New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
HOW MEN LOOK AND TALK
CHATS ON TIMELY SUBJECTS IN THE HO-
Tells AND ELSEWHERE

was walking up Broadway me otner uhy ""oll Nc
began to talk about Low p Morton's stay AZ f"i'
an United States Minister. Said hot As Minister
to Franco Mr. Morton did moro TO develop the Amon
can patriotic sentiment than any 0thcr previous "n
istcr abroad. There were some curious ph"sos "
sentiment among the Americans rcsid'hs "oio~
During the reagn Of the great Napoleon Amenosns
residing I'm France became worshippen OF tne EN-
nire and many of their followed tnc iadou
.,orss that were fccbly reHe0ted In Napoleon III
strange ma II NAV seem. France had never erecoeo
statue to tho memory of lafayette up 10 inc .i0
when Mr. Morton became Minister NJ iar"'' W..
the idea was suggested to him, no was 'ho nise W
come forward with his support OF thc pro1oo'' anu "
n generous donation started the pail III "o'o" ~
secure it, erection You remember 'na' NO wac .,'o
nrincipa orator from abroad at tho unvenng OF inc
st,t,o This reminds me that on the death Oh 1am-
betta who, with tho leading puphcis1s VI ri",o'
was a frequent guest at Mr.. MOTIONS Uoie no
headed the list for the erection OF monu'ono =" -.
r.at trIbune nv n contribution Of 5000 Tancs' bus
IL was In his constant presentation ana earnest az
,ocacv of the republican form OF government ua'
Mr. Morton did moro to encourage the Frehcn no.
publIc than any man who lived In faris no w
ALWAYS devoted friend of the Republic ana hep' up
tho hands OF Ferry, -Gambetta, De fresoi "Hu
otbers against the Orleansts and the party OF ChAh-
bori His determined and persistent advocacy o INC
repubcan Government met W tn responsive choru ia
the hearts of those great Frcnchmen, and no win
ALWAYS be remembered In France for the nooiity WIN
which he maintained his position at that timc'
Mr. pcixotto told me that the house in which Mr.
Morton resided whc in Paris was more ike ho'oi
In size and appointments than Ike pri'a'e foo
idence. The rental was 10000 francs year. ~
occuped nearly an entire square, and contained inc
office of the Legation. Such the dlstncuon tha'
no attained as Minister that. In recognition Oh MS
character and his great sympathy for tho struggling
Republic, tho municipality Of Paris named the square
on which he had established the hotel OF me ega-
ton "Place dcs Uns, which 1t retains 70 the
present day.
nero have been floating around a number OF para
graphs about the loneliness with which General W.
T. sherman wanders about New-fork. Inc iac' Is
that the General Ia far from lonesome curing MS
residence here. Ho has an Office In the 'oVcrn"e,'
Building. whore he walks every morning from inc
tYfth Avcnue Hotel by way of exercise. and where
nc receives all his mail and reads the papers, receives
old companions smokes his morning cigar ana enjoys
himself as thoroughly as II no were sui Id acu 'i
vice and directing the affairs Of skeietohized army
When he goes uptown in the afternoon he finds MN
self besieccd with callers. No man In New-fork
is In greater demand for dinners than ne. his IN
vitatons for Christmas numbered moro than hS' ana
no sad Iaurbngly to a friend the other day that he
Wished that he had the stomach capacity and the
time to take them all In The General IS evidently en-
loving himself. / him the other night going out
with his Old comIade, General II. w. Slocum' lhey
soydierly bearing. General Socum's hair Is snow
nbite wb,e sbcruan's stu retains fair share Of
co.or They were laughing and chatting Ike school
boys General Grants family, especially tho "boys''
as General Sherman calls them, are particular In their
attentions to General sherman, for whom they nave
great respect and regard on account OF MS kndhess
TO their father in last days They arc frequent
callers on him.
Baron Wolf Won scheicrbrand, who went to Persia
FIR ar eYt
United states Minister Frederic S. winston, at Chi
caco Is now connected with 1.-The New York Graphic"
lie is q sens Llc Young man with a German notion OF
turning his hand 10 the work that is nearest to him.
and proposes to make in journalism what he lost
in diplomacy.
One of the popular railroad men OF tho west
Is L. NJ Smith, OF Lcavenw0rth, Kansas, whose rouhu
figure and hearty laugh are well known ana appre
ciated In New York. He has been engaged In he
construct on railroads for life time, and declares
that there more railroads In process OF con
struction In the West than ut any tine In MS
knowledge. Mr.. Smith Il an ardent Democrat lie
was in Washington last week and called on the frcs
ident. Said he yesterday vi think ne was douo'-
fu about me at first You Sec up and told him,
the first thing when went in, that although was
a democrat I did not want Office for myself or
anybody else. He looked queery at me- as Ii ne hao
heard the same thing from SO many other people VINO
really did want Office, that might be another OF
earnest he became sociablc and genial think
be would be pretty good fellow II no was not Pres
hent 1t is a IN ghty hard thing for man to be
President and good fellow too
The choice OF the new management OF uc Now
York and New England road for the first vce-pres-
idcnt was Influenced by their knowledge OF inc rep
utaton of W. p. Shnn, who Is to hold that positon'
for high executive ability 1t is not however, Alone
in executive capacity Mr. shinn has been prom
inent in railroad work He Is acknowledged to be
one the really expert railroad CIVIL engineers Oh inc
country His contributions to railroad Literature In
that direction have extensive and hold high rank
N snuller. the French statesman who came over
with the French party for the unveilng OF tho lar
thodi Statue and remained here for some time TO
make tour Of the country. sailing for homo week
ago. told me that he found San Francisco the American
city which most nearly approxmates to French
CITY The climate the habits Of the people and other
things reminded him Of Marseiles. There is largo
French population In San Francisco which has
brought about establishment Of French cafes and
bazars, which render IL possible for Frcnchnan to
feel at homo there.
An incident OF the coming week which Is much
talked Of ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel Is the eighth an
nual ball OF tho employees association of that house
1t is to be given Friday evening at Irving Han.
| am told that the employees have entered into the
affair with great energy, and have contributed large
sum OF money to make ii success
The receipts of the Hebrew fair for the Montenore
Home for Incurabcs POINTED out making 1t one
of the most successful held in this country, although
the great san tsry fairs during the far exceeded
IL. The net proceeds will he nearly 100000 am
told BY tie way, that the managers have purchased
nearly an entire square OF ground the Hudson be-
tween One hundre and thirty fifth 1T. and One hun
dred and thirty si1 tn St. whore they Intend to erect
q fms modern structurs. There only two other
institutions In tho city that receive ncursble patients,
and Of tfie
young Fronchmar, =. Passonet, whom met at
tho fair, told mo that exceeded In Of its feat
urcs any fair he had soon In Paris. Tho most
notable fsir of which he had any knowledge there
that given few years ago for the benefit OF the poor
of Paris, Of which the net proceeds about
100000
Judea William L. Muller. who Is Governor HIPS