The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-01
LONDON AND LIVERPOOL LoTH1NG c
THE BOWERY,
Past and Present.

hood But for the manfu1 way in which the
ponce have struggled and succesded In Keeping
the Bowery free from the obnoxious character
press Who ssmp M oa YAM e -. r~ the me h ssys
searoed from the repertoire Of reminiscenf
Iainps or exaggerated under the influence Of
have aourished. and been 70 The aosps1sp 49,
side Of Eew York, with its teeming population. .
sdxtn avenue In the way Of trade.
Only last week a reporter for one OF the daily
papers wrote Up the grievances Of the hackmeu
longer find their calling remunerative. and claim
mat there they formerly made with ease SO :
day they now find It difficult to get q fare at all
Give a dog a bad name and you might q
Wen hang him. That Il just what the news
papers have done 10 the Bowery. Instead Of
eieFtting its reputation consistently with the
pans the police took to improve Il. every oppor-
tunity was taken TO Cling mud at the historic old
those who never went there to ascertain tho
truth for themselves, but accepted an thsr
heard about IL as Gospel truth
And the pity Of iti For was not the Bowery
700 historic a spot 70 Be made the sport Of such
reputation forced upon Il BY those who had no
purposes to serve but their own
Think Of the 'Rlories of the Old Borerv The
etre. What actor OF. actress Of note 10 the oIden
days oid not grace the boards Of that notable
playhouse, from Edwin Forrest up 70 the starr
o. our own day Tony Pastor, seeming the de-
cline Of the Bowory. moved mn 10 Fosr<oenfh
street and Did most wisely. One Of the oldest
a spacious store in Twenry-third street 10
which Il wiz shortly remove And the Horerv
Boy Who shall forget him The Bowery Boy,
with his chivallic disposition and gay tastes.
who would rather sacrifice his own life than
take anothere and who embalmed 10 his career
the essence OF the older day romance.
The cheap lodging houses which crowd On the
Boxery have been for years edgiug out . better
class OF Inhabitants than those By which thew
are pafronized, but IL has been due to a dlstests
OF having such neighbors rather thar aur cauae
q actual complaint against them that this has
happened; for they are. as a rule, flled 10 with
needy adyenturers who prefer TO accept q poor
class Of accommodation rather than accent me
scure streetz
The Bowery has been, In fact. a xrsa* plscs
and many a man noted Ia politics or local his
tory has not been ashamed TO be famIli ~ With
rs naunts and TO be seen in them frequently.
nany menosrs o. the New York Voiunteer Fire
should never be forgotten, are among those still
70 be found clinging to the neighborhood on &C
~ = ola assoeiauons among whom may be
conspicuously mentioned old Harry Howard.
ex-Chief OF the Department. and numerous
Others II will be q long while before eli the
which was long its headquarters. but which ~.
df1rted sway slowly year by year into ne we and
more pretentous localities. But the story az
the Bowery,s decline has been told and the true
cause Of II has been given. 50 far a. comb -
done 10 q mere outline Of the matter. and the
time has come Tor the great establishment whose
history has been interviewer with its annals n
cordially thank the public whose suffraees IL has
enjoyed 50 beautifully during the past nfreen
years for the honor bestowed upon II bv their
liberal patronage The London and Liverpool
Cictning Conpau therefore now takes this on
portunlty TO formally tender its thanks TO the
public at large for the generous surD0rt ar-
corded u and for the confidence which 1t has
secured and maintained for 50 many years.
VALET EFT PLAUDTTE.