The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-01-08
MORNING ON BROADWAY.

MORNING ON BROADWAY.
Tho Bsginaing Of "Businsss"- Tread u
the Thousands.
Texas Siftings.]
Six o'clock of bright spring morn
ing, on the greatest thoroughfare Of the
greatest city Of the greatest nation in
the world.
Six o'clock; and the streets, which for
the past three hours have been quite de-
serted, are beginning to be dotted with
black figures, all moving down toward
the great center Of trade and commerce.
There are also a few people, with
wrinkled coats, hair like bewildered
haystacks, bloodshot epes, and broken
hats, making the best Of their way
homeward from the gambling houses,
opium-dens, dives, and infamous resorts
where they have spent the uight. How
their weary and battered aspect con-
trasts with that of the laborers, the me-
chanics, and the trim, bright work-girls
who, after night Of sound, dreamless
sleep, and a good breakfast, are march
ing cheerfully to their daily toll. So
think the dissipated ones as they cast
furtive, shamefaced glances from their
heavy eyes at the fresh young girls who
trip SO lightly past them on their way
to factory or store. So, too, think the
stalwart policemen of the Broadway
squad, who know many OF the jewellers,
and eye them with little favor as they
pass; and who exchange CHEEKY morn
ing greetings with the workmen and
pretty girls hurrying by.
Half-past six; and tho milk-carts are
Gathering along, the milkmen ringing
bells and uttering unearthly yawps,
bringing sleepy janitors 10 the doors OF
the great business houses to take in the
matutinal fluid. Then the janitors, or
their aides-de- camp, come out again to
shake and beat door-mats, sending forth
clouds of dust upon the passer-by, and
drawing shrill remonstrances from the
neatly -attired girls. The janitors only
beat the harder, for is this not free
country, and what have common
courtesy or consideration for Others got
to do with business' The icemen now
have nearly completed their rounds and
have left block Of solid water at the
door OF nearly every store; always tax
| ing care to put it in the sunniest corner
or over the grating through which the
engine that runs the elevator sends its
heated breath. This is also business.
Seven o'clock. The heavy, awkward,
numbering stages are humping and jolt
ing along the uneven pavement; now do
scending, as it were, into the trough Of
the sea; now riding on the top of a stony
billow; like q ship in q storm. The
stores are beginning to be opened.
Young clerks are struggling with pad.
locks and stiff hasps; iron roller-blinds
and shutters are going up with deafen.
ing crash; showcases are wheeled out in
front Of the retail houses; heads Of de-
partments are arriving, clothed in ma
jestic dignity and shiny hats; and thu
day begins The men who had gathered
round the doors of the wine and sample
rooms, some of whom had waited more
than half on hour for the opening Of thu
swinging doors, are coming out now
wiping their lips, and looking somewha
fresher for their morning cocktail. It i
the beginning Of the end. Before yea
/ has passed, one,funrth Of those earl,
!. birds will have lost their nests; one
fourth will have their brilliant feather
stained and ruffed and bedraggled; ant
7 within ten years from now the Who'll
, number, except perhaps wretched
' per cent. who saw their coming doom i
time, and steadily put down the brakes
r will have joined the great army of tn
l traNps, or found a home in the work
: house, the insane asylum, or the grave
Q Let US eat and drink, for tomorrow W
8 die.
r Eight O'Clock; and the pedestrian
s Lound downtown are thick as leaves
However pressing the business, or gres
the hurry of New Yorker may bt
he can always And time to stop and q;
certain the cause Of a crowd with pt
J liceman's helmet looming up in the Ger
. ter Of it. Such crowd is now gathere
. . at the corner of Canal street, and ",
- with many others, press forward to fin
/. out what It is all about. One of tn
u most miserable examples of humanit
;, that we have ever seen is lying on tn
. sidewalk. Unutterably dirty and ragget
Will SAttSSy CJcS, duu Will JUce OunClti
. flesh beneath the skin on his gaunt ia.
> 10 keep the sharp cheek bones from star
ing through, he presents spectacle
- misery not soon to be forgotten. He
a not able to walk, and the ambulanc
y which has been sent for, now com
Is changing down the street.
10 Nine o'clock. Business Is in fu
~ !, swing and the noise on Broadway
~ deafening. The traffic on the gre
IL thoroughfare is not quite so dense as
:, will be later on; but there will be mo
y buying and selling done, and great
= number of people will travel, betwe'
4. Fourteenth street and the Battery fro
o. now up to - o'clock, than on the ma
streets of any six country towns in t
Union within week.
And Broadway. roaring, bustlil
IN Broadway, echoes the tread of countle
US thousands bent on petty things and
W. like the millions who have trOd tho
in flags in generations past--all hasteni
ly to the grave!
y, The Worth of Iale.
y I'M. Renan to Paris School Ghildren.l
~ "You are starting on 20, career wi
~ blind belief in the value Ind delight
W. that which lies before you. Wiser m
~ than will warn YOU that what yO