New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-19
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

~" and then un,ovcd mystery. like the death OF
Lawyer townsend the Other day, whose mangled BODY
was found at the foot of the Palisades. the famous
hah"ay mystery" the Nathan murder, causes
people to reflect on the pos ,iby that undiscovered
murder l. not 80 uncommon IN and about New York a'
the police would have II believed To person who has
been accustomed Ia visit the Morguc this thought Is
not "A stranger. No one can reflect much upon the
long Ist Of unrccogizcd dead people that are fShcd
out of the river and buried In POtcrs Field every SIX
months and study the entries made again, their photo
graphs without being impressed with the fact that not
all these fractured skulls were caused by passing
steamboats, not all these poisoned were suicides,
and that % thee wcllnourishcd. healthylook-
Ing bHlcN' with no money or lcwcry lcit on thcn,
were showed into the water aitcr beng roDDcu, Whie
drunk. There plenty Of gloomy places along the
river front, infested by gan1s capable OF robbery
and murder, where drunken man Is safe II even N.
socks are worth stealing; and where woman even Oh
the lowest kind. dar' not wander. The ru>hhlg river
carries bodies far away from where they are thrown m
aud coroncr's jury would much rather believe ma !,
corpse had been manglcd By fishes cut by Heating
drit"0od, or impact with spileS. than hdd announcer
case Of undiscovered crime to the police records
one Of the most marked changes In the houses of
T'c TODD New Yor9lcrs. in recent years, CONSISTS
in the position and use Of the hall For lohg
time the builder whose hall stairs dd not begin
few feet from the front door wa, considered cc'chr'
In the old style Of cities houses and indeed many oi
generally divided into parlor lookins upon th'
street. back paror looking tho yard and a narrow
hail. with windows at all in II. unless the mousse
were corner The stair, ran directly up 10 inc
landing above. beginning few feet from the ilo''
door Tie roors above generally consist" OF hlE
room and little hall room, In 'front.' the same h'hlhu
and the hall and stair, continued sill IN gloom ~
the next story Sow the better and more fashionable
STYLE of Architecture places the stair, in the middle
hall fr.m front
door. pat the front p1rlor, - foyer, ~ li' 'r
# The hou-". taking mp the whole Width "f ur
and - ,ky lgli scud, hood Of light down upon the
stairway. General, hand some fire place mere
show, that the hall &, intended Ia serve a. rhtuG
room. ana ~" stairway curve Era''iniN up ~ ~,
next landing. All the room, back and front opening
on 10 ,hi, central hall ana HGitnE II t'"gn m%
som, over the doors. Ioti"d pl1nt~ pains pr'l't
easy chairs, rugs screens, ctc make these foyer nails
delightful louncina pIa,c~ Thcy are revelation 10
tho householder who has usually REGARDED ~, ..,m
Az = ncc". .lry hut clromy tunnel Of communicate"
between story and story.
T. /, the custom 10 dccry American domestic ser
wants and laugh At their preference for the title help
f. that ~ servant. >tll there can hc little doubt iha
the demand for better -crvlcc Of late wears is being
met and that Sew N0rh"r~ are better waited on
and served To d1v than hey eyer wer" l'i"Ir lh''
ro, Of independence and the social instinct which l"ai
.irl. 10 pr~'rr th. hard work NJ the factory 10 IN"
easier work If the hou,eod sin asserts Itself in the
,mcr.c,n.horn Young woman. buf for the most part
domestic -orvicc i- supplied hcrr hy immigration fr"m
Tur,pc Irish girl, aro more uumerou, than oiher
n,ti,-alfIc> ard generally -"t crdr FIR considerable
rauuc>, ~ first coupled with greater aptitude i"T
r.raiu. MP the fiur. than m" cyr"Il"n"-- Of thor
fellows hut German and swedish girls are always IN
dcfulrd ar account ~ their old N'fh IDEAS '"'u'
.',, t, becoming. ard their industry and willingness
to 30 taught II is coming - 30 rc'snf"i thar good
i.trceo. rearly aIVay- make c-i servants and tha'
whom A servant once come, - Feel thif her Wl-ir'