Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-11-30
NEW YORK LETTER.
The Elevated Railway and its Passengers-The
Last Bearer of a Famous Name.

Last Bearer of a Famous Name.
Special Correspondence
NEW YORK, Nov. q, 1sS2.-The last
week has been one of unusual excite
ment in New York. This is a city of
sensations, but for real downright flutter
/ can commend such an election as the
one we recently passed through. But it
has all subsidized. People still talk about
the cyclone and the '~'washout," but
everybody I~ejoices that the turmoil is
over and that peacea and quiet will reign
again, for a time at least, and the ordi-
rary pursuits of life receive all our devo-
votion. The other morning | rode the
whole length of the Third Avenue Ele-
waited Railroad, starting from One Hun
dred and Twenty-Ninth Street, and
finishing at South Ferry. The Third
Avenue Elevated Road is the great artery
the carotid of the elevated system. If
any one desires to see all kinds and con-
ditions of people, | commend this ride.
The trip, about eleven miles in length,
consumes about fifteen minutes. A
great deal depends, however, upon the
hour of the day which you may select
for the trip. At 6 o'clock in the morn
ing you will find the ears crowded with
laboring men. At z o'clock mechanics
with tin pals and shop-girls with bun
dies fill the cars. At 8 the clerks, both
male and female, take possession of the
trains. AT $50 the commission hours
close, and thereafter, until 4:30 p. M,
the fare is ten cents. The riders during
these hours are successfully merchants
brokers, and shoppers. After 4;30 p.
M, the tide runs the other way and the
order of things isreversed, with the lady
shoppers first, her the brokers, mer-
chants, clerks, mechanics, shop-girls,
and laborers in the order named. 1t is
u curious study to watch the streams of
people and see them read the news
papers. All New York reads the news
papers in transit. Time is felt to be too
precious to waste it in any such occupa-
ton during business hours. On the
trains, ferry boats, street cars, and
BUSES en- route to work everybody has
a newspaper, and everybody is absorb
ingly intent in extracting all the news
possible in the shortest possible time.
Yesterday saw going into a store on
Broadway Miss Gabrielle Greeley, the
daughter Of the late Horace Greeley,
who has been living in very quiet retire
ment at Chappaqua since the death of
her sister, Mrs. Colonel Nicholas Smith.
Miss Greeley is the last of Horace
Grceley's family, and those who know
her and her many good qualities have
the deepest sympathy for her loss. She
is an admirable woman, really beautiful
and accomplished, with a sympathetic
heart for every person and every crea-
ture that suffers. She was a particular
%fayorite of Mr.. Greeley, and his eyes al
ways beamed when he spoke of her.
Miss Greeley's closest companion was
Miss Chamberlain, daughter of the late
Ivory Chamberlain, a leading editor of
the New York Herald. She is a brun-
nette like Miss Greeley, and her coun-
terpart in many ways. Both girls are
beautiful and accomplished, and Miss
Greeley has said that her friend is the
best educated woman in New York.
Ivory Chamberlain taught her every
thing. His magnificent library was
read and digested by her. Her superior
mind even grasped the t~echnicalities of
Blackstone andthc works of her fathers
Law library which she read. She is snow
in Paris with her mother. Mr.. Sam.
Chamberlain, her brother, is the conf
dental secretary to James Gordon Ben
net. He has travelled everywhere, and
was formerly an editorial writer on the
New York World. His tact and add
mirable knowledge OF human nature
enable him to please Mr.. Bennett in all
HIS vary lnS HloOuS, anu III the same
time treat his friends in a way that
makes him a general favorite.
Well, ! did think to write something
about the Langtry, but | suppose you
have been already surfeited with talk
about the Jersey Lily. Viewed as a
social event her debut was a great sue
cess. From a dramatic and artistic
standpoint it was a dismal failure.
Think of two columns being given over
to a criticism of the event in all the
metropolitan newspapers. OF course |
ought to join the crowd and praise Mrs.
Langtry's beauty; but | shall do moth
ing of the kind. | studied her face at
t%entively, and took in as well the much
Wanted graceful lines of her form, and
am prepared to say, ''honor bright
that one may see any day in Fifth Ave
nue. OF Fourteenth Street lots of girls
who are more beautiful than the jersey
Lily, beyond compare.
kNICKERBOCKER.