New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
A BRiGHr WINTsR SATURDAY.
FINER OVERHEAD THAN UNDER FOOT
PEOPLE WHOM STROLLER SAW IN 1HE THRoNds
THAT WERE DOING HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

THAT WERE DOING HOLIDAY SHOPPING.
| day overhead such as poets rave over and ARTIST
try to picture Saturday. But under foot IL WA
what our English fnrnds term @blavsted nawsty, u
know" Christmas shoppers out by the hundrec
| thousand. They tramped the snow and dirt into q
| dirty mass from the BattrU to HaIIem. Thon the
horses hurled it back at them r street or sang"
their feet cast 1t up on thelc garments, aid
drcssmakcrs and tailors happy over the CON
temptation of ruined clothing wherever The TRIBUNE
Stroller turned during the day he found countess
bundles and parcels carried In the hends or arms %
smiling men, and children. There were dig
with little packages and little women with grea'
big burdens There delivery boys staggering undef
heavy loads and there were delivery wagons iaden
till the steel springs touched In the centre But every
body in jolly mood. BELTS the holiday season.
And shopkeepers joiest Of ALL because the
busiest
The Stroller discovered Jay Gouds small figure. large
head and black whiskers disappearing In Tinany s.
possibly TO buy diamonds for his daughter-in-ia"'
on whom he is said to ls-ish the fondness
Of who has daughter. Russell Sage Ia seen IN
specting brcabrae In syphers and Cyrus W. Field Is
emerging Of the great confectionery stores In
upper Broadway.
The who has made the Pacific Mail success Is
also to be seen-JB Houston. who is better known among
fnanciers Buck" His father for forty
three in the Treasury Department at Washington
His grandfather his mothers side old Commodore
Truxton who defeated the French feet in the West In
dies He had naval education himself captured savers
the African and helped to take Mason and sde
of the British steamer Trent He superintended
building ronclads Chester during the and
then branched out a hnancier. He Is small man OF
firm and athletic form, with Napoeonic head and mus
ache and goatee that becoming streaked with gray
Next met Joseph villas. OF Wisconsin, cousin OF the
Postmsster-GeneraI and msu whose face and figure
closely resemble that Of President Cleveland for whom
no might be mistaken nut for the hesvy and stuboy
growth Of hair which bis face In takna abe Ut
the Villas name he told that there only one Villas
family. Wherever they nnd any one named Villas they
we're NevEns snders rhe FIRST villas families we: TO
variable for Largo numbers The great uncle OF INC
Postmaster General, who WAS NewHampshire man,
hal twe"tythree sons and daughters He "a: the nr'
man TO undertake water suPpb fer the city OF Boston
and laid uo OF bored logs several miles In length or
that purpose.
little further uptown met Joseph Fl. Choate. the
Law partner Of Senator Evarts and an acknowledged
leader OF tue NewYork bar face and figure bear
the stamp OF great mental powers I am reminded by
meeting hun OF recent remark Of Senator Eysrta TIC
Senators fondness for joking Ia well known. Tue Sen
tor being urged Senator sherman TO maze point
n speech In the ate validity of the title OF
PresidsLt Hayes. He lsueningly repiiei =" guess
will taeK that On to the end Of MY silver speech
Near Madison Square Levi p. Morton is observed stroll
ing along with Assemblyman Hogeboom. They make a
notable pair Of y, aud anelooking Mr.. HogeboOm
says have been asking Mr.. Morton about the
that he bad helped send To tho famine
stricken people Of ireland 1880" Mr. Morton ap-
pears dsirclined to listen and passes to greet Al
acquaintance, while the Assemblymsn relates that In
1880 the Secretary OF the Navy commissioned the Con
stelaon TO take the supplies that might be given ON
tuls country water tc the irish people who
Hew forE BeSaIS hat S,.lthv Ne.Yors gentleman
had Offered To pay for OF the necessary carG
TO MI the ship James Gordon Benuett contributed
another fourth and later william r. Trace added {.
siD contribution. AMI the s fourth WAS ma e np Oy
oaimea -four and other supplies linus sstnrred
together an sent 70 Ireland 1t was some time b-ors
tue OF the first gver know and II
was announce IN The Herald that 1t was Levi r Morton
Bourke Cochran displays his heavy form and huge
head in Broadway, pushing along at vigorous pace as II
he mad no time to spare Then one sees W. J. Arkelrs
short and stOcky figure and hears him tell about his
latest invention, word scheme by which the
Grant Monument fund ia be raised. and the
best word artists rewarded with large prizes. In
appear from under low derby hat that rests far down
on his forehead Congressman-eect $. T. Hopkins who
lives in NewIOrk City in the winter and at Catski In
the having houses in both places comes out Of
with the politicians He is a welIdrrsscd
man. OF styl> appearance with full beard OF brownsh-
In politics.
Now outof town people begin to show themselves.
Governor s. T. Houser OF. Montana who Is one OF the
heaviest bankers and capitalists in the Northwest is on
the street. walking leisurely along. He Is strong
framed man. with rough beard Of iron gray. His
companion Is Mr.. Bonner. who IL at the head
OF company that owns nearly all the timber In Mon
tana Ex-Governor Warren OF wyoming. large athletic
and vigorous man. with keen face and large yellow
mustache, is seem He Is the man who had the
courage, after being left in office by the Admin
istraton although perfectly willing 10 step down
and out in his annual report that the progress OF
the Territory had been seriously retarded by the
Of Land Commissioner Sparks. OF went his head imme-
diatey Senator ID. NJ. ssbin. Of Minnesota, helps to
swell the number OF pedestrians He IL dressed in the
newest cloth and silk hat that shines above
smiling the chief characteristic OF which is huge
black m