New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-06

whore All natrorahties meet and mngle. Here tine
osuo2ohianlsm is like that of PARIS; your next
i.or uclghbor may be an Oriental VINO is an exact
copy of his veueratcd ancestor dead aud turned to
clay before Caesar wrote his CommeNar.es"; a
ingle block may contain representatives of half the
races of the earth.
NATIONAL TYPES IN A SINGLE STREET.
Take a stroll by night through Dupont-st., for in
stance. II starts out from Mlrket-st. "A broad
business avenue-a strictly American thOroughiare.
lhls ends with famous French restaurant, the
virtues of whose cuisine may be yOuched for more
safely than those of its patrons. Ii the next TWO
squares open, Haunting vice holds sway. The BRASS
Duttoued embodiment OF the law stands at the cor
ner. bnt he aIOuSes no fear in the painted French
Jezebels. who lean from their little windows.
Crossing the Cable road, which runs up California
1t one plung's at step into section of the Celes
iial Empire. In the shadow OF St. Mary's Cathedral
which marks tine southern limit of - Chinatown"
are underground cellars more loathsome than any
dens of vice in Ncw-York. Passing along the street,
one sees Chinese either side hears the cries
of Chinese street vendors, which bear rGug Te-
sembance to the waiiing notes of the whIppoorwll,
and catches scraps of the mNgple chatter of the
jewellers who SIT IN the high balconies of the res
tanrints. stop moment here at Westinghouse.
The bell IF the City Hall sounds for mdni ght You
hear the expiring clash of cymbalS and soon after q
great like the noise of Il dam breaking its
bounds In an instant, out of the wlde-open doors
of the Chinese playhouse streams thr0ng of pig
tailed heathen They fill tho sidewalk and over
flow into the street. Watch their faces as they pass
under the light of the street lamp. Their small black
eyes are dancing with excitement. their fiat faces
shine with PRESENTATION, the sign manual OF
opium is branded on fully one half the faces, while
q few look like animated mnmmes with their
parchment skin drawn tight as a drum head over
the high cheek bones and falling IN wrinkled folds
about their trembling lips If you have n warm
imagination the spectacle of these faces will tyra1-
uiza over your dreams that terrible Malay staked
through the opium visions Of d. Quincy.
A GLIMPSE OF FRENCH INTERIORS.
Passing two squares further north you come to an
avenue which opens upon broad pathway through
the tangle of narrow streets and nOlsome alleys as
Worth-st let in light upon the dens about the Old
Eve Points in Baxter and Mulberry-sts. Cross this
avenue and, pres o. you transported into the
streets of an old French town. Gallo sIgn-boards
look down upon YOU. and rafting voeys of Gallo
pat0is heard from the inner recesSes of the little
WINE shops that line either side of the way. Late
rs is the quarter is still very wide awake, and the
brilliant moonlight brings out all ITS features oil
picturesque old rOQkerIcs that seem waiting for a
lusty etrhquake to push them over. mar
row alleys with swarmng colonies grouped
about near courtyards and bakers shops aud
cabarets and green grocers' stands without mum
Der. Occupying some of the corners are the pc
culiar Mexican restaurants, low-browed. dark and
scowling as their'patrons. where you may set iirt
to your palate with the national dishes. Clmging
TO the steep siCe Of Telegraph Hill, which bound,
this street on the right. are many Mexican houses
and the children which usually swarm IN these
hillside streets furnish living proof that hap
hazard mixing of races is not good way TO secure
fine physical types. | you extend your walk IA few
squares beyond. Dupont-st. Will lead you TO IN,
beach and the squald life which usually frlnges th,
waterfront. TINS street il only about mile n
length but it furnishes great variety of national
types.
THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF STREET LIFE
In no quarter Of the city can you get free from
the startling contrasts in the condition OF people
Everywhere wealth and poverty are brought Int
sharp contrast. No street preserves its character
for more than few blocks. AS if tired OF playing