Milford chronicle., 1885-09-18
NEW FORK LETTER.

Yacht, yacht, yacht; Race, race, race; Gen
esta and Puritan; Puritan and Geuesta-
nothing else to talk ahaut-nothing else t,
think about; for this week has been devoted
to the races If you met a man on the stree
whose better-half had narrowly escaped
deaths door, and asked him, How's YOU
wife? he replied, Pretty well, thank you
but have an idea that the Puritan is goine
to win. If you went into Wall street anC
asked the price ofDelaware and L,ackawanna
Western Union OF Pacific Mail, the answer
would be, Genesta stock is going up, and i
you have anything on the Puritan you had
better sell short. Ministers talked about Il
to their deacons. Doctors amused their pa
tients with prOgnostics of the probabilities
as they felt their pulse and compounded pre-
scriptiOns. Grave bankers chatted about il
as they shaved notes and computed dis
counts And even the school children took
sides, and fought in the streets for their re-
spective champions. It is seldom that any
event has called forth such stirring inter.
national interest. Many thousands of people
are here from all parts of the country, and all
the hotels, clubs and public places are filled
with sporting men. The opening day, though
fine as silk for lady who had little shop
ping to do, was not worth a pinch of snuff for
a yacht race, Yet the assemblage OF yachts
was one of the grandest marine sights ever
seen on this continent The postponenent
fell like wet blanket, but the announcement
of the start on Tuesday filled everybody with
new hope The unfortunate collision of the
two racers just at the moment when all were
looking for a splendid race, filed everybody
with disgust, and nothing but the fear of
SheOl prevented ME from using some very
profane language; but if didn't, there were
lots that did, tbs Captain Of Chs Puritan com
ing in for the lions share Of the ''cussin
If this contest has had no other effect, it has
brought together one Ofthe most magnificent
fleets ever seen in American waters. 1t was
an open course, a good, fair, manly competi-
Snowing that if lie has been beaten, hardly
mother vessel floats the sea that could do it.
A pronounced sensation of the week was
he labor demonstration of Monday. There
$ one peculiar feature about all the labor
that have ever taken place
Il New York, and that is, that while blatant
rators were tying to persuade the wage
workers and bread-winners that they are
lown-trodden and oppressed, there is no
ountry on this planet which turns out such
well dressed and well fed body of working
'eople. 1t is estimated that there were H.
90 people in the procession. The time of
hese workers would average s. a day. The |
music cost about s., 900; horses and carriages, |
etc, 81, 5ooi banners and para
hernalia, 81 900; and each man averaged |
)r his personal expenses of transportation /
nd the amusements of the afternoon and |
vening at least two dollars more-so that
he entire expense of this parade has cost the
lboring men not far from fifty thousand dol
lrs. The men who can afford to throw away
MS vast sum of money on parade, cannot
e suffering very much. They were as fine
'oking body Of men as one could wish to
ee. 1t was a grand advertisement of the
of the workingman, but as an ex-
ibition Of the down-trodden and oppressed
was lamentable failure
Dandies and brainless fools have fourished
all ages; there is no act of parliament or
institutional provision against them. Beau
rummell and Beau Nash are historical char
tiers. In our own country Beau Hickman
Id Dandy Marks were well known to our
theirs forty or fifty years ago. Since the
.ath Of Dandy Marks, which took place in
"A, New York has had no regular pro-
'unced type of the dandy till the advent of ,
.rry Wall, who for the past three years was
Town as the King of the Dudes. Three
ars ago his father died, and brainless don
y-who had never been taught to do any
eful suddenly found himself in pos
ssion of 5000, 600 III hard cash. The world
IS all before him; he started out to make a Z
lsation, and he succeeded beyond his most
iguine expectations. No such gorgeous
ion had ever astonished the eyes of New
,rkers before. twas impossible to describe
) dress, for he was never dressed twice alike.
e morning as stood in front ofthe Bruins
*, Berry Wall and a-half dozen friends
re taking stroll up Fifth Avenue or In
Ter words, giving the ladies treat His
pes were sharp pointed, patentleather toes, q
II yellow tops; his pants were light, and
ed like an eelskin; his vest was striped,
neck-te red, his collar was high, and was
lraight band around his neck; his coat was F
k, and Of the bob-tailed order; his hat was
was shiny bell with broad
led brim. IN one hand he carried a cud-