The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-19
LETTER FROM NEW YoRK.
[FRoM OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDEN

New Nnrkis summer dress, at the
opening ofthe season, has the advantage
Of all the luxurianee without any dry
heat which comes toward July from
the evolution Of reflection incident 10
the dense masses Of brick and mortar
aui long, narrow streets. The elevated
railroad has revoluiiouized New York
more than its inhabitants can fully ap-
preciate, for agai 0st the egreatBdvantages
Of rapid transit there are always irate
express; ;ous against the gigantic scheme
which so immeuselF changed property
Valuations; but the transient visitor
cannot bat he delighted with the con-
venience Of such wholesale and prompt
methods OF conveying one just wher-
ever he wants to 60 in such short time
aud at such low rates. a few yeaisago a
/ business man had as wei! or better have
/ lived forty miles from the city as depend
on the street horse-cars 10 convey him
to his Office down town from house
three miles up the street, for in the
morning there was a dense crowd OF
passengers, and after you got started
there was a jam Of vehicles, and all,
too, with the greatest amount of bother
and irritation, accompanied by the in
evitable torturing Of poor, over-worked
animals, that could but excite the pity
Of even a Gothamite driven along in the
run mad whirl Of business Now you
may stroll leisuFely out after breakfast
and smoke while you wait for the train.
knowing that you will have a seat and
a rate Of speed that is at once conven-
lent and exhilaraiing, the satisfaction Of
getting to business rapidly and the
pleasure Of rapid locomotiou, which,
combined, impartan edge aud zest to the
appetite OF money making. In the
evening the sensation is still more sat
isfactory, as the business man returns
home, and at midnight, as you come
from the theater, the trip is favored
with certain cOmical elements; for the .
Gothamite ladies have not yet learned. .
or else they don't care, that the "horrid F.
wretch" may look from the wiHdow Of
the flying car into their rooms ms they f.
dof the evening makeup OF "a bogus I.
angel, tenderly lay their hair on the /
bureau and draw from their sacred re- .
ceptaeles the curl papers, that prepare
their capillary attractions for conquest, /
but often disgust newly-made bride
grooms.
The usual throngs Of this time Of year .
are filling the state-rooms and replen-
ishiug the Golfers of the various Euro
pean steamship lines, though OCCASION
ally unsettled a. to exact date Of sailing
by the continued strike of the iudom-
liable longshOreinan. Many PLAYERS
are starting on foreign trips JUST now,
Frank Mayo, Rose Eytinge and Mod
ieska having departed within the week,
TO pass the iuward-bound ship which
brings the faeetious Mr.. Sothern back
10 our shores and characteristic aquat-
ic reception. People will insist on load
ing down these theatrical people with
masses Of flowers when
taking leave Of them on shipboard, fair
Iy turning the whole floral Offering
business OF such occasions into STACEY
burIesque, and injecting the largest
steamer with heaviuess Of odor dread
fully augmentative OF the first qualms 4,
II seasickness. Some Of the fair friends
Of the Coaching Club, too, which has
lis annual street drive this week, would
'ain have ladened the drags and hands
II the swell Jehus with enormous bou-
Iuets and Towering baskets, but luckily
Tor good taste such adornments are
limited by rule for the occasion to a
very modest description Of button hole
nosegay.
Following the imposing priestiy
pageant Of the dedication Of the new :
have been divers occasions OF
social as well as professional felicitation !
among the ecclesiastical dignitaries
gathered from all parts Of the Union for
hat stately ceremonial. In all, the
American primaie, Archbishop Gibbons,
PAS been prominent, and particularly I
% in the important business of assisting :
he unfortunate Archbishop Purcell TO
ubmit such a systematic statement Of :
lis well-known pecuniary harassments
IS may show at once how much the diff q
erent dioceses should raise TO relieve :
hem. Undoubtedly a great sum will be +,
leeded for this purpose, somewhere be- a
ween, at least, from thirty to sixty per $
ent OF the whole indebtedness; vet so I
nergetic is the spirit OF the leading :
hurebmen tOaccomplish the honorable +
ask, and so strong the sympathy OF all 5
ood Catholics for the venerable prelate
d his heavy afliictiOn, that the contri- I
utions are sure TO be ready and liberal. /
Purcelps worn countenance, ?
topping form and weakened voice show q
lost pathetically that he has shared .
very distress Of his creditors in pro-
ortion not possible to be compensated,
ke theirs, by any future complete re- y
ef. Il
In a different key Of contemporaneous C
hurch music are such sacredotal events
: the return of Chaplain Beecher with p,
is Thirteenth Militia regiment from d
anadian determination on the Queen's \
irthday, aud the departure Of the ath- q
tic Talmage for Summer tour OF that
,me gracious sovereign's native do n
iains. The large Outpouriug to wit il
ess the march Of the Brooklyn corps 81
ON the grand central depot to the