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Our New York Letter.

Our New York Letter.
DREw's TAILURE-JUDGB BARRETT-RENTs-
PoLITIcAL-A CENTENNIAL BLUNDER-A So
sToRY-BUsINEss.
NEW YORK, March eth, 1876.
To the Editor OF the Free Press and Times.
Drew's failure reaches outa long way, an
Is making trouble all around. A great man
years ago be endowed several seminaries b
giving his note for large amount. the il
terest on which would be sufficient I
maintain them. Ii was understood tbs
the principal was never to be paid, an
the beneiactlons were put in the form Q
notes. that in the event of his death the
might become charges on his estate. Tn
Drew Seminary in Plainfeld, n. j., hel
his note for $3.50, 600. the interest bein
about $1,000, which he always pal
promptly. Now that Bro. Drew has gon
under the notes are worth Just what til
paper weighs. and the seminares ar
mourning. They have nothing whateve
to run on. and are as hard up as Drew him
self. Hereafter they will probably insis
that the money be paid over when it il sub
scribed, that it may be safe. One churc!
did that, but unfortunately 1t lent tn
".
Is gone with the rest.
THE GETTING AWAY OF JUDGE JARRETT
Is the sensation of the week. The Judg
was one of the most prominent lawyers IL
the city, and was supposed ID be very rich
But alas last Tuesday he sailed fo
Europe, and it was Immediately discovered
that he had converted everything convert
! ible into money. and had taken it with
him, forgetting to pay an enormous load OF
| Indebtedness. His affairs were found tC
be in such a muddle that nothing can be
made out of them. and in brief, it Is ruin
all around. There Is no woman in thi,
case-speculati0n and high living did the
work.
RENTS.
The question OF rent i very serious one
in New York. Upon the avenues a first
class house Is worth-Or rather was worth
SIP 900 year. and running from that
all the way down to $1,000. TIE French
Hat system * coming into vogue for iami-
lies who desire to live in something like ele-
gance but cannot afford whole house. A
fiat has in it about eight rooms, that is to
say 1t is one floor. through IRON front to
rear, lifted up into rooms. The parlOr, sit
| ting-rOOm and bedrooms are elegant. and
AAAt hAAAAtl anu NtAAEAG-t are NOT ONlN
rOOmy, but cOmmOdlous. These apartments
rent tor from $4,000 per year, down to
$1,000. The poorer people get smaller flats
higher up from $500 down to $500, though
at the latter figure they 20 up long way,
and IN d very mean part of the city You
Will see from these figures that rent Is a
very important item IN living in the city
that 1t Is the cancer that eats out income at
a fearful rate. Take what a man has to paw
for house to live IL. and store to do
business IN. and there is mighty little lett.
NOwa-days II he gets out even he is doing
exceedingly well.
POLITICAL.
The action of the syracuse convention
in instructing for Senator Conkliug does
not strike the Republicans Of the city
favorably. While COnkling Is popular.
aud while possibly the majority would pre-
fer him, the coolest heads zee that this i no
time to push fay0rites, or consider sections.
What Is wanted Is 70 hold the Government
in the hands OF the Republican party, and
they fee! 1t best tO 20 70 Cincinnati IN
pledged. that the best man may be put in
nomination. Pledged or unpiedged Secretary
BristOw holds very high place in the alice
tons OF the Republicans OF New York. The
shysters IN the party don like him, but the
solid men O.. They want lust such a man.
and when Conklipr's friends find that he
cannot he nominated thev will suDport the
honest kentuckian with a burrab. He has
done his whole duty. and IS verv strong
here. Marx tins, New York Is going to
press him IN spite of instructions. There
i an overWheIminr sentiment in bi. favor
now. and it Is growing.
CENTENNftL BLUNpER
AL sorts o4 .cheiheS are On 1901 % Ialse
money lor tnu Centennial mere Is 70 De d
great ua-l inc -'1u o. next month ier tue
purpose oI getting lc" thousands by the
| reports ifoia the committee oil the centen-
ma ma u Seen' a. II 'hs women ol America
Were hol 10 nave anything 10 snow ex-
oop1 pIcluI5s- mere VIII ho' De Waii
Spaee en,rs" ,9r az tnAl are sent Al
lisn'' ;IIS' " asulh- 9ou spun anu "oNe
cotton dresses striped WIN SIX raVe4e1
ron o.t s'ocAinsS loF her iamiy ana
.le luS,o" women; VINO are justly en-
lNieu ID ne ct.4tu 'ne uFsl 4alles OF tne
Gun a. '"'S VAMc over Among Tue
nTss 10 -h@S> use US were cIeNer at EN-
oI1lueIi anu ueAu "ork, olt thelr ue-
scehuan's nave no Such sAiIl % display or
are uos u DC aI!1"ed 10 dlsplay H. All
tua' Tue executive committee Oh the zen
lehhlAl want 10 encourage IN women l.
lhe aUlIi'S u ScuIp ana paint No" pam
man may ue excused Ior putting IN a word
mere oeEe'e thdt speak the sentiments
OF a sood many people OF the best class IN
saying that visitors to the Centennial would 4
be greatly interested to see all departments
oil women work represented there. They
would Ike TO see such relics Of needle
work as were lett by women OF revolution
ary times. who were notable house-keepers,
ana bcasted skill with their needles that
VIII show erecltao.y at even this lapse Of
time. 1hefe Is not an Old lAmIly In the
country Whch has not treasures boarded
up ol l4ce anu sampler WORK emitting anu
emnrolleEy-that l., pictures 0y the neeale,
anu iancY Work-whose name l. legion. W {
stald, conservative people would Ike to
refresh our ideas OF oid tunes by comparing
these DAINTY "reminiscences with what our
I,sn1 c!e'er uanghierS anu sisters can Go,
W would IKE 70 see the hnest evidences oil
SAni III every department vi woman laouI
e1hioteu' 10 tue creult ana announcement
oi tue industrious a well a. the glorlnca-
tIon oil the glited. Inere Is too much Of a
notion abroad that It Is unbeeomlng to be
expert at housekeeping, that al young
woman Is to THINK ht to devote herself to u
music OF art forgetting that not one IN
thousand mas talent enough IN either dlrec-
ton 20 DC worth 'IaInlns' Dut that al women
an be taught to be good housekeepers and
a,4 70 - ,,bo-. of,I,, r,-.atIo ,ba,,,,ho,,,
The highest ladies in England the Prin-
cess Louise and the Princess Christian
among them-have Instituted a school Of
fine needle-work in London. to which no
woman has the honor Of admittance unless
she is of noble birth. An exhibition Of
ancient works of the needle was held some
wears aroat the South Kensington Museum.
the effect of which was to revive the taste
for embroidery to sueb decree that il has
set the fashion of two or three years mast.
Dresses and furniture of the richest sort are
now 50 layishly decorated with embroidery