The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-29
A G, C. IN NEW YORK.
Pleasant Scenes and Sorry Sights in the
Great MetrnnnIiS.

| Pleasant Scenes and Sorry Sights in the
| Great Metropolis.
| They say thai when New York is warm it is the
hottest place in Christendom, and this has been
| demonstrated to my entire satisfaction the past
| week.
Il looks hot il feels hot it is ho-simply sizzling
| hot Everybody looks As if he wanted to ask you
If II was hot enough for you" and for the first
time since my arrival have congratulated myself
| that knew nobody to ask me question.
People look wiited and their collars cuffs and
| dispositions keep them company. Shop girls
snappy, anu customers are hard TO please and
| equally disagreeable, and all on account of the
weather.
| have no doubt there are plenty of old-tmers
who can recall hotter June in 39 or AZ, but for
my recolleciions of dates, this is the hottest
The Summer gardens doing fourishing
business these snltry evenings. aud the excursion
and pleasure boats freighte with breeze seek
| ing humanity.
| Madison Square Garden with a seating capacity
of 1900, is nightly thronged with music lovers.
| The main floor of the amphitheater is laid with
/ small tables, where people sit and sip refreshing
drinks aud enjoy the enhancing strains of Anton
Seid4's superb orchestra.
Huge palms and flowers decorate the place. while
aesthetic fountain ia front OF the Stage keeps The
air cool and the splashing of the waters. blending
with The music, produces IA delightful effect.
The Casino Garden. the roof of the immense
thester, seven eight stories high. offers strong
inducements on hot night, and is literally pa
tronized-
The roof is inclosed with high iron railing
which is massed with vines. flowers, palms. and
waving foliage and is a perfect bower of beauty,
and catches every breeze that blows across its lofty
citadel.
People sit around small tables and sip lemonade
beer, champagne, or anything fancy may dictate
and listen to the entertainment. not also accord
ing to the taste of the individual
BATTLE OF THE FLOWERS.
member of The Flower Mission is my authority
for an amusing little incident that happened last
week.
Is was announced that flowers would be diztrib-
uted at Five Points Park, Saturday afternoon. at
o'clock. temporary stand had been erected,
and at the hour named two benevolent. warm
hearted committeeman took their places and await
ed the arrival of the cart which contained the
flowers.
motley throng had gathered there. and 1
imagine how the hearts of the aforementioned
committeeman swelled with joy at the prospect of
bestowing so much pleasure upon them with their
gifts of flowers.
No sooner had the car. arrived than the driver
was seized aud carried away by party of hilarious
roughs. and the wagon emptied of its contents.
The two committeeman pleaded and reasoned
with the people but the Sill, small Vote was lost
in the wbirlwind.
Men, women and children grabbed and ran
only TO be wayiaid and robbed OF their flowers at
:he next step. Fights ensued and
knocked down; women pulled each others hair
and children spatted; boots OF laughter and yei!s
of derisiou greeted the Flower Mission representa-
tives all sides. and general brawl ensued
Two or three policemen were utterly powerless
in the mob. and it was only when the patrol and
extra detachment of officers arrived that any
order restored. suriy, discontinued crowd
were dispatched to their homes and the Park
/ strewn with faded, tranpled lilies roses. and wilt
ed lilscs to tell the tale. The two committeeman,
they will never distribute flowers In Five Points
| Park again.
II seems to me that IL Is false sentiment to take
flowers TO The sIums, or TO jails and prisons: but
| perhaps some good may come to a few. lady
| vino has had wide experience in hospital charity
work tells that the little children are the only
ones really benefited by the bestowaI OF flowers.
| The women dissatisfied If their punches
not exactly the their neighbors', and are
| envious aud suspicious The little reach out
their little wasted hands with eager longing. never
thinking of comparing their lunches and few
simple flowers will bring untold brightness into
their hearts and faces
RIPE FOR THE CHOLERA.
This hot weather makes amos, morbid about
| the cholera When go int the slums and see the
filth and degradation, or when ride on the ferries.
or elevated roads, or go any place where people
are literally damned together. am deeply i'm
pressed with the danger. should the epidemic
reach us. If IL once gets "A foothold In New York
il will spread like wild fire, and God alone knows
what the end will be. went to Jersey City
the 6i5 ferry the other evening Just at the time
| when people were going home to supper II was
a hot, sultTy night and the air was sitting. Work
men and women of ali conditions of servitade
| packed together. and there not
enough to turn around; nothing TO do but stand
still or move with the crowd. 1 thought of the
how the germs OF disease could be communicated.
A UNIQUE CHARACTER.
A ride on the elevated road affords no end of en-
tertainment and a wide field for speculation. The
most interesting ride, as 1t runs up through the
! Bowery.
From the car window you can look directly into
| the windows of houses aud shops and see how the
| inhabitants live. and many strange and novel
| sights greet you you fly by.
| Steve Brode's saloon, with residence above was
| pointed out to me from the He is widely
! known as the imam wiao has twice jumped off the
Brooklyn Bridge 10 win a wager. He is q unique
character, and a mixture Of very good and very
bad.
| very good thing that he does Is certainly an
originalone. He keeps in his saloon 80 umbrellas
| which he lends 10 working girls who caught
out ia the rain, and although tradition no
| one returns umbrella, yet out of she 30 he
las never lost one.
| Lenore Sherwood Marble.
| MT. C.. C. GUARDS.