The New York herald., 1874-08-30
Separations of Residence and
Trade.
vICE AND VIRTUE
The Centres Of Finance, Music, Club
Life and Fashion.
Sunshine and Shadow Of
City Life.
xuE AMERICAN QrAnrEn,


- wopid seem thar, what vita the invasion Of
nearly all payts BY this Nationality apd that there
10 really no spot LETT ior the real American THIS
appears only at nral sight, But, after all. there Ia
one old American quarter whlcu peculiarly retains
ics characteristics and remains almost true to tho
traditions Of the fYst Inhabitants. Ths district Ia
the Ninth ward, bounded BY Houston, vartck and
West Fourteenth streets, sixth avenue and tho
North River wners r1sre Is much OF tho old Kn!ck.
erbocSerleaveu still working, aud which seems like
an American colony cut apar5 and alroyether dis.
tinct from the innovations and changes OF the
other portions OF the CITY. Though very much
down town there Is an appearance OF quiet gen.
tility about this quarter. A: q glance one sees
that the Lares and Penates still mover around these
old brick piles and refuse to be chased away. By
this sturdy spirit OF resistance we have residence
district, standing alone amld wilderness OF busi.
ness localities. 1t seems as II the spirit OF traie
could not break through this barrier Of pect
ior Old memories aud for ola lau tmarss. There IL
nothing common in New YORK this want OF
attachment to old places. We Sc I'm to be anxious
to get away from the house where we had our
birtn, and where occurred the deaths OF. perhaps
a generation in the family. TLere IS no .e OF that
cllnglug to such places for the sake OF ourselves
Instead we see tnat constant eternal undying
yearning lor change; that dying from one house
another res.lessy, eagerly, ceaselessly. Is there
district which now lives in the same house /: in
hab ed thirty years ago 1t Is to be dou b ed. The
march OF improvement the march OF trade ruth.
lessly tramps on all this, AMI we like exlles from
their country, ny about vainly seeking one tIace
whore we may lie down an rest. ls this not true
In as old city as London, fames-not OF the ars.
tUcracy, eitner-can pO.nt to houses where their
ancestors Tor many generations oack have lived
and died and wnicn the descendants still inhabt.
IN provincial cities II Is the same. In Francs the
feeling may be found a!so to a great extent. On
the the ,oc osaer nana ms may SAID nas
anu our own Constantly s" growing growing
CITY prohibits this. Dut this viii
constant NOV ny. TIE absurd custom Of MAY
moving is peculiarly our own, and IS devoid OF
common sen G. AT the bottom lies an evil which
may DC cllled want OF love OF home in tle
American character The restless ambition OF
pthng up money, OF making ridiculous display
fore, arc the roots Ol the evil. And this is hy
there 's something singular as weli as admirable
remain old Ianies. because they cling to old land
marks and TO tnat dearest word in tue English
language-homc.
THE WORST QUARTER.
IL is nara 10 hnd any other name for that quarter
1n ,ne Gy s Men IS tne worst GeGause It IS
the worst res, ,rts Of thieves and sucn 1t Is that
quarts quarter where tne paaa gamoliag deus and
other. his district win Intervals OF whole
blocks, the uroprletors OF which nave not been
willing 10 let Tor either OF the purposes antloned,
MAKING breathing spots this reeking hell oil vice.
extends Irom rwenty tourtn street to Thirty
second, and IRON Broadway to Seventn avenue, I
the gambling houses being mainly the east
side, ana the other houses on the west side OF
Sixth avenue. OF the Two 1t Is nard to say which
DO the most harm and waste the most money.
OI course the existence OF al this is known TO the
police with even the existence OF the panel house I
(worse than either IN the same quarter, and 1t Is
also Knowd to the police that these things are lle
gal, but tnerc Is no attempt TO stop or even cur
tail II. Every montI Introduces more OF these
social vampires TO this dis riot unt ill., with lair
Iln 4 huGh honn IA hCI.
10 other city can boast competition with it. Tne
things thar are done the aw, I'll ways in winch NV.
wholesome q topic cannot be dweit upon. rnat
these things nave done lrreparable injury prop
these vices are the young and the unsophistcated
and that wholesale extirpation is what is really
needed no rgnt minded man can question.
THE MUSICAL QUARTER.
The ola fashionable quarter around and in Union
square mas o late years enrireiy changed its char
OF the most attactive spots in the CITY, was ex.
clnsve'y iaEea up wltn private residences. or
Dan,eI Drew ana the more modest mouse
OF samuel b. kuseies. Up 10 within
their residence ON the corner OF Broadway aud
Union Square, but at tile ueatn or the head OF the
house the property was speedily sold aud has been
changed into business quarters. Union square
may now be properly called the musical quarter OF
the city. Manufacturers OF panolortes organs
possession ol 1t and Its surroundings, and in at
most every house on the square music IN some
son. one may meet, oy takin a walk around the
peasant Htlie park, ali the notaDitlss In our
musical void, as wal as operate managers lor-
cipn dhettdhte and artists OF note. All these have
made OF Union square their headquarters, and are
drawn 10 IL ny Tue very nature OF the work. 1t IA
around this neIghDornood, indeed, that Is done the
musical business OF America, as New YORK has
become the musical centre. OF America, as
well as the centre of all that Is good
an BAD IN the country. 1t strikes
one with wonder especially II the Que
be unfamiliar with the trade, what an
enormous trade is really done IN musical IN
struments. Ii would seem that not half the piano
manufacturers IN lhis single quarter could make
living out or business involving sucn q capital
and al'er all appealing to so grea5 minority or
the population. But inst give a plancc at the
signs up and down the square, and names which
you never heard OF before VIII strike your observ-
ant gaze. Each year ADDS TO the Inaux OF new
musical projects Ol all KINDS. and the time Is not
lar distaut when even tae trades whicn nave es-
tabisned a footnoid IN the square on their way up
town VIII give way and music Will reign supreme
and alone nere.
the FINANCIAL quARrsA
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