New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15
DRIFTWOOD HERE AND THERE
CAUGHT ON THE TIDE OF DAILY LIFE AS
IT EBBS AND FLOWS.

nually look forward tho holidays tho great giving
tmo object to making receiving presents holidays
| or birthdays. One Of theso is Judge Nicholas Long
worth, of Cincinnati. lie Is the wealthy Of ono
OF the woahest of tho old citizens Of tho Queen City,
man OF decided talent and culture and himself tho
father OF family partly grown up, with Of whom
| he Is now In Europe. Judge Longworth holds tho
opinion that present should combine two thingsthe
unexpected and individuality Of tho gver. II 10
Is given on holiday birthday It cannot DO unox-
pected and those days no desecates by crossing
his opinion II the gift is tho hsndwork Of tho Rvor
1t IS indvidualIzed but present no made still
further emphasizes the idea He bought magnificent
pair OF diamond earrings Of which he gave to bis
| daughter and tho other to his daugbtern-law. This
was ndivduazing tho gift that neither could ever
| forget It.
Therc IS something better In the results of this
| treme notion than IN the popular for flooding
children with presents at Christmas tme. II what the
head Of large family said last night fair indication
| of the way of the world. "There children
under my roof" said he, and they have grandparents
on both sides living, several unces and aunts Sunday
school teachers all around and other friends. They
| all wanted to make presents to each other. Now,
| mark the result. I myself counted. and not of
them got less than fifteen articles Tho parlors
| like miscellaneous country store for a week But
no ono article at all appreciated by any Of them
and at tho end OF week the toys thrown aside,
and are already bundled of into the play-room coset
or the store room. One really fine gift for each child
| would havo furnished much genuine enjoyment
and would have saved us all the intense excitement
| OF the day and the reaction that came after its
Daniel Dougherty, tho Philadelphia attorney, who
! has como to New-York to cOnfcund judges and mix
up tho minds Of juries, has become pretty well known
in the courts already He bears so striking a ro-
semblancc to tho popular pictures of Gladstone that
he Is easily and Instantly recognized In any gathering.
lie Is striking looking man, aside from this
blancc, having the manner Of one who knows and
feels superiority of Intellect and talent In his con-
tact with Others Mr. Dougterfy full of the old timo
courtesy that is so IN this bustling day ago.
| but so grateful when discovered lie Is engaged as
| counsel for tho defence OF ex-Alderman Cleary's
doodle" case, and is likely be heard In others Of
| those cases.
Drifting into Irving Hall Friday evening while
| the annual ball OF tho Fifth Avenue Hotel employees
was In progress, noticed odd feature of DRESS
The hotel walters who dress suits tho year round
while serving guests at table. had considered 1t not
at all tho thing appear in that style Of dress
al The ball, and wcro almost to In Prince Albert
coats II was curt Illustration OF the old saying
What Is one mans Joy is another mans bane." Tho
| Fifth Avenue Hotel employees by tho way are almost
the only ones I'm NewYo to keep up the custom Of
an animal ball which was once quite feature " New
notk iiie In the palny days Of the old st. N.h las
b9toi, the employees we're allowed to give an annual
hall IN The dining hall to which each might Invite
two friends The proprietor provided a supper and
dancing was kept up until late hour In the morning
the varons departments, the Mayor and Aldermen,
were often among the guests at these halls trrped
the light fantastic toe with the greatest Other
| hotel employees met at other places. bnt they have
nearly all dropped ont except the Fifth Avenue people,
VINO arc resolved. they say to keep their celebration
up for century. and have already got along to the
| quarter century record
Hard work and originality what count in any
branch Of business In New-York This fact is nowhere
so quickly impressed as by studying the success Of
young men who come here from the great world out
side the metropolis to make fame and fortune Among
those who have exempliHed this fact Is L. L. Roush,
who has done some excellent work on the iilustra-
lions OF Ilarper's Frank Lesc's and other pictorial
years Of yet he has into fair rank already
among the designers and illustrators In this city
HIS specially now Ia book Illustration and his paste
Is found at tho Kit Kat Club, of which he is one Of
1 the secretaries.
General r. A. Alger, OF Michigan, who has been In
New-York for several days, and is prominently men,
toned candidate for Vice President on tho Repub-
can ticket. is Of the happiest men in America in
his family relations. Mrs Ager is considered by all
who know her a model wife and mother. They
have six children, the oldest daughter recently mar
| rcd Mrs. Alger IS devoted to her husband and
children and exercises a restraining influence to keep
the General out of the intense activity of political
struggles She averse to his accepting the nomi-
nation by which he became Governor of Michigan, and
| Is equally averse to his being considered a. a Vice
Presidential quantity When he had received the nomi-
nation, however. she deeply interested for his
success Mrs. Ager and Mrs. General Logan great
friends and have been much together especially before
General Logan's death General Alger himself while
not indifferent TO the preference OF Michigan and other
friends WHICH is being expressed In various ways has
no great bee In bis bonnet He has great deal Of
| good common which finds expression whenever
he talks this subject. and would not seek nOmlna-
ton even II be thought such course would bring to
him.
One phase Of the debasement of politics is brought
out whenever any Of moro than ordinary wealth
| 10 naptIn nd pc puft, bfvho
Ager Is millionaire. A result OF his present prom
nence has been to bring him a deluge Of letters by
every mail soliciting favors Of every possible kind in
vOving a transfer OF cash or Its equivalent to tho
writer's. Many Of these letters are from men who
profess to have pull" In politics and to DO able
according to their Stories almost to hand him the
nomination of Vce-President gold salver. 1t
would seem impossible that OF average intelli-
gence could wro such letters. Tho bsst explanation
of them is that the writer's really ignorant aud be
evng the sensational reports Of campaign about
tho enormous use OF money have become anxious to
get share. II they know how little rlen of Ayers
high character really for Office they would scarcely
wrto such eplsIles
Writing of the letters that pour In upon any wealthy
man whose name comes into public notice In politics
Is q reminder that tho mere mention Of any man as
the possessor Of wealth brings about general receipt
of begging letters. Ex-Governor S. T. Hauser, Of
Montana, had experience In that direction
In afternoon paper there was recently sketch Of
his prosperous and accumulation Of fortune
which brought to his hotel over . hundred letters
which was permitted to glance They were
from artists who had pictures to sell dealers IN almost
every kind OF commodity, from pins and needles 70
furs from men whc wanted to publish his biographical
sketch and portrait for SO much cssn u n, p nd
tunate women asking loans; nom neau % anu
for money making from Vail Street brokers soliciting
business orders and 80 on ~ .ne onirad mao
oeranbers assistance for at least day, but they oil
went into tho waste basket or nro