, 1888-06-24
THAT NAN R @ SALEM.
HE GOES INTO SOCIETY AND DEP
REcATES THE oBELlSK.

tences-Scene ON Lower Broadway-Ped-
dlers ON the Curb-The Battery-SeverAl
Great Men.
Went to afternoon reception at friends
house. Stupid piece of business. Lots of
folks wandered in. Didn't seem to know
what they'd come for. Didn't seem to
know what to do when they had come.
Talked thus: so glad to see you"
"What weather were havingl' Have
you seen Smithy2' Let me introduce
you to Mr.. Catoninetails." Happy to
make your acquaintance" Same to
you" When are you coming to see
us9" Two years from next June"
"Dearl deari Why, we shall all be dead
thenl" Hope you will" Thank you"
80 kind of you" Have you read the
last thing out, The Fair Bog Trotter?'"
NO. Can read. Neverlearned." In
deed! How much trouble 1t must save
your "It does. Saw money by it."
Been sickH" yes" VIVA was the
matter2' "oh, several things, doctor
told mo. Forget the names. New COM
plants, you know. New styles. Just
a bad coldT' yes" 1--WE never nave
colds now. We call EN- vitalic suspen-
lions"
That's the way they ratified on and
finally ratified out. Took abundant stock
CT each others dresses. Few men pres
ent. What were twirled thumbs looked
amiable, sheepish and tired. Jagged out
after their feminines like little dogs after
their masters. What a helpless, hopeless
being a man is in a shoal of petticoats on
such occasionsl Looks as If he wanted
somebody TO put an end to his misery.
oBKLIsK n OTHER ANTIQUITIES.
Saw the obelisk. Doesn't compare With
Bunker Hill monument; edges Clipped
and worn. Why import stone from Egypt
when we've so much of our own Quincy
granite just as good; g~eologically Just as
old. Visited park museum More an
Equities in stone; regular stone yard;
statuary from Cyprus, nicked, banged and
dirty.
Visited Second avenue md East Side
generally. More Germany than In Boston;
more pretzel, bologna sausage and Gam
brinus; more children to the square yard;
more smells, more cats, ash boxes, swill,
ancient fresh fish and human bawling ma
chimes peddling them.
Visited the Rialto, Union square, swarm
Ing place for actors looking for work.
Pavement strewn with talent n foot deep.
u of future stars. Bareheaded statue
of Washington near by on a horse. with
arm extended. Seems to say to the his
trionic throng, &c west, young men; go
west" Statue of Lafayette ditto, dane
ing pas seul for Wash.
Lower Broadway. Busting ut noon.
Everybody on the dead rush. All sorts
of men. Sad men. Solemn men. Run
down men. Seedy men. Hungry men.
Men whose legs can't carry 'em fast
enough. Men with all their minds a mile
Ehead of EN-. Men working. rushing,
sweating, shaving III poems, making
money, while the woman Is spending it as
fast II not faster two miles up town.
Terrible street to cross. Drivers merci-
less. Wagon tongue threatens ones
back Ditto going for your front. Men
skipping everywhere. chased to death or
near 1t by teams. Newspaper offices
piercing the heavens. Street corners con
gested with crowds reading bulletins.
More sunburned Italians trudging along
with bales, bags and boxes. Every third
basement a beer tunnel Mad car drivers.
Raving, bowling teamsters. Teeth gnash-
ing cartmen.
rEDDLERs ON THE uRn
Serene policemen playing solitaire with
their clubs. Gimcrack, shoestring and
shirtstud peddlers on the curb. Sun
baked, cake, cooky and candy peddlers
ditto. City hall park benches full of
BShbS WIN We Hlhue their fortunes ana
have now nothing to do but enjoy them.
Can afford now to wear their old clothes.
Court house. Full of law, lawyers and
lost souls. City hall. Justice on top
weighing out legal prescriptions. Was
shown William M. Evarts. Dried, but
not yet smoked. Necktie slowed. Won.
derful limb Of the law. Not much left Of
him to bury. No fat. All gone to brain.
II cremated, won't burn. Nothing olea-
odnnra nm him 20 Hfnl1n ,ytfh -, 4a11
he Is a chronic objector. Objects to
everything but his fees.
Went to the Battery. Crowded with
foreign fathers and mothers of our future
presidents. Don speak English at pres
ent. Some looking over to Communlpaw
thinking it Nebraska.
Went to restaurant near Washington
market. Attacked at table by a rutfian.
Turned out to be a waiter. Impressive
language; Beef steak, gilt edgedf Acup
of coffee, milk outside" Ordered broiled
shad. Waiter fred plate and all at me at
four feet distance. Wonderful precision.
Coffee cups half an inch thick. Nicked
about edge, Pieces probably bitten out.
Visited Tho Herald office. Fun-of
editors waiting for jobs. Their spring
suits not yet ready. Was informed most
brilliant articles. Sent down stairs to
have sharp edge taken off them.
Was shown Chauncey Depew. Nice
man. Genial. Eight day speaking clock
at public dinners. Never runs down.
Self acting stemwinder. Impromptu
speeches built by the mile like Maine
schooners, and cut off in various lengths
to suit customers, times. places and OPP
portunities.-Prentice milford in New
York Star.
He Was Not Delicate.