Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27
LATHROP'S LETTER.
.,v the King Of Bohemia Lived and
Died on BIackweIps ISL
and.
!. Sewsboy's Homes on the Bowery
and His Grand Christmas
Dinner.
,.osnsso village In New York VOID Of
Bnr.Room Loafor AocompRnl-
mcnt.

u .,,.pondtucc OF The Gazette
~, YoRK, Dec. Within few
~ of the house where the Authors
n n has Us room, IN West Twcnty.fourth
"a IN close TO Broadway, there is little
n y shop where cheap lunchaons are
"a nsd This unobtrusiye place * IN
IA ~ proximity to the barbarc splcndor
. M Hoffman house, opposite the most
Y ,'iocratlc OF playhouses, the Madison
osre theatre, aud within call OF the
II ,,Ie palace conservatism represented
N I'M Fiuh Avenue hotcl IL Is only
4 steps from there 10 the point whore
n an avenue and Broadway cross Just be.
IN The worth monumcnt-ono of the
IA s,,s of the city; for New York has sew
II hearts, thereby avoiding the incon.
|0lence of having any particular heart.
It's aristocrOtc environ
M M this little beer shop is quite oh.
n y and has no vogue, Aud yet, to
n Nj Who remember the things " New
\ M twenty-five years ago, II forms q cu-
E,nsly interesting link with the local Bo-
A Nia of that period. The other night
n @nle of eray-haircd old boys.sat there
ID ope of the tables, chatting over
n ldles. There was nothing about them
"a .tvould seem to the casual observer
&msrkable; but TO me, and doubtless TO
"A pha himself, the proprietor Of the
B,ce they represented to some extent a
#mons old kingdom OF writer's that for.
Eerly Gourishcd In Broadway cellar--a
Ingdem that long since lost its power aud
6ssed away forever.
III IN those DAYS there was real Bohemia
II New York, and there were men OF great
9Napcy aud power In H. for ut that
1me Art and literature, to large extent,
gnoked short pipes, drank beer and
zb.sy In humble surroundings, and was
I'M "a familiar with the interior Of dress
Soa,saslt Is now. II was not the sort of
4osemls that Partisan Henri Munger I'M
fo1llIzed nor was II much like that ~
III Aeh Thpckcray loved to writei but for
IA that II was u genuine bit OF Bohemia,
4 ID own way. Although the tradition
/. ttwhiCh survives Is probably somewhat
followed, followed aud glorlied by time,
i colony TO which refer embraced men
I'M women OF considerable ability, who
'stre like eXutlcs planted IN the dull, do
II stlc, prosy existence of the city as IT
H M was. Some OF them did more than
Etrdtablc work with their pens.
n pans saloon, In 1857, was on Broad
fsiy, lust below Bond street. down In n
Il pmcnt. II was u large, roomy place,
I'm the proprietor not only supplied the
Epmnts to Paruassus with food and
Mink, bat also gave TO their circle hls
|su name. They became known as the
fPhh crowd" A special table was re-
&Ned for these companions in the
&Blled space that extended beneath the
Eieyalk; and around it used to gather
Hey night, Walt Whitman, William
nhier, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Fi2
\ lmes O'Bricn and others, including sew
Nal painters, who aitcrward achieved
&mc.
II Whitman, In a gray suit with Il broad
Rundown shirt collar opening low on his
yhesL was an oracle after his own man
|tu He used 10 say to Aldrich, referring
ID nc lattcr's verse; 81 Hike your pretty
Nnhes, Aldrich." And Aldrlch, IN fra
lmal tone, would reply That occasionally
n saw some merit IN whitman "Dar-
|hHc yawpn The recognized KING
~ Bohemia, however, was Henry Clapp,
,sho became editor Of the Salur-
'3ay Press, vigorous and witty paper
Which enlisted vast amount Of talent.
Ia Chpps per onal debts had not been so
|htge as they were, aud If there had been
'41y competent business management Oh
|ile paper, doubtless 10 would have conllu-
'ltdtu flourish until the present day, 1t
.f@ urcaL success, but the receipts
sOmehow disappeared mystcriously, ana
III paper was Obliged 10 suspend IN tht
'fll tide Of prosperity. Cl0pp himself
|1llerwaids disappeared from the pupllc
|4aze as mys'criously as the receipts hAu
IangOusly done. lie died, iinaliyl ON
rfAckHel's island, whittier he had ocei
|4entat ms own request, as u conhtine'
.eltbrIate. Ada Glare, Il gifted nnd "'an,
Fl pal actress, was the su-called "Qucch "I
|foheuia - She, too, used to SIT at lhc
Nonnd.loblc In pln0's CELLAR ana
|4Ae, too died trogic8lly Of hydro,
|3AOba, resulting from the hite ol
n pet dog. Another Of the con
paternity George Arnold, periFheu pre-,
|Hntlrely, worn out by dissipation ana
Disease lie wrote for Vanity FAR mat
|tIly and nbOrtiyC American comic papcTi
Dose title hnS since been borrowed IN
london, and 80 which Charles @ Leland
HaltlOr OF uIlausf Breitmann" ana Or
Haous G. Kerr were important contn1H'
'8n' Arnold left behind him, When ho
f'thl To the other world--whlch particular
|4'oHd 1t was, whether the upper or inc
'fooBoT, don't know--poems enough ="
" AYolumc, which were edited bJ WING
"A inter and published, and ARE now as
9npletcly forgotten as the author nm
Nv Is. Walt Whitman has become lhg
"A lplent OF a horse and phmton, presented
En- MIN 10y Oliver Wendell HOLMES, y L'
lsmehs, llowclls and others WlhJ'i
NJ become the famous dramatic cuilc "i
~ Tribune, besides being the author OF
Wy charming poems Of sentiment ahI
~ Aidrch has become Bosionlah Ahu
V editor Of the Atlantic Monthly
stephen l'inkO was another Bohemian o.
~ epoch uudcr review; hui ne has MOI
ono the owner OF a charitable phhctoh
~ Toe editor of magazine, though ne
sglllnucs % bc identified With ihcatfieaii
,1slrs as manager aud critic, ono OF
hses notable achievements was that ~
sulpg the telegraph wires Tor hls own
+ NV when he wAs sent 30 Canada 20 rtpoTt
A cS,li Inception OF the prince Of WmcH W
nl'oh. IN Orucr 40 prevent ne liionnv
correspondent from sending dilpaiches nc
~ lhe operator the generations "
1vch' IRON the bible 20 transmit Ny
a,s, aud thus Kept the mnn employ go
XIV y was too late Tor fiske's rival =.
The ncw- Another tiory alou,