New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-02
PLEASURES OF THE NEW YEAR.
THE HOLIDAY OBSERVED QUIETLY.
THE CALLS ABOUT AS NUMEROUS AS LAST fEAH-
SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE CALLS ABOUT AS NUMEROUS AS LAST fEAh-
SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
Yesterday was an ENJOYABLE holiday, and none
the less so because it was observed In quiee MAI
oer With blue skies and an agreeable temSe PERI
tnre, the weather could not be found .o nsGlt
with and the young year received tne pi ronnr
welcome that is generally accorded 70 yoG geg.
sters with bright and cheerful faces Pe9ple Yet nnt
sroiIy enjoyed the day after their own fashion, mU'
caring apparently whether or not the CITY eo t
ment CHANGED hands or what others vented s" to make
cals he did so, without apparent conceIu wnyhin
;t was sanctioned by the highest court OF fashion
VI To %o a person walking through the fashionable
parts Of the city. the number OF men making ~
calls appeared to be aEon. sr e s%,ao were
rolling through the. streets owing to the me
weather. Livery stable keepers were the Only men
who aegrieved at tins nGweVe tied With rib
hons Of all cOors hung out on door and bell knooa
but the veteran caller saw no beauty In them; otil
year They send
ing out no cards and setting table MANY people
went out driving In the @ ana tneIe was The
roadD with here and there iour-ln-hanu, 1ae va y.
cifcrous horn of which turned peoples heads as 1t
One One could not help seeing drunken men If out in
the street long. One of these unfortunate persons
made comcal scene IN Ihird-ave some BOYS h1a
which he hugged as If they we're valuable gifts He
also tried to show his h,.t,d gratiTH sIsrraS BY
T%a.ns of Who " Struggled 8sniy to
Many telegraph BOYS made calls instead OF the men
whose cards they delivered but the resources q me
various companies were not very greatly taxed A
smashed carriage in Fifty-seventh-st. and paper
of cigarettes in acardbasket were re 'lnders OF me
time when calling was more hiarous ana ihuis-
Late in the afternoon and in the evening the
streets presented an animated appearance, as the
rnnns II fidv "well-;ied" and we'll gloved
went to and fro, paying their little social debts.
'There are just as many people calling and receiy-
ing "a eyerp said gentleman VINO gees mucn III
fashionable circles, "but they make no show ST IT,
The day was good one for out-of-town parties,
many of which have oeSn 9edofS sRoh cn ", i If
Castle Point. Hoboken Dinner paries were glvsn
BY Mrs DayisOn Mrs NJ A BeSen %he
Snu az and Countess Bozenta were the
honOd guests at I9sh' %ao porBy ns sVs at
their house in Fifth-ave. Among the thirty guests
nresent were Judge and Mrs. Joseph H.: Choate,
ex-Judge and Mrs. Rowland, Dr. and Mrs. Endic9tt
q 7 SCHUYLER was at home all dav to callers, AID
in the evening gave a small dancing party, 1t
being the first ,oms o f t@e mouse Among the
people who were at home to their friends were Cen
erai and Mrs. di Cesuola, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Hander33
bit, Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury. G; Langdon, Mr. i, and
Mrs r r. Musqraye William Z. Dodge, Mrs. Paran
Stevens. Mrs Lucien b. Chase, MIR. and Mrs, james
TaliG Mr. Nc. and Hra and d Mrs E. d. Morgan
and Mrs w. b. DinsmOre, Mr. ana Mrs D II. VIA
erbee Mrs e BeItner1 anG MSS empret MIS- Ms
SIaI NJ H. lanes rankin Mr. and Mrs f. S. Ja
raw Mrs. Leslie, the Rev. Drs Il. $. MacArthor;
Wi liam NJ. Taylor, ana thomas AInilase' anu
many other eleTgymeu.
-''"' HAPPY IMMiGRA rs AT CASTLE GARDEN
The day was faithfully kept by members OF the
Stock. Produce, Cotton, Maritime. Coffee. the two
Petroleum the two Mining and the two Iron and
p Metal Exchanges and the usually busy streets down
town were deserted. Battery Park was thronged
toTh n"pIe throughout the day. who took adyan
tage of the unusually tine weather. AL Castie 1al-
desi new years greetings We're nearly. mtrrY
Starr Stephenson and Ulrich, furnished dinner
Consisting of half a loaf OF bread, bowl OF soup
and plate of meat 10 oOd hn are I looln9
for smnloylnent The feature of the day was the
pacing OF ihirty-two pound turkey IN me HldsI
Of t,e 300 Hungarians 1t WAS a contnputlOn iionl
Wnrrov a. Nurent The immigrants devoured the
meat and stuiing, and then gnawed the bones IKE
anack of dogs Commissioners Starr, Stephenson
and IJlrich then pooled their stock OF pennies and
fye.cent pieces, and assembling the young cnlluIe1
on one side of the rotuuda, MADE taeT hearts gnu
nv distributing the small coins among them.
Jn.tlce never looked more grim and GUM imam
she cid at the Tombs Yesterday. The Egyptian
n,llors and walls gave no indication OF any happl-
ppess within over the beginning OF the year.
The yates were shut early. ana no NsitCrS
were allowed. Warden Finn went away, ara i, ih 9
Guardian of the entrance answered questions WIN
curt rrionder He SAID that the only extra" gwen
The prisoners some poultry. Shenn DAVIDSON
ana ex-Sherf Bowe. with Under-Sherlh stevens
%isted the ludlow Street jan AZ ii q. IN. The
forty prisoners marched before the new Sh1riil
and formally transferred t. ms care. rOr ,neIr
dinner the prisoners were gwen the customary
New-Year's Day turkey and chicken, ana were al
lowed 10 mediate on their SINS win comiostao ~,
efnmaebs The Commissioners OF Charltles ana Cor,
rection left their office early. and the nlght-De
attendant was in charge after II a. H. AZ tne ~
and u RaSdas ISLANDS, the monoonS OF the
dav was broken only by the annual supply OF
poultry. No visitors except on especially hnpol'
fant business, were allowed.
CARDS TO POSTMASTER PEARSON
The first delivery of letters which was the only
~ ,c ,rripre consisted largely OF New
Years cards. The Post Office was open untl 10 a. III
The Australian mail broughtto Postmaster Pearson
NewYear's greetings III the form OF handsomely
illustrated O. rds from Post Offices in distant parts
~ the world. The Postmaster had him
self sent to the large gme i IN this S eonnrV
coIored cards depicting the progress OF the
mail service. Four female figures III one cor
ner represented the four great continents lht
sr,s bore tho greetings of the Postmaster and the
emnloves The card received yesterday from Yelling
tnn New Zealand contained small Photographic
esentations of scenes in and about the city from
which il was sent. Among the olher onices ,ro'I
which cards were received Wer2 nose az
and Napier New Zealand Honolulu, haWailal
Islands, Adelaide. Australia, Glasgow Coioghe
Shrewsbury and Lyons.
THE ATTENDANCE AT THE THEATRES.
Tho attendance at those theatres which gave
i ne as'i IN the afternoon was generally small
The freside and the fatted turkey had more attIc-
ton for average citizen ana ms spouse man IN
manarers were full-of regrets AT the tltth
Avenne Theatre q handful of people were II
the parquette but the galerieS TSl1 Wnstr
there were about 800 people present. Az the BIO!
Theatre "fhe sorcerer drew an audience o. 4GO
and the treasurer of that theatre reported surDlu
w. sJo5 in his excheauer. The Madison square
Theatre turned It's lights to 64i peep e9oPPie, ap h
seemed satisfied with the receipts OF yoSo ior I'M
Tbeatrs was well patropized, the receipts beinl
Si,io4 an amount corresponding to T about 1O a
%HeonIe Hayerlys Fourteenth street lheatre wa
praVGed. The manager said that the attendance
was unparalleled. several hundred people were
turned away, and could not lind even standlnl
tcrnapos The evening performances at al