, 1884-09-25
NOT TO BE FOUND.
Citizens or the Metropolis who's
Residence Is "A secret.

Residence Ii "A secret.
r~Cott oun" in Chicago Trlbune.i
there are many resid,n.s of New YORK,
NsD-dreEsd, well-educntel and upright, -
Tar Us Ia known, who never give their pr
vac address, nor Gun il ever be found in tn
directories 1hsy may nilude to il in q gen
eIal way, as in Forty fifth street, in Madi-
son avenue, or at Harlem; but, II asked to
parsi ,~uiarize, they change the subject Other
mea again have private address, where
they never can be found, and where, II di-
rect inquiry be made II will be ascertained
they - not livs. These are generally board
ing-houses CT lodging houses, where these
recarious pero may nave been at some
sime-depaited boarders o. dodgers leave no
more trace than footprints on the sea-beach
= shaae present whereabouts Is wholly
unsnsFsscrv-
Il . unite commUa for men to Assume to
have n home at Orange, Elizabeth, Newark,
Flushing, Jamaica. Garden City, neno1t,
Rye. or at any 81 the scorss OF uburban
towns or villagsa ilat are mainly the domi-
tories Of the ~mcu.rol- There Is mai dai =
trr Of any one srei-n hem Ia those spots,
unless It he a woman IN love with them or a
nan anxious 10 borrow money; for TO be out
II the city proper Is very much like being out
IF the world. Some New Yorkars will not
,erlnlt their residence 10 be known TO any
ave n few intimate enls-careiuly in
tTucted not to repeat it-because they dread
)oncs, borrowers, beggars and disagreeable
s~isitorA Of whose ~lnc1rsions dwelers on this
STAND are alv ays in Imminent peril. And
ithers will not permit 1t TOR fear OF duns,
realtors, and other people that they have
reason to avoid. 1hsy are 50 Irregular, so
dishonest in their daily conduct, that it Is
. =. a. -
have their retreat familiar.
But the reason why the majority OF the
MAI haitanesA refuse to give tier residences
Is becau c these are so queer or 30 different
from what they prct nd to lie. Most OF them
are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., that is, as much as
men ever AIe-Wh) preserve a certain sem
blance of pros p 'rity that may be rather eru
LciA The places where they lodge are
palmer or humber than they would care 10
have known; therefore they are kept secret
A fellow who has credit with bis tailor,
ia sVsaggers ct his club, Who affects to be
learned about burgundy wines, though he
has rever tasted q drDp OF the gen
uine, Is unwilling that his acquaintance
should lie aware that be occupies q
hall bedroom In Third avenue. A young
physlc an who Plates Of his rich patients
and his consultations with practitioners
Of national reputation conceals the fact that
be Is obliged from poverty to sleep ON a
lounge in his offiee. The lawyer newly ar
rived from the country and fond of talking
Of his cases and clients, entirely imag nary
prefers to a v It thought that be lives at
Plainfeld instead of e rear cubby In Nassau
street.
thus many men who depend on their wits
and future possibilities for their incomes are
indisposed TO reveal their home, Will h IL
vi b al American the spot that holds his
trunk There are husbands and fathers, too.
who live so oddly, 80 unlike what you would
suppose from their assumption, that they
never furnish any definite information On
that score Their famil es are never visible
and they never intend they shall be. Mum
berless New Workers with unwedded wives
have cause to conceal their peculiar domes
ITCHY, ard 20 cl-iln fictitious abode