New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-01
IRISH WRONGS IN a BROADWAY STAGE.

SOME CRITICISMS or NEw-YOBKsUDDENLYc CHECKED.
EYES, New-York is undoubtedly fine city;
but every other place it contains much that strikes
the eye of stranger unfavoraby. traveller too apt
to compare that Is bis country with what 10
In the country he visits Fifth Avenue paatiat
and Central Park beautiuyour hotels also cannot DO
exceled-but the elevated railroad is hieQus mon.
strosty and your badly paved and encumpcred streets
standing marvel to the European The extreme badness
of the In all but the principal thoroughares,
the telegraph poes the ash barrels aud storekeepers
goods displayed sidewalks and idle wagons standing
In the roadways worthy OF so important city"
These words were spoken In u Broadway stage when
its uptown journey early last evening" The speaker
evidently an Enslshmsn. His blue eyes, fair hair,
and than ALL his unmisakable Lancasian accent,
made that clear BY his side sat American TO whom
he addressed these remarks On the opposite side were
Irish man, very fat without whose typical
presence no public passenger vehicle would
plee. and In the rthest reporter who. with
ZEAL making steno
graphic notes MIXTURE tablets OF the conversation In
progress.
but you will nnd," replied the American, that the
thugs OF whiob you complain. and which no disinter-
ested person defends will with the exception perhaps
Of the elevated roads, disappear before more years
eapse. Americans fond Of travel and are as quick
initiate exceences In other they them
selves to examples worthy of imitation by Others"
Another thing have observed during my few days
stay predoninance OF Irish Why. sir.
the greatest Irish city In the world Ihave
yelled in Australia New-Zeaand and the British
South African colonies and in all those countries may
be found many prosperous OF business or pro-
fession whose patroDymios proclaim Hberuan origin;
but nowhere have seen Irshmen so numerous, pros
porous. influential as In New-York City. Whatever
may be said Of British rule In Ireland for against 10
certainly has had the edect of driving the best blood
and snew out of that unfortunate country"
" Bad cess TO the people whose - government has
occasioned it a Numbered the Irshman from the
positc seat
The conversation stared aghast each other at
this unexpected interruption, and for few moments
there silence At last the Englishmaus friend said,
IL seems sir that your enthusiasm exceeds your polite
we were not speaking to, nor OF, you"
To this the Irishmsn replied In brief sentence, less
refined common. rejecting the ancestry OF
person addressed than that person himself Quick
thought tie American sprang upon him, ana second
later tue tall form Of the Irshnan l.y the narrow
floor OF the stage Only fora moment however, for he
quickly and clenched with his antagonist The
heroeness the struggle the confined space aud the
locomoon Of the stage caused the cOmbatants TO roll
from side rendered the efforts OF the English
man to separate them quite unayaing. The reporter
hastily pocketng hs tablets shrank yet farther into the
corner resolving trust TO mental notes and await do
velopments The fat woman. adopting less pacific
taccs raised shrek upon shrek of the most piercing
shrness which brought the stage to standstiu.
WoHs all this ere racket" inquired the driver,
looking door; aud the question with yer-
bal variation was repeated by policeman.
The reporter here descended from the vehicle and
minging the crowd OF small boys which had 80 In
assembled that iJ seemed they must have
magically sprung out of the ground again drew forth
his pencil and prepared for business
This gentleman" said the Irishinan fmperturbaby,
and with astonishing calmness OF demeanor, and
have had the misfortune have trivial alteration.
The matter is adjusted, Is 1t not my friendf"
Certainly, II you say So" replied the American
Apoogiz,ng to the fat for having alarmed her,
the then proceeded up Broadway, cenversns
In friendly manner Oh the way, aud were soon cello
bratng their reconciliation with champagne In the cato
OF q ell know u hotel