The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-21
NEW YoRK STREET CUSTOMS.
An Old Observer Dlseovers . New stroliius
Ground for Pretty Giris.


Ground for Pretty Giris.
IL have observed number OF changes In
the habits OF New Workers. In tho street during
the past i've years." remarked a Gray-haired
man yesterday afternoon. He was very pro-
cisely dressed, had round. bullock-shapod
head. q white moustache Clipped OF square
about hia mouth. and talked briskly and to tho
point. He lie man who has held the post OF
bookkeoper In an old publishing house for
twenty;eight years Ills tastes arc simple, and
Ing Houses. He !. s,iii halo and hearty. For
plumber OF years his Sunday afternoons have
81 s 81
along the streets and OF the persons who have
f% sss a asa hs2s Ssa S sSTS s
York is smaller then !: usually .,d sSpposedi =,
assrs and t eo While the numbeS Of "a mem
whom have known in town who are not New
man sk SSe wa: So hsS ana f hss all his
and has been steadily In town Tor, twenty-five
or thirty years. don't know whether you ever
%ss: % Fl H S from S cn Of
Ara SI Hsy sy been
Workers. They're nothing Of the sort" v
About six years ago it became the custom
for our self-styled beat people to walk on the
began about IL O clock and walked iii about i
quarter 81 two. In few years u became a
on the ayenue indicated that one was either iii
or out Of town. The custom gave everyone
chance to see everybody else and sfordsd tho
tunes In broad daylight. Thore were no We
hicles In the street and. rs the avenue was
found such a thron9 Of well and even Ssaut t.
Easter sunday. or course, mean in the morn
ing. After O'Clock. the street was deserted by
With such people, they have now abandoned sd
the custom they. formerly fostered. =,
Ven mean that the best people don't walk
1t is very difficult to decide who the best
people in New York are; but one thing is GER
In the most exclusive circles. have voted Fifth
avenue vulgar. and have gone oyer to Madison
don't believe it. 90 over to the avenue next Sum
day. and see for yonrelf. There you will SEQ
Know W To tell * theme n' eHf' 70"
Yes, or their clothes.''
What about their clothes?'
society man now wears trousers that Gre
very loose. and he apparently puts them under
up and down the leg rs though freshly ironed
They are cut very straight and haye large but
Checks or y squares. Other men Began to wear
@ ps III" His n eoa, Is very tsh, at the Waist
and without ho an ST padding
mourning band around it. whether no had
reason for it or not. great many persons are
and now his beaver is unbroken except by
narrow ribbon. These arc small points. but
How do YOU distinguish the society girlp"
by her ease n OF msnner; The eErslessp E
and the Rh9 hOldH her shoulders bRCk and
her head in the air, Another thing she never
wear wears bang and whether her iGrnhe "a is
She cannot compare with many on Fifth ave-
nuc for mere facial beauty; but she is hum
among n;towna New Workers.. mean those
every one has not found out about. 1t Is that
on upper Madison avenue. from about Thir-
may be seen collection OF the most beautiful
girls in New York. Whether they come from
Sunday school or WHISTLER they venture out
Section 5nSs
Moons about 4 o'cock.. stumbled upon it en-
iireiy by accident. / hadn't been out on sun
day afternoon for six months until two weeks
ago. It is my custom, you know. to walk be-
fore dinner. and to spend tho rest Of the day
papers. a pine. a lounge. n .irosaing gown. and
a pair Of slippers, But Q friend e mine came
over TO sec me from Brooklyn Sunday any after,
death in my room and prevented mo from
reading my rapers; put " on my coat and DIV. we
avenue. and there We met the beautiful girls
strolling w and Down Win the tranquil Ernes
SMILES OF this, sort but the girls deserve
this and friend who h nad .5
wsar s0S grew as as ossan
long while to know where 70 look Tor beauti-
knows that the place for the babies is on Park
avenue. between Thirty-iourih and FoTtieth
to look for them on Madison avenue, but they
are wrong. Go over any morning. II u is sun
drsen a and pretty " nursemads have. M man S can
Gonvince mo that more beautiful children OK x
M hen s ss Of @
no carriage on Park avenue. and no carriages
pass there in the morning. The street is abso-
PENDANTS, with only an occasional outsider who
wanders along to look at the children. When a
OF young ones. and they romp and play as
though in their own homes;
you whore you may encounter a procession OF
dudes and dogs about noon. Every young man
hs dov In Ssw S1
he aossn. live in 9oardnEg 40 For man
he lives at home and secondly tina, ho doesn't
wo o for y as They want to nso
state s Of existence. and h eaSe. they walk
their dogs. They always wear sack suits
cut very close to their forms after the English
pattern. wear thor hats on the backs OF their
heads. and carry walking sticks and tan coored
gloves in their hands. just now they affect red
Irish settlers. though dude with bulldog is
by no means an uncommon sight. They never
appear with pugs. / am pretty we'll up in these
leave for nearly two weeks not long ago, and
walked about ten miles a day. That is the way
to be sick. you know
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