Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-09-12

jects of beauty and interest. Trave-
lers who have visited the famous
parks of the Old World pass eulo-
gums on the Central which leave no
doubt but tia. if not low, it will be
some day, the most beautiful park in
the world. Its trees do not, of
course, possess the grandeur Of age,
but its shrubbery las attained lux
nriant growth, its lakes are exquisite
in their loneliness, its hooks and
dells are coy retreats for the weary,
and its devious paths, its artificial
caves, its fountains and statuary
keep tue admiration awake at every
point. Its bridges, tunnels, towers
and lawns, to say nothing OF the rare
animals on exhibition and the an
tique culiosities gathered from afar,
including the Egyptian obelisk-
make it one of the most interesting
spots Oh earth. Visit Central park
any day in the year, or any hour in
the day, and 70" find thousands
gathered to enjoy their walks and
drives, and this number is greatly
augmented on Saturday afternoons
and Sundays by the Iaboring classes,
who seek here the recreation SO
necessary to those whose toll is un-
interrupted from dawn to twilight,
and in some vacations prolonged till
long after the busy world has retired
to rest. Besides Central Park, there
are many others of lesser note. The
Battery at the foot of Broadway,
Bowling Green close to it, City Hall
Park, Union, Washington, Madison,
and a score or more of other
" Squares" are all attractive resorts,
and at all hours of the day are
thronged by people of both sexes
and all ages.
Next to the parks, the cemeteries
are the most popular resorts.
Greenwood, in Brooklyn, leads in
extent and beauty. Millions Of dol
lars have been spent in its adoln-
ment, and it is laid out with serpen-
tine avenues and pathways, beauti-
fed by trees, flowers and shrubs.
Art lends her aid TO enhance the
beauty of the landscape at every
point. The Everereens, Cyprus
Hills, Wood Lawn, Calvary and
Mount Olivet are the most noted
cemeteries after Greenwood.
1t would be impossible, in this
brief sketch, to give anything like an
adequate idea of the many elegant
public and private buildings in the
great metropolis. Suffice it to say
that they are in keeping with the
magnificent scale on which the ma
jority of the enterprises of the great
city arc conducted. Circumscribed,
as is the area Of the business dis
trlcts, many of the buildings have
assumed colossal heights, and edi-
fees towering from ten to thirteen
stories in the air are not unusual,
while Easements from 20 to 30 feet
underground, projecting under the
sidewalk, are frequently discovered.
Some of the railroad tracks are laid
underground TO the depots, and the
passenger is reminded of the prairie.
dog colonies on the plains when he
dives underground to emerge at an
other point of the city miles away.
Many of the buildings in the lover
part of the city possess a historic in
terest, and having been constructed
of enduring rock. will stand tor ages
to come as mementOes of those stir
ring times which resulted in the
formation of new empire.
The New York people differ in
some respects from those of Boston
Or Philadelphia. They seem to lie
more enSrossed with business, when
on the street or in the counting
room. They work on the high press
ure system. If you are jostled on
the street the New Yorker has no
time to apologize. If you inquire
your way, be may pause to give di-
rections, but it will be in the fewest
possible words, while in some other
of the Eastern cities, a person thus
accosted will 60 out of his way to
give needed information. The New
Yorker seems disposed to attend
strictly to his own business, which
implies, likewise, that he lets other
peoples business alone. This is no.
ticeable especially at the pleasure
resorts, where he takes no note of
others enjoyment if allowed to pur-
sue his own inclinations undisturbed.
When he takes recreation he does it
with zest, and if he has a plethoric
purse goes to Saratoga, or if limited
in means to Coney Island or Central
Park. Attorney Island is constantly
assembled the Vanity Fair" OF New
York. 1t is eminently democratic in
its surroundings. Here everybody
meets on an equality and there are
hundreds of ways by which visitors
may find amusement and instruction.