Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-17
,EW YORK.

NO Atlantic Garden
1 Biars- VIM"
rp.n KIRBY Dies
'.unt while standing at
;. snark. absorbed In con-
~ s,ts lights and buildings
. ,s @s Invited by Two nc
VIZ AXE a drive. Calling a
e % and, and drove down around
y ~ VIII which stands in the tri-
g, ,owrr end of the park.
lse ,' Itself is triangular in
w like n huge monolithic
leos ss,d TO have cost $40, 0O0,-
~ !, s not seem improbable,
','sn one looks over to the
w q the park and sees the
or,bich Is said TO have cost
IN, this was built under
! u, recime,n and one of my
a me that there were ordi-
rom chairs in the building
,g $50 each.
iolo Park Row, we left the
Ne behind US ut the corner
~. ',,set aud Broadway. We
y, ,' Mail and Express, the
"A Old World offices, and
lu,o Printing House square.
IN .lood an immense statue
M, directly in front of the
@iliing, which was bril-.
aalInated by electric lights.
Alice was next passed, aud
by the entrance to the big
set out down Chatham
an evening of enjoyment.
lice we halted was in front
ofresort which rivals the
heater for its "reminiscences.
kaers decorated with ever
IN The entrance were
ei, "Atlantic Garden"
,lsoor three steps the sound
4 beer glasses reached our
Exceeding further we came
Sing.rooms, all under one
a,hsli dozen galleries run
.Idoyerhead in different di-
Eating ourselves at a table
s3,round of beer and ! com
ltuke mental notes OF the
rga me. A few minutes
asllNeen young ladies APP
Eandrated platform, marched
rynusic stands and opening
hsiases each took out an in
4 and rendered SOME very
be after which one Of them
ssi Niolets,n with all joining
iGus. wish ! could describe |
t1s garden rs it deserves, but |
Esuch n short time that | |
Er notice the finely frescoed |
nd the cosmopolitan crowd
z Everybody seemed to be
quantities of beer and an air
'lment pervaded everything. |
Judge there were ] 800 people
Irien when we left it. AS we
be old Bowery theater with
white pillars shining in the
lby the way, this theater has
It's name now one of my
hen Kirby dies. Kirby was
who could do the dying act to
0 and 1t is said that all New
bis time saw him die at least
e performed in some triiling
lis Iheater years ago and most
dience used to go 10 sleep
e early part of the perform
ling some one on the watch
hem up when Kirby died,
curred in the last act of the
This day you often hear the
n Wake ne up when Kirby
he lragediun's death strug-
said to have been almost
to Il small Texas
or Il run-mad norther.
sing many blocks and stop
a few minutes in Harry
lere We had beer served to Us
With bold looks and painted
e cane 10 the most fashion,
'eer garden of New York,
Bia.s. We pay AN admis-
twenty-five cents each and
ugh an entrance where the
lined with fine French plate
nd stand in q long ball richly
nd the walls hung with rich
Iraphg and costly and ele-
illngs. At the sXtreme far
andof thirty or more pieces.
down the room be-
Vulnerable tables, the band
pig q selection from Wagner's
and | never heard anything
nd in the musical line.
indeed Il fashionable place
n ahd women come TO drink
oppose there are many ladies
oHi who don't drink beer,
ne few who do not sup 1t at
a ON The glistening sands of
anu IN The summer. AT a
'ay in front of us was seated
f'tic looking party Of four
hther, two daughters and n
lety gentleman. All the
e richly dressed and wore
They did not stay long.
islein order hree rounds of
here that all the famous
Ne singers make their APP
/ heard Marie Vauvln sing
e Line" in here last year.
us high rank in the line OF
opera.
lrong of men who are hab-
$ place of resort can be seen
II those who are leading
le social and professional
nat could be better to those
lief than to come here in
z, with tired aud heavy
drink the finest beer
hhest music in the city? ]
ugh in a dream. We left
rs We passed out the sparkle
!. We're seen in every direc-
III New York Is an intox-
/, and the means of getting
u change Is varied and inh-
Stars In the heavens.
G. Il.
X, December 18Th.