gaming tlbie for chance tie raa vii
paint III lowing coicrs the IL umnalea ga dens nc
n ghf. The Emerald lseg vi tell you the PalsnN
.TnE FlsEsT IN THE WORLD. sRn
but we can match them ali Ia beauty aui elegance
IA our Central Park VITA Few touches ami a itae
sime We nave AL The resources. ine main one
Graded. We have The experiences and MISTAKES or
0;ner to guide as aiId ABOVE al we eclectic
IN taste "a We are cosmopolitan as people.
Inc undertaking 70 compete ~ nail u generation
what IL ;aaen centuries 10 elaborate IN Europe
Is charav.e.lsu; VI Ameiice al! tle nineteenth
century. Regarded ia The hght OF comparison
the progress iar attained in Cenrai Park
sEEao A.Aosf A MIRACLE;
hut when the facilities and appliances OF modern
CIVILIZATION are CONSIDERED tae miraculous ecG
me IS away aud people begin 10 ask why more -
lao, accomplished. TDese are .aostls the peope Tat
stances; yet II here were no Iudiciou> grumplers IL
Ii more ttan probable there would not be very much
Taken altogether, America-New York ratner-msy
Be prohd "a Possessing lat Wal Se. II II Il not now.
Cements 10 attain tnis may be wanting but the
jority are sucn only require the
HArDs or TINE AND COOP TASTE
TO overcome. The first thing That strikes the for
eagner Is the ambitiousness Of TIE design Wiiicn
covers IN one area and under one directing power
what nave been assigned to whey separated oca-
ions aud hundred different nands other and older
coUntTles. thus besides the kelertl purposes oI q
punllc PARK, with Pleasures OF The eye green trees,
lovely Lovers. velvet grass, winding walks and
sparkling water: Win drives, rides, music stand,
boats ior summer ana Ice Tor winter, there VII. he
found growing
Of all the various species, mGseIn OF geology.
pa@ontolcqy, ornithoioly, zoology, somology and
anatomy, meteorological department., repository
fcr AR, sheepfold deer PARK and two years
hence botanic conservatory which VIII vie with
aay In the world, lie hew Gardens not excepted
As the city grows UP northwdr4, and The new
DSulevards are completed, the fa-i-urising pubic
nay elect 70 AXE The direct lines Tor the upper end
OIL the island and West ster cOlnty; but by That
tame the iarg VIII more THAI ever approach ITS use
aresort Tor The masses in Their lew hours Of
by or moOalt leisure; ana me arissocrat 10 tue
manor oorn-carriaRe fox, as ihcy are popnlarg
ca iec-nwa iind IN ns roads ana dliyeS the
tie avenues. Looking then, 10 what H. so much
Inc near Iuture, our Park adhorues are called Oh,
While pushing Toward their vafious useful sac pO.
iices, mentioned ABOVE, 20 PROVIDE Tor the nam
OBJECT COR WHICH the PARK was dcs,uael-
BREATHING PLACE FOE TnE gicg AND POOR
O New YORK. No more cuttiog up of desirable
ground into mere brittle pat rs Is wanted Many OF
Llese Later could, indeed, be dispensed WITH
hioer snd fewer icotpaths are called Tor, anu at
least
HRoAD ENCLOSED RIDE,
with footratDs at ihe SIDE similar design TO Rot
ton Pow, tnsteau az The mere twisted nDbon OF
ride whIk viii barely allow oil W. animals ABREAST
lno az as many In lrotuess egnt miles or
10 as. The labyrinth Of Cretc. policy booking TO
the ytlre rDnst lie tnlaguraled, and tue slEpower.
fal trcsidcDl oi tie PARK COMMISSIONERS sbouid not
wall Tor much ppDlie spnrrlng IN tuis
matter OF the ride. In the department
~of nelculture much remains To be done,
although tue intentions In tnis department ere of
,she best the criticism. winch IL merely c3rpIn1,
y1s much suat - required as luii pubic en-
Encouragement la proceed TIE pubic wants flowers,
and ha re them II must IN Italian gardens, IN ing
rh gagd1ns. IN Leos, IN rows, pots aGd vases.
ut IL not egougn ~