The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-09-10

enter on yesey street on the broadway
side without interfering Mt all. 1t still
retains some of its pristine elegance.
You may break and divide the hotel if
you will, but halo of old glory will hang
round it still. The Astor will always
have for its guests class of inmates who
put up there as the hotel they nave heard
Of from childhood, and it will also be
more or less frcquented by politicians.
The Battery and Castle Garden were
years ago the resort of the elite. Jenny
Lind sang there; so did Mario and -Grisi:
then il was the landing place of emf
grants, and l can imagine how desolatc
many poor souls have felt when arriving
here in q strange country, and sitting
down on their "chist, " they looked around
with wistful eyes on the land they had
come to. Bowling Green was in those
| DAYS an aristoeratic spot, and as L not
! long since stood before the cid NanHornc
mansion, I remember playing, when a mere
child, in the large garden back, and max
ing myself sick with the apricots that
grew hy the garden wall. Now, it is
| thrd-rate restaurant. SO on up through
all Broadway, one landmark after the
other has disappeared. Bond street and
Union Square became the fashionable
places for residences, and the walk for
the bellies of New York was from Union
Square to Canal street, Taylor's Saloon.
| on the corner OF Franklin street and
Broadway, was the grand place of New
York. Where the Fifth Avenue Hotel
now is was an inn, a real country tavern.
where the stages running to the different
ferries changed horses, and was consid-
cred on the outskirts of town. On Twenty
second street, near Broadway. was a cot
tage in Gothic style. with graveled walks
and a handsome fountain in front. Philip
Kearney lived there the father of General
Philip Kcarney, and as the tide of pro-
grsss moved upward, they were induced
to sell the land, and the first block of
brown-stone" houses was erected by
their agent.
The quarrel between Cyrus Field and
Sam Tilden excites only amusement, and
the Herald fail ed as entirely to make a
sensatien of 1t as that restless sheet did
of the Jews and the yellow fever, a forci-
BILE combination; but NO one wants to
have them flung in his eyes and ears every
morning. The elevated railway was grand
in its inception and throughout Its man
agement There is no more right, good
faith or square dealing involved in the
hot Nr EiaI6 and Mr.
Tilden than il the Manhattan Bank rot'
bers were to accuse each other OF bad
faith and racality.
The theatres are rapidly getting OF
their varnish and gliding for the coming
campaign. Boucicault is putting OH paint
enamel, gold-leaf and damask, like {
French courtesan dressing for a masked
ball 1t will all be very snowy. graceful
and even gorgeous. If you will. but there
will still remain the same old ''scarle
woman" 1t Is Mr.. Boucicault's misfor
tune that he cannot do things possibly IL
a different way There Is nothing simple
frank or manly about him, and his labors
whether expended on stage curtains, gill
proscenium boxes or q gaudy auditorium
must show the result. Wallack has reno
= waited throughout. 1 don't mean Dor
John Lester but his theatre. Stage. au
ditorium entrance and outside walls have
emerged from the hands of the painters
and carpenters like the butterfly from the
grub. There is something very interest
ing and attractive about this historic
: theatre to old New Workers. To again
quote my old friend DIR. Holmes:
+ They love tho memories Of the past.
Its pressed yet fragrant flowers.
The moss that clothes its broken walls,
The Ivy on its towers.
AUGUST.