The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-27
THREE PICTURES FROM GOTHAM.
Illustrating the Ups and Downs of
Life in a Great City

Illustrating the Ups and Downs of
Life in a Great City.
NEW YORK, Feb 25.-"lsnt she a swell"
A half a dozen men were standing talk
ing IN front of the Hoffman House. A
dashing young woman in gorgeous raiment
went sailing by like n cutter in a thirty
mile an hour breeze. The sun shOne down
upon her and sent out from her magniti-
cent diamond earrings and the mass Of
beads that covered her head aud shoulders
a thousand hues.
"C'rect, Choliy, she's a hummer" said
the first speakers friend.
From one end of Broadway TO the other
the dashing young woman was compl-
mented and criticised. 1t was bright and
glorious afternoon. The mellow sunshine
and the dry air had sent thousands Of per-
sons ont 10 see and be seen. None in all the
thrOng attracted 50 much attention as the
young woman whom Cholly described as
swell. She was correctly dressed. She was
in black from head to foot. Not a bit of
color was TO be seen anywhere, except
white collar, tan colored gloves and tan
colored over CATERS, fitting tightly over
patent leather shoes. Every man in the
vast throng turned and stared at her She
was not over dressed, and, in fact, was as
modest as the delicate little violets that
nestled in her bosom.
What was it then.
She was an actress, aud as lovely page
as you ever saw. She is paid well for her
work. Her face and figure are her for
tune.
Thsre is very little more to be said. She
is illiterate She can barely write her own
name. She had no education. Her mother
was notorious shoplifter and her father
was detective She knows how to dress
and how to dance, and she has kicked her
way into a fortune, for her charms have
smitten young and wealthy Cuban, 1t
cost him 100000 to get her, and she is
living in all the luxury that money can
command in this cosmopolitan city.
That is all there is to be told. And yet
she is the most talked about woman in the
whole city just now
Let me draw another picture.
A handsome, stylish, well dressed woman
has Just stepped out of her brougham and
entered Broadway florists She picks up
a handful of gorgeous Her Majesty roses
that lay in basket on the marble counter.
Zone dollar each, says the florist.
81 give "a big dinner and ball this week, "
says the lady. land I'd like to have my
house handsomely decorated.
She looks lovingly at the big roses and
inhales the delicious fragrance
81 am afraid the roses are too expensive"
said the florist,
"A dollar apiece, you said"
"Yes'm.n
"Um," and she tapped her gloved fingers
on the marble counter of the store.
"They are very choice, said the florist
Glow many would make good show in
my houseF'
TT would require several thousand" said
the florist.
"Would ten thousand doF
ha Il
play" >.
"Well, 90 ahead, them and in a second
| the door of her carriage closed behind her.
| She was the wife of a millionaire ten times
over.
What was $4,000 to herr
| Nothing. 1t cost her no more thought
than a snap of the fingers.
| And yet, this magnificent dame, as she
walked from the florists door to her car
riage, brushed elbows with as pitiable an
object as ever this big city can show.
! 1t was woman, not 40 years of age. Her
| clothing was old and battered and far from
clean Her hair was disheveled Her eyes
were bloodshot. She was the widow of a
once prominent New Yorker, a man who
made great fortune by an invention that
is now indispensable the world over. He
| died at time when he was rapidly becom-
ing a millionaire. Success turned the
| widows head. Her husbands business was
| soon taken from her by her husbands
| friend. Her money was stolen by the same
| man.
And thenl But why go on?
1t was only step from the magnificent
mansion that she called home to a police
| station where she now nightly begs for a
place to lay her head.
A beggar.
Worse than that even, and the man who
robbed her of her money and cast her out
| to live a life of shame was herr husbands
best friend. Even fallen women, when the
rose is gone from their cheeks, are pushed
aside, and from gilded house to the lowest
dive is the last and quickest step of all
The woman in silks and diamonds, lolling
in her luxurious carriage, was the wife of
the man who had made that creature
in filth and dirt and shame what she is
to-day!
The wife had spent $4,000 for roses on
this glorious day, while the woman, who
deserved to be called wife, was hustled off
| by hlrly policeman.
| One more picture.
See that dirty, filthy looking fellow
| standing in front of that saloon on Park
| Row! His clothing is old and ragged His
face and hands are unwashed. His hair is
| long and unkempt. His beard is thick and
matted. As he stands there in the bright
| sunlight he seems to be the most forloTn
| object IN the world.
Know him9 Yes, indeed. He was post
master of this city once He was elected by
an overwhelming majority to a prominent
county Office He made money so fast that
he didn't know what 20 do with it. He
lived in princely style.
Rum did the rest He fell from his high
position to the gutter in less than two years.
He Is there yet, almost tramp. He has no
means of support. He is waiting now for
some of the men that he knew in his pros
perity to give him a dime to buy "A drink.
And when night comes you will see him
standing in front of the same saloon button
holeing passers by fora quarter to pay for
a nights lodging FOSTER COATES.
Unhapyiness of Royalty
From the London Modern Society,"
The nerYous sYstem OF the Princess of