Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-11
NEW YORK LETTER.
GoTHAM'S EDENS AND WILDER.
NESSES, ITS CHARACTERS
AND ROMANCES.
The Rcstful Sduares--The Heroine NJ :.
Notable Dnei-A May-Day in Contra,
Park-roiiticisns rs Road
swccpcrs.
vcorrcspondOnco Of the Richmond pl.o.,cA,,

We know where te find them when we want
them. It's downtown maelsfron every.
body knows, inOncy-makors and money.
losers anyway, and between them thew are
pretty nearly everybody nowadays. The
uptown realms of swelldOm--i. C.. the
money-made-is almost as we'll known. At
least tons Gothamites, just as we cherish the
hope of getting there ourselves some day. a
lower preliminary 80 the higher paradise.
IN our dollar-tinctured moods these neigh
borhoods may do we'll enough for a stroll.
Tut the poetry Of New York lies neither IN
Its ups nor downs. There is a golden mean
IN everything.
THE REsTFUL SQUARES.
II You want to forget the hurry-scurry Of
the lower regions and rid your soul of the
monotonous gaudiness Of Brownstonia.
tcek out the middle domain that includes
Washington square on tho west. Madison
Square on the north. Stuyvesant Square
ON the east. and St. Marks church on the
south. Here you will discover an old-time
town, built IN the good days gone by. when
houses were homes, and homes had rOOmy
Tooms. GTamercy Park comes within this
area. and adds It's own delightful flavor OF
rcpose and refinement 20 the grand old
Churchy and QuakeTy square that perpe-
tuates old Peter StuyYcsants name.
Just now, when the May buds have
given up mere peeping al the sun and are
opening their hearts 10 his winsome smile,
these old-fashloncd hooks are so many
Edens Of bliss for the noise faded sojourn-
81. Yet the noise-lOver may at times enjoy
a real feast after his own heart even in
Quakery Stuyvesant Park, Judging by my
own experience, for IL was only the other
morning that n dcaiening gas explosion
blew out two windows and the door of one
of these serenest mansions when i hap
pcned 10 be within few yards OF the spot.
THE HEROINE or DUEL.
As look ont Of my window in this mel
lowed quarter, whose every red-brick
house is haunted with romantic memories
IF half century, see living romance in
potticoats and trousers strOling over the
way IN the setting sunlight. A singularly
attractive woman leans heavily on the arm
uf a man of dignifed mien. She has
beauty STILL enough TO make you sYmpa-
thize with the rival lovers who fought a
duel over her years ago. Not fre-eating
soldiers. but men Of rare gifts. II was
Rw8y in GermAny--or was II Austria ?
that the famous Russian poet Ruskin
was shot by Lassalle, the famous Socialist,
IN their fierce rivalry for the hand OF that
radiant. godcn-halred woman you now
pee across the street. aud who is the man
who is cscorting her so tenderly? No
other than Sergius Shevitch, the Russian
exile and so far as talk coes-thc blttercst
foe Of all organized government clear
thinker, q mastery orator, years and ex-
periencc may bring their mellowing influ-
once. Never mind about opinions now;
our sole purpose Is TO quiz men. manners,
and movements o. the panorama Of the
etroots roll along.
~ GENITAL PARK.
Have You been to Central Park at this
time Of the year? If not. go. If you don't
care for Green trees 90 and have your fun
uui of the green folks who parade for your
spcrA delcctatIou. Rare place for anl-
mals. Central Park Across the drive
Vou have the menagcrie. the Wild
beasts under lock and key. If
sand behind bars the editor would
fr delugol with libel suits from all the sa-
looms. On the driyowe see the artist Jcracv
If the four-legged kingdom trottiug, gal
Looping. or crawling at the whim OF Their
lOmcher-l0Oking owners. And right here,
kicking our currs as We sprawl full length
in our majesty Of ease, are the unclaimed
dcnizsns of the human loo, poacocks and
megpes. elephants, tigers. sleek foxes, and
tcrpcnts that crawl ont OF holes.
on, FOR FLATS TO orr FAIRS.
Why are we not born with flaps 90 our
cars. SO that wc could 90 deaf at pleasure
What world OF worry We could save our
selves. 81. the aforesaid placid elephant
else he would never get so Fat and com
Portable amid all that menagere squaliing.
N'hN am / doomed TO Oycruear so
much Of the talk of my nclghbors
cNcrtwhcrcY In church | learn all
about the dinners ana dances OF the
week from the pew behind. In the offices
of mv busy city friends hear all manner
ol unbusncsshke cOnfahulations about
lnliet- and betting. aud here in the park,
whore ones pIattle should be OF the dear
lttle dickcV-blTds, babies and bugs, why
should / be tortured with vigorous ar
rumeut over the secret OF DIR. Philips
Brooks n the champion preacher OF tho
dayy Since 10 Is so. why be- 1t so-let
Brooks be spread upon the record.
DIR. PHILLIP BROOKS.
The famous divine recently preached q
weekhl of lenton sermons 10 men only IN
grand only Trinity church. | was one OF
tho early birds, lucky enough 10 get seat
among the fifteen or twenty hundred VINO
crammed the place. DR.. Phillips Brooks IS n
Boston man, and therefore quite above
criticism. vet there are good grounds why
those of Us doomed to be born in inferior
places NAV take some discount on the bos-
ton estimate Of the Boston pulpit orator.
Tor the pulpit orator is what we are
now concerned with, not the good man ana
uq.tor. understand that DR.. Brooks may
h. backed Mt long odds 10 drive the aver
r9re rl,,b0fin reporter into dwelling I'M
lacilitv with a course of SIX sermons. /
ouess that Senator. Eyarts speaks at the
T.te Of about one hundred and twenty
words minute, and perhaps tive minutes
- each sentence. George FRANCES Iran
Jerks out his verDiase al the r4Io
If about Eve hundred words min
ute. hut he rests every alternate
ten seconds. The Rev. DR.. r. &. lnger-
soil may come somewhere near one nun
bred and ten words for an average until ne
stems on the wire that connects Win
church Neutrality-suspicious. ana theu the
electric current Of his rhetoric runs away
up among the thousands. DIT. Nleustole
average, one hundred and seventy, though
vou would think as you listen that he IS
rather "A slow speaker. He Is thunder
aud.lightuinc reporter who can take down
two hundred words "A minute Tor an hour
runping. and they say Phillips Brooks rat
Ties OFF three hundred. l believe H.
nE TALKS RAPIDLY.
Ashei is an eminent man we all rush to
see and hear him. As he always SPEAKS al
mirable common sense, manly, pracucal'
eympathetic, and never Over-doGnatlc, We
find il worth while straining eyes ana ears
and crauing our nocks as If they were tele-
scopes TO catch what he says. Ihen they
say il is his elOQucnce that draws inc
crowd anu flNtk~ ftltil hAAfliAAVt ~ NNN---' ,
not 10 say painfully. Ii Is fiat heresy.
no doubt. for n non-BOstonian 70 nav,
an opinion at all, but here COOS, ana
chance the consequences. II DR.. fhililps
Brooks had been "a slow-speaking preacher
Inc would not have attained the same emil
uencc by the same qualities III preaching.
There are scores Of greater preachers scat
tered over ali the churches, as DR.. Brooks
win be the first 70 admit. but they are poor
deliyerers Of their superior productions.
The secret probably lies more IN tins
upioue rapidity of utterance than IN the
uniGueness OF the matter itself. Tins IN
no way lessons our wonder at and admra-
ton of the gilt by which Or Brooks -
able TO rccite sermons of an hour long at
SO rapid rate without losing the sequence
OF his thoughts.
THE HoRRm swyEPEB.
Just ~ We are getting excited over
the other mans reply, my nayy-piue
suit turns 20 delicate skim-iniik, SKY
blue. thanks 90 the magic OF that newly
appointed path-sweeper. IL IS a sunny
day and everybody is in the park. III IL .
o'clock. and We are all taking IT easy on
the seats. watching the carriages ron by
fbo rather lively breeze is blowing from