Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
NEW YORK'S POPULATION.
THIRD GERMAN AND SECOND
IRISH CITY IN THE WORLD.


fury Ago-A Couple Of Successful
Teachers.
NEW YORK, June 27.-This metropolis Of
the West has been styled, but incorrectly
IL Vienna be counted the third German
city in the world. 1t is, however, the
third Irish city, London being the second
if not more Than the fourth German, and
through its large foreign population it is
/ probably the third Roman Catholic city
| on the globe For "A considerable fraction
of its German population, numbering,
according to the last census, 10000, IS
Roman Catholic, while, Of course. the
/ large majority, IN fact, all but very
small proportion Of the 1884, Irish-born
citizens belong TO the Roman Church.
/ Then as the Irishmau thus changes his
/ sky, but not his creed, in crossing the
sea, he brings up his children in his old
faith so that, with comparatively few ex-
ceptions, New Workers Of Irish parent
age are also apt TO be Roman Catholics.
Consequently, counting children who ere
old enough to be COMMITMENTS, there
are undoubtedly over a half a million,
more than Oue-third Of the population,
Roman Catholics in New York. | doubt
whether any other city in the world, ex-
cept Paris aud Vienna, can boast great
er number.
1t was not always so. In fact, the in
crease mas been within the last half cen
fury. 1t is not yet century since the
first Roman Catholic church was erected
in New York. Under tile English rule
ROrnanism was prohibited here, and 1t
was not until after the reVOlutiOn-in
17S}-that Roman Catholic parish was
organized. IL was not until 1876 that "A
church ediiice was built This was 81.
Peters Church, which is still in existence
at Barclay and Church streets. 1t is, Of
course, one OF the oldest churches in the
city, as its appearance indicates. For 30
years it was the only Catholic
Church In New York, and for
an equally long period after that
there were but few others. There are now
sixty Roman Catholic churches here,
which is more than any Protestant de-
nomination, with the exception of the
EpIscOpaliau, can boast. The number of
Episcopal churches is 10. But as each
Roman Catholic church is equal to nearly
halt a dozen Protestant, owing to multi
tudinous services which are attended by
separate congregations, the sixty Roman
Catholic churches are practically equal
to almost the entire number OF all the
Protestant churches combined. Conse-
quently, the supply Of church room among
the Romanists Is much more nearly equal
to the demand than among Protestants.
NOT ONLY Is THERE MORE CHURH ROOM,
but the finer ediices are to be found
among the Roman Catholic churches
The Cathedral, at Fifth avenue and
Fiftieth street, is open to criticism for
bad architecture, but it is nevertheless
with all It's faults finer than any Pro-
testant church building. Old Trinity
certainly is not to be compared 70 it. The
worst fault in the big building is
due TO Cardinal McCl0skey ana not
10 the architects. He insisted that
the floor should be of wood in
place Of stone, and the consequence Is
that being built manifestiy around the
great stone pillars It has the appearance
Of temporary structure, aud gives the
building so far as II can, the appearance
of being unfinished. Unfortunately it is
completed, and the transitoTy wooden
floor, so out of plan in a structure built
for all times, can only be replaced By
stone at a cost very much greater than
stone floor would originally have been.
Then the newly finished st. PauPs Church
at Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth street
puts to shame with its vast size the Ordi-
nary Protestant house of worship. As
much now can be said OF the new church
Of st. Francis XaVier's in West Sixteenth
street. Altogether II by their churches
ye shall know them the Roman Catholics
are ahead OF the PrOtestants In New YORK.
TO GO FROM GRAVE TO GAY,
or rather from serious things to things
otherwise, l heard the other day char
acteristic { as her enemies would say
story about Mrs. Paran Stevens. which II
old and perhaps apocryphal, is neverthe-
less worth telling. When Lawrence Oily
plant maligned the New York girl OF the
period in his clever "lrene McGillicud-
dy," Mrs. Stevens, as we'll as everybody
else, saw that the heroine and her mother
represented Miss and Mrs. Stevens. There
were an incident or two in the novelette,
which were true, and which Mrs. Stevens
believed were only known to one person,
and that was the daughter Of S. l.. M.
Barlow, since dead. kcoOrdingly Mrs.
Stevens called on that young lady, aud
apparently without waiting for any ex-
plantation, SO the story goes. boxed her
ears! AS matter Of fact, Mr.. ELEPHANT
had been long enough ia New York TO
have learned more particulars about Mrs.
Stevens and people Of that sort than he
would have cared TO put In book, and he
was under no need of relying upOn any
one person for his information. The lady
whose ears we're boxed, too, was the last
person M the world likely 20 repeat this
particular bit of scandal.
TWO or THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN
know are school teachers. Teaching the
young idea how to shoot is not ordinarily
considered n profitable occupation, but
the less successful Of the two earns
$4,000 year, while the more prosperous
earns double that. The latter il DR.. John
5. White, the Principal OF the Berkeley
Military School. He was a second In his
class at Harvard College, and, after be-
ing graduated IN 1870. he studied In Ger
many. When he returned he took up
teaching as n profession. He earned put
a moderate income until five or six years
ago, when, with the aid OF Joseph Choate
and other Harvard men, he established
the school from which he derives such
royal income. DR.. White has another
source OF income In the shape OF ROYALTIES
on several translstiOns he has made from
the classics. From his Boys and Girls
Herddotue.v aud other works be realizes
about $4,000 year. There are probably
few, II any, men in New York who, nj
DIR. Whites age-he Is but 3l-are in
possession Of an income Of $50, 900 a year,
won with the aid OF no capital but brains.
Arthur II. Cutler. the other successful
school teacher, has classical school in
West Forty-third street. at which he pre-
pares boys Tor the different colleges. He
1 : "A graduate of Harvard Of fhaaouna rIoas