The Sunday herald., 1886-12-05
OUR new YORK LETTER.
Broadway Trade Cbsuginx-Thc Fiat
In Fashion "HcraId's" silly
New Departure New Surgical
VOuruaI
Special Correspondence,

luuulge IN tue annual cquinoctM storm, long Z
thought Indispensable In every wea.rcsalated
climate. Winter overcoats ace ttly occasionally
seen; and the light fsR -tftoas-light In co,or and
teN,ure-sN stf Seen every day on Broadway and
every sunday on Fitth avenue.
Walked up Broadway yesterday with an old
merchant and manager, pioneer in the wire bust
ness in this country, who used to manufacture clc-
graph wire before the Western Union was ccnsoli-
dated, and before Washburn and Moeu made for
tunes out OF barbed wire TO waste on alleged black
mailers or illegmate sons or wnat-no,s. lie talked
OF the changed condition OF Broadway In lts busi-
ness aspect. | had remarked on the grea, number
of English tailoring establishments In the vicinity OF
Wall street, and, alludnG to the sign OF the "Prnce
OF wales CO., suggested that the Anglomania had
seized upon the business community ~ call
Broadway said the old merchant, 'the golden
street OF the New Jerusalem" Ibid not at first catch
his meanlsg "Notlce as we walk along" said he,
'the infreQuency of names OF old merchants and OF
Americans on the business signs. No, one out of
every fifty of the old firms on broadway during the
arremain They have been superseded by another
class OF merchants. Tney have not gone elsewhere,
not at all; they have gone out OF business super
seded by new men aud new methods. Then look
again, and observe the frequency with which the
most pronounced Hebrew names stare at you from
gay and gli,tering, huge and ugly signs covering
half the fronts of the houses. Broadway has been
literally given over to the Hebrew merchants. A
few OF them do business large and liberal scale;
the vast majority arc small and close dealers The
character OF the trade of the street has changed
with the character OF the merchants, and Broad
way today is for the greater part of its engthsay
| from Fulton street TO Twenty-third--a Bowery
and Chatham street combined. Undoubtedly the
construction OF the elevated railroads. In the absence
| of a street road, did much to reduce Broadway to
the condition OF street OF retail stores Of the Bow
cry order. How far the construction OF the surface
road is to remedy this and restore its prestige
| body can determine; but 1t is my belief that the
Broadway trade of the old style carried nby Amcr-
can merchants will gradually go up Fifth avenue.'
There many indications that this result Of the
rapid changes in this city will speedily follow. Hun
dreds OF the magnificent private residences of this
| once fashionable avenue are now being changed
into stores The residences Of the Astors aud Stew
arts, the vanderbits and Whtnsys, all on parts of
Fifth avenue to which 1t was believed trade would
never effectively obtrude, are now facedand nanked
by stores for the sale OF almost every imaginable
article. Directly opposite Astors private house,
across Thirty-,hird street, there is now being
opened one OF the largest liquor establishments In
the city, and just opposite its front, Fifth
avenue, is the place Of one of the most fashionable
modiSteS In the city, before whose door there is
always string of carriages of the lesser ton than
the Astors Imagine, II you can, the feeling OF dis
dain, or chagrin, or contempt with which the ladies'
of the Astor mansion look down upon the visitors tc
their industrial or bbulous neghbors. Pride mus
either have fall or move to some other locality.
There seems to be a tendency in the arstocracy tc
move toward the west side of the Park, and into
llats These nats are now built on such extensive
plans and gorgeously lifted up that they ar,
attractive to the wealthiest classes who could afort
to pay any rent for private house. but prefer thu
nats. The Madrid, Cordova, Lisbon, and Barcelona
four nat-houses in one, built by the Spanard Jos,
de Navarro, who virtually built the Metropolitan
! | Elevated Railways are unequaed In magnihcenc;
by any palace outside OF New York; and the Dakota
at Seventy-third street and Eighth avenue, filling al
entire block is magnificent as any palace in Eu
rope In Its architecture and decorations, while non
OF them can begin to compare with 1t in the moderi
convenences which have been introduced. Elec
tricity has been thOrougly trained as a servant IL
these flats. Windows are raised and lowered by tn
, touch of button Shutters are opened and close,
! by the same means. Elevators are run to ever
part of thevast building at all hours of the night
You can order everything needed from your groce
! or baker, or candestick.makcr by telephone. IOn
gas or heat is turned on or off by single touch o
the magic button. You can turn on single electri
light or a score, as you may choose, by the delicat
touch OF the key at your beside or table, And nehc
solomon in all hs glory, nor the emperors and prince
Of all Europe and the East, were, are surrounde
by such time saving contrivances for convenience
II these.
K What would you say or think Of pitcher Of ord
nary fnt glass, such as we common mortas drin
from daiy-the glass, mean, not the pitcher-b,
ing held in this city for sale at $4,000. 1t isn't bi
aE,t, In hE.
about six in diameter at its greatest bulk. and wi
not hold more than quart of beer. 1t ia called tn
I. Fritsche Ever, and is owned by Theodore e. STAR
n the jeweer. 1t was bought In London, and when
e was secured by an American there was q consider
s able newspaper row about it, it being claimed thI
u the pitcher being of English manufacture and tn
only specimen Of It's size and beauty in existence
should have been purchased for the South Kensinl
's ton Museum. The great cost is owing TO the fat
n that it was carved, cameo-like from solid piece
4, flint glass The artist Fritsche, two years an
a half in completing it. The design is unique.
represents the iow Of river from It's source to III
4. ocean. The source in this unique representation
L. in representation of spring on the top Of III
e. handle of the Jug The river Is first tiny broo
n | winding down the handle and around the neck
Id the pitcher. 1t becomes broader and smooth
Of stream winds around the belly Of the pitche
as stern near the bottom, and finally emptes Itself,
d. broad, smooth, lazy stream, into the great she
III | which is at once the ocean OF the design and Il
T. base OF the work. confess am not artist enoul
u to appreciate such delicate work, hut told
connoisseurs that the pitcher Is well worth the
- asked. But should never think OF telling a sc
q want girl OF the usual careless variety to Ill 1t wi
A beer, or even lce.wa,er.
ms Young Bennetts reappearance here and the a
is cession Of julius Chambers to the managing edItc
ma ship Of the Herald has had singular effect on tn
We always extraordinary journal. Mr.. Bennett duri
a' long and continuous residence In Paris seems
es nave peen innOculated with the Partisan ideas
I'm Journalism and TO have conceived the absurd noti
nd that the feuilleton style OF writing In common Q
NJ ceptance there could he made applicable 10 repo
hg ing In this city. Nothing could be more rdlcuo
le than ths conception except the results which ha
I'D followed the attempt to put the idea into execute
s paper a. ia Of M 9Grs waou n
Oi or end totally regardless OF Lndey Murrays rul
0 l and often with less sense than grammar. r
All Herald never had much dignity aud earnesni
>" l even in lis palmy days when Frederic Hudson ma
~ 1t power and a newspaper. Now II Is Simply 4
lef Morning comic Journal, hut L Bennett expects
u.s. regain IN this way the prestige and circulation
,eh Herald lost To the cynical sun and the aggressl
Ieu aud earnest World, he Is making great Inista
l-e lie might better have stald In Paris, and let
sad Herald go on IN It's inonensivc dullness and 5
How newspapers may be ruined by the ignorai
'n Of owners IL illustrated by an Incident not yet
corded IN tic history OF tue DTdNtfittC AglcS,
10, weekly paper Of this city, II was started so
ru / years ago by q variety Snowman named Hart, v
49, | knew nothing whatever about newspapers, but v
lue secured the services OF man who mad the news
ire | stnct. But he soon found himself halnpercd
tai the desire OF Hart 10 he known the real mas
ion l spirit Of the paper, and gradually the editor
M | drawn into the methods Of the owner. The pal
sh | became after time terror to the theatrical u
Jal feEsion. II was the only theatrical journal OF
: OF time, and actors feared is criticisms and aDI
ass They paid for having their cards inserted as adv
- tsements al any rate the paper chose 20 charge,
Nv" l II became prosperous. Hart once told me tina
ihe was making $4,000 year, hut never believed
lnd story. In 1919 he grew 40 enanOred Of his
nne as publisher that he started another paper "a da
,,, i called Trai. lie was never competent 10 edit
he paper, aud certainly not one with this partcl
ilh- tlie lie ran II Tor two or three years II was
hts yest publication ever put forth In this city. II
,ip the paper that published the Infamous MOTey lett
- % which President Garhed's name was attacl
OF Every iHHue Of the sheet teened with lDeH ON pro
iely | nent men. few Of them mad the courage to
| tack The sheet and iiH owner In libel suits. Oth
IN. more ludciOnn. knowing the paper anu it's owne
-. | uc lnsDyent, sued the American News Company
Z W | circulating u. That company had 10 pay, 10
Fih knowledge, $500 IA TWO actions brought againH
uof for circulating liDels In truth ThereupOn
80 COMPANY refused 20 circulate TrIih, and II Il
~, iian qaarreled with the editor who had built
Inc the Dramatic Neus and he left It, Then the d,
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