New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

,,.....iou of his mental and ply steal powers No
one would Judge him I, be over forty or forty hVe rom
M. appearance and H. Is rs artiv" and v-""nS As Il"
wa, n score Of years ago. HIS hair once a. fair ana
plcn,fil a. any man.. ha> become -par>" ana in!"d
with gray. a. ha> his yellow mnstachc but HI cheeks
are n, ,n,ldv h.> eye Is bright. and HI step a.
cln.,,, as IN h> YOUTH Better than all. ahNah'ihS
wears have h"ueh chang" IN III GENIAL d''p''''i"
and Ia, kindly inanrcrs. lie vii. taxi Il proti"''"
and mn, Il needed rest and then he may enter upon
>,n,r business connection involving les, arlr'" labor
than have lcs.n imposed upon him during hi l'I
,duiri tratpn of the internal affair, o! the Trat Ioti
from service he !, To- depart some Oh the eh''
# the hor,,,. haze their permanent homes trn' ann
have had for year. ard all u t"s" show their regret
4, colonel carr, departure IN various way Nc"
shake INN cy,n nor warinI, by the hand than usual
and much 81 hl> time just now is spent III rha'''h.
~ some qn'' corner OF III" lob'y with his "'d an"
afe,'."iit" fi,eid-
.OiN'. BA,k n uIp DAYS
\ dsy e. ,Ao a.o t.r ,olorcl sitting IN III"
,e,r If Il little giuup 81 friends IN ia" rraing room
If the ho,cl II" had been a'"d with them All '"r
r,auy YEAR, aad wa.,incncd Ia be rcmin-c"nt when
a-Icd to tell something about the carly history oi inc
hotc he complied willingly and rradiI' b"' III al "'A'
he said was extremely, modest regarding himself
T,. r.fth Avenue Hotel. he said. was built by Amos
f. Fun who own, Il still Mr.. Emo had no idea OK
,nildln, a hotel when the Stiuctu" WA, begun tie
,,u. c,llirg for nu.iur>, biol, with stores on ~"
ire, ~ l: and offices al"v". T'" hu!hiis ''ai 40
An, 90. A. IT, a, -" srcoud story wh"n larnn stevens
.,nc here from I,>t"l. Nr. ~t"'"iH ~ "lr' -" IT
,d,anIa:r. If ~" .ltIn'i"n ti great h1el. ha""d
mon h.s cnnvr n that ~" march II progress norm
ward IN IL" city would De- raph! ~ ia" fut"r"
than IN the PET. winch "'ri.tully would give
tho sim, ;,,q. a ccn'-,! ST.. Nr. stevens called
npnn ar Euo ."d ."g," tel t'st instead ~ Il
bu,ne,- hlnch hotel eoui ;" hn':. HIS arsninrh''
wcr. conyr'u.. al! NJ. Eu' co.'s nf"d t" ia" chang"
m the arraur-il"it, c";d., IN that Mr. stevens
! >,oud l.a.c IN" rr"p"lty Tho suited Mr H'"N'''.
and he took ih' rn-". AT once changing ~" az :"
! t.r,ural plan, ir M, e." hotel idea. IN" plans
adn,ted vc.,. fi t.r i.u,-c HAT -tand to-day. The
| hotel was "lc,."i t." pn,I" on August ~: -
and al lrrAm" T. pnlnr unhrr VT Stf'i' :
management Mr. Carr va, t"n "A clerk III TIE ono"
n, h,-. In no. 49, and resigned that place 10 bcronc
chief clerk ~ the Inh Avenue Hotel on July 4. $50
After NJ Srvcii-. who Wa from NJ" Hampshire,
died Mr. Daring who came from Vermont took tho
I.1,.e Then Mr. iIitchc"'k. another Ncw Hampshire
man. secured u hall interest. forming the PRESENT hrnh
81 propr.etOrs under the title of Ilit'hc"k a DARLING
| during the period between the opening 81 The,
hotel and the outbreak of the war. Colonel Carr con
timed the house extremely popular with wealthy
>on,lcrn families. and u>'d to have some brilliant
,..cmblarrs In the main dining hall. In those day
dinner wa. served 1T 80 D. m. ana everybody drcsrtd
| for II a, II for cala occasion I'll" doors OF tho
dining room opened nj TIE stroke oi a bell ana
the guests al once marched IN to take their places.
while the waiter, proceeded IN the dinner This
was Of com -. the plan Of the tab." ia t.. ra'h
course being served simultaneously AT all Of the
fables. Nrc">>arIly. under This >sNtrm the gu" is
had % BE- time to get a e'"'d dinner. The '"cnr>
| IN the dnlnc during the meal were exceedingly
| brilliant. The all wore elaborate costumes
and were bc,cckcd with diamund> and other jewels.
while the men invariably wore evening attire. Ere
oucnly the dinner lasted until the theatre hour aud
there much laughter ana lot' dr'uhd ti' 'aptN
during the entire meal
| CHANGES DIT. To THE WAR.
AT mi, time too. We had large Patronage from
Ncw England, and tins two distinctly nppos" types
81 prnpl. 81 the country wrr" brought int" contact
IN the hotc They used I" get along together very
| we'll until the broke out when the Southern
families left I" back I" their homes. and "''r
guests for a long time after that were mainly from
| the Fast and West
Tho first representative of a royal family to
| he entertained at the hotel the Prince
| ~ Wales who arrived with his suite in
| october 1860. The Prince was assigned ia
| Room, ~ and - on the paror hoor and the
| member, Of his sultc quarrcrd in apartments
on each side Of the corridor. The hotel crowded
| with guests at that time. and there muri
| curiosity 10 sec the Prince the part Of visitor
| and New Workers. who throngcd the corridors. tina
| we had "a place n Gordon around that part NJ th
house ~ keep the royal guests from Intrusion d.
I remember The Prince Certainly. very distinctly
He WIS Jolly young fellow then. with slightly
forid complexion and rather brisquc manners. II
had a dozen Young men IN his suite. and they wcr
about a, Jolly ~ he The Prince enter
tanned a, behtting his rank. and seemed IN hav
a wonderfully good lime OH all occasions.
zone afternoon. after n dinner at which evcrybod,
had had - plenty of good things to cat. and partic
ularly to drink. the Prince and his party started 70
their apartments. some one proposed game o
leap frog In the corridor The idea suitci His ROyu
Ilivhncss 80 we'll that he At proceeded TO stnr
the game himself Ordering one Of the youths I
bend over the Prince leaped lightly his back. AN
was followed IN the movement by the others Tn
Prince thoroughly Interested. next bent his bark. GIN
the young men all had the pleasure In that corrldO
/ OF leaping over royalty. The game lasted until tn
Young men were tired. and Witnessed by the fev
guests who could squeeze into one end OF the COZ
ridor The Prince was worry gentle with those aronn
lin, and especially with the attaches Of tho hot
| when no went away lie gave $500 to
distributed among the employees OF the hotel
who had served him. Since then the hotel ha
anaartaansd almost every member Of roralty VII