Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-11
son Business"

Tho Attractions for Which NIen Leave Their Wives-A History of Ten Min-
 utes at the Fifth Avenue Hotei-Ehe Curious COnglcmeratiOn Which Crowds That Caravansary.
 The following are the observations of Pren- what he saw in ten minutes while standing i'll the corridor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
 Bang and squeak Bang and squeak! The three double storm-doors open and shut with scarcely seconds intermission, at the rate of thirty times to the minute. Steadily two cur rents of life flow in and out of the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel about in the evening. The great corridor is thronged with constantly chang ing crowd. All men. All well dressed. Fash ions various. Careless overcoat and felt hat of the West. Dandifed plaid ulster and hat of the farthest East and latest style Young men without overcoats, in buttoned- up morn ing coats, trying to look comfortable this cold evening. Albert hats, common hats, average hats, even old hats; fur gloves, kid gloves; an occasional cloak ruddy faced, gray haired men with Western look and air; closely cropped, semi -artifcially, bristly, bald-headed young men of New York; young men all cane and cigars; beefy-faced, full faced, full shaven men of the town, impressed with strong consciousness of the dignity of very recently eaten dinner; thin -visaged, care ly-dressed, irritable-Iooking, dyspeptic men, their stomachs wrestling with recently eaten dinners; sauntering men full of noth- ing to do, busy men rushing about ditto with nothing to do, prosperous men coming down the marble stairway from the dining hall full of the impressions of the dinner, groups of men in business converse, groups in political converse, groups in hilarious converse, talk of stocks in New York, wheat market in Chicago, cattle probabilities in Texas, cotton possibiii- ties in Mississippi, tobacco ditto in Richmond, lumber in Maine, ice up the Hudson, third term at Washington, schemes at Albany, sill yer in Colorado, and islander in Brooklyn. All men. Everything masculine and on the mas- culine basis in these thronged marble halls. Everything free, easy and unrestrained by the presence of mother, aunt, sister or wife. Es- pecially wife. Corridors full of prosperous ten or twenty year married men now enjoying the freedom of being away from their wives. Mostly here Ion business; 50 told to the wife an hour since. Hurried on overcoat after dinner. ssWherefore away, my James?" Business, my dear, business. Must see man on busi- ness" Is seeing him now. Will continue to see more men 'ton business" until 1 a. m. In saloons hotels, private parlors, etc. Espe- cially etc. Why not ? Business at the bar the cigar stand, the billiard room, the cock pit, the rat pit, the theatre, etc., must be attended to. It is mans sphere. The wife remains at home and guards the morals of the family That is her mission. Man, stronger and more courageous, sallies forth and tackles immo- rality wherever he can find it. That's why he goes out O nights s'on business" You can't do business without seeing men, etc., Ion business" Until women acquire these 'busi- ness habits they will never become indepen- dent. This great caravansary, with it's halls free to the public, is typical of the land we live in. Thus the temporary abode of presi- dent, king, emperor, prince and noble, of pious, embedding, defalcating, undetected scamp, of wicked scoundrel just found out of queens, queens of song, of tragedy, of fashion, is free for any one to enter so that he is sa- vory to the nose. comedy to the eye, sober and decently behaved. It is the gratuitously- given meeting place for all classes and condi- tions.
 Swing, squeak, bang; bang, squeak and swing every second, go the three double .storm doors.' Enter boy-clerk in a whole sale house-trying to kill his evening wander ing about doesn't know what to do; lives at cheap boarding house; sleeps in hall bed room; no fire; no place to stay cold even inzs. Game from the country; ought to be there now-no relatives in town, or, If any, they don't want him; gets $7 a week and wanders around nights after business hours i; doesn't know why he came in here.-A hu- man moth attracted by the glare will in good time singe his wings somewhere--exit.
 Swing, squeak, bang. Enter very small