New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-02
GLAD TO HAIL 1894.
HIGH HOPES FOR TIE NEW YEAR.
.,o,,n,v orsrryANCFs IN THE METROPOLIS
GOOD CHEER FOR THE RICH AND POOR
SCENES IN CENTRAL PARK.

SCENES IN CENTRAL PARK.
The heart of the new year must nave peeh
touched if It could understand and appreciate
the ronturous delight with which Its advent was
hailed Yesterday The knell of the old year
,ros q note of rejoicing Not tear was shed
over It's grave All were glad that 1t was gone
and hoped fervently that they would never see
another like 1t.
The PROSPECTS for 1894 are hardly as roseate as
.he,, MIGHT he Indeed the distress among the
moor. and in fact, among nearly all classes must
o,,irua for a time at least The winter has
hardly set in in earnest People would not let their
minds dwell on this vista, however Ihey
knew only that 1893, that year OF calamity was
over. They felt that things could not be any
worse than they had been; change must come
and must BE- for the better. New years ia!
was therefore one Of hope.
There were the usual obserNances or the non
day. If men did not go calling, they met IN
their clubs and drank bumpers to the New Year
Central Park and Riverside Drive were crowded
with carriages and the genial air and sunshine
+ar,nted many to stroll. Perhaps the most
gratifying feature OF the day was the charltaple
work among the poor If the suffering IN inc
metropolis has been unparalleled the measures
70 relieve It have been correspondingly great
The effort has been TO seek out the worthy. anu
70 give only to them. Doubtlessly the lives OF
many have been saved by the generous responses
10 the cry OF the poverty stricken
Holiday decorations remained at the Union
League. Lotos. Manhattan, St. Nicholas uni
yareitv and other clubs At nearly all lunch
cons were spread, and bowls OF punch "eie
brewed for the deectation Of the members ana
the houses were CROWDED ne '"'"'''' ~
special lnatinees
MUDDY EOADWAYs.
Mud was king IN Central Park and on St
Nicnolas-ave yesterday Consequently the
drives usually filled with housekeeping hoise'
ard carriages-fashionable and othcrwise-were
nv no means overcrowded. Il the snow w hiTn
Iay on Central Parks hills and lawns cou ,ld
scene might have been dlifereht- OW WI, ~ %
fast horses kept their pets n stapic i,hi,.
FORTY Of the rigs out We're uliiis. ,,, ~,
hired and when the drivers tried oi usI' NV ~
49,. Cow, i'm showers Attempts at speeding
were few Through the Park a fc" priNale Sai
riages rolled. their occupants mulltu III saor roa
and robes and the limit of every drive seeHeu
~ no AT Malcomb's Dam Bridge. OhlE re"
drivers rassed over the bridge ana thefe "dS
gloom in the roadhouses Inc rlou aI,d apNne5
mon sat ike statues on their horses ana ya"heu'
ILL., CO. rvnre no runaways to distract their at
tnn,ion The specimens Of horsenesh out yes,
ferdav We're generally physically hcapaci'"''
for sreed greater than six miles an l'ouI. -,
RI. the drivers Of then-well they ehJoFeu
themselves. They were mostly Eoui!s men '"
tbav had their best girls with them ana III.
Girls were rosy checked and pretty ana ehJo!eu
the drive and the young men were corfespoiiu,
tnel,, happy Some of these couples had a pal
fright AT Observation-Disclosures -ff;h-st. ana
saventh-ave. Driving blissfuly along, they lor-
cot the ca ble cars until the clang OF the gong
reused them Then the girl screamed ana li'e
Young man said Whoa" and other things, anu
drove on with a well feigned air Of indifference
what the gripmen said would better De eit ui'-
said Tribune reporter saw -FOUR OF THESE
"might have been accidents in one hout yes
terday afternoon
TIE SPORTS" LAMENT.
An aged sport with red nose ana lons
memory sat In a roadnouse in Seventh-ave at !
o.c,ocE and mournfully bewailed the absence OF
SNOW and the decadence Of the times. Many
fine have seen this here road crowded ne
said "but never see such day as this. There
aint been two ounces Of real blood pass mere
since noon. Mud kills speedin and sports ain
gon' TO run their horses on no SUCH ROADS as
them" and he pointed to the wide avenue with
its pools Of liquid mud
But there was reckless driver. ana ne was
arrested near Fifty-ninth-st. for speeding MS
horse At the Sixty-seven:h-st. police station ne
gave the name Of Charles lie Riban and his adj
dress as No GO West Fcurtcentf-St. Charles lie
T,ihan. a manufacturer of umbrellas. has a store
there The prisoner was bailed ont by Herman
FreunG. of No 1928 East Scventcenth-st.