Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
NEW YoRKs CHEAP PAPERS.
Their Tone as Affected by Price-Grant's
Failure His Political Doom.

community. They are nothing if they do
not eXaggerate, and the manner in which
they magnifed the failures of Tuesday
into a panic, under ordinary circum-
stances, would have tended to bring about
the state of things which they falsely de-
clared to exist. Fortunately, or unfortu-
nately, the stock market is in the cOndi-
ton of the man who was so drunk that,
when he fell ON the floor, he put out his
arms and legs to prevent himself from
falling lower. Could things financial be
worse, Tuesdays failures, combined with
the eXaggeratiOns of the penny press. and
of one of the SPACE 1.-TWO centers', which
is conspicuous for its ''Wild western iOur-
nalism," would have rendered them so.
The events of the last few DAYS have
proved what was more than suspected be-
fore, that the cheapening of newspapers
dImlnlshes their trustwOrthiness and low
ers their tone. The Times affords a con-
spicuous Illustration of the last named
fact. Since it became "two center" it
caters to what it considers the taste of
Two cent readers" and often becomes
vulgar and indecent.
what remained, if anything did, of the
third term issue apparently received a
coup de grace on Tuesday. Although
much sympathy is expressed for Gen.
Grant, 1T is not of a kind to make him
President again, merely to give him a
chance to recOup his losses. A man who
cannot take care of his own fortune is not
the one to be entrusted with the fortunes
of great nation, is the natural argument
OF even those who feel sorry for the Gen
eraPs coming to comparative grief. How
ever, it is the improbable which ALWAYS
happens. In any event Grant will not be
able to play the part of BelisarIus. The
fund of $3.50, 900 given him by ga grateful
nation" or, rather, by ostentatiOus rich
men who take good care that their right
hand shall know what their left hand do
eth, being held by trustees is, of course.
still intact, while his houses in this city
and Long Branch are in his wife's name.
The failure of the Marine Bank affects
another claimant to public gratitude.
Long Island CltY's enthusiasm in behalf
of her fayOrite son, who so successfully
made the greatest effort of his life in the
Madison Square Garden last week, is
much tempered by the difficulty of ret
ting back the funds which she had de-
posted therein, and Fitzgerald's recep-
ton this evening will be prOportionateiv
saddened. The eX-Alderman, by the wav.
Will not be so ready to accept the Presi-
dency of the Board of Police of Long
Island City, which, il is said, he was
=
walking match, if he has to take his paw
IN certificates until the affairs of the
Marine Bank are wound up. However. /
he has some cash on hand: the Long !
Island City officials are less fortunate.
and the delay in the payment of their |
will cause much Inconvenience,
MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN HAS THE REPU- I
TATION
of giving the best dinners in New York.
The reputation is apparently deserved if 1
one given comparatively recently is a fair I
specimen. 1t consisted of the choicest /
dishes cooked i'll the most perfect manner.
accompanied by wines Of rare vintage,
Inc menu was printed on china. At the 1
plate of each feminine guest was a valu- (
able vase nlled with choice flowers. The /
vases with their contents, together with I
the china bill of fare, became the prom /
erty of the pOssessor of the plate which +
they adjoined, and when the banquet /
broke up the hostess speeded her parting
guests, at least the ladies among them, /
With LeghOrn hats filled with strawber- +
ries at ST a quart. The male guests were 4
not treated so well. They were merely /
furnished with bOutOnierS and allowed to
carry away their menu. Mrs. Martin has
a passion for flowers, and often has a
thousand dollars worth on her dinner
table. How she gives these expensive en-
-ertalnments on an income which is said
TO be only Sl50,0O0 year is a mystery to
-he snobblsh people, who, while they eat
ler dinners, smile at her social solecisms,
which, by the way, are apt to be many.
A pretty fair story, which, unlike most
stories of the sort, happens to be true, is
old OF f. Cope WhitehOuse, the savaut
md explorer, whose theory concerning
he pyramids was complimentary men
Toned in last weeks HarDers lTeekly.
At card party the other evening he was
Introduced to lady, who, although more
han ordinarily well read, was not ac-
luainted with the fact that he is an au-
hOr
Mr.. WhitehOuse likes to talk about
himself and his travels, and almost his
irst remark was that he had crossed the
'cean seventeen times.
''lndeed!" said Miss -. EsYOu must
'e great traveller. What countries have
-ou visited ~
Il have spent the best years of my life
n Egypt" was the reply.
''If you lived there so long 1 should
hlnk you would write a book about
egypt"
Il have written a book about Egyptw
Miss - apOlOgiZed for her blissful
ignorance, and Mr.. Whitehouse, in place
Il feeling that be was not so famous as he
lad thought himself, received her apology
With an air which implied that in all his
ravels he had never met with so ignorant
person.
1t is one thing never to have heard of so
unknown writer as Mr..
VhitehOuse, and another to be ignorant
oncerning such men as the poet of
sweetness and light and the author Of
he Light of ASA" yet stories illustra-
ing the latter are still in circulation
)nly the other evening | heard of a dis
ute between two young women well
nOwn in fashionable lite, both of whom
lad met Matthew Arnold, as to his rela-
ionship with Edwin Arnold. One, who
ught to have known better, my informant
aid, maintained that they were brothers.
icing the sons of DR.. Arnold, OF Rugby.
he insisted that she had proofs at home
Il her assertion, and went home to get
hem. She was so disguised that her
proofs showed them not to be related at
ii, and to belong to entirely different
antilles, that, although she and the better
informed disputant still speak as they
,ass by, their friendship has received a
hook from which it apparently will never
ecoyer.
WHEN DINING AT THE CONTINENTAL
HOTEL,
IN unpretentious but mot half bad" as
he English say, hOstelry, on Sunday,
Ound myself left to my own devices in
he middle Of the meal, the waiter leaving
or parts unknown without serving the
Iessert. On my calling the head walters
ttentiOn to his desertiOn, l received an
inside view of hotel life.
''You see, sir" said the head waiter,
these fellows don't care what they do,
low that the summer season is opening,
md they can get employment in the coun-
ry. Ii you say anything to them, off
hey'll go, and you'll never see them again.
from now until October I'll have all the
rouble in the world getting my guests
eryed."
What is true of the Continental is true
# all the New York hotels, with cOmpar-
ltively few exceptions. OF course, Del
the Hoffman House, Windsor,
3revOort, and two or three other caravan
aries of the same class, where, in addi-
ion to good wages, the walters get fat |
ees, so that they would not better them
selves by going to Long Branch, or Sara
oga, are not affected by the summer. eX-
)dus Of the servants.
What is true of hotels is also true of
private houses. Families are sometimes
obliged to break up their establishments
md go into the country long before they
want to because Of the desertiOn of their
servants. The servant question, how
,ver, is always a problem in New York.
Nowhere is the employer less the master
If tina cifuaf1On At tho Ipast ranrOof for