New-York tribune., 1888-03-25
TALK OF THE TOWN
SOME C.UEER TAUR.ANTs-JUDGES sAA'
ARIES

evidently conversing about soiu uo S~'"V'-'
which had come under the doctprs a''cn"oi ~.
You don't tell me !, said his friend. Dreadfui.
isn't IN Dreadful and wonderf al as we'll m sao
Pm not physician. Now II I knew th@ was suon
a miserable creature you know you are 10 ""w~
bother me terribly The idea that my very Die 10
pcnds on tho accurate operation OF hundred anu oe
wretched little cords, muscles and organs IS exceeo-
ingy dsconcerting, and II knew all about them
shouldn't be able to cat sleep When sat down
at dinner should bo eternally thinking Now whas
effect will this mock turtle soup have on my peril
toneum how win this pate de foc gras suit the sem
stive tastes of my pancreas IS there enough pcps,n
in my system to get away with this deyIlIed crabf
And at night when went TO bed shoIld worry about
tho entire family. Ny boy, Jack for instance has
trick of sleeping on his stomach What II be dis
located his spleen snapped his hepatio areryi Ths
baby, do what wo WILL insists ON sleeping with It's
entire fist In its mouth. Suppose something got
into its nasal cavtes-what thenl These are dread-
full possibilities and II really knew how likely they
all were to happen should be in eternal misery
The doctor's answer intended to be cons0Ing,
Trough he insisted that II people knew more about
their construction, old ago would not be so rare.
little later when into the Astor House thoughs
of this conversation There stood and sat hundrco
mon boiling showing and shovellng their food into
them with utter disregard Of their interior arrange
aents much as H. the destiny OF an empire depended
on their getting down their sandwiches whole IL
system f. responsible for more derangcd livcrs and
brokendown spleens than any other abominaton.
Down in the dry goods district is an English chop
house in a little two-storied, duii-iookins puhuns
hat might be devoted to almost purpose Just as
rll as TO tho purposes of restaurant. An ancient
G. board from which the letters have faded at ono
tim conveyed TO the public tho name OF the proprie
tor and the character of his business. Hc IS an
Engr yhman and he hates pastry and desserts OF all
kinds He believes in roast beef and port wine. he
rules hts customers with rod Of iron He permits
none of them 20 bo In hurry There Is no Varaiioh
in The b til OF fare Every day, summer and winter,
hinge TO int of beef IS roasted spit before grafo
ere Te wants no customer who will not Drink
bottle of ght wine with his roast beef under tno
severe rule OF this autocrat some OF the pcstRho"h
merchants or the dry goods district take their noon
day luncheon regularly t. s. Jaifray seldom iais
TO fill bis accustomed chair. J. A. Plant, the propre-
TOR of tho Hot.L Vendome and of tho Mercantile CloaA
Company cons un es his beef daily. John McATthuf'
OF tho CaNin frut: Alvah Hall, Mayer Jonasson D.
Henry Rothschfd, Judge Gdersleeve, Police JusticeS
Solon b. Smith aid Maurice ]. Power, "liham T.
Howe and A. II. H,mmel are always TO be iouna mere
some time between IL and Q. II IS a curious place
in all res poets. AS you enter the door you see
large oil paInting OF Captain HalcIow the master OF
the ILL fated City of oson, which left New-Yorh about
dozen years ago and has never been heard OF since.
Back of the restaurant proper there Is ltle room
which seems to have been tao hed on 10 tPe rest OF
the building as all of fits sides out of doors Tho
entire wall of one side of this IS covered with an
astonishing swiss lake scene, painted by one OF the
walters in which eagles steamboats, and villas, all OF
a nc size are drawn amid amazing umbe OF noun
talns and wser. On the rear end OF the fence thas
en-, loses the little yard IS another work OF srt from
tbs same tai. nted brush. As a witty literary man
rema rked AL that Is needed here to MAKE thls tho
ideal restaurant is a performing bear.'
There, are lots Of these quiet SMALL hghclass res
taurants scattere, about the most unlikely places
throughout the city, drawing their patronage rom
the heads and prpal clerks of large business houses
In the neighborhood. | happened TO be walking
along Avenue ID a few years ago ON a summer day.
was very hungry, but could see no sign OF decent
restaurant anywhere. At last stepped into saloon
and asked the uroprie tor If he couldn't give somo
crackers and cheese "1beIe's a very fair restau-
rant across. the street, he said looked over at
shanty apparently in the last stages of decay. Ito
said the entrance at side door and the eatih-
room7 upstairs. There were eight tables In the room
covered with heavy whiie damaSk cloths ABOUT
them largo mahogany arm chairs. George WI
Ountard in his shirt sleeves, SAT at one table, John
Roach at another The price Of a beefsteak was 81.
1hc coacs was served old china pot OF which tho
m . brought NE was of the famous Willow pattern
that relic hunters go Wild about, and the table ware
thro> lghout was choicer than is found even In Del
monio os
II Co ugress refuses to pass the bill increasing tho
salaries Of the Federal judges in this State t would
not be remarkable were vacancy soon to occur on
tho Federal bench. 1t IS t1ue that Judge LacomDc,
to whom particularly refer. has never taken a COM
mciclal view Of his profession lie lett the ohce
Of Counsel to the Corporation, where he received
~ Ooo to take judicial Office at just half that SAL
ary At that time he his predecessor, Andrews,
sitting In the Supreme Court at Sl75OO, and today
he sees his successor, O'Bren ember OF that cort
also. 1t IS said that a wcllknop'n hrm Oh lawyers
IS endcavoring to induce Judge LaconDe 10 retire
and become its leading light in which case his business
would easily not him several times his present In
ferior salary. There IS trouble in Washington with
the bu It still remains In the custody Of the House
COMMITTEES, where II has several oppoiepfs. one OF
them Is man who served as county yndee IN ONO
for over dozen years at salary OF Sl''oo ana 10
can't be persuaded that $4,000 is not great deal
Of money. The committee is mostly composed Oh
Southern and Western who have no great anxiety
10 accommodate NewYork and who fall 10 appreciate
the difference IN tho cost of living here from the cost
I'm thu towns they know about IL viii be unfortu-
nato should the defeat or failure of the bill have the
result of taking Judge Lscombo from the Bench.
whore luo Is making distinguished record.
In a recent case Lawyer W. ". Macfarland
dcavorng secarc damages for plaintiff against
A certain great corporation. Ec thus addressed tho
cna. It has been said sir that corporations have
nn soul Ny client feels the situation 10 be even
worss than tbat His regret that they have soul
might be mitlgatcd II they only had person 70 be
Aclcd.'
The doughty Colonel Fellows is hammering away
at the newspapers again He thinks they furnish
groat satisfaction TO bad men b. attaching him. He
Is IN error 1t is not satisfaction they afford 1t may
be amusement. but it is not satisfaction. He thinks
they aid criminals to escape Justice. Ho again.
Criminals doing very well without their assistance
-thst Is certain classes Of criminals. The poor
criminal must expect his deserts. Ile has no right
TO be wicked ard poor at the same time. Longobard
was a poor criminal Tho paltry fec which all
his lawyer received for three weeks OF constant labor