The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-09-22
Our New York Letter.


heRulhF correspondence oil ADVOCATE.
New York, Sept. 1s, 1888.
l was at the funeral of the late Hugh
j. Hastings, editor of the Commercial
Advertiser last Saturday. 1t was GER
tainly an impressive affair. and the inn
posing list of pail bearers comprising
the President and large number OF
leading politicians and business men
added additional solemnity to the scene.
Curiously enough among the pail bearers
there was not single representative of
the profession of which the dead man
was himself member. 1 am inclined
to attribute this to an oversight on the
part of the relatives, for although Mr..
Hastings by his native combatiyeness
and his style of warfare which freq quently
resembled that of Chinese pirates, who
use certain bomb which emits a. hcrrid
odor on exploding, was not popular
among his colleagues as a rule, yet his
many sterling characteristics made him
respected. So far as his subordinates
and the people who ever worked on the
paper are concerned. he was kindness
itself and many of them wept as they
gazed on the rugged manly old face as
it lay there in icy stiffness in the casket
stood near the entrance of the church
as the funeral procession marched out
Beside me was gentleman who now ou.
cupies a leading position on one of the
chief metropolitan dailies. AS jenkins
Van Scbaick, one of the pail bearers
walked 10y, my companion remarked:
"this man reminds me of my first start
in life, and an incident which fully
characterizes the old mans sense of JUS
tice and kindness. 1 came to the Com
mercial' Office one day, green road
boy, and asked Mr.. Hastings for some
work, He looked at me and gave me a
letter which he had just written, Take
that down to Mr.. Jenkins Van Schaick,
he said, aud get an answer Upen my
return was Installed printers devil
At the end of the week he called me up,
and ill his brusque way remarked /
suppose you want some money! Yes,
SIR l bashfully answered How much
do you wantT Three dollars sir. ;
| Three dollars he exclaimed Great
God. l shook as if 1 was about to be
struck by lightning and saw the thup-
derbolt coming. If it's too much, sir,
l replied Too much, he replied; well
1 like your nerve. will give you five
dollars, l always pay my people for
their services l never forgot these
words. They SO fully characterized tlp
mau."
The papers are again making fuss
over Freddie Gebhard and the Lungtry
His friends and relatives are very reticent
rs to his whereabouts, bat know that
he has been in Europe for a'out three
weeks. An acquaintance of mine saw
him at Goodwood during the race NEE .
ing. He was then going to join Plungei
Walton, who is trying to cure his hay
fever at watering place in Bohemia, and
after remaining there for few days in.
tended TO 60 to Paris, where the Lily
was to meet him. do not suppose tlat
Freddie's and Mrs Langtry's movements
are of much international importance,
Still as contribution to metropolitan
gossip, may as well give the facts.
With the advent of cool weather, the
tramps are beginning to flock back tc
town and in the station houses they are
getting ready for their reception. The
cells and lodging rooms have been white
washed and the Board OF Health will se,
that proper sanitary precautions, which
have frequently Leon neglected in former
years are taken, Judging from the ar
rivals thus far it would seem that thu
number of homeless men and womer
this winter will be much less than usual
There has been an abundance of worl
this summer, and the vast amount O
railroad building and other develop
ments in the far West is doing much t.
divert large portion of the proletaria
from the large and overcrowded centres
to places where men are really wanted.
Ga account of the difficulty in gettinl
water TO the top floors of the inmens,
buildings that are now being put up il
many parts of the city, many owners 0
new buildings are now sinking artesiaI
= wells. There are three buildings il
Park Row which are thus provided, anC
a number of new buildings now in cours,
of erection are thus supplied. Tn,
water is remarkably cool aud delicious
, and it has sort of mineralic taste whicl
makes it very pleasant to the palate,
saw Aimee the Princess OF the Can
aries, the other evening. Such wreck
She could never sing much, but now sh,
cannot sing at all. Her voice CRATES OF
: ones ears, and her would-be juvenil,
elasticity plakcs one ieel sad. Her bust
ness is always clever, but it lacks thu
| oPNhNohNlAs VI y gbuhh anu II ICluluNl
one very much of machine work. VIII,
is it that artists like her have not some
well meaning friends to advise Il en-
/ when it Is time to retire As a rule, nc
matter how clever these women are, they
always seem to think that the rouge poi
and the powder pad form adequate sub
stitutes for youth, beauty and voice
The only woman in the comic opera line
that has managed to bear her years wei
) is Marie Geistinger, the German artistic
1 believe she is over fifty now, but hel
figure is perfect, her voice untarnishet
: and her face stands in need of paint tc
but limited extent.
! The Bar Association has at last aroused
J itself to take stand against the alarm
3 ing spread of fraudulent divorces. Whel
J a Referee who has great deal of expert