The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-01
In NEW YORK,
BoWERY AND FIFTH AVENUE, UNLIKE
AND YET HOW LIKE.

a Stroll On Fifth Avenue-where the
Mighty Dollar is Enthroned-Homes
ofthe Robbers-And Gamblers In Stocks
and Bonds = Washington Memorial
Arch-Fifth Avenue Structures - st.
Patriok's Cathedral Shocking But the
ao-Eulalie In New York-A Fash
ionab'e Drive-Common and Bored-
Nobody In Town-The Society ooacher
-Bowery aud Fifth Avenue Compared.
Special Correspondence News-Democrat
NEW YORK, May 26, 1893.
In marked contrast TO my walk on .ne
Bowery was a STROLL on Firm avenue, yes
terday afternoon. these streets repre.
sentlng the two extremes OF iiie are lVing VIE
exponents OF Unequal ulsulpuhOn Va '"i'
world's goods.
ON Filth Avenue we fud the mighty
dellar occupying the highest seat in tue
temple Of prosperity, while on me boweIy,
the struggle for mere existsnce has totally
obliterated all other OF jscts and aims.
And vet these people are oil created alike
they have the n.lne bodies, the same souls
and their henrts beat TO the same tune.
II seems to me that the most satisfactory
solution of this problem OF caste, 10 10 &C
CeDt tine tleOdDplllC iNAtAb bA
and adjust the matter by believing that
the Boweryman in this Bincarnation will be
a Fifth Avenue light in the next and vice.
versa.
After a stroll on the Powery, with it's
unique typee and myri"ia OF interesting
objects and notable q openings, walk
on Fifth Avenue 70, IN the language OF
Hamlet, "stsIp, fl It and Improbable"
True, on both streets we hnd
THE HOMES oF ROBBERS
and gamblers. Gu the Bowery lives the
thief who breaks iuto your house at ntght
and carries pway your jswelry and sliVer>
ware, and the Gas. bier who plays poker
and throws uns IN saloons. On Ffsh
Avenue llvcf l.- jJbber mohopolist anu
aWindler ant ..- gambler in stocks and
bonds.
The one IL u uoted and pursued and his
wife and chi dsen dragged to the lowest
depths while the other lives IN luxury
and affluence and lavishes wealth and
advantages upon wife and children.
Right hereo might remark with per-
feet impunity, "such is life,n
Fifth Avenue is thr fasoi?nable street
par excellence Of New York. After
fashionable people had been driven from
their strongholds. ca she Bowery, Bowling
Green, Bond ana Becker streets success
svely, they sit sd upon Fifth Avenue but
here business 10 now iuuuding upon
them.
Toe street Iuns from Washington
Square, NJ nus extreme through Central
Park to Harlem NJ the other distance OF
three miles. IL is a broad, straight avenue
lined with hsud1ome brown stone houses
variety OF churches, few elegant |
hotels, club houses, two or three
hospitals and the famous Lenox !
Library. At Washington Square, |
the once ultra fashionable residence
quarter, Fifth Avenn. slarts, anu there /
spanning the street is tie
WASHINGTON IMMORTAL ARCH
of imposing appesrauce and design. |
Among the decorations of the Centennial 1
celebration Of The Inauguration of Wash
iugton, was a temporary memorial arch /
which was greatly admired. This has 4
been reproducsd in permanent form and
stands 70 or so feet high.
The corner stone was laid on Memorial Il
Day 1890, and the last stone one year ago. II
Il bears the inscription taken from Wash
ington's memorial address:
Let no raise standard 10 which the L
wise and honest can repair. The event
IL in the hands OF God"
FIFTH AVENUE STRUCTURES.
At the corner OF Fifth Avenue and Wash
inRton Square Is the old fashioned but
stately residence of exNMayor Edward L
Cooper, brother.of tho late Peter Cooper.
A litTle further uD is en- ecclesiastic look.
ing house occupied by various Presbyter-
ian societies.
luB puOllcAhOub OF lLt 'Julke' anu
Mrs. Frank LsBlie occupy a large light
colored building at 10Th street.
Then come the exclusive Union club;
the Lotus club, composed OF actors and
literateur; ths Fifth Avenue Hotel, at the
corner Cf 23l street; Delmonicos, with
the windows filed with pansies and the
grass plat in front o mass OF flowers; the
Victoria and Brunswick hotels then the
knickerhocker Club, where Ward McAlr
lister and his oldNfashioned associates
hold forth and pass upon pedigrees.
Then there is the Holland house, all in I
Holland arcbite cEure, furnishings and
findings, one Of the finest hotels in the
county; and the new Astor hotel and The
Waldorf, SURPRISING anything in this
country for beauty and utter magnitude.
At 3iIh street is the Italian marble
mansion of the late Alexander t. Stew
art, now occupied by the renowned Man"
haitian club: on the opposite corner is the
Union League Club, reveling in luxury and
allurinR men from home and FAMILY.
From 46Gh to 47th street is the Hotel |
Windsor, old fashioned but still famous
and clung to by patrons who prefer 1t.
with it's conservative air, to its more gor-
geous neighbors. A little further up
stands
ST. PATRICK's CATHEDRAL,
a monument of strength and beauty and
where one can hear the hneBt music in
cifr. On the next square above are two
very Btriking brown stone mansions, con-
Egeted by . middle structure, the hrst OF
which is the nome of the late William x.
Vanderbilt, ana the second constituting
two distinct rC sidenceE. occupied by Mr..
sous-in- law. On the corner
Of 53rd street IL hr. W. Ii. wander.
bilps residspc5, costly and beautlful
house. DR.. Halps church and ST. Thomas
come next and on the corner OF bath street
Is the cummodious house of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, which Is being enlarged with |
the addition of an immense bail room and
conservatory.
SHOCKING BUT THE GO.
This part of the avenue is crowded with
stately houses many Of great architectural
beauty, but the entire absence OF grounds l
to set them off, makes all seem more or
less alike. The home of Mrs. ParAn
Stevens, so we'll known in social life, is a
very pretty one. Mrs, StevenB is an
unique character in New York society; no |
body likes her, everybody makes fun OF
her "shocking gowns" and vulgar res
marks, and yet she IL invited everywhere
just because il is the thing to do, l sup
pose.
EULALIE IN NEW YORK.
The Hotel Savoy at the entrance to Gen.
trail Park is a perfect jewel In its way.
Here is the suite of rooms now occupied
by the Infanta Eulalie OF Spain where
she will be at home with her suite during
her New York visit.
They are known as the French Empire
set, and are fourteen In number on the
first floor. The decorations in the main
salon are OF cream and gold and the style
goes back to the reign OF the grand mon
arch.