New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-06

Now Is the time when dwellers In city fat-houses'
who have not even the privilege Of little high-walleu
back ward about as dark and damp as the bottom
~ a we'll make their window gardens And very good
gardens some Of them are and well repay, In fragrance
and artistic decoration, the care bestowed on them
4 wooden box tho sire OF tho w!ndOw-Sil gives
better ventilation and drainage to tho roots than PotS'
but pots allow the plants to be turned ABOUT more
easily II each side Of tho plant is not turned
alternately the sum- the growth Is all on one sIdc'
old IA ,hUnod flowers ius now the most popular
They are also. as well, tho most hardy. passenger
Of Al Imaginative ;urn OF mind, riding IN the elevated
trains through the drcp canons called streets OF
this city can raic good guess at the character %
the tenant. ln,s windows he shoots past. In some
appear flowers and birds, hemmed In by cheap but
tidy curtains. In others glttcrnE vase marble
.atucttc or gaudy picture g!lded easel IS dis
PLAYED with It's face to the public, lace curtains
shutting of any view Of this choice bric- abTac from
those inside the house while In many DINERS appear
only what the guards the trains call sill Warmers
women whose chief occupation appears u be lollng
ON the wind0w-sIn and gazing into the street
Tho Ncw.York Commandery of tho Loyal Legion
kept open house at Clark's, No. % West Twenty
hlrlst during the three days OF the celebration and
Medical Director Dclavan BloOdgood, OF the Navy,
and his nineteen assistants on the Entertainment
Committee took good that none went away thirsty
or hungry. There seemed To be only one regret on
the part OF the VISITORS that their capacity was not
equal To the hospitality OF their old comrades OF twcaty
FIVE years ago. There wcro many warm greetings
r,twccn present and eN Officers Of tho Army and Navy
aud old friendships werc revived. The Legion spcat
800 Tor tho entertainment OF It's guests in the three
days
on wednesday Governor FitZhuGh Leo was among
the callers. lie heartily welcomed By mon who
ght against him twenty FIVE years ago, and he re-
marksd wish that were eligible for membership In
IL lpfn At hp
LOYAL IcgoneerS believe In the scrptural Injunction,
Love your enemies
General SchoheM spent Wednesday evening
at the dinner Of the Loyal Legion. When
asked to speak 70 tho Commandery, he To-
fcrrod modcstly To his own experience Of the
three days, especially as the Grand Marshal OF the
military parade d" | want 10 say this with regard
10 the military day remarked the General; :" never
experienced less difficulty in handling large body
Of men than ] did that day II Is remarkable
that men coming from every state In the Union could
b, brought together to form large army, as tEaI
was and do 80 well Why, they couldn't have done
better II they hal been drilled In division evoluttopS
for months. And then my heart was to"chod |"
ace tho cOrdallty and brotherhood between men rom
the North and the south, the East and the west IL
convinced me- that have no cause for Apprehension
as To- the ability OF our younger generation 10 tahe
tho rlaccS OF tho veterans VINO arc 80 i"S' P''''"S
away
Many pcrsons noticed the Brazilian flag entwncd
with rho American colOrs on the frOnt OF the Hotel
prck,ncbam az FIttieh.st and Ffth'ave. during tho
,,,,u,iol celebration. The brazilian National cl'r@
rer, dIspIayed as mark Of honor TO guest at the
,oto, Dr Jewett tho only son Of the late Admiral
r.a,.,l IcUcrt Of the Brazilian Navy.
Admiral Jewett was q captain In the old Unitd
states Navy during the administration Of Thomas 1el'
,,r nm and afcrwah served u a general an" m a''
,,,r,I IN Brazil undor Dom Pedro l.. He had tho
boror Of raising the first flag OF Brazilian conSutu-
toD,I independence and buried with state hoh'rS
IN plo Janolru tie is regarded as the LAFAYETTE OF
Brazil -, -
Tho fatbor o. Adm. al Tevctt was Dr. David H.
Ievott n well. known surgeon, and warm personal
lama 10 General Warrington. He IN turE was
an NJ, tho rev DR. Jcwatt, Missionary 10 the Io
hiram indians, afterwad chaplain In the French and
TndIan wars and later In tho Revolution. The Rev.
M Ic,vc,i read H. burrl service over Unca5, II"
,0t ~ the Mohlcans." Tho chapslns ancestors wcrn
anon, the early settlers IN america coming over with
he VinihrOps o. MaSsa 7hussttS. relationship OK.
is,a1 hntwcen tho Jewett family and the family "
Du9vh wnido Emerson and Wendell Phillips The
cbanaIn was ono Of hc first graduates O. Harvard II
IL said that when the present Emperor OF Brazil once
heard the nane OF the late Admiral Jewct mentioned
as an American hero, hc exclaimed! All, but he Is
also Of our heroes"