Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-27
NEW YORK POLITICIANS AT SAR-
ATOGA.

There Is IL certain sort OF lite-whether
it is worth seeing is a question-that we
can see nowhere else. and for an hour
Mr.. Glow and King and Forbes, slipping
their raspberry shrub in a retired corner
of the bar-roOm, were Interested specta-
tors of the scene. Through the padded
swinging doors entered. As in IA play,
character after character. Each actor as
he entered stopped for a moment and
stared about him, and in this act revealed
his character-his %conceit. his slyueess,
his bravado, his self-importance. There
was great variety, but practically one
prevailing type, and that the New York
politician. Most of them were from the
city, though the country politician apes
the city politician as much a. possible,
but he lacks the exact air. notwithstand-
ing the black b|roadcloth and the white
hat. The city men are of two varieties
the smart, perky-noSed, vulgar young
ward worker. and the heavy-featured.
gross, fat old fellow. One after another
they glide in, with an always conscious
air, swagger of to the bar, strike atti-
tudeS in groups, one with his legs spread.
another with a foot behind on tiptoe,
another leaning against the counter, and
So pose, and drink-"My reSpects"-all
rather solemn and stiff, impressed per-
haps by the decorouSnesS of the place.
and conscious of their good clothes.
Enter together three stout men. a yard
across the shoulders, each with an enOr-
nous development in front, waddle up
to the bar. attempt to form Il triangular
group for conversation. but find them
selves too far apart to talk in that posi-
ton, and so arrangc themselves side by
slde-a most MISUNDERSTANDING party
like Il portion of Il Swcll-frOnt street in
Boston. To them Swaggers up a young
sport, like one of ~Thackcray'> figures in
the Irish Standardization. in II white
hat, poor face. impudent manner poses
before the swell-fronts and losses off his
glass. About II little table in one corner
are three excessively ugly mugs" lecr-
ing AT each other and pouring down
champagne. These men are all dressed
aS nearly like gentlemen is the tailor can
make them. but even he cannot change
their hard. brutal faces. 1t j. not their
fault that money and clothes do not
make a gentleman they are wcll-fcd and
vulgarly prosperous, and if you inquire
you will find that their women are in
silks and laccs. This is a good place to
study the rulers of New York; and inn
pressive aS they are in appearance, it is 4
relief to notice that they unbend to each
other, and hail one another Familiarity a
BILLY" and Tommy" DO they not ape
what is most prosperous and successful.
in American life? There is one who il
makeup, form, and air, even to the cut
of his sid whiskers, is an exact counter
part OF the great railway king. Here i,
Il heavv-faced young fellow in evening
dress, perhaps e~ndeavOring 10 act the
part Of ii gentleman, who has come from
? an evening party unfortunately a LITTLE
r ISLE We'd but who does not know how
/, to sustain the character, Tor presently h,
t becomes very familiar and confidential
with the dignitied colored waiter at tn,
} buffet, who requires all his native polite
ness to maintain the character of Il gen
tleman for two.
If these mel had millions could they
. get any more enjoyment out of life? IL
t have fine clothes, drink champagne, anC
/ pose in IA fashionable bar-rOom in tn,
? height of the seasons not this thu
2 apotheosis of the 'heeler' and the ware
: worker" The scene had a fascination