New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-03
A BRIGHT CELEBRATION.
PANORAMA OF PEOPLE IN TIE STREETS.
THE BEGISNING OF THE NEW YEAR EEPT IN
TIE CLUES AND HOTELS WITH

TIE BEGISNING OF THE NEW YEAR EEPT IN
TIE CLUES AND HOTELS WITH
FINE "spEEAD:.'
Nature, like man, deferred her celebration of
New Years Day until yesterday. The drearinesS
of Sunday, which was oppressive enough to ruin
the observance of all the holidays of the calendar
rolled into one, was succeeded yesterday by real
feast-day weather. genial atmosphere thawcl
out wintry tcmperamcnts and sunshine frightened
up everything and every body. The day was as
balmy as one in midwntcr well could be and the
uptown streets of the city were filled with pan
Drama Of human beings that reminded one, save
in brillancy of coloring, of the display on fine
Sunday in May
Business was suspended everywhere and the
day was given over to promcnadng, driving and
holiday feastng. Long lines of carriages rolled
Up Fifth-ave., through Central Park and down
Riverside Drive, and drivers OF fast trottcrs made
their customary pilgrmagcs to roadhouses be
yond the Harlem. Many thousands spent the day
az the various country clubs and other places out
Of town. and perhaps many other thousands
wished they could spend the holiday in the old
fashioned way TO which house outside the city
lends itself so WELL
Perhaps no other day of the year such
an attendance at the clubs IA New Years. Most
so are hundreds Of others who seldom visit their
club the rest Of the war. One reason for this
is the fact that many business men feel lost on
week day when they cannot 20 down town to
read the tape il comes from the ticker 10
ponder over long columns Of II cures. Thcs, men,
having nothing else 10 do. 20 to their clubs
Another for tho popularity o; clubs on
New Years Day il that most OF them ct ont
capital rcpasts there At the Union League Club
the superintendent, Mr.. Toby, had arranged Il
dainty array of viands and q" fetching brow OF
punch, and hundreds of members were present TO
enjoy il. At the Manhattan Club there was also
q luncheon which WAS Of irresistible attractive
ness even TO those WHO had appointments for
dinner The Ncw-Yor.: Athletic Club fairly
spread itself 70 show is friends how pleased Il
was with existence in general and the prospcc;
Of magnificent new clubhouse in particular.
The chief cook prepared dazzling display Of con-
fcctions, the centrcpiccc Of which was repro
duction OF the Columbus statue in Fifty-ninth-st.
Other fine bits of his handiworl were scene in
| a prize-rng, a deer hunt. kitchen. and sug-
gcstion for a Columbus clubhouse Among the
hundreds who enjoyed the "sprcad" were Bar
tow s. Weeks, president OF the club j. II. Has
lin, John A. Booth, W. Bounins. T. Dcppler. Elk
Mayor Hugh y. Grant, +. i. ScudGer. George
Dowd. f. Housing. T. Arthur Moore 4. 7. Doch-
arty, James Pringlc, S. d. Brewster, W. 3 Miller,
II. VI FcsSenden l.. Pauscn. ir. and Joseph A.
Ward
Tho hotels aso had their usual elaborate " FREQ
lunches" Tie tables in the Murray Hill Hotel
bore twentv-six set pieces in sugar and other
sweetA besides great loads Of dc,icacies that were
Of no particular design Some OF the pretty heaps
OF confcctions the temple OF pleasure. .
castle on the Rhine. the Church Of 81. Francis,
PaIua; a happy pair. rapid transit in the
eighteenth century, and an East Indian pavilion.
The Holman House also had a fin" cxhihi-
! ton. which was admired by hundreds The chief
piece was n temple of dazzling white, surmouni"d
| by Ncw-Yorlts lost love, Diana. The Bruins
wick. 81. James, Windsor, Holland 'iilscy Ven
dome. Marlborough and Other big hotels also
served dainty luncheons 70 all corners IN hohoi
| of the birth OF tho new year.