Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-24
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
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4 only write you one more letter this wear ana
the date OF this one would remind me. n the
general oustle OF preparation did not that the
! hoiloays are upon us. Isn't IL curlous-deltght-
| fully so-how the Christmas atmosphere makes
itself felt long time before Christmas really
comesf Thanksgiving somehow gives MS a fore
! taste OF IL, and as the days go by anticipation
becomes cumulative, until old and yonng
allSe look eagerly forward 10 the day
OF days We owe the Germans mucn
! but Tor 20 one thing so much as Tor
teachiug Us how 10 enjoy Christmas as IL
/ should De eD1oyel The yery word Causes
the blood 10 thrill and pulsate with an eNlui-
site eagerness conJuring up ror tue babies a
whole wonderland or delights. or giving US
older folk retrospective glimpses or other davs
and other scenes In the dear home OF childhood
There is no way 10 get the full benent OF these
hoicaSS without making some Sacridcs 10
make Others happy. man who won't bankrupt
htmSen on This occasion misses half the pleasure
OF living. am glad 10 see that more and more
each successive year, are preparations made
I for providing for the physical comfort OF the
! poor and unfortunate. Good dinners and gifts
OF warm clothing and other creature comforts
now make Christmas a red letter day 10 the ia
mates Of all our public institutions while many
churches, societies aud individuals use special
effort TO make somebody outside their own
| MONIES Cad for one day al least
Apropos. the ladies connected with the 81.
Pauls Episcopal church az Englewood. a small
/ New jersey village. arrange 10 give presents
| from bouutifully loaded Christmas trees 10
| every child who can be found. no matter as 10
! It's color or nationally. no matter whether n "a
ever seen IN Sunday school or not-and YOU nav
well imagine 1t is not a difficult matter TO md
| poor girls who will accept dols and books and
poys who Will accept velocpedes and tool
( chests and fruit and bon bOns even III they do
/ rot care for the catechism. These same ladies'
| also send committee 10 visit Christ hospital.
Jersey city, about q week before Christmas
/ every year, and get list OF lust the things
the patients express a desire Tor. ana wheIhar
! lt DC something TO eat. drink. wear or read
that particular want is gratired on christmas
morning
Quite In the Same liue Is the habit OF a
| wealthy friend or mine, who never eats his
| Thanksgiving dinner I'LL he has found some
| person or family without food whose nenee 81
! ties he can supply. Heretofore he has tr1siaf
To bis rector 10 direct him 10 the worthy reel
pent OF his bounty. This year his rector WAS
gone, and he was put TO his wits ends He
| finally started out. and after a long saarch
| found poor woman with four children With
out even crust or bread In The house. After
| ne mad supplied them with generous Quantity
or provisions he went home and with au an
petite sharpened oy hts explorations. sat down
| win his family, at O'Clock. 70 the dinner
| which had been ordered laid al O'Clock. what
ever else you may or may not d. on Christ
mas, don't forget your poor neighborS.
Ibe oiher night, the barbarian who makes
| love 10 Mary Anderson, in IGgDrtar, made q
| funny transposition in his lines. Insyead OF
| 1.-TWO souls with but a single thought two
hearts that beat as one." he startled The audi
ence by eXclaiming, Two hearts WITH but a
| single thought. two souls that beat as one,r
Mr.. Ballard smith has resigned the managing
eoltorshlp OF the S"h 10 take effect January 1.
he Is considerably worn out by oyerSork and
contempiateS a trip to Europe Various raa-
sons are given for his leaving the paper Tae
zeal one. believe is the fact that he Is TOO en-
| terpr1SiDg and progressive In his ideas 10 suit
| the old fogy notions OF the stockholders VINO
| are deadly opposed 10 any expenditures for
| news which shall In the slightest curtau the
present rich dividends sun stock paws from 40
| 10 60 per cent. per annum. In frequently de-
clared instalments OF from 10 10 per cent
There are $50 shares. par value 81 COO per share
| out the stock cannot be bought for s 600. Cnas
A. Dana is the largest owner and controls ma
| Jorlty OF the stock Marshall O. Roberts Is an
| other large owner Mr.. Weyman, editor OF the
| weekly edition, draws salary OF sleo a week
| He Is stOckholder-and IL is a notable fact
that nearly all the stockholders have fat saia-
rled positionS Amos Cummings, the best
| winter on the paper, owns nve shares OF stock
| The Suns Washington correspondent Is also
spoken OF for the managing editorship.
Mr. j.. Gllmer Speed, the Wortd'S young man.
aging editor. goes west very shortly, so am told
| 10 De married 10 charming young lady IN Louis
Vile Mr.. Speed is grand nephew OF tue poet
| Keats, and his introduction to New York Jour
nallsln was obtained by the publication 10 the
| World OF lot OF letters written by his dI5tin-
gulshed literary relative. From the World Mr..
Speed followed Mr.. Ballard Smith TO the ls1la.
HIS return 10 the World is recent In financial
matters Mr. Speed is as lucky as Ia his phe-
nomenal rise in Journalism. While on the stan
OF the World, some time last year, h was de-
Ialed 10 go TO Philadelphia and write up the
heely motor. MI Speed had friends here who
beld lot OF the MOTOR stock. Mr.. Speed gave
tne Invention glowing send-of1 and the price
or the stock went up with rush-and stayed
up just long enough TO allow his friends 10 un-
loaO. MI Speeds share OF this neat little DIT OF
journalistic Jay Gouidism was Si2, 600.
| speaking OF Jay Gould reminds me that he is
buying up property on Park Row. opposite the
post Office, which he designs as the Site OF one
OF the largest and handsomest buildings in the
city. Ii is 10 be occupied on the first aud upper
floor by the American Union Telegraph Com
pany. The other floors will be devoted 10 Offices
MI. Gould has already purchased all the prop
erty from the EUt7lt1tq Express building north,
with the single exception OF the corner building
an 3D. Uumble-doWn rOokery, the lower moor OF
which is occupied by the kceIeiRg MAI business
Inwood. the site finally selecth for the
! worlds fair or 1883, is an admirable location In
every respect. AS you may be already aware.
! the land set apart for this use will be given by
the heirs OF the DycRman estate OF which II is
q part, rent free. lt comprises one hundred and
nlty,two acres, presents broken surface, has
| ana Harlem rivers and Spuyten Duy-
VII creek for water boundaries. Its sur
roundings are also picturesque, being di-
| iectly opposite the Paiisade The location
Sw1lhin the city limits, on the Hudson river
railway, about hve or six miles from the
Grand central depot Ii is also accessible by
the elevated and horse railway lines, and By
,l poa.s on ooth rivers In published interview
Wllh Kufus Hatch, the banker, who has been
aGuseH ScsT a Identified with the project from tae
sabosroiit, whose road viii be vastly peneritef
oy lne enterprise should subscribe from
| S.,ooo,ooo W So,Wu,OUo 10 lelD the thing
along, and that his example would be
so surely and Immediately followed by Others
| as 10 insure the financial success at
| once. accordingly called on Mr. Wander
ollt; az MS ONCE In the Grand Central depot. 20
see II ne cared TO make public his inUentions
Whhe be had no hesitancy in expressing wa-m
sympathy with the enterprise-as he NAV we'll
AFFORD TO, for it VIII put millions into mis- pocket
he was not prepared TO say what action he
Snouid Take In the matter or subscribing for
stock What he did say, however lett a very
Suohg IMPRESSION on my mind that while h,
mas 10 intention OF fooling away any money
ior this object. simply as public enterprise il
ne becomes convinced that IL will pay him a
gOCd dividend he will not hesitate TO invest
iheTe Is q peculiar SenSatiOn-whlch YOU NAV
Know as well aS L II you ever tried it-in talk
Ing 10 man who has the money and power
possessed by Vanderbilt. All the time was
with him | could not help but think OF that
S5l GOO COO OF his invested fn per cents and ft
incidentally occurred TO me how delightfuiIy
that sum. although mere bagatelle 70 Wander
Dllt. would help In the purchase OF Christmas
presents
Now that the legislature Is about to meet the
elevated roaoS have Increased their hours for
nVe cent fares. In the vain hope that that our
state lawmakers will let them alone The pub
Tic, however, will not rest satisfied till the fare
Is nxed at i've cents for all hours and dis
taDces, and that Is what it Will be sooner or
later. AT that price the stockholders VIII make
money enough.