The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-01-12
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence of ADVOCATE.
New YoRK, Jan. 8, 1884

| NEW YORK, Jan. B, 1884
The cold wave with which New Yorh
mas beeu visited since New Years Day
~ the severest prolonged spell we have
hnd III fifteen years. and yet strange 10
say there is apparently less suffering
among the poor thai in former wears
when the weather was much miider. Even
the tramp seems to be less abun dant, aud
one rarely hears OF assaults upon beluted
pc 'pls at night by these Ishmaels. A
Police Justice with whom am aconaint
ed. said to me in reference to the scarcity
OF these modern nomads: II think that
tue prompt acton of majority of the
Folice justices has much 10 do with keep
Ing the city clear of these gentry. They
usually come to town, after their sum.
mer expeditions, about tue end of OcloL.
er' They then infest the parks and 9th
er similar places and public BUILDINGS.
rs well M wagons aud cellars. Sbonld
sudden cold spells arise they will hasten
% the nearest police station where tb.y
would remain over night, and let 20 the
following morning. II they were taken
u police court at all, they. generally
had onlya ten day sentence imposed
upon them, and as the Ten day houses
IN the Tombs and on the Island are al
ways oVercrowded the Commissioners OF
Charities were always glad to let them
60 after day or 80. This year, how
ever, and several other justices m ,de i,
a rule to send every tramp to Blackwe.l's
Island for six mouths. You would hav.
Laughed to gee the astonshed lools on
most OF the degraded specimens of hu.
manity when Consigned to ..the county"
TOR such period. ALI they care for is
10 obtain temporary lodging as they pre-
Ter their liberty to anything. Thus in
stead of idling about for few days up,iI
th"y were thoroughly thawed out, they
have now to work for their support un.
I'll the summer. l should Judge that
over two or three thousand men and
women have been sent up, aud no
wonder therefore that you see the sire, Is
SO free OF that class OF people,"
The fight now being waged by certain
journals aSains. the disgusting airs and
assumptions of our plutocracy, or rath.
er snobocracy, is good one, and likely
TO act as severe check upon the licenses
which the parvenus allow themselves in
their conduct towards what they call
1.-THE working classes" The intense and
disgusting feeling of superiority IN
which these people regard themselves
has never showed itself palmer than dul-
ing the discussion whether the Bartholdi
Art Loan Exhibition should be opeued
on Sunday at reduced price to accom-.
modate people who cannot give ten thou
sand dollars reception, or even set up a
carriage. The sublime loftiness. with
which some OF the descendants of pedlers,
fish mongerS aud old clothes dealers.
speak OF 'these people," in the inter
views which the HFRALD gathered was
enough to arouse II sense of iud equation
In every many reader, and if this sci
feeling is not rudely knocked out of the
added pa;es of the snobs, 1t will create
serious troubles Wealth is gradually
accumulating in few hands, and while
limited class is getting richer from day
to day, the larger number are getting
poorer. This naturally begets sense
OF discomfort, aud if in addition TO that
the fortunate ones tauut their unsuccess.
ful brethren with their III luck, the con-
sequences are apt TO be serious. The
fashion Of using crests and arms which
Is now SO common among people wi
set mp to be sOmebodies. is a particular.
ly ffenSive one. or course most of them
are deliberately stolen from books If
heraldry and belong to old established
English families. We ought to import
some Marquis Of Queensbnry to opee Il
eyes OF these parveuus. There is "A story |
told OF this eccentric nobleman-him of |
the prize ring Tenown-that oncs when
IN Paris. he noticed carriags driving
by. on the panels of which were emblsz
oned the arms Of his family. H rush, d |
mp, stopped the vehicle, pulled the
fiunkies of the box, pummelled them.
and then kicking in the panels of the
door OF the trap, made the occupant get
out and walk. At the same time he
threatened TO whip him within an inch
of bis life, il be ever caught him faunt.
ing stolen property in public again, Ii
some OF our snobs received a similar
lesson. 1t would awaken q wonderful
amount Of common sense aud put an ond
10 a much greater quantity of inane al.
fectstion.
Bowling at present is all the rage. and
even in private houses of sufficient sizs
the bowling alley is becoming as much
an established feature as the billiard tr
pool table. A certain physician who
makes specially of treating dyspepsia
says that 1t is as good remedy for this
malady as he eap find, and recommends
all his patients to resort TO tenpins in
preference to pepsiu. Another one saws
That it is every bit as good as horse, ack
riding for the purpose OF bringing INTO
play every muscle in the body. Tins
which few years ago was con-
ined to lager beer saloons is now beeom-
ng fashionable. William II. Wander
'ilt ID about to hAYe oRs built In his