The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-13
NEW YORK BLOODS.
One of the Phases of Life in
New York.
FUN AT THE SILVER GRILLE.
Tbs Scene OF Fred Mays Latest Bsca-
pade-The Habits or the
HOodlum BloOds.

plde OF Fred May occurred the other
evening is one of the celebrated spots in
the neither side of New York life. Its
sort of restaurant, and it is open all
night. They call it the Silver Grille,
and it is one of those establishments
peculiar to the metropolis, where
thieves, bunko-steerers, loose women,
and gentlemen's sons are to be found,
if not side by side. at least not very far
removed from each other. There is al
most always at least one fight going on
there of an ey ening, and sometimes the
number is not so small as this. Indeed
it is not an unfrequent occurrence that
half dozen rows occur there in a
single night. 1t is always considered
matter of course that somebody will be
thumped before the evening is over, and
nobody pays the slightest attention to
any of these little disputes that break
out. and are settled from time to time.
The establishment consists of long,
narrow apartment, with small
kitchen at the back and small bar in
front. Two rows of tables are ranged
along the walls, and they are generally
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and dishes. The owners of the estab-
lishment are two muscular young men,
who may not be the grandest caterers
in the world, but who, when they
have undertaken to bounce a man
from their place, have never
yet been known to fail. If at first they
don't succeed, they try, try again.
There are also a number of walters who
were selected more for their athletic
qualities than for their ability to take
orders with precision or to serve them
with neatness and dispatch. The last
time l was in there, a man sat at one
of the tables about halfway down the
restaurant, eating pigs feet, and talk
ing in a casual and unconcerned way
with girl who was on the other side
of the table On top of his head was a
large wet rag, deeply stained with the
blood which it was soaking up from his
scalp.
At another table, not far distant, sat
large, muscular woman, near whose
right hand stood an empty champagne
bottle, the label of which was also en-
sanguined to degree which led to the
conclusion that she had at some period
not far distant stepped over and
"welted" the gentleman referred to.
Nobody in the place was at all con-
cerned regarding the matter, which was
apparently of the most commonplace
and trivial character. A few moments
la,er there was a discussion down in
the back end of the place between two
stalwart young men, and it was briefly
and suddenly disposed of through the
fact that one OF them got up and hit the
other a crack which sent him out of his
chair and landed him on the back of his
neck on the floor. The rumpus made q
slight stir in the restaurant, last
ing, perhaps, forty seconds.
Some of the guests got up
to see it, and some of them
didn't. 1t was too ordinary an affair
10 attract prolonged attention. This is
the sort of place into which many aris-
tocratic young men of Gotham go for
the purpose of "seeing life." 1t Is the
fashion among young New Workers of
TO at least have the appearance of dis
sipation. To be looked upon in mild
horror by their sisters and cousins is
sweet solace to their souls. The blooded
youth who wishes to be regarded as in
the swim nowadays assumes the air of
blase WEAKNESS, talks about the diff
Guilty of getting his hat on in the morn
ing without shoe-horn, insists on
having his brandy and SODA before
breakfast to pull him together, and sits
up every night till daylight. He goes
around to the Silver Grille in dress
suit about 1 o'clock in the morning. and
he either gets licked himself or ticks
somebody else before he emerges at sun
rise.
Mr.. Fred May is ane of the most con-
slant habitues of this establishment.
There was time when young Mr.. May
cut a pretty broad swath in New York
society. He comes of a good family,
which was formerly rich. and which
has always stood high until it developed
this young blood. IL was Fred Mays
sister to whom James Gordon Bennett
was engaged to be married, and it was
Fred May with whom the editor of the
Herald was said to have fought duel
over the breaking off of the match. On
the reputation he then got as a man Of
courage and a defender OF his family
honor Mr. May has industriously
T. travelled pretty much ever since, doing
; more on his own account to irjure the
family name than Mr.. Bennett or any
body else could have done in twice the
amount OF time. He is fellow OF fine
personal appearance, and an athlete
who keeps himself constantly in train
i ing. He is not usually loud or offensive,
hut he knows his strength and has the
. instincts of bully.
The Mr.. Miller whom he slapped in
the face with his glove the other night.
a in the Silver Grille. Is the publisher Of
) the weekly comic paper called Life. He
, is an inoffensive young man, five or six
inches shorter than Mr.. May, and not
conspicuous for his development OF
muscle. 1t is alleged that be spoke
previously of Frank May as blank
far, and that May heard Of it and took
, the first opportunity to humiliate him.
: When May questioned HIM, Miller
! would neither deny nor affirm the
! truth of the allegation, and it was then
I that the globe episode occurred. The
!. crowd of young men who hang around
| Fred May because of the cheap notori-
. ety of his affair with Bennett, appear
! to be very much delighted with these
! petty heroics, and Mr.. May himself
strutted about for some time like
man who thought he had done