Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-07-09
AT BROADWAY
SOME OF THE ~IDIOSYNCRACIES
THAT ARE TO BE SEEN
In this Crowded Thoroughfare--The
Cause of Hard Times and the Views
of a Successful North Carolina New
Yorker.
Special Correspondents of tie ssnti,.el.

OF a successful North Carolina New
Yorker.
Special Correspondence Of the ssntind
New YORK, July 4-Neither Re
gent street, in London, nor the Rue
de Ia Pair, in Paris, offers to the un-
accustomed eye the variety, the idioy-
syncracies that areto be found in throng-
cd Broadway. Take, fer instance,
Saturday afternoon. Where else
would one see such crowds of young
peopls, such gorgeous birds of plum
age, bedecked and furbelowed in all
Of the latest and some of the very worst
Partisan styles, rs are massed on the
west side Of Broadway, from Four
teenth street to Thirtieth? Matinees,
of course, are largely responsible for
this state of affairs, though the jeunesse
doree &s rule do not frequent thea
tres on Saturday afternoons; they re
serve their efforts, energies and pocket
money for the evening. The school
girl element is largely represented.
The creme de la creme so-called OF
New York are not so apt to be seen
in Broadway on Saturdays. They
rather avoid its publicity. Take, for
Instance, one Of New York we known
bellies, any one to the manner born
recognizes the blue blood of the Knick-
erbockers as she crosses the street in a
high stepping sort of way. She has
been admired from her cradle, and
will be to her grave. One hardly
knows when she looks most charming
drapcd in rare laces in Saratoga or in
the plain gray tailor made suit which
she affects in the street. One is lost
wonder as to why she does not marry.
She has had scores Of admirers The
most 'likely," as country people say,
is the son Of a we'll known shipping
merchant of Fifth avenue, an Adonis,
by the way. But his family are Ro-
man Catholics-her father is not
and SO the old story is repeated.
While the most exclusive persons
are promcnading in Broadway, neith-
er are their equipages seen. The cars
and stages occupy all the room be-
tweeE Union and Madison squares, 50
private carriages turn out into Fifth
and other avenues IS much as possible.
Gut stop! here in landaulet, and at
the side entrance of large dry goods
store. Out steps lady who, few
years ago, was unknown either to fame
or fortune. There people in moderate
priced clearinghouse lived, moved
and had their being in common with
her-but rather avoided her. Why,
no one could exactly tell; there was a
vague whisper of suspicion that caused
some to shun her society. Suddenly
she married a man Of good, respectable
antecedsnts, not too much younger
thon herself. They set up for them
selves, to use her own expression, Gin
one OF the best hotels in the city" Her
equipage, her diamonds, her actions
all were duly chronicied. Then there
came a crash, failure and trips to
Europe AS her husband resumed
business she gradually emerged from
her temporary cloud, and now is pos
ing more as a power among the lead
ing charities than as leader of the
fashions.
Near Twenty-Second Street, stop
ping at flower stand, is one of the
girls of the period. She is very hand
some. She wears homespun jacket,
the newest thing out, and carries un-
dor her arm an infinite small black
| and tan her father is one of the sue
cessful operators in Wall Street, and
gives small fortune each year for his
| apartments at one of the hotels.
Some weeks ago meeting a very
honest, successful, and we'll known
business man, who is former North
Caroinian, and whose commercial
standing gives him right to an
opinion of value, [ asked him "to
what he attributed the present hard
times" TO rum," he said, and pro-
ceeded to demonstrate his theory in a
frst-class temperance lecture. While
| hardly propose to enter the lists as
a lecturer on finance, if you were to
ask me what had led to the building of
such colossal and obtrusively extrav-
agant.. buildings of this char racter as are
being built in New York, | would an
swer, stocks and speculation. Money
seems to be ofsno account in New
York and is faunted in the faces of
the people in a way that seems to me
TO pe actually dangerous. In no city
that | have ever been in do the lines
between wealth and poverty seem to
beso strongly drawn, The rich seem
richer and the poor seem poorer, and
in no one thing does it stand out SO
prominently as in these enormou and
aggressive, overgrown buildings. | am
not attempting to criticise the arehi-
/ tectural and aesthetic value of them,
but | am more and more impressed
every time that L go to New York
with the idea of how they must affect
the hordes of hungry and houseless
humans who swarm this city. Nc
wondsr we hear that some of the mon
ey kings tremble in their strongholds
and dread communism. What won.
der they dream of the day when they
shall fee before sthe besom of destruc
tion," and the cry shall go forth Bah
ylon has fallen, Babylon has fallen T
WALTER ERIcKFoRD.
A Candidate that Would Please the Dem
eorats.
From the Dsausr Trt5ane- Republican,
The Democrats of New York woulc
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