The morning news., 1892-03-27
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
THE TENTH OF THE MONTH-Ex-
PEN5IVE ENTERTAINMENTS


Real Aristocrats-What Shall We
Do With Our Desd9-Mr. Pulitzer's
Superstition.
Copyright, 1922. bB the United Press.l
New YoRK, March 26.-For practical
man Of the world and the owner of big
daily newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer, proprie-
tor Of the New York World, is one of the
most superstitous men living.
His superstitions are numerous, but the
principal one is that the 10th day Of the
month is his lucky day. He never begins an
important undertaking on any other day Of
the month than the 10th. He purchased
the World May 10. 1882, and on Nov. 10,
1887. began the publication OF the EUening
World. Ground was broken for his big
building on the 10th Of a month, the corner
stone was laid on the 10th and the World
moved into IL on the 10th. On March 10
the publication of the Brooklyn edition OF
the Euentng World was begun.
! Mr.. Pulitzer will not start on a journey,
on any other day of the month than this
10th, and every new feature of his paper ID
inaugurated on that day. The only reason
be can give for this is that the 10th is his
lucky day.
| THE COST OF ENTERTAINING.
It may not cost much to get into New
| York society, IL you can secure the cooper
alton of Chief Butler McAllister, but only
millionaires can now afford the expense OF
remaining in once they pass the portals OF
| the charmed circle.
For year the cost OF private entertain-
| ments given by fashionable people has been
steadily increasing. but one given recently
by wel-known lady seems to have made
the $50 gasp.
At cost of several thousand dollars
the Metropolitan Opera Company was en~
gagged to give one act from "Faust" for the
| entertainment of the sixty guests. Prima
donnas and famous tenors had appeared at
| private entertainments before, for a
consideration, but the employment Of an
entire opera company, composed Of
famous stars was something never dreamed
OF before. even by Butler McAllister. whoi
plans on a liberal seals when others are to-
pay the bills. The total cost of this one
evenings entertainment for sixty pers
sons is said to have exceeded $40 900.
Two years ago MoAllister fixed the cost OF
living and entertaining each member Of the
| -Four Hundred at 100000 per year. Now
that society has been reduced to $50 and the
cost OF entertainments increased to $40 900.
it will cost not less than $780, 900 per annunE
for Entertainments alone to say nothing OF
the expense OF living between seasons.
There was time when 1t was claimed
great wealth was not a necessary uualifica.
ton for admission into the highest social
circles in this city; but that time is past
The aristocracy of New York to-day Is an
aristocracY Of wealth. Good birth and good
breeding are immaterial II wealth is abund-
ant.
AN EXCLUSIVE COLONY.
There Is a social circle In New York moro
exclusive than MoAllister's $50, and MOI
member OF it is wealthy. IL Is composed OF
the old New York families who live In thaq
part Of the city lying due west Of Jeffersonl
market, which is known as Greenwich VII
lage.
century ago this locality was a suburs
ban village OF the New York OF that day.
whore "a few business men lived In O.
story houses built Of plain red brick. The
city has grown up around and miles above
| the old village, but the red brick houses res
main intact except for few modern I'M
provements Of their interiors, and they are
occupied by descendants of the men who
built them.
The village has been cut down to a few
blocks but these, ,Femain intact. the owners
modern builders to encroach on their do~
main. There are no tail tenements, no
modern Hat houses and no brown stone
fronts In the neighborhood.
The people who live there are as staid aud
quiet as the plain brick houses In which
they live. They are mostly well-to-do
business men, exclusive and aristocratio In
their ways. but not ashamed to be in trade.S
The neighborhood Is remote from the
present great arteries of trade and travel
and it is rarely found by visitors and sight
seers In fact, many thousand residents OF
the city have never visited old Green wich
village. The people who live there have a.
social circle OF their own, and wealth nor
| title have ever served as passwords to carry,
stranger beyond its portals. In fact.
strangers are never admitted to this society
| under any circumstances One must be
| n md kn he Aox ia a..
one must be directly descended from the
founders OF the old Greenwich village.
FUNERALS AND BURYrNG GROUNDS.
A BILLS pending in the legislature OF this
state which proposes to abolish the customi
OF cremating the dead, which is growing in
popular favor In this city
The newspapers are opposing the bill and
they point to the fact that if the great
| metropolitan district continues to grow, III
q few years there will be no place TO bury
the dead. Long Island Is the burying ground
for New York's dead and round trip td
the present cemeteries is nova days Jour-
ney.
But little space Is left In Greenwood
| Evergreens, Calvary and Cypress Hills, the
| big cities OF the dead across the East river
| and IL 1t becomes necessary to seek new
burying grounds further away, busy New
Workers will never find time to go I'd
funerals. As 1t is now funerals are rushed
with haste that would shock people In,
| slow-going communities.
New York is too busy to waste any time
over tho dead. They are In the way and the
| sooner out of it the better. seems TO be tha
| idea here. Hearses are driven at a swift
trot from church TO cemetery, and there is
often an exciting race between funeral pros
cessions TO be first on board the ferryboat.
The first thing New Yorker learns is "a
| run TO catch a ferryboat. When he crosses
the river for the last time. he leads the rushu
ing, struggling procession, and IL oughs to-
be some consolation to him to know that ha
was first on board for once. New York is a
great place 10 live. but IL must be an uns
satisfactory place to die, for those who caro-
to be buried in the old-fashioned. slow and
solemn way. CURTIS KINeLAkE