The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-24
BURNING HEBREW BOSOMS
How the IsraeIites Win Bear the
Corbin Insult.
aWTH A PATIENT SHRUG.
Leaving Their Wrongs to the Care Of
the American People.
ECHOES OF PUBLIC OPINION.
Absence of the Chosen People from
Manhattan Beach.
CLASS DISTINCTIONS DECRlED.
What Prominent Hotel Keepers Think
Of Jewish Patronage
ECHOES OF PUBLIC OPINION,
Absence of the Chosen People from
Manhattan Beach.
CLASS DISTINCTIONS DECRIED.
What Prominent Hotel Keepers Think
Of Jewish Patronage.

The HERALD's revelation of anti-Hebrew sentiment
on Coney Island continues to be the sensation
of the day. Jew and Gentle talk of little
else. Yesterday the excessive heat of the at
mosphere found congenial companionship in the
fevered blood of the whole Hebrew race In hotels,
barrooms. street cars. stores and 1.-The topic
Jew Jew found constant discussion. Jokes
were made by the hundreds The slightest allusion
was Immediately understood, and public opinion
seemed to run with amazing unarimity in one drec-
ton.
1t interesting to note the varied standpoints
from which men, according to their calling. re-
garded the Corbin insult. Cyrus w. Field. for in
stance. caught en- route for his Office from tho
salt retreats of Newport, and unhesitatingy said,
This man Corbin must be fool. He's nothing
but a common carrier. He represents railroad
company whose business it is to carry all the people
it hope therell be million Jews on our ele-
waited road. The more the better. Every man who
pays his ten cents is welcome with us, and so he
should be with Corbn. He has made great mis-
take, Mr.. Hilton did before him. This express
sion of Mr.. Field the text throughout
the city. Among others Major Noah laugh
ingy exhibited a complimentary coupon book of
free passes to Manhattan Beach. signed by Mr. Cor
bin and Endorsed by Mr. John Starin. "My first
thought" SAID Major Noah. "was to send the book
back to Mr.. Corbin. but don't think will. I've
been to the Manhattan frequently. but told Mr..
Chatterton last night supposed would have to go
to the other end of the island to get something
to eat. Mr.. Corbn is very foolish fellow
and must feel by this time that he has
arrayed himself against every decent man in the
community While Major Noah talking
Colonel lansing. the Aston House manager, Joined
the group and called for glass of beer In reply
said. ,;r,o Ian ,na5 No
hotel man to have Jews and nobody else, or
many Jews in the Aston House, and to my knowl-
edge we have never lost q bill by them, which is
more than / can say for the Christians. We have
had Jews squirm about items of bill ana screw it
down to the lowest figure but they paid the final
settlement. Then too, some Of them pay literally.
spend freely and ofhanded and gen.
any other set of people. hotel
man has no right to have prejudices I'm free to
say wouldn't care to have it understood that
ran jew house. but that's very differentA hng."
The rotunda filled at the time of the discussion.
The crowd at the bar INDUCED in all manner of joe
ular reference to the HERMD's bombshe. and every
man with prominent proboscis compelled to
treat "the boys or give good reason why not.
PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST coRBIN
Recorder Hackett calmly walking down the
shady side OF Broadway when encountered by AN
thusiastic disciple of Isaak Walton, with basket
his arm and his pole upon his shoulder.
"well. Judge" said the hot fisherman,
''How about Corbin?" "Corbinl Corbinl" drawled
the Recorder. "Corbin's an idiot" That's about
the size of it," rejoined the angler. and off he
started for the Jersey brooks. From incidental
versations like these it easily ascertained that
the current of feeling dead against the Manhat
tan man Indeed, it assumed personal feeling in
md Nv ms
not at all matter of uncertainty. "Uncie Tom"
Dunlap, the stalwart Commissioner of Jurors.
laying down Tammany programme with
Under Sheriff Stevens in angle of the
County Court House; but. engrossng their
occupation was. they found time to express them
selves in Corbin. For the life OF me-" said the
Commissioner, II can't see what the man is up to.
He has leased the hotel to people who expected to
make money. and yet he deliberately sets current
of unpopularity dead against it. He's queer kind
of landlord. And then what CANNON. Why see
lots of Jews all the time. Some of the best men
have are Jews. Look at Alderman Lewis and Nanny
Hart for instance. Where can you find better men?
I've patience with this intolerance Its the bane
Of our existence" The Commissioner agreed
with the Sheriff that public sentiment
was all way; that while dirty Jew
not desirable companion dirty
American was no better. ana dirty Irishman was
great deal of talk of different sort. That Is. the
element of discussion pro aud con. was introduced.
and long arguments were made concerning the de-
STABILITY of class hotels and the tendency of jews
to herd together and monopolize public places. In
this connection ii seemed to be generally conceded
that the clanishncss of the Hebrews feature
that initiated against them; that. FOR instance,
there might be hundred Englishmen in a
hotel and that fact not be known while
IL there hundred Jews in "a
hotel their habit of sticking together and
acting in concert would of necessity, force a recog
milton of their presence on the public. Probably
man was ever more thoroughly "cussed and dis
cussed' than Mr.. Corbin yesterday One wag
suggested that Mr.. Corbin would soon issue order
prohibiting punch and Judy from the Manhattan
Beach. and another wondered If 3ea desprit would
be tolerated by the New Hampshire censor. That
the HERALD has furnished the country with topic
of conversation is toerably clear. What the effect
of the bulletin may be on the Manhattan 1t is now
too early to predict. The Brighton Beach people
not at all sanguine that they viii be by the
prescribed class. and at Norton's they prepared
to take all who care to come