Telegram-herald., 1890-07-19
ABOUT IN GOTHAM
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-, out 1st tAis inch foa are zoiay
T. Dsgia - izy . m4ks really - pre-
pare ths pIAas for big sexhibiEioR some
day, aud goa saas idsas, aoticas, In
telisetuAi help, n0s 20 Insation peeaai-
arr. Well, Eos, Just eoms along 10
New York and I vii taks y0u where
yoa Efll imb.bs toeuisrly 0nlyl the
splsudlaest idea for leading feature.
Bat hrst, Let ne ask you wnsthsF =
.ehoolaay wish Of mine ever Affected
Yea the sama wAy. Did you ever long
- see a ship IN a strset . Al eur talk
about the big ocean greyh hound being
$50 fset long and 81 wide, aud able 70
slssp !. COO bodies with more or less
soul left IA then--whas does lt snoUat
tot We cant farm any sensible idea OF
their imnsnslty, net even We ~ho sail
IA them snd see them every day. Bas
If, say, the City OF New York could Dc
hauled ap Broad way on wheels Al
only think Of 10 Guess ws should lick
creation Ia the novelty department. OF
the great moral show business
Well, come along with ne on my sK-
ploration constitutional and yOu shall
wal AAl1IA7ata hl7 A@D-' - - ~CNb%'
Of big ships IL you like. We bid good
by 10 our everyday Gotham as We
leave IL for the uRknown land that lies
along gsids the East river from the sky
high bridge up % the Grand street
elbow. A motley world, indeed. do We
enter here. For the hrst quarter mile
we have shs endless row OF hustling
wharvss on our right, boats poking
their noses right into the strest-car
windows. and big ships and little ships
struggling which shall Do hrst TO leap
clean out onto tho so-called dry land
fhat is hllsd with mud-puddies and
thirst-provoking saloons. By and by
We nnd our hats Knocked OF, and, look
ing up. 10 and behold We are under the
hns-edgsd prov Of copper plated
tAsrs-master. Seen from the ware
houses across the street this ship has
all the dslicacy and beauty OF outline
OF swan One Of these vessels, for
there are two close together, has the
ksynoss OF stability, the other of swift
ness, and mere lsndlubbers like myself
fnd keen pleasure in surveying verit-
able monArchs of the sea much as one
socks up az balloon.
For thirsy years the streets OF Paris
have been OF asphalt. For twenty
years the streets Of London have been
paved ysriously-wood, pitch, mac
adam. ssphAt-but always as smooth
as table.
Ten years ago New York e1perimsntsd
with asphalt, and with fair success, TO
judgs by the City Hall front, Central
Park paths and the patches in Madison
avenue and elsewhere. Now we seem
20 DO living in the asphalt millennium.
The long Lexington avenue Is being
clad in its summer asphalt suit from
top 20 toe, beginning at the toe. By
the way, quite a cluster of corporation
notables live down a. the Gramercy
end OF it--ex-Msyor Hewitt, down TO a
shosl Of policemen as you go up. Has
this anything 80 do with the tailoring
Wall street has been asphslted, too.
and, when trade is slack and you feel
like having some fun, just take your
seat on the Sub-Treasury steps-sacred
ground, mind youi-and watch the
horses sink up TO their heels in tn,
pitch aud the cartwheels make four
inch ruts. and the 3Oo-pounder bankers
and brokers wriggling like eels to pull
their heels out of the holes they have
stamped into the new paving" Oh
yes, TIA mighty funny-for you-ii
you have sand enough to laugh on Z
swsltering day.
They chat.ersd lot around and
around the Negro question" the other
day 81 the Mohawk Convention without
getting particularly near TO IL. Per
hsps is was warm weather, and the a.
nOsphsrs OF the subject got strongish
Anyway, there t. no question the nsgr'
can crate when he wants 20. Il wa
quite another convention 1 happened
into in a New York church q few eve
nings ago. A nssro bishop was dow
on the programme fo~ a speech, but h
did nos turn up. There vas q cry o
Hector Hsotorr set up, ard vhsl
the chairman said he would let Hectic
loose on the meeting there was ehee
ef satisfaction shss boded 9 treat 4
come. But Hector turned out to be
remarkably black gentlemen, whicl
explains why the white clsrics spul
out their vesrisome kAranzues, $
ss 60 crowd Hector into jus
ten minutes" "a svsrybod was hurry
ing oaa Bat everybody hurried 20 81
down again when he began. kacy, slo
qusns. comic, stin ging, dramatic b.
turns, che Rev J. r. Hector proved IA
and sway ths best orstor of the even
ing. he told funny story more fun
nily than printers ink can render it
He il an out prohibitionist, and 10 rid
fculs sh. moderate folk who wish q
rsxulste the traffic By stringent lsgis
fation. be told how an old anntie o
GeorxT was shown the water system Il
city house for tbs Arst time. Sh
vas amazed that shs arning of a littl
tap Or ,pixos could bring such yusl
cf water right where shs wanted ia 70
she vas going - get psilful 90 scrul
the floor Her psil Was soon slled an
ovsr.6ued. bus tas old girl didn's kno'
how 20 stop is Seinz The dsnger Of
second deluxe she philosophicaily ds
,issa q deal With it on the install men
pisa. snd keep it uadsr By wise consid
sration Hector IA Of zizanti
build and this n how he plsys
old auutie Filling his imsxinsr
bucket a. he stopped, hs rose to as fsi
si2-tse height. swAYinz his body fer
varIs ani smptyiag the water on th
aealsncs Babbety huhbety swish
brst4tr hnbb@ty-swish Kant q
tfs hang o. sAs thinz asaow Buboet
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