Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26
NEW YORK GOSSIP.


What Has Been Going On in the GREAT Me-
tropolis During the Week.
OUT OF JOINT WITH TIE wEATHEn--rHE soil
rUDE OF THE cRowD-A STORY OF rMERsoS-
TERRoRs OF RENT DAY-INDrTFERESCE IN RE-
GARD TO THE WORLDS FAIR
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
| NEW YORK, December "a, 1891.
WE DON'T KNOW JUST WHAT IS THE
w matter with Christmas this year, but
somehow the times are out of joint The
weather is sadly dislocatcd, to begin with; pos
| sibly that is the main trouble. But whatever
the reason, there is less Of Christmas in the air
than was ever known. The shopkeepers who
have croaked all the year, are inconsolable.
This peting rain storm, which the oldest inhab-
liant cheerfully admits beats the record, is the
last straw. Old Santa Claus himself would
rather let family Of seven children go giftless
than do his shopping in this nor easter.
THE SOLITUDE OF THE crowd.
| had curious proof yesterday Of the isoia-
ton of great city, and of New York perhaps
more than of most great cities. About eight
years ago two college classmates and good
friends belonged to the fraternity Of Washing
| ton correspondents. Then one of the twain
accepted an editorial position on the New York
1'oSt Two years later his classmate followed
him to New York to fill a position on the Sun.
Yesterday as was walking in Nassau street
with one OF these friends we met the other.
There wore mutual EXPLANATIONS of greeting,
quite cordial and joyful, and then it appeared
| that this was the first meeting Of the two
| friends during the six years in which they had
been together in New York, though their Offices
| were only three blocks apart and their business
the same. Never had they met in public COM
| panies, or social gatherings, or in the line of
their duties, or casually at lunch. or upon the
street. And the most singular part Of this
| anecdote Is that the tale is not singular.
THE TERRoRs OF RENT DAY.
| Last night as walked up Broadway looking
at the Christmas windows a tragic, or at least
painful. episode Jared the note of good cheer.
Here and there on the great business artery of
the metropolis are relics of simpler age in
the shape OF old-fashioned plain brick fronts
| that retain q semi-dwelling character. In these
tenements one may procure lodgings and,
dare say, live very comfortably right in the
heart Of the city's toll and tumuit. provided he
pay his rent. But just there evidently was the
diihculty In the case shall speak OF. For be-
hold, amid the splendid windows and dazzling
candy shops and the eager crowd, forlorn
heap OF effects piled on the curb and slowly
but surely getting very wet in the drizzing
fog. Obviously they belonged to a
bachelor, which was some alienation and very
nkely ne was poor, worthless scamp who had
| abused his landlords patience shamefully be-
| 49, sAAo AoSs pcEcNptOTy kteD was taken: and
still 1t looked very pitiable to see the faded old
lounge and the dingy bed. and the chairs and
pictures and books, with gay soapmakers' ad-
| vertlsements on the wet back covers, out there
IN the monday pageant, mOtely admitting
| lallure and misery and no one showing the
| least interest. The owner had gone of. il
| might be, to raise the wind or perhaps he was
| dead or drunk. No one was on guard, and the
effects were not very tempting; probably the
police cart or the ashman took them away
finally.
| HER GLORY AND BUSINESS.
| We have many kinds of drama in this town,
and one of the latest varieties might be dubbed
the Seven Sutherland Sisters DRAMA Its
success depends very largely on the magnifi.
cent hair OF the star. And SO, very properly,
| from business point of view. no opportunity
| Is neglected to show this gift to advantage
We are IN a hairdressers shop from the rising
| to the dlop OF the curtain. First the hair is
braided in one splendid queue, then it is al
| lowed to untwst; next the heroine hides her
embarrassment by making robe OF the thick
| dlsheveed tresses. We have back views and
| front views and side views; it is tossed and
kicked and kissed, and at each new arrange
ment the ladies excaim Hasn't she wonderful
hair J! and the men admit that she has If Lady
Godiva or the Lady of Shalott lived nowadays
| they could become high lights in the histrionic
armament, provided they threw away their
hairpins and learned to pout, grimace and kick.
THE CATHEDRAL IN RUIN.
From the tonsorial drama to Emerson is a
| far step, but here is fresh anecdote OF that
| great man as get it from one who was a near
| relative. It's a melancholy item, but char
Gcteristic. We all know that toward the end
Emerson's mental faculties, and particularly
| his memory, fell into decay. Death, az though
Jealous OF such splendid gifts, which must out
live his dart, struck him there frs. 1t was
| Mt peculiarly mournful occasion for Emerson,
The burial OF his lifelong and intimate friend
and yoke-fellow in literature, the poet Long,
fellow. Emerson was returning from the last
| rites. In company with his daughter who was
with him not only as another mourning friend
but as an afectionate watcher for her fathers
safety. As they were walking along, after an
interval of silence, Emerson said: .'My daugh-
ter, he whose funeral we have attended was q
beautiful gentleman. But cannot remember
his name"
MORE sPUTTER THAN FLASH.
Now York tries very hard to be or to appear
interested in the worlds fair, but the powder
In the pyrotechnics is damp and won't corrus-
cate. Even Depew sizzles. 1t is not that we
are hostile, but only that we are indifferent
quite as indifferent as when it was proposed to
hold the fair here. Surely, Chicago can't be
angry II we are no more hearty over her show
than when we thought it ours. We have had
some speech making. therefore. but very little
practical effort i'll the way Of the preparation
VI eAh.oi's. Aue papers lave uone their part
IN friendly spirit. even if some jests and gibes
have escaped them, for there ism t half the in
| terest felt which they would make out. Still.
the state, by noblesse oblige will be likely to
vote the needed 100000 appropriation.
SPEAKER cRIsP's FIRST STEP.
| You would not be instructed by New York
comment on Speaker Crisp's committee
scheme. That comment, moreover, is mostly
one OF wonderment There's music in the air
evidently, but we can't catch the tune. AS
usual, the city and state cut an ignomnious
figure In the lists. but nobody notices that or
cares about it. The Speaker is credited with
having good understanding with Tammany.
and that is enough for the average politician.
The couldn't tell the difference