The herald., 1893-10-17


one OF the fret tall buildings In the city,
can scarcely be noticed amongst.
the many buildings all around
it of twice its height. OF course
the upper floors OF these buildings
are very warm and eunny, and in
the summer you catch all the breeze. so
that the occupants claim that they are
more desirable for Offices and residences.
One OF the big apartment houses up
town, fronting Central park. Is the Da-
kota, and it is a beautiful building.
The views that we get of these buildings
do not give the correct idea OF then1 for
most OF them are extremely graceful.
TIE fact that all these buildings are oc.
cupled, and that new ones are going up
all the time, would seem to indicate
that they are necessity la large towns
There is also another idea in these tall
buildings that one does not get until he
sees them, and that is that owners OF
small lots ON etreets such as Broadway,
by putting up tall buildings, can get as
many rooms in their buildings as though
the lot we're two or three times ae large
and they built the old etyle OF building.
There 10 one notable example OF this
class OF building which ie famous for its
location and symmetry, although on
very narrow lot, think not more than
80 ieet in width. 1t is building just
being built by piano company facing
Union square. 1t is about 13 stories in
heighth, but, Notwithstanding the great
heighth and narrow width, 1t 10 most
graceful and beautiful. The second floor
is finishe with glass front the entire
width OF the building, 30 that it can be
utilized as store, and any article such as
furniture or large goods, can be displayed
to advantage on the second floor. You
see this arrangement in many stores on
Broadway and Fifth avenue. OF course
the new hotels, such rs the Waldorf,
the Holland, the Savoy and the Neither
lande, are all tall buildings, from l3 to
20 stories high, and all OF them look
very we'll. The furthest down town OF
these is the Holland, on Fifth avenue,
and few blocks above Madison square.
The building itself is OF light grey sand-
stone, with bay windows of the same
material. The interior fttings OF the
office and reception room are mable.
The cafe, fronting on the corner OF the
street, is finished in light colors. Every
alternate panel on tine wall has mirror
and over these and in the other panels
are what are known ae Wateau paint
ings in Louis XIV style. The service
ct the tables is very elegant. All china
is finished in blue and gold. Even the
handles of the knives are of china, with
the same finish. The napkins and table
linen are OF the finest quality, and sill
marked with the name of the house.
The finish on the walls of the dining
room OF the Waldorf is in black and
gold.
The Savoy, which is located at the
4 IN. o.. Il
park, has extremely elegant pariors.
They are finished in white and gold,
every separate parlor having the furni-
ture and ornaments according to the
different styles OF the empire and Louis
XIV.
The famous Dslmopico's is on Twenty
fifth street, extending from Broadway
to Fifth avenue. The building itself is
not modern, and the finish of the in
terror walls seems plain compared with
the more modern hotels; but it still
holds it's popularity with New Workers,
and at meal time is crowded with the
elite of New York. The bill of fare,
however, is about the same as at the
other hotele. The prices at all these
hotels and restaurants are considerably
more than on the Pacific slope ae rule,
about double. 1t was formerly the case
that the further west one went the
higher were the prices of food and
clothing, but within the last decade
these conditions have been reversed, go
that now the farther east you go the
higher prices are, and It is proba BILE that
for first class living New York is the
highest priced city in the world.
While their meals are well cooked and
we'll served, still doubt il they are su-
perior to what the best restaurants in
Los Angeles and San Francisco can
afford.
DRESS AND FASHION.
thought possibly that l should see
some great changes in the manner OF
dress here, but have not SO far. A gen.
tleman and lady well dressed in our city
would be well dressed here. We see
very often caricatares OF styles, and the
New Yoyk dlia is supposed to be the ne
plus ultra oi Election; but doubt if he
exists save in the comic papers. Oc-
casionally saw twoor three young men
walking up Broadway from a dinner
party, dressed in elk hats and dress
suits, but in every case they were tall,
athletic, manly men, and seemed TO ex-
cite as much attention as gentlemen
similarly attired would on our own
streets. In regard to the fashions for
ladies' they are much the same as they
have been for the past past year This
is probably owing to the fact that it
would be impossible to make their
sleeves any larger, and | suppose the
'iad" OF wsaring the balloon sleeve will
continue for another year. l visited
some of the larger stores here, of which
there are a number, such as Macy's,
Lord u Tavlor's, Stern Bros, and find
there assortment of goods and fashion
much the same as they would be in San
Francisco, only of course these stores
are great deal larger; the New York
stores, however, do not seem to have as
large stock of goods, nor are they as
we'll patronized as Chicago stores, such
as Marshall, Field & Co. and Siegel,
Cooper q Co.
CALIFORNIA VS.. EASTERN FRUIT.
While | always had good idea OF the
productions of California, had no idea
OF its superiority over everything pro-
duced in the eastern states. In Chicago,
on almost every corner there are fruit
stands loaded down with immense
pears, peaches, tokay grapes. plums and
other fruits with which We are familiar
and which have no rival here. There
are grown here number of very small,
white and poorly favored peaches; there