New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03
TALK OF THE TOWN.
YAVING REFERENCE TO CON1EMP0RA-
NEOUS HUMAN EVENTS.
IN AIENORIAM.

WORKOUT slghtseers return TO their homes, they all
| wonder why in the world they were so foolish
as 10 undergo so much fatigue for so little fun Inc
martial spirit Of the is certainly very strong whep
Il can cheerfully engage at heavy cost In cash
| and convenience In mimic marches The presence Oh
Mr. Cleveland lent interest to the occasion WHICH
can be called out by else than the President.
Not that there was any enthusiasm over MN. NC
scarcely awoho q cheer. When he took his place Oh
the grand stand he accorded less OF reception
| than Inspector Williams tho day after In inc
police parade. But still he was the President, ana
| the President is always an interesting figure.
Mr.. Cleveland looks much older than he did when
he left Albany for Washington, older than when sa"
| him last fall in Philadelphia, on the occasion OF the
centennial celebration of the signing OF the CoDsttl'
ton. He IS balder than he was huger as to his sur
plus flesh, winter In tho face from which the color has
all faded and his figure has lost some OF It's
| crectness. 1t would be dangerous for any one 10
| print literal and exact description of the man whose
marvellous successes have vastly asonisbed HIM
self everybody else People who have never seen
| him would not bseve the truth was well prepared
! when first him in Albany to find that his face
| was OF a common type, homely at best, and now
| marked by his confessed designations. Mental por
| traits Of him had often been drawn for my benefit
but even those aids to the imagination did not save
from perceptIbe shock when the honor Of pres
entaton at last conferred upon Beauty IS as
beauty does TO be sure and those WHO admire Mr.
Cleveland's style Of doing need not worry that he
lacks personal loneliness Ordinarily Ii Is unfair 10
| Judge man by his looks and references to ones
| physical msf0rtunes obviously unmanly But
the Presidents looks not all born with him, and
those things most objectionable in his appearance are
moro his fault than his misfortune. They were ac-
qulred, and the kind that only be acquired
by spending the greater part Of ones days and
nights in beer saloons They therefore become fair
matter Of criticism in Mr. Cleveland, when he Is wor-
shipped by such James Russell Lowell as " the
best type Of American manhood since Lincoln
There Is an inevitable relation, which oil phrenolo
eists recognize, between mans physical appearance
and his mental and moral character. Either tho soul
affects tho body, IS limited, dwarfcd and controlled
by tho physical channels through which it Is COM
PEELED to operate. When Of the leading scholars
Of modern times poet of rare TALENT dplomatist
Of acknowledged skill, essayst whose refined aud
beautiful ideas clad In language such as few writ
els have known how to command when such man
points to one Of fifty millions of other men and says:
That exceeds you all in those quares that en-
noble mankind and IS the BEST type Of your National
manhood since he lived whose name IS Immortal for
patriotism, craftsmanship, grandeur and refinement
Of SOUL for tenderness, purity and wisdom"-when this
IS done it certainly justlcs in painting the exact
likeness OF this solitary and sublime figure.
Well as he stood Wednesday, hat in hand dressed
in black frock coat, with his hand resting 'on tho
railing before him. great burly man, five feet
ten, Whereabouts. lie had neck at ALL but his
head Just sat upon his bulky shoulders. The smallest
circumference OF his head above his ears, the
largest around his immense cheeks that stood out fat
and nabby, surrounding Jaws Of hercuean structure.
His eyes pig eyes, sunk far into his head,
though this but unreal effect produced, not by
ovcrhanging brow, but by his pudgy cheeks The
eycs were, indeed, almost on a level with his brow
which, never hcless most prominent where 1t met
his II reccded then upward from ears and
nose forming shape like the broader end Of egg.
Tho top OF his head bald a tuft of brown hair
stood in 'front.' and considerable mass of 1t grew
behind from his cars downward. His nose was
aqune and sharp, fitting well with his bcad-llhe
eyes and indicating fair measure of sagacIty.
thin, light but dscolorcd mustache covered his upper
m and half concealed wide, thick lips that. shut to-
gethcr firmly. All his face were marks, pecu-
liar MARKS, and other color tinged 1t than dull
Lrownish hue His chest broad, but it looked |
sunien for It ended in a huge, fat stomach far moro
extended than even so big figure could excuse.
These arc individually the features OF the man whom !
Mr. Lowell considers the best type OF American |
manhood since Lincoln but as to the spirit OF
them when brought into combination can give no
idea Dr. Collyer in invoking the Divine presence |
at the Memorial exercises that night, said: inspire
ms @ lord with reverence for our President because |
ot tle great Office he holds" / recognize the force
Of the reason tho Doctor felt called upon 10 give ior
his petition and think It the duty OF every o'zcn
TO tender Mr. Cleveland every formal expression OF
rcspect 10 which his exalted station ehtIucS MN,
But It IS exasperatlng to hear man Ike James husse
Lowell place Cleveland by the side OF Lincoln ana "
coupe the remark that II that IS the type OF MANHOOD
most grateful TO Mr. Lowells eyes, he should afford
himself the dclectation OF daily walk along tho
Boweyy.
Tho nolIcc ARRANGEMENTS for the parade were eX-
ceent. rs they always arc in NewYork but noticed
a great deal Of wholly unnecessary brutality anu
heard much profane and violent Talk from .po'eici
A Young man with ticket emitting HIM 10 seat on
tho grand stand pressed through the crowd that hnhs
on the Madison Square curo anu sho"'"e ~ ~ WV
officer said politely:
"Please let through, SIR"
"Naw. I won't " the policeman rejoned as II tho
young man were a thief You git out"
/" put here's my ticket. Pm entitled TO seat on
tho stand!n
The fellow showed his club into the young mans
breast and moving him pacA"aru' sro"i0"' N'"' e'
along wild yc."
There Is a good deal Of that sort OF spirit In our
police force and It IS not properly discouraged by
those I'm command. An American crowd Is the most
good-natured crowd In the world 1t doesn't need to
be buied cursed by policemen and 1t Is outrageous
that such conduct Is tolerated
II tho proprletes would only permit Chauncey NJ
Depew TO nominate himself at Chicago with what
ucrfect felicity II would be done! His little speech
ON taking the chair at the evening celebration in tho
stetropolltan Opera House was as neat speech as
ever heard He said Just the things he ought to have
said aud none OF those no might better not say His
greeting by the audience was up to the full measure
required to demonstrate that he a favorite son."
HIS reference TO the bloody shirt told WELL If by
the bloody shirt meant" lie sald the awakening Of
sectional passions and hates, away with it, But If
# means the telling, year by year, such occasions
as tls or any occasion, of what accomplished
by heroes dead and heroes living for human liberty,
for American Nationality and Union; II It means the
telling of the story of the the Qualification of the
principles that victories established and the de-
nunciatlon Of any and all efforts to nulllfy those
principles and render them of avail, then nail the
bloody shirt to the mast u The audience r0ared It's
approval
OF emnfinn was Miss Cnghan's recitation OF