The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.

all present. The club will meet the next
4 time at Miss Fanny ATcher's. FELIX.
b ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
+ Cleveland the Coming Man-New York as
+ the Champion of Dirty Cities-Sporting
=, and General News.
NEW YORK. January ESPECIAL. tx
RI President Cleveland. as a familiar figure in
New York, differs from nearly all other
men who have held high Office and retired
from it TO private life. He is regarded by
everybody as representing something. The
rule is the other way. Even 30 well known
a man as General Grant was practically a
nOnentity when Invested Of official import
ance. lie was rarely noticed in a crowd
but Mr.. Cleveland always attracts atten-
f ton, and comment is made upon
bis appearance and on his connec-
ton with the affairs Of the future. No
one seems 10 regard him az
man Of the past. Everybody speaks Of him
in connection with the time TO come. He
represents ideas and principles. Whether
he will run again for the Presidency is a
mystery. but there is no doubt that his ideas
will once more appeal 10 the popular vote.
The march Of progress will demand their
recognition. His New York residence, No.
6lS Madison avenue, ranks amOngs the
handsOmest in the city. Mrs. Cleveland
personally superintended the fitting up and
furnishing Of the house, and she has made
it one OF the most beautiful homes in New
| York. Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland are I'M
doubleday as well assorted couple as the
Metropolis can show.
DIRTY CITY.
New York can certainly lay claim TO the
title Of the dirtiest metropolis in the world.
The foreigner who visits the Worlds Fair
will return home with bis belief in the Re
| publican form Of government very much
| shaken, for in no monarchical country can
| there be found a CITY 50 thoroughly given
over 10 mud, dirt. filth and squalor As New
| York The streets are not cleaned al all,
The dust every passing wind rises is almost
/ binding. and is very ruinOus on clothing,
especially on the heavy velvet and brocaded
wraps the women wear. These become
| positively gray with the dust. since the
electric lights have been taken down the
gloom Of the city at night is almost appal-
ing. and strangers experience great diff
Guilty i'm finding their way about, for the
new gas lamps have neither the numbers
nor the names Of the street on them. The
pavements. too are in very bad condition.
Last week there were five suits entered
against the city by men whose wagons and
horses were injured by the defective street
payements. The sarcastic comments Of the
/
New York have in them, unfortunately,
large grain Of truth.
MEN OF GOTHAM.
The good looks Of the men Of Gotham are
again the subject Of comment Observers |
find handsome men very scarce, though the |
number Of beautiful women is legion. |
Beauty though is i'm tho eye Of the observer, /
and the question is one that can never be /
decided by any single Judge. At a recent |
notable luncheon Of society people there |
were present a number OF women, whose /
reputation for good looks is Of the highest i
sort, yet an impartial observer would won
der on what their reputation was based. |
some Of the faces had sort Of a placis |
prettiness. but nearly all Of them lacked the |
TppOse Of the We're de We're, and that poem
liar presence which indicates high breeding. /
The men present. while not particularly |
distinguished in bearing. were hearty, |
healthy looking lot Of athletes.
SHAKING HANDS.
At the McAllister ball the absurd new |
fashion of shaking hands was formally in |
trOduced into New York society. The fash
ion is English and Punch is responsible for
il. The Old-fashiOned method was both sim
ple and good: when two people met their
arms swung forward naturally, their hands
met. and the arms dropped back in place.
The new fashion Of shaking hands requires
deep thought and careful elaboration.
When "A man and woman meet, they both
burst into a smile Of welcome. Then the
woman swings her right arm, which rs per I
fectly rigid, straight out from the shoulder
and directly in front Of her. When the I
hand has reached the height Of her chin
she holds il there. with the thumb towards
the face and the palm turned slightly out
ward. The man who has been approaching /
her gently takes hold Of the hand, good
deal as one might grasp the rung Of lad
der. lie bows slightly as though intending
10 press his lips 10 the lady's hand, then lets
20 abruptly and drops mis- hand TO his side.
Then the woman drops her stiiiened arm,
and the ceremony is over.
A LUCKY WAITER.
sherry now has one of the most snowy es-
Adjustments in New York. lie was for
merlv "A waiter in the Brunswick, and his
tips and fees combined with his native
shrewdness have enabled him TO open a
house in opposition to Delmonlcos ;. NO
matter how perfect existing institutions /
may be there will always be found few
peOple who think them capable OF improve
menf. Sherry humOred the fOiDles OF these /
malcOntents. and after a time two or three /
rich men decided 20 start him in business.
Now he has a magnificent place. The posi-
ton Of waiter in the better class restaurants
in New York is very lucrative. some OF
the walters are worth from $2O,OO 10 SJO,-
900, and ii is all made through tips ana lees
The European system Of paying for POSI-
tion of waiter will no doubt be adopted here !
before very long, for a shrewd, Oblgng |
clever man can make quite competence |
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share i'm the social life Of New York, but |
lately be has ignored it altogether. Melan-
cholia is not exactly his trouble, but IN
creasing years have developed more ana
more the saturnne turn oil MS minu. ne
only society he cares for Is that OF Mrs. |
Edith kingdom Gould. Though he bitterly |
opposed the marriage Of his son, yet IT has |
turned out the greatest possible boon to
them all. Time has but added to her
charms. and the difference between the ro-
bust. dark-eyed and yivacious woman and
the solemn, gray-bearded, thoughtful little
man. who is almost her daily companion in
her morning drive through the park, is very
great.
rYPE-sKTTING MACHINE.
4 BROOKLYN man has invented a clever
arrangement for setting type The machine
| Is very simple in appearance, aud has a key
board similar 10 a typewriter. when
| le,tered kew is struck il throws up into line
| n matrix. which remains IN place; the next
/ KEY struck places the next alongside. and
when a line Of type is formed melted type
metal is poured in and the typels thus cast
and set up at the same time. This line Is
/ removed and a second takes its place, and
| so on. The merits OF the machine are that the
tyne is always fresh and cannot be pied as
each line is a solid block and the work re-
ouires about One-half the ordinary time
| when the stereotype is made the type goes
hack into the melting pot and is ready for
use again. The New York Tribune and the
| london Times have been using type setting
machines for over a year with considerable
success. but the machines are very clumsy
affairs and are quite heavy 10 WORK. Inc
NV machine. The inventor thinks is as
much an Improvement on the old one, as
the sewing machines Of the present day are
ON the ones first put on the market. The
| new invention can be made Tor three
hundred dollars and II VIII 90 ,ne "oIk .,
three men. The typographical unions had
better take warning.
The auietness and silence Of Brooklyn