New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-30

ington's time, was mulatt0." Inc hegIo poS OiO
saving: al hired fellow here TO work TOT me- anu NO
stole all my clothes, couldn't get out Oh the Po
How did Won fix that ND ~ said l. "Why, Mr. Brltton
over yer at the Union Dime Bank he made me present.
seeing how bad I lad been treated, and lts AL ris"
now"
Not long after this encountered Mr.. Brtton having
his shoes sbined and we nodded 10 each other SAID
" How are the savings banks doing - Pretty weh'
said he "Our statement ut the first Of the year may
show five millions OF deposits" Said l. Are you NOV III
Brewsters establishment I" "oh, yes SAID Ne was
carriage maker begin with. and your FRIEND Cnail0
Rogers old circus man. who is still living ut German
town was my ohum" "Te me about business at pres
ent Z" Things arc pretty fat but my information IS
that London and Paris are exactly In the condition OF
NcwYOrk trade Is Ovcr-done, and In luXures especially
there Is sort Of rest" "Thls Dime Savings marble
building considerable did It not ~ "Nes 1t cost 700
uch-about S750,OOO But under the rc-arrangement
Of the finances Of the bank stands about less
We could not get such Offices vaults etc. as we have TOT
$4,000 year rent. Besides have considerable III
come the apartments up stairs" Don't you nave
trouble paying interest deposits at the present
low rates Of money r. Yes. We have taken some
mort cages az low four and half per cent We could
get higher rates but property which is already over
mortgaged'
Said Mr. Brton further: Come in and see our secre-
tary time Mr. sprague, and he will give you some
interesting anecdotes Some time ago a man who was
depOstOr with us wrote TO say that he was dead
He into statement OF what should be done with
his effects. as II he already out or this world VIC
little curious about it, and went back In our books
TO get his sgnature-and behold the man who said he
dead and wrote letter to that effect was unque5-
tonably the who started the deposit with u.s.
How do you account for that g. IL might have been
| haucnation, some bit OF artihce. can remember
another little point" said Mr. BFitton Not long ago
legal firm In London wrote TO asking II we would not
pay over 70 the mother OF certain deposition tho funds
he had left in bank the ground that he was I'M
quesonaby dead and had not been heard OF for years
They put IL 10 In equity to let the mother nave the
money without the expense Of proving tho death
strangely enough had hardly got that letter and be-
gun 10 deliberate about IT, when the depostOr himself
wrote 20 us from Australia saying that he had certain
amount In hands with interest and wished us to pay
II him. Possibly he had just come out Of Jail for
term years" Said l. Do not savings banks get the
benefit Of considerable money that Is called for T.
Not much" said Mr.. BrittOu; that Idea prevails,
know but in experience il IS not the fact"
fashionable lady here recently said TO me: How IL
Il that with the money lavished female education In
NcwYork, we produce great women OF society, like
Madame Recamler, for instance There waS woman
who did not die until 1919. when she was seyenty-two
years Old and yet she had lovers To the end Of her life.
like Chateauband the retired statesman and author
who proposed 10 her when she siXy-nine, and
though she refused. he spent almost every day In her
company" Said I: WAS she very rich = Madame
Recanier was "A bankers daughter who drew her grace
from her mother her modc5ty from convent, and her
philosophy, perhaps, from very early marriage She
married ~ sixteen 20 man about ATTY She had no
children but great respect for her husband, and he
allowed her lead tho most elegant society In Paris
/ She could love distinguished rival Ike Madame de
stac weep for her Punishment by the small minded
Napoleon" Did she never form another attachment g.
/ 1aR4 inf AIN
one Of the princes Of Prussia who arranged TO marry
her. but Il was requisite get divorce from her hus-
band lie did not refuse H. but his sens0ty and mild
ness changed her purpose. She formed for friend
ship not for love She left pure name though doubt
that she was capable Of passion"
Looking over an old Guide Of Ncw-Yor OF the date OF
is49 ud that the cab fares then were % cents mile
per passenger 80 that four persons in carriage had only
20 pay ST. Rti tho fare was 81 from anywhere down.
town TO Forty-second-st To go to Kingsbridge which
va, then the pleasure resort and keep the carriage all
day cost So and coach oil day for any purpose was
only IS For every Trunk II was cents We then nad
827 omnbuses the city, which paid an aggregate tax
OF only $4,000 they divided into twentyone differ
ent lines.
The CITY Hall which Is s considered one Of our finest
buildings cost only Sj3g0OO though It IA ono Of the
most elaborate IN omancntaton that we possess and
2lO feet long by feet wide To lay the corner
In 1903 the City Council voted only $50 AseNerybody
knows tho faced I'm brown stono 10 aVoh inc
expense OF marble and from supposon that the town
would hardly advance above Chainbeis-sI
possess the first edition Of Edgar A. Poos tales pub
shed IN Philadelphia in 1910 I'm two volumes bound In
what was called muslin with tho title pasted ON tho
binding I'm paper These remarkable tales. which nave
been translated into many languages, were contempt
raneousy pulled in the country newspaper ana their
notice. grayeIy quoted as II they making the repu-
tation Of the book The Nec York star said that the
best Of these would have been considered good IL
had appeared In Bldekvood." The Brownsville penn
Obserper praised the bodncss OF the Development OF Ma
Intellectual capacity" Mr. Joseph r. Chandler In Inc
Philadelphia Gazette said ono OF the tales was pretty
we'll tod"I yet the whole the country papers TOOK
more cheerful and encouraging view OF the book IMAM u
could met with at the present time especially 'h9
author had been on the pre- himself The chief injury
done Poos reputation tho necessity he was under
OF being fertile critic and conrnvcrsiast ON the news
papers, his great powers were used 10 lmpae UuP'''s
who presently grew into frogs and oro"ked away at
him after he had passed M To Jupiter ana 'ho p"ncS
Ono sign OF the sloppy nature Of tho stage Il to he
found In the way the play books printed Irecenty
went 10 the chlcf place In this country Tor puOUshhs
these things which Is also London house. ana HsEed TOT
RnIwer's Rlcheeu" The actors have no other means
OF studying parts In these pieces than from such
little books II would hardly appear that the PROOF hao
been read at ALL For instance, the no speech Re"ee"
makes 10 De MaUprdt who Is about to assassnate hm'
ends thus Earth has such Gend-nol IA one para
eide of his fatherlnnd" Reheen says II was TO save
my Julie from the King that IN my yalor forSayo thy
crime" instead OF m yalor Francois says OF De
Yaupraf; "Tho night dark HE vaor closed with
out any punctuation nsted OF saying that the night was
dark and that his risor closed Roheeu says mat
Justice has ali place for temple aud all season LOT
summer" A profitable agency Of plays mas perhaps
affected vigilance nero play books, when sell az 10
cents apiece.
eittinR I'm brokers' office far uptown before he ar