New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.

| MEN AND THINGS, THE COUNTRY ROUND.
| THE PERSONAL NOTES AND NOTIONS OF bhoAD-
WAY LoUNGER.
| / hear the artists say that Congress having
put 80 per cent duty foreign pantings-an
OF 20 per cent-to go into effect In july mOSI oi or
picture dealers and many amateurs are securing EuIoc
and making large purchases anticipate the date fos
sbly authors will day get much attention as
painters, but think that win not be till some OF our
rich men go abroad and import million dollars wortihof
books at time The painting law must be great pro-
lection TO chromos.
simontons Turkish BATH the property Of the late As
soeated Press agent has been sod it is reported to
Stokes the hotel man. who to be buying sriv-
ing to buy everything about Madison Square
company exists in New York, at the head of which
is said ex-Dayor Grace, to execute huge digging
and dredging Lessepss canal and it Is trying
raise the funds in this city to the equipment
from soft and susceptible business visitors Living by
schemes seems to be the golden rule now.
"Coghlan, Jewett and Rehan comprise the female
strength Of the stage New York." said foreign actor
me- and the loss of either Of them affects the attend
ance at a theatre Immediately. Now that In
America. where many educated women are wied
and free to choose that the stage is not better
recruited from the refined class particularly since its re-
wards the very best afforded In this world to women.
We have than three such actresses in London
but the stage in this country ts respectable than
there and young take ber course Of
conduct which is doubtful In London. Besides, the
American pubic responds to the private reputation OF
and tells upon the box receipts Yet observe
that stage Is supplied with stars from he yar-
ETY. shows"
Looking at the Chamber OF Commerce Building
yesterday reflected how necessary plaza Is to show
such facades and the little Bowling Green in part makes
this opening, though the perspective of the edce con-
tinues beyond It with its unreeved redness,a mass OF
brick trimmed with still redder tle sort of incarnation
OF sunach The American insignia upon IL PLENTIFUL
and IL has American symbolism, too the former In Its
tile shields OF the States and the Inter In Its thirteen
Roman arches making the main story and expressive OF
the original Conederacy: but In general mass and lump
It Is one OF the least Occidental OF NewYork blocks
squatty English adaptation OF Venetian ROmo-Gothic,
the heavy story and and little port hole attcs
above dsparaging Its large proportions In this climate
and clear gray sky light skeletons and branching forms
and open elegant racery easily naturaSe and most
Of Broadway architecture has insensbly or imta
lively risen in that nature. A repetition OF dark
cumbrous, deep-walled arches crushing depressed
basement further yet and stridne bridgeke through
the air with weight uphold above relief in paer
stones settings, and its insignia mere fiery wrnklngs
I'm the molten clay IS rs exotic here rs would be old
Hanoverian George in brick red uniform short legs
and Duchy figure bestriding the Bowling Green again
as his statue used to do.
The Bourse or General Chamber OF Commerce In
Vienna contains the OF all great cities in the world
including New-York and Chicago but the crust OF the
building Is line and graceful Ike the Vennese blondes or
Princes OF Hapsburg with their hsplng, bpetaed
lips There IA little real sympathy between the British
and American mind IN externals; In color height or
proportion We not moulded ike them nor injected
Ike them. Fanny Kemble herself English though with
American children recently called attention 10 the grad
ua extinction Of all emotion sympathy sentiment in
the English drama aud insensOly in the English breast
All the labor OF Dickens has ended IN the burial Of
tment and his only living followeris Bret Harte, sort
OF nautilus and argonaut in ono The great reign Of
Victoria has been atorng in vain to produce building
and where Is IT. Dublin, Edinburgh provincial capitals
where democratic genius like Goldsmith and Burns
have given nauraness 70 many kinds OF expression,
architecture among them delight the eye more than the
clumsy gaudy insonsato blocks which the millions of
London have been poured Ike gold plate melted in the
pot OF tho fence" The architecture Of England In
the reign Of George " more to American liking
than now and Rogent-s seems like home to us. Upon
the Continent architects pick up forms often har
monizng here immediately az in Normandy Brabant or
Lombardy and British villa forms OF nearly two centur
les past rise In sky cordially the sycamore tree
which is said to have been introduced here late
1910, yet seems TO Ike u.s.
the Guaranty aud Indemnity Building around Exchange
Court probably to raise t head new foundations.
The rapid construction OF the Field Buildn with its
numerous gnomes all holding their mouths wide open
they had something too hot therein 10 swallow makes
OF the most valuable squares in Newly or Of the
old maritime row OF Offices at the foot OF the Bowling
Green where the official residence of the President of
the United states was once ordained To be- The Gov
ernment might erect its Custom House there, 4 is now
in poor quarters
Speaking Of architecture think Governor Tildcn has
been at much expense to alter pair OF tasteful mod
est dwellings on Gramercy Park in order to substitute
nondescrlpt bazaar- looking stone which has
neither Significance style but IS series OF sreaks
and gashcs Of generally ugly and slay stone with
spotted stairs. carved heads that bow detected and un
easy as II wondering why they assembled together In
that particular place and architectural hag-stah
socket which presume to be the monument TO the
great fraud ho never would condouc. Inside, no
doubt there JOY and soace but outside Mr. Tden has
been rs vague and unnterestng in his great dwelling
he was In his campaign Shade Of Cicero and Cromwell,
this does thee injustice!
New-YOrk capital IS said to be finding investment in
Washington City real Several parties here
competing lot In Mr. Corcornn's home block. nearly
opposite the white House, recently. but it sold
party named Paine for fat-edhce. The price is So
square foot or $4,000 for the lot
General Grants all in business here now. |
Jesse who said TO have the best commercial head is
ia operations with young from Boston, once the
Governors ce~k there, named Moriarty Colonel Fred
retired from the Army because his fathers military prom
inence made him the Vice CaptanGenera in extending
hospitality to all the officers they passed through
Chicago and he is said TO be highly thought OF and
times supported In financial things by Commodore Gar
rison. And Ulysses. Buck" having had his ups |
md downs. ia clear OF the world and has smart |
partner named Ward the sOn-ln-aw OF deceased bank
cashier
hear from Washington that since Secretary Chandler