The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-01-07
NEW YORK CHAT.
Observance OF New Vcnr's-Anoth or
ropic of Conversation Gouc-'Tbo
Peer aud the Perl" -- Threatened
strike at Telegraph OperNtors-Pcr.
sOunIs.

PCCr Nud tho Pcrt" - threatened /
strike OF Telegraph OperNtors-Pcr.
January Z. 1858.
Life in what its residents bumptiously call |
the metropolis is At such high pressure an the
time that the advent OF the holidays scarcely add
anything It,, and their departure into the limbo Of
the past scarcely makes any difference one way or
/ the other In the tcvcrish rush.
The chief matter OF speculation tor social observers
this week Is whether tho ''Cood old knckerbockcr
custom ~ ofcllllug New Years nay Is doomed to
extinction. II would seem to hc rather dincult, In
such place New York, TO get exact statistics on
such point hut some of the best informed hold that
/ thcro was distinct falling of last Monday, though
Just what VI due to, aud whether 1t Is sign tor
| the future OF not, ono person Judge rs well
I as another, Perhaps the solemn protest Of
. cergymcu against allowing sprituuus liquors to
guests served notice on young mon what to expect,
rather what not to expect II Is depressing fact
/ that temperance beverages, however vlrtuous and
. commendabc, deal horribly with the Inner man when
used In the same FREQ aud convivia manner as that
"good familiar creature, ~ wine. Lemonade chills
one to the bone, the teeth edge and contracts
the yiscera OF even the most robust with cramps.
Tea and coffee, even when well made and not stale,
shatter the nervous system and keep ons awake the
whole night after stcady course Of chocolate or
boulun induces plethora, Indigestion, and rush of
blood to the head, The vista OF miles upon miles OF
these dangerous connections, served out by lovely
women with smiles which make II impossible to re-.
fuse, might well territy tho most energetic caller,
make him declarcthat calling is no longer fashion,
ablo and spend the day At the club or with the boys.
The only IN future Tor those ambitions DANES
who wish to gather bushe Of pastebuards and have
the door bell pulled by the roots In token of their
social success will be to put ont sign, Liquors
served to callers hero,'' more molestly, for
those who have been converted by the clergymeu's
protest to tie blue ribbon to the knob, that dis
, examinations may be made.
Au event OF the holidays was the departure Of what
threatened to become settled feature in land
scape the long haired and orthrceched oscar, who
sailed at early dawn the 9Th. Ills final adventure
and abrupt exit WAS OF piece with that queer
mixture OF eccentrclty and shrewdness which he has
displayed since he to these shores The reports
OF his hscclng by Hungry Joe - and his fellow
experts IN bunco as they appeared In the SuH aud
other papers were substantially correct when shorn
of reporter embellishments Wilde lost about $500,
all he had with him, and did drive to the bank In time
to stop the payment ot the check, II 1t had been pre-
scnted, which the shnrpcrs too cautious to al
! tempt, having probably watched his movements
Wilde then packed up aud left not waiting Tor
. his more sensible aud popular brother, "Wilien
{ Wilde, who expected to he his way the
herring pond ut that time, and giving that he had
important business England in regard to present
play, "rhe Sihilst, - or new one to explain the
abandonment OF his trip to Australia and Japan. So
he escaped ridcule aud possible summons witness.
1t would not be surprising to him back again, but
h he Is "wtid above rue art (no Joke iutended)
and may go to Central Africa Just as readily. Ills
substantial success here has been attributed to many
r causes but the real seems to h. the dreadful
dearth Of subjects Of conversation in large part Of
u American society. We are heterogeneous little
. accustomed to and acquainted with each other that
d topic in common that he discussed and
n mented freely, aud with a sense OF amuse-
" mcnt, Is perfect godsend. With the characteristic
n American spirit, ready to pay high for it, and
hence the $50 600 $50, 900 Wilde who certainly
welsprlug of profound dlsqustIon, cheap jokes
and hot debate In countless Salons we'll
I'd papers. How esthete to fall In with buuco
I'd men must be explained by that desire to study all
classes of society ObServlben any original
mt turn of thought, Walt Whitman we'll Oscar.
The story is still preserved OF the " departed ~
worthy, how he was seen sitting In that gided rum
r. hole the bar OF the Hoffman House. at a table
an with stokes, the proprietor and Joe Coburn. Some
,o asked him how he could allow himself to hobnot
, In public with pugtlist and murderer. Ah, we'll
he think rather like murderers, ~ the reply ht
40 drawlcd and quite In the those other paradox
nj cal ones OF which lie to have caught tho
somewhere.
r., His congeuer ofthe other SEX the silly and Ueauti.
ful Langry, is lost somewhere In the vast philisn,
wllds of Brooklyn. In the absence of both of then
,ss New York is satinE its craving for new
on thing, as best it can, with Mr. setjean
M Ballantne, who is not military hero
IN nut survivor OF Olu tnbiSn Cfllnlna
he bar, and the author OF entertaining volume %
ur "Reminiscences" " lie is Interesting old fellow
ne great diner-out hut his manifest drawbacks
NJ that he Is over seventy, somewhat broken by
les duous life Of style happily going of vogue
N and always noted examiner than a
M orator. However, his lecture In Philadelphia is SAT-
he TO have been marked improvement on his first
tes here, and that in Boston tonight it is expected wi
lc, be further advance. lie is of an apprecativ
@ r reception from the bar and men OF letters in
mo- city, and his lecturing Is collateral idea
tour of the country 1t will work in well enough
ILL., He will probably he In Washington soon, and 1t wi
e be worthy of the city to give him tting receptio
and good audience. II is observable that he is on
nj Of the few TO recognize fuly and generously I'll
, merits OF Judge Cox in conducting the diilcu
IN Guiteau uia TO "A successful termination, and
20 says thereare other professional critics In England wi
49, agree with him. The New York newspapers. 1t wi
, be remembered, could have conducted the trial
, better than those engaged in It,
t The failure Of the Ladies' Cooperative Dress Asst
,r citation By mems gross and disastrous
M those OF managed entirely by the sup
- rIOr anima'' man. So much for the slurs cast upo
,, Miss Kate Field aud her generally. The idt
his was a sound one-the purchasers furnishing the cap
~ tai themselves in small shares Of ;2j each, akiI
w back eprodts, which, under the present system, 90
h build up the enormous fortunes of our Stewart
late -" ,,, s,' ' -, w
ed m,'' W. !"
for the not much more practicable than the Lo
age Chanceor's ''Nightmlre song'' in - Iolanthe
II of .,,.,, so,o,,, 30 ,o,to,, o., ,,, -, ir r,,,o,
+ at goods from COusll-miXtures TO cables
,ar (Which tickIes the saiors) by treating retailers
IInu though they were all vegetables.
yet You get good spokesman To plant a small trade
t5rv man, (irst take of his boots with boot tree
Il Of And his legs VIII take root and his fingers VIII shoe
IL and they IL blossom and bud like fruit tire
Ia From the greengrOCer tree get grapes aud gre,
lies pea, cauIillower. pineapple, aud cranbeire
81 While the paStry-cOOk plant, cherry brandy W
the grant, apple-puhs, aud three-corners al
p an banbeTrics;
ir,e The shares penny. aud many taxi
,s ~ by ROthsChild and Barring,
an And lust few allotted You, you awake wi
m. shudder despairng -
. & To- Miss Fields hackers have awakened with
matt shuduer despaFhB' hut lhe pan Is sure 10 Oe Ul
you again.
're- This operetta by the way Is having decided n
81 the standard Theatre, all the seats selling
The and ~ 30 every night Yet this does not necessar
N recommend its production everywhere. The mus
ed especially the oTehestraton Is elaborate, the costun
ma expensive to provide, and half dozen first cl;
re- principal people needed The lack OF any Of tn,
would spoil effect intended. 'Gath Is terrll
ths severe upon the huHOr - Of Mr.. Gilbert, but,
every one who has read his ugubTous and high PR
ife sure screeds is aware, Gath' is utterly destitl
the of even rudimentary sense OF humor, though
what possession would have saved him from great
than Of rdicule lie Is therefore scarcely critic of
the article There is this to be said about Mr. Giber
AT fun: he knows what to touch and what To leave.
ne Of the fairy mother for her half mortal son
,a IOllnhe - Is never rldiculed, but the &C
hing trary cute little hit OF pithos running all hrOu
your 1t, and eliminating in her self-sacrihce at
l on close. The House Of Lords, the O
"' hand, catches II fIightiuy, high and low, from
fol- time II enters In pageant, singing Bow, bow,
m f lower middle classes - until 1t goes off 10 falryIa
lt where 1t evidently belongs. II this antquated p
-, Of machinery In the British constitution Is abolish
an seems likely, his admirers win be likely to c
that Gilbert was its Beaumarchals.
Richard Mansfield, son Uf Madame Rudersdo
who for time riyaed Ryey himself In bOude p
lr in at the standard Is about 10 turn 70 the dramatic sta
aper and win the role of BIfo ChsDioi IN the
nJois f!san Romance - at the Union square. lie Is
hobbnng about with sprained ankle but has
on satisfaction Of knowing that II he appears he
iafter not he the only lame actor on the boards.
ne Miss Nellie Dorsey, OF Washington, who has /
travelling In the interest Of her newspaper aud ma
zine wOrk, is In this city, suffering from the eli
uIy, of simiar accident, sustained at Pullman
w 2 Her friends win be glad 10 hear that she recover