New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

James V. Ridcw1y. Is cousin OF the District
Attorney OF Brooklyn and lives in Chicago, where he Is
the principal executive Oesr OF OF the largest manu-
jewelry establishments the country talks in
this way: Chicago has become within the last four
1--WE years the heaviest manufacturing jewery centre
in the country. We handled last year from Chicago
si3 900 worth OF ewclry The trade ia almost entire
y IN the West conducted through travelling sales
We 20 far East a. Michigan, where our travel
ors competition the salesman from Eastern centrea
The conflict for trade there has been quite severe and
long and the State has TO be known in ae
trade our dark and bloody ground The continued
OF the Northwest In population and wealth has
given US such remarkable business In Chicago that we
no longer inclined debate the Michigan field TO any
great extent and sales OF Michigan and Indiana are
now mostly made by catalogue. We frequently send
goods into the Middle and New England States but 1t Is
solicited and about through the circulation
Of catalogues OF goods"
The busiest man at Jerome Park during the two
weeks previous to the opening OF the fall meeting was
Theodore Moss. The course Is owned by the
Jerome Park villa Site Company, in which Mr. Moss
is one OF the largest stockholders He personally
superintendent the many improvements that have
been made there this year, taking keen interest In
the work Of the and carpenters, but as soon
the began he retired TO his Office over Pamers
Theatre then his face has not been seen al
the track Horse-racng has no attractions for me-"
said he day two ago, when the subject was
Bonner James E. Kelly and others. al have over
1900 600 invested in and around Jerome Park, but
don't SEQ a race once in ten years. know absolutely
nothing about racing and don't want to learn any
thing, Replying to an inquiry concerning the future
Of Jerome Park he said: The new Aqueduct Commits
sion may or may decide to take IL for reservoir.
am unable TO say what It's Intentions are. Under
the old Commission we felt pretty secure" One of
the biggest signs on the west side of Centraave.,
near "Gabc7 Case's road house, reads: This lot,
containing twenty-five acres, for sale. Apply to
Theodore Moss"
America is going TO the front rapidly IN every
direction that It is hard TO keep line her prog
ress prominent dealer uptown is authority for the
statement that this country leads the world in
the manufacture Of perfumes, industry in which
the French have long cxcelled. American perfumes"
he said. can be bought In London Paris, Hong Kong
Rio de Janeiro, Siam, Australia and the Philip
pine and Sandwich Islands. 1t Is great mistake to
suppose that the OF perfumes IS vulgar. Coarse
rank odOrs are, but they are not perfumery. There
is gnctsm I'm fine perfume From tho most
ancient times perfumes have been held In high esteem
Solomon says Ointment and perfume rejoice the
heart Hlppocrates, Criton and other ancient ply
slclans prescribed perfumes medicines, and It is
affirmed that when the cholera has ragged In Paris and
London those employed IN perfumery factories
capped the disease. The Egyptians poured sweet
scented oils on the heads OF newly arrived guests
The Persians, Greeks and Romans used perfumes
offerings to the gods. The Greek athletes annolnted
their bodies with scented oils daily. The Athenians
perumed their wines with roses volets. and forth.
The Catholics used p;fumed tapers and incense ia
their churches early the year 064. Charlie
magne used perfumery, as also did Philip Augustus
In ll90 Elizabeth, Queen Of Hungary, in 1870
patrOnizcd the perfumer, while Catherine de Medic
when She visited France took with her a famous
Florentlne pcrfumer who taught the French nearly
all that they know to-day about perfumery. In Eng
land the taste for perfumery chroncled In Shake
spearc's time"