Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22

readers might well ask. aud which hoe,
Oilen asked myself They seem IN an ~
the cracks between the foroign se,,in
menus and are also found In larre nnm.
Z uefs IN apartment houses. into witch
they nave been crowded OK Enropean i'm.
I migration. Still there are one or tvr
genuine american colonies In New York
/ ohe oil these lies between Einhth nud
! foultecn,h street, near Fifth avenue
ana contains the houses cf some of ms
nest known and wealthicst OF the old
NcW FORK families. Trade. In It's march
up town, has skipped this region and lefi
u rs quiet aud beautiful as IL was quar-.
Ter oil century ago. The other Aneri.
can quarter Is in what was once Green.
wen village, and Is now known as tho
Ninth ward. It's inhabitants are of tho
bourgeois class and sin elmo
consciously TO the customs which pre.
vailed half century agO. They prae
themselves ON being old-fasbioned
solid aud, above ali, on being ..Nintb
WarderS." There are but few FOREIGNERS
IN old Greenwich Village. Everything
there mas the stamp of pure AmericanisIn
lhefe was reception a short time ago
at me house oil gentleman who mas a
VIDE social and business connection with
artists, literary people and others CON
cerned IN the making OF books. Among
ms guests was prim lady OF unmls-
mkahly Puritan aspect, who is known In
boston and is outlying towns as a writer
oil the most serious Kind Of New England
verse. At about 10 O'Clock the dining.
room doors were thrown open, and the
company to quote from the account
which appeared under the heading ESQ.
cal Festivities in one of the next DAVIS
papers. proceeded to discuss buunti-
tul collation.
But the prlm lady was not among those
who surrounded the Widespread tables
She remained in the drawing room, am
pareutIy engro>sed in the preparation of
a new serious poem The host of the
evening deserted her there and Fastened
to her side.
Wont you come into the dlumg-ruom
with usi' he explained cordially.
"Thanks," replied the poete,s, rising
with alacrity, "but was not aware that
my ticket included refreshments. ~
The announcement that Mr. William
Waldorf Aston, lately minister to Italy.
is about to bring out q historical romance
relating to the time of the Borgias creates
a good deal of comment. "Wilncn As
tor, as he is usually called, is tall, slcn-
der man with very thoughtful. iutelli.
gent face, unlike his predecessors. In
early manhood he had great taste for
sculpture, and studied modelling under
Lauut Thompson. At that time he was
strongly inclined to devote his life to this
branch of art. When met him few
years later he had given up art
and sacrificed himself to collecting
rents. Then he entered politics and CON
Quoted one Of the most corrupt cam
paigns ever known here in the effort to
get himself elected member of congress.
Even the voters who were in the habit Of
being treated and indirectly bribed
were so Disguised 10y the manifest desire
Of the young millionaire to buy them up
that they defeated him. afterwards he
secured the distinction which the people
refused to give him 10y obtaining an APP
pointmcnt us minister To Italy. | myself
believe that Mr.. Astur is q man of real in
tcllcctual power and great refinement,
who was mislcd by bad adviS.
crs in his choice of campaign
methods. He should be welcomed to the
ranks OF authorship. His romance was
sent the publisher without any clew to its
authors identity, and he would not dis.
close that he had written 1t until some
days after its acceptance. | am told thai
il is an excellent specimen OF the histrrl,
cal novel, on the od-fashiOned bass OF
Scott and Buwer, wirh good characters
zation and Abundant evidences u deep
study The=historcal portion, it Is also
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