New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-14

ciate my devotion TO their interests TO retain In place
At q moderate estimate you will find that the " NEAR
which order would cost IS, II one tried to got
away with 1t at restaurant here they get three Of
them for that and thrown In some one else mas
to pay for It, and they do the grumbling Referring
once for all TO the complaint OF exravagant charges at
Saratoga so far my observation for several seasons
goes man live cheaper here ut any hrsciass hote
than he can corresponding hotel In Newfork; ana
II paid for all the Congress water he drank there
would be no comparison I'm oheapness. Hero you get
better air. cheaper carriage driving pleasanter drives
and more comfort generally with brass band thrown
in shall put up prices instead OF reducing them when
open the Hotel de Paul 1t Ia true that am interested
slightly in the Grand Union but not to the extent
that Is generally supposed Any newspaper correspond
ent who is good looking come In on similar terms
40 1 publish them for the benefit OF all concerneu'
Bresn makes out the bill, Gardner lends the money 10
pay It, and Gilsey stands behind the counter ready 10
give 1t back the next minute. There's nothing IKE
connection with the press for helping Fellow along III
the world and occasionally getting him well licked
Indeed though you would think that every guest at
each hotel personally concerned In It's success qua
you see the interest they take in 1t each makes ts
his and fights its battles, rendering runners
unnecessary Something the same spirit Is gotten up
when steamboats, racing and stand by to
pass barrels of pitch down to the furnace rooms willing
to be blown up only their boat gets In ahead This
opposition here is a good thing, and stranges monop-
oles. hate monopolles; what they can't steal they I'll
cheat You out Of selling trunk straps, perhaps.
"You we got all the Jews with you." said gen.
teman from Of the other hotels to me last evening
they shut down them at house; won't have
EN-" like that prescription of all kinds is good. 1
like to hear say that he hates an Engishman,
and another that he can't stand rishman. For 1t
shows that their educations not finished each has
something further in life to look forward 10. II they
live long enough they will come 10 the conclusion ar
rived by the great French traveller who declared that
visiting every part OF the known world he had
made his mind that 1t inhabited only by men and
But religious prescription especially pleasing
the naked eye SO business dealing concerned
officer OF OF your most prominent banks to whom
I repeated the observation, remarked that Of all the
men who had dealings with his bank, he found Jews"
the most honest the most faithful in the performance OF
the very spirit Of their contracts the most trustworthy
in all money transactions. And is 1t not so Among
the paupers who fill streets and our asylums, our
hospitals and our Jas do you find Jewp They feed
their poor and they take care OF their own sick
Like the best modern engines, they consume their own
smoke and rubbish. But, aside from these material
facts there poetry and grandness about the Jewish
character which has always moved me to reverence.
nation without a country. people without o home,
flowing through and penetrating all nations, yet not
cOmmnglng with single one preserving all their In
diyiduaties their religion, their language their Gus
toms intact the when led by the cloud by
day pillar OF fire night, they went dryshod
through the cloven and encamped in the wilderness
beneath the same stars which now stud the heavens.
Show me people like this in ali history people
around whom all the grand poetry Of the Bible clusters;
a people rich in tradition beyond all precedent, who
have yet preserved the minutest OF those traditions
while dynasty after dynasty has crumbled around hem
and nation after nation has faded from of the face OF
the earth people who have clung to the faith OF their
fathers. the God whom their fatherS worshped
chanC nd no
after creed has had ts day. and decay and ncessant
wars over docrinal points have desolaed empires Ny
sympahes in the play let me confess have always 9een
with shyock. Houseless aud homeless. spoiled OF his
wealth and robbed OF his daughter he is driven out in
his old age ehdless penuryand for what Insulted
and spat upon his religion reyed and his house dshon-
ored he took revenge In cowardy murder after the
Christian pattern he sought but the fuallment OF
contract the terms OF which he had complied with,
and would have compiled with. probably,
had positions been reversed. Would not Shyiock,
think you have barred his breast to the knife In fulfill
ment OF bond without the prtess fuss that Antonio
made about it, Such Jewish faith depend upon it
the despsed Jew would have sheltered himself from
the fulhment OF q bargain which he himself sought
under the audible about drop OF blood Won't have
Jews; talk about the best society Of New York. you
do not know what 1t is until you have mingled with
Jews gone among the Rabbs sat at their feet, and In
admiration Of and learning which pass all pre-
yious experience OF gracious gentleness which makes
tho liberation you by other sect boor
ish rudeness recognized society" to which few can
hope permanently attain, courtesy which comes OF
the scholarship and culture OF thousands OF years.
Won't have Jews" indeed!
There perhaps you think hue needework OF that kind
is trouble to Not at all; can do 1t Just "a easy as
roll off log II don't do 1t every day in the week. 1t
is only because one occasionally stop to get in his
family wood and coal. The last sentence was rather
rough on me- 1t strung itself out and ratified So But
after You get into scrape of that Knd you're like
an eel IN set OF suice boxes there's backing out.
you 'ye got to keep digging ahead. Perhaps I'll do
this sort OF thing frequently II you III make IL an
inducement and send me ream or two OF paper.
JOHN PAUL.