The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-05-11
Correspondence
METROPOLITAN NEWS.

From our Special Correspondent.
] NEW YORK, April, 80, 1877.
There is trouble about Plymouth
Church parlor. A religious paper first
attacked it, and now ministers have Ia
ken it up, and Mr. Beecheris broad views
regarding the entertainment of young
people within the limits of the church is
likely to meet with some opposition.
Orthodox divines do not regard such
specimens of oratory as Buck Fan
shaw's Funeral" or that of the hero
who valiantly assaulted the musical and
vituperative Thomas cats on a cold win
ter's nightyela only in single garment,
a shirt of male, in which warlike but
undress uniform he fell from a high
position among bevy of girls, and into
sundry saucers of hot molasses candy, as
being properly suited to an edifce in
tended for prayer and praise. Then,
: though David danced before the Lord.
they do not believe that it was after the
fashion of the guild, the Boston, or uvis
temps, and the young people will proba-
bly, be obliged to do their dancing, read
their comic stories, and enact their far
ces elsewhere than in church parlors, if
this new order of things takes effect !;
but they are not only young but strong,
and fierce fight will be fought for
church parlor amusements.
Our streets are full of strangers who
are buying their spring stocks of mer-
ehandise or their individual garments,
and consequently the hotels are reaping
the benefit.
There is much needless nonsense
ahoat about the security of hotels against
fire. At least there should be discrim-
inatiOn made in favor of the fully pro-
tected. Take, for instance. the st Mich
olas, of this city, whose proprietors have
submitted their premises to expert in
spection on the part of underwriters, the
Building Department and Fire Com
missioners, all of whom have pronounc-
ed the arrangements ample and COM
plete, leaving nothing to be desired or
even conceived. There is no Mansard
tinder box on top, the main halls cor
respond on every floor, there is no
chance for confusion or ignorance as
regards egress, there are ten separate
stairways from upper floors, five of them
leading directly to the street, two to
! Broadway, two to Mercer street and one
to Spring street. Constant watch is
kept by day and night-six watchmen
being on special duty all night. The
fire extinguishing facilities are ample
and in charge of responsible men, who
have stated hours of duty and proper
relief There is plenty of water, several
powerful pumps and 200 feet of hose.
In short, Messrs Hawk & Co, the popu-
lar proprietors, by their admirable pro-
visions for the safety and comfort of
guests and their reduced scale ofcharges,
| have f1irly entitled themselves to the
most generous appreciation of the trav-
cling public
Fancy a man dancing, or rather waltz
ing, five hours on a stretch. Crowds
have gathered 10 witness and bet on
horse races, mule races, rowing matches,
walking matches, but this is the first
waltzing match ever attempted, and the
French dancing master who essayed it
had only time for his opponent. Soon
we may expect to see two or more dane
ing masters, to say nothing of the dane
ing mistresses who will try their strength
against each other. Whether they will
be timed for the swiftness, and the race
reduced to mile heats, or whittier it will
still be question merely of which will
hold out the longest, has not yet been
arranged. A five hours whirligig is
about as much as any one cares to watch,
at any rate, ana the number of young
men and maidens whom this devotee of
Terpsichore danced into exhaustion was
almost numberless.
The first suit in the Emma Mine case
has been decided in Mr. Trenor Parks's
favor, much to that gentleman's delight,
S5OO0,O00 was in the scale, but the end
is not yet. 1t will probably go to the
Supreme Court, which may reverse the
decision, and Mr. Parks tears of joy be
changed to those of sorrow.
After all the lawyers are TO have a
finger in the auriferous Vanderbilt pie.
Cornelius says that William did not do
as he promised, and he sees no reason
why he should not have d little more of
his fathers property, before the gilt
edge is rubbed off of the Central, as it
has been off some of the high toned |
stocks. He needs million more dollars
to soothe his sorrowing heart-and he |
is going TO sue for it; war to the knife is
said to have been declared, and it is pos
sible that good slice of the old Com
mOdore's savings and winnings may yet
ind its way into the pockets of the legal
Paternity
Every one rejoices with golden wig
ged Mrs Gaines in the result of her law
suit met her in Washington, three
years ago. dressed like girl with her
yellow wig, her bright black eyes, her
feeble steps that needed support, almost
worn out with years of litigation, but
defiant It'll. She said TO me, had
known in the start, it would have taken
so long, and that should have found
how treacherous some people could be,
| should never have dared to attempt it.
Iwould have accepted a pittance and
been satisfied, but wont give il up now,
and if have found some friends, as they |
called themselves, treacherous, I have |
found more good, noble aud s:eadfast
If could set the dear little old lady back |
fifty years, smooth the wrinkles from her !
face, and leave her % instead Of IS her |
victory might be worth something Now |
we can only hope she may live to be 100,
and that few incidental lawsuits may
arise to give her occupation which has
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