Wichita eagle., 1888-07-04
THAT MAN FROM SALEM.
He GOES INTO SOCIETY AND DEP.
RECATES THE OBEL!SK.

New York City Done Up in Crisp Sen
tences-Scene on Lower Broadway-Ped-
dlers on the Curb-The Battery-Seyeral
Great Men.
| Went to afternoon reception at friend's
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: $50 glad to see you "
What weather we're havingY' tHave
you seen Smithy?' LET me introduce
you to Mr.. Catoninetails. Happy to
make your acquaintance. Same to
you" when are you coming to see
us?" 1.-TWO years from next June. "
"Dearl dearl Why, we shall all be dead
then!" Hope you will" Thank you. :"
$50 kind of you" Have you read the
last thing out, The Fair Bog Trotter?' )"
"No. Can't read Neverlearl,ed." eli.
deedl How much trouble it must save
| your ct does. Save money by it. :"
Been sick?" Yes" What was the
matter?" ooh, several things, doctor
told me. Forget the names. New COM
plants, you know New styles. Just
imported from Paris" You say you had
bad cold!' Eyes" eve never have
| colds now. We call 'em vitalic suspen-
| sions."
That's the way they ratified on and
| finally ratified out Took abundant stock
| of each others dresses. Few men pres
| ent. What were twirled thumbs looked
! amiable, sheepish and tired. Jagged out
after their feninines like little dogs after
| their masters. What helpless, hopeless
| being man is in a shoal Of petticoats on
| such occasions! Looks as if he wanted
somebody to put an end to his misery.
oBELIsK AND 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; geoiogically just as
old. Visited park museum. More an
| tiquities in stone; regular stone yard;
statuary from Cyprus, nicked, banged and
| dirty.
Visited Second avenue and East Side
| generally. More Germany than in Boston;
more pretZel, bologna sausage and Gam
brlnuS; 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 kialto, Union square, swarm
ing place for actors locking for work
Pavement strewn with talent foot deep.
Full of future stars. Bareheaded statue
OF Washington near by on horse, with
arm extended. Seems to say to the his
trionlc throng, eco west, young men; go
west" Statue of. Lafayette ditto, dane
ing pas seul for Wash.
Lower Broadway. Bustling at noon.
Everybody on the dead rush. All sorts
OF men. Sad men. Solemn men. Run
down men. Seedy men. Hungry men.
Men whose legs cant carry EN- fast
enough. Men with all their minds mile
ahead of em. Men working. rushing,
sweating, shaving like poems, making
money, while the woman is spending it as
fast if 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 it 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 beer tunnel. Mad car drivers.
Raving, bowling teamsters. Teeth gnash-
ing cartmen.
PEDDLERs ON THE CURB.
Serene policemen playing solitaire with
their clubs. Gimcrack, shoestring and
shirtstud peddlers on the curb. Sun
baked, cake, coolly and candy peddlers
ditto. City hall park benches full of
gents who've made their fortunes and
hove now NOT bi-o 70 do fbo,,
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 NJ. Evarts. Dried, but
not yet smoked. Nechtie 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-
ginous on him to kindle with. Am told
he is chronic objector. Objects to
everything but his fees.
Went to the Battery. Crowded with
foreign fathers and mothers of our future
presidents Don't speak English at pres
ent. Some looking over to Communipav
thinking it Nebraska.
Went to restaurant near Washington
market. Attacked at table by ruftian.
Turned out to be q waiter. Impressive
language: Beef steak, gilt edged a cup
of coffee, milk outside" Ordered broiled
shad. Waiter fired 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 The Herald Office. Full-of
editors waiting for jobs. Their spring
suits not yet ready. Was informed most
of EN- had been furloughed for writing
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 lmpromptu
speeches built by the mile like Maine
schooners. and cut off in various lengths
to suit customers, times, places and op-
rtunities.-Prentice milford IN New
York Star
He Was Not Delicate.