The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-05
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
CHEERFUL WEALTH JOINED TO
SOUAlID POVERTY.
How tho Poor and Wrstched Manage to
sleep, Breathe. and Exist-Iife In tho
Colony of ceIestiats from the
stage and Greep-room.

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There is no large city In the world where
the lack OF wealth and its abundance are
more sharply contrasted than IN New York
The large hOstelries where every known
luxury can be obtained, and the lodging
house district. where misery and wretchcd-
uess are the only things in abundance, are
very little distance apart. This district Is
naturally on the East-side, and IS confined
within the limits of a dozen blocks. The
fortunate individual who can pay twenty
five cents for a bed is looked upon as
a Crwsls, but he il seldom seen in this
neighbOrhOOd. There are places Of rest
where Individual privacy can be obtained
for twenty and even fifteen cents, but these
places are very seldom crowded. The ten
and twelye-cent houses have the greatest
number Of patrons; and here there are often
sixty beds, whose appearance is far from in
yiting, crowded into one room. The Occu-
pants Of these beds are by no means men,
bers Of the criminal class. They are, as a
rule, respectable and honest, but luck has
been against them. There are lower depths
Of poverty than these abOdes, where no beds
are furnished. A coarse canvas hammock,
black with dirt and swung from two nails,
furnished with neither covering nor mat
tress, can be had for seven cents night.
The room is long and narrow, lighted by
one lamp suspended from the ceiling. The
bad oil used helps 10 increase the vile Odors
and renders the place almost uninhabitable.
Hundreds Of men, all sizes. ages, cOlOrs,
and races, I'LL these hammocks every night.
Each man places all his clothing, in
Guiding his boots. under his head, for unless
he does ne VIII find himself minus his best
article Of attire in the morning. The pro
prietOr. or boss, as his patrons call him, OF
these cheap lodging houses, is very bad
specimen Of his kind. Greed and brutality
are his dominant characteristics.
The scene in the office often beggafs de-
scripton. At 3 o'clock the doors Of the
lodging house open and at 4 the
bo0k-keepcr is ready for business.
The men crowd around the table
and push ana jOstle each other, but
the clerk, in no mild terms. tells them
to "come up one at "A time" The majority
Of the men are under the influence OF
liquor, and when they grow garrulOus the
bOok-kcopcr dismisses them with yoca-
bulary Of yituueratOn that il phenomenal.
The men tamely submit 70 il. The idea Of
resentng the torrent Of abuse and profanity
with which they are assailed never seems
TO enter their heads. The doors are closed
at hali-pdst T., and whether the house is
that hour. At O'Clock in the
the wretchcd inmates begin to leave in
twOs and thrces. More ahject specimens of
humanity could not be found in any quarter
" the globe. The dodgers all have 10 be out
By eight O'Clock. The door il then locked
until three in the afternoon, when business
again commences.
THE CELESTIAL COLONY.
4 Morawan society few years ago
owned all that section Of the city known
az Chinatown. but they sold their interest
% various investors, and since that time
HE Celeslials have forced out all the other
residents Of the neighbOrh0Od. Very few
improvements have been made in the
houses, but the rents have increased won
dorlully. The Cinnamon pay double tho
ordinary prices. The streets and stOOps on
line afternoons are crowded with China
men, ana on sunday the sidewalks are
impossible. Pedestrians have to use
the middle of the street. The only
American drink they care for il gin, but
they seldom get drunk. They are very
noisy at night ia the houses. The China
mans idea OF music Is noise. When a
hincse band plays the music sounds Just
like 5000 brass kettles falling on an iron
pavement. The principal instrument is the
tom-iom. which is like a big iron kettle in
Neitcd. Pieces Of IRON are used TO play on
il. a picolo. bag-pipe and { hinese
guitar comprise the band, and the
more di-coidaut the tones The bet
ter The Cinnamon appreciate IT. Opium
smoking, though common among them. az
ieots them but very little. They claim it is
no worse tn IN tobacco. Ii payes the way
for consumption, which Is the worst enemy
of the Cinnamon. FOurfiths OF the deaths
at the Cinnamon i'm this country il due 10
that disease. FOur-stOry houses in Mott
street, below Pell, two years ago brought
- 900. now the same houses bring in a rem
tai Of $1,000, and in some sections the rent
has lust been trebled. There is no better
paving real estate in the city than these old
ramshackle houses in Chinatown.
FOOTIGHT FLASHES.
Rose Eyiingc seems to have left the stage
for good, and is day0ing her time to the in
s'ruction Of apateurs.
1t is quite usual TO hear Of girls leaving
school 10 go on the stage, but Ellie Belmont
lett the stage 90 ~ 10 school.
The Last Days Of t'Ompsip' have been
transferred TO Washington, and are trans.
piring 20 the music Of The Marine band.
John l.. sullivan has contracted TO go to
Australia next summer as the star Of
Honest Hearts and Willing Hands" lie
was drunk again last week.
In the next opera To be produced at the
Casino. Lillian Russell Is TO appear in the
Impossible part Of a prima donna who Is al
ways quaneiing With her manager.
The play "Jocelyn," wliab CHARLES Cogh-
Ian wrote for his sister Rose, viii he stage
by Mrs Langtry during her season in Lon
don. 1t viii give her chance TO wear Il
mans boots and to fence.
Clara Norris will be in the W est for most
Of this season. Ter repert0ry comprises
Camille" "Miss MultOn,' "Rene," "lne
New Magdalen," and "Odette," all unpleas-
ant. Since her discovery that nothing ails
her health. Miss Morris has been dong well
on the stage.
Alma strong, OF tie 'i'aymasicr,' says
she enjoys the tank act III that drama SO
much. She looks forward 10 her drowning
every night with lively an,icipations, and
would not have il cut out of the play for
anything.
Earle nelington recently left several
pounds OF iewelry on il seat IL car and 1t
was not stolen. This form Of notice is Eew
and needed. Her husband also left two
gold watches under his pillow in Pennsyl-
vania motel and he got them, too.
PATHS next farewell tour has been de-
lcrrod until November OF next year. She is
about setting out on a concert tour through
The Englsh provinces.
4 woman who was more easily amused
than most people, laughed So heartily over
My Aunt Bridget" a few nights ago In
New York, that she had fit, and the come
dian obligingly stopped the performance
until shs was taken out.