The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-30
100 Doses One Dollar
4 F4MoUs AAN1rARIuM GOING.
Warehouse DispIncsS UydrOpAthy, the
SnnltarInu and tho Home of ReIormn.

SanItnriuu and tho Home OF Reforms.
Many interesting memories cluster about
the buildings known as the HyGienic Hotel at
IL and Is LaRht street. now doomed to be
torn down to give place TO an immense wool
len warehouse for A. J. Juillard. The build
| ings we're originally erected for residences for
| the families OF George Schuyler and n son Of
Alexander Hamilton and Col. Thorne. in what
was then the fashionable quarter OF the city
about seventy years ago in the vicinity Of ST.
| johns Park The surroundings we're then
much Ike what Gramercy Park is now.
| long before the great freight depot Of
| the New York Central Railroad came with
| its ugly edilce and its hustle OF business 10
| drive away the rich residents TO fashionable
localities. The carriage houses OF the high
toned old families stood until recently on the
back of the property. The queer old stone
trimmings OF the windows and doorways. and
Its mahogany folding doors. its elaborate
white marble lambs. and the generously largo
rooms were reminders Of the time when land
was much less valuable than it Ia now. when
Hats were uni known and tho hum OF business
nag r not reached as iar up town as Canal street
pee9 noted under various auspices as the
neIadquarters Of progressive and UNIQUE medi-
physician lived there many years ago. Dir.
Trail, one OF the pioneers OF the hydropnthic
ago and established what he called the Hydro
Therapeutic College, published q hydropathic
newspaper. and kent Il sanitarium. The news
paper was called the llats, t'ne Journal. and
the e doctor made war on the regular med-
Of abou the medenes IN the ,~ ~so
fer'd nLediCd, and used to declare that the
aalopathic physicians did not know the opera
had great faith in water outside and inside
the human frame preached vcgetarianism,
and treated great many patients 1t was
temperance institution. too, and, its patrons
became prominent in the reforms then agtat-
cd. and supplied good deal of material for tho
May anniversary. which was the great feature
n5 Here w2s started. in 1852 the first Turkish
tablishment in this city Under DR.. Miller Tho
pa became famous It was he who gave it
Grant; and they went from there to dinner at
tho company were much amused by Dr. Miller |
beng mistaken for Gen. Grant.
AmoRs srd these wh2 storped at the a{Gienic
the first package of Turkish bath tickets;
GTaGe VIE at enc time tried
ing L. H. Stoddard. Con. y. P. Banks Julian
hawthorne. Mrs. L. Cakes Smith. Prof. Moses
Michigan University Capt. Goldman Mrs. Bar
hoIa ib daHehtfr q the nited states Minister
Walker i. Fuller Walker, EideF T. W. Evans
the Famous Snaker: u. >. ana l. y. Fowler, and
many others whose ideas did not run in the
ordinary orthodox channels.
Under DIR. Miller the hotel was very prosper.
ous. The Turkish baths took the place largely
Of tho original wet pack and wet compress
water-cure methods. aud the diet bee anne more
generous. with less OF water and vegetables
They had five meals day. so that all tastes
could he suit ed. and probably there never were
such set OF cranks about their food as were
here served and suited for generation. The
place continued to be a sRnituriu m. but II was
more OF q hotel.
The Hygienic was a very social place There
vas always some ono to talk to. The parlors
we're the scene OF many vigorous discussions.
They had q lecture room, and there were musi-
al parties and an Intellectual vigor about the
1lace that Kept tn ngs lively The very nature
mental proclvitles. and the consequence was
succession Of lively intellectual scrimmages.
Dr.. Miller bought the " dier Cure JOHrIadl and
published 1t for years as the Herald Of Life.
iobrook, who continued the place upon much
he same plan, while Or. Miller moved up
own. When DR.. Miller bought No. i he paid
25O00 for it. and when he sold It twenty years
low worth nearly double what DR.. Miller paid
or it. The whole property measures 74Xl00
eet and will make q big store and probably
cad to tho erection 81 other big warehouses in
amous rich New Workers, altered for poor ten
nts still stand there.
While st. Johns Park remained. the guests OF
he HYGIENE had the use OF a key to lot them
nut the favored residents OF the neighborhood.
nd here were often prolonged the fierce word
attles OF the hotel. There was a tradition
hat when Alexander Hamilton started for his
isastrous duel with Aaron Burr at Wee
awken he stepreq out from the west END Of
ne OF these buildings. but the more modern
lemories are OF wordy duels between braIny
len and women.