The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-25
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BssOAESSRaN'S NEW YORK
AFTER.

l don tknow what may come after
US or what a revolution the next
twenty years may bring forth, but
one thing is certain that the last
twenty years have made greater
change in New York City than the
preceding hundred. It is simply
that the city has enlarged, it is Sc
completely changed in everything
that Rip Van Winkle who went t.
sleep twenty years ago waking up
to-day would scarcely recognize the
city in which he went to sleep.
There are few places which re.
main unchanged in the lower wards
OF the city, but in q few years even
these will be swept away and net
an ancient landmark will be left.
The New Yorker who remembers
the Battery of fifty years ago re-
members it as the great promenade
OF the lovers Of those days, and
there were lovers then and plenty
of them-not dudes who walked
along the street sucking the end of
an attenuated walking stick, but
manly stalwa-t young fellows WHO
could fight for their girls if occa-
sion required, and who when they
went to work in their stores and
shops were not ashamed to put Oh
q paper cap and san apron and
sweep off the sidewalk or do any
other necessary duty. Work was
not then considered a disgrace and
boys were brought up to believe
that the gods help those who help
themselves, and that a mans proud
est boast should be that he was
able to earn his own living. l re-
gret to say that this noble ambition
to appear independent, is dying ont
and the highest aspiration of the
modern New York dude is to have
the world believe that somebody
else is making his living for him,
1t seems wonderful that any sane
young man in this somewhat prae
tical age Of ours, should aspire to
out Dude ali the Dudes Of Dude.
dom. Yet Oh Broadway any sunny
afternoon you caa see Barry Wall,
the acknowledged King of the
Dudes. Don't figure to yourself a
thin, pale, consumptive individual
that summer zephyr would leave
hopeless wreck; nothing could
be further from the truth. Barry
Wall is like Fred Gebhardt, Mrs.
Laogtry's particular friend, 8 train
ed athelete who could put on the
gloves with Billy Edwards or
Mitchell, and not get badly knock
ed out.
The young gentlemen in The |
country who start in for Dudes and |
think that all that is necessary to
make a first class article, is 10 have
a consumptiye chest and thin pair
Of legs, mad better not come to New
York. The New York Dude may
part his hair in the middle and his
pants may fit him like an eelskin,
but he can walk Lis ten miles be.
fore breakfast, throw himself over
. horizontal bar, and box with Sui.
Ivan according to the Marquis of
Queensberry rules. but he won't
follow any useful occupation if he
help it, or if he does he won't
5. can Ess- -s2ew it. Barry Wall
let anybody BY an indus
g. has money left him r:..os early
n. trious father, and he started III nssk
to enjoy life after his fashion, al
he may be called a success
clothes and notoriety can make
for there is not young man
n New York more talked about t
d day. He seldom wears the san
n suit more than two or three hour
IS and some of his changes are evt
10 more frequent than that; but /
q. matter how he changes he still OF
sr Dudes all the other Dudes of Ne
'r York. The seat of his pants is u
d approachable, the knot on his nee
r. tie immaculate, the curl of his b
4 superb, the widthof the rim astoun
'e ing. He has an army of hurnb
s. followers who look up to him Wi
I awe and reverence, feeling the utt
% hopelessness of ever arriving
.e his stunning perfection. Fort
IS years ago one Of our celebrate
i. characters Of New York was Dand
:, Marks, famous Beau in his da
[. something more than Beau Hic
,a man and less than Beat Brumais
sas DAHag aatks woald Aavs set