Telegram-herald., 1889-09-07

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SsS Y0kK, Aug - i III aor choss a.
ts1E. Ia a sr7snhora 49, u Ne~ York
sEocgh tai : practically ~hzt al g3lag q
write 2boaE
Toa have rad ~hat TIE polshss scrib-
blsfs nave Aad - say abogt shs beautlss II
ms1ropolran sxlstsaas. al they tel yoa
a. .boCt rhs opium joints, tie ssa bathinz
a0d rsuliais5enoss Z Astcrs and Jeroules anf
a. Eo- points " the town. I conl knos anv
q tnsss people. and never sxpsct q. al
wnat = nols 5gn ! believe Ihs ethsrs 10
sifheF All / have a sasaziag idsa that uins
cut II tsn q Nss York ietters are made ID
out q the daily papsrs. With a generous
sprinkhns ol p1sslaal pro0Ouas u keep gp
interest,"
Neither 90 kno~ anything about China
msn "a opium joiats - l vii leavs that q
ths psopIs who DO l viii just for The SAKE 4
alEinx a persoaal Opinlon, declare that a CHI
nanAn d0nt know no~ 70 sash shirt, and
that behave las been heretofore the only
valid permit upon which 10 based ex-
issefiee.
"a bathing Is probably al right f7r those
who Ike Il, bat 70 stranger who las no
suit AID 40 slzDe % show, cold shower
bath. with dr.n2 4 plain soda % remind
hun Ok the pleasures o., gulpins down beastly
salt water. answers every purpose
II YOU want - enjoy Central park you can
10 il equally wei IA Kansas City by buying
a. weeks Hsrper's Weekly, FOR the swan
ooats look maca better in the paper than
shey do GA tee water, an1 besides IL i cooler
g. swing Ia your hammock aud read than 20
give up money 70 paddle around tie pond
and hair drown in = SEA OF your own per
spuatiOn.
New Yorss chief charm % the stranger
consists. az leas- 10 me. IN corning face 20
face with The thugs hs uset to read about in
his green coverei, embossed primer when ne
went 70 school IL Is the advantage OF no
t0r4sty. ani .L Is great advantage 70 all
concerned, for tae people who run the sights
Ia the mstropolLs do il on very scientific
principles.
New Workers / imagine 10 be intensely
practical peOpls Your landlady taxes you
10 dingy rear room on the fourth door, and
tells you that the rent with board for two IS
f25 week She tells you that tho room Is
vastly superior To the front room on the
bath room hoor, and she tells you why In
the first place you do not get the noise or
dust OF the street and then-think Of it-you
get the sun in winter, and unless you harden
your heart you are very likely to agree with
her
Bat my idea in this letter is TO contrast
metropolitan with provincial life, the life OF
the large cities OF New FORK state, for instance
In the first place. there Is no room in New
York, and the houses have to go up into the
air, perforce. There are no door yards TO
speak Of, much less lawns, such as one sees in
Buffalo. for example, and the rear yard, usu-
ally about twenty feet square, is the lurking
place in summer OF such members OF the
family Us would keep cool
A. write, my fair neighbor, who lives on
the street above, sits under her arbor in
wrapper and slippers and mods over a novel
She looks as cool as a cucumber, and no
doubt she Is. She has several yards Of green
grass to cool the breezcs for her. and the
uocking bird over her head that yels Mar
guerite" at her from morning until night
supplies the place Of the birds which the hawk
ish little sparrow drove away.
Moreover there Is a tree in the yard Of
some unknown species; it Is a sad little tree
and looks as though it were tired OF playing
clothes post for four families.
OF course my neighbor could go to the park
and sit on a bench with tagged out mother
and her two babies, bat she Is thinking about
next week, when she will sail around at Bar
Harbor in her new toys, the envy OF both
sexes
Bar Harbor seems to be al the go this
year, and yet none thinks Of paying the pres
ident OF the secretary OF state a nickel for
making toe locality known to the world.
Strangely enough New Workers, who arc
very solid on arithmetic, know next to moth
ing Of geography. The outlying districts as
far ives. as Chicago are known as up
Country" and one man was surprised when
told him Lake George was nearer Albany
than Buffalo he also had an idea tha: ths
locality Of the recent foods, Johnstown, n,
" Y, was dangerously near Niagara Falls.
The country merchant brings his hopeful
along % Rad the siglls. and the boy seems
10 find it a very interesting study. One sign
saw the other day that interested me. On
n street facing East river board tackled up
bore Tho inscription: "Sand worms for sale
here Having always been interested in
angling. though 7 never had moro than the
usual fshermRn's luck. entered and asked
about tho price u worms. gill cupful
cost a nickel The worrrs ara kept in
wet sand; come 20 think Of It. IL wouldn't be
Just the caper 20 so digging worms around
Madison square. though IL hadn't the nickel
should stand in with the corporation, and
l follow the Internal trench digCers VINO arc
forever tearing UP Tn streets 10 lay water
and gas pipes and electric wire couduits.
Another thing that struck me IS queer was
the method q cleaning the streets. The horse
hruorns can work az night 70 advantage, but
/ IN business hours the scavenEer plies under
the horses hoeis with canvas grip sack and
a short hand'sd br1isa. He dodgas in and on.
/ cu Broadway, and seems - lead charmed
existence
Many = re pleasures of provincial lf'
seem t0 me t2 he lacking Ia View York The
/ miles = aslh. streets q which rnruy an in
terror city bo7-ts. and which afford safa
\ pleasure p TIE male end female bicycle rif
erz. ar, lackia- To b surs one can ride IN
/ Central park or or the boulevards about
+ Washington heights but from what have
sa-n Judge thot there Is Ettls pleasure in IL.
last SUNDAY saw two wteeis 81 the PARK
E One vas being ridden down the mall - =
/ hroskneck pac' hy a Young man The ether
VS. IN - hands ct policeman while is
owner was making N equally lively trip IN
the bottom cf a park department ambulance.
Speaking ~ policemen rem inds me n =
sight 7 saw ire other night on FarS row.
+ rad noticed a Policeman in tho bar room Il
an AL night hotel He had held up the hsT
rs1 for long time. and seemed - be about
- drunk - possible. As he vent out ha
caught sight n swo cr tbree young men
standing near IRE curb. engaged n disrus-
f scu. The rsfussi y he order ~ move m
seernef q sTuuSe hfn from comparative
+ letharEy ~ drunken frrT. Ihe wsT he cirht--i
rh~-1 wss svful Ons-ani +es Srssiie~- ~
Re thrs@-c0~sr~ri With MOOD. so-earel far
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