Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-28
HON. JARVIS BLUME.
The Able Jurist and Writer.


under the name Of business" 10 TO feel Q
thrill Of pleasure or satisfaction, then this
feature was NO part Of our having good time
II to hunt M those people who wc supposed
would overwhclm us with attentions in the
metropolis and to find them not In. having fed
the city for the ctty's good; II to hunt in vain
for familiar face and never see Il In che
"maddinR crowds iRnoblc strife; II to 70.
gard the frozen piles Of snow about Broadway,
seven feet high on On average, to see the care.
worn faces Of the pttiable wretches existing
God knows how; II TO look ct one great. high
building and then ct Q low and ficketv old
building By It's side. IL 10 enjoy the srchi.
ssctural beauty Of New York; II there 10 any
fun In the rush OF these everlasting IL rail.
road trains and the scramble for position; II
to walk along the sidewalks and ret the beue.
NJ Of many bad smells IRON Easements, res.
tsurants and bas.rooms; II Oh this and much
more OF the daily monotony Of New York City
lite II to have good time, then we succeeded
in having u.
Perhaps this 10 overdrswins the picture q
little. because We do not wish to be uuderstood
% saying that We did not meet with nue and
hospitsbls people and generous spirits ON
every hand who could not do enough for our
comfort and personal welfare, because this 10
true; but We must give the dark side % we'll
~ the bright side Of the picture. OF course
there 10 bright side. No more esusrous souls
could exist thas those who welcomed az at
their homes. both In Brooklyn and New York,
both In the heart Of the city and the residence
districts. and who made ne feel % much at
homo here - elsewhere.
Some would call this cynical picture with
. tinRe OF bitterness In II. but We do not mean
II In that way The mistake oil lies, In tact,
In going without an adequate purse and an
estimate OF what II costs to 10 to New York.
stop at swell hotels. patrouixe swell oates and
be good fellow" In the usual New York ides
OF the term. In QUE easy western style we are
not accustomed to the continual rush and
whirl that they seem to DO In In tho East.
There IL about the average Now. Yorker an ex-.
travagaut dash and hustle the extent of which
10 nowhere else to be found ON tho continent
People rush madly around corners, bump
into their fellow beiuss % II. % before ~
marked, II was their last day upon earth and
this was about TOT end for them. u 10 Q die.
ttucttvely New York habit. this everlastiug
hurry and scurry and. TO the western mortal
demoralising to sec this rush to do business
and enjoy life. A NEWCOMER will say, Egg
suse me moment. am going down to see Q
man ON John street; will be back In ten min.
utes." He gets back In IN hour and half. In
his rush to 10 around on John street to sse his
friend. no has met every one Csc he knows In
New York and docs more or less business and
confers with them In what he imsgines will bc
ten minutes. Come. let's take something"
he says and enters . saloon, and there he
meets Colonel so-and'so, and Major So.
and.so. and General So.and-se, and
Judge so'and-so. al big, jovial and
observation-disclosures; all take . drink
and then another. aud then oil spend often On
hour OF 30 In mutual reciprocity. and 80 the
day goes. and nothing Of any consequence ac-
complished excepting the rush and hurry Of
stuffng the stomach, laying the foundation
Tor dyspepsia or something more serious; and
when the shades Of night come, instead Of get.
ting the rest which nature Graves, the whole
whfrl OF the day begins. Then 1t IL the club.
the thester the saloon, the concert hall. and
the rounds are made until your back aches.
your brain whirls. and you long for your quiet
Western home, where you are In the habit OF
sleeping eight or nine hours each night. But,
after all, New York IL In some respects grand
place. And no wonder the statistics show
shorter average Of New York life. wonder
that they live o. long - they do, or that the
mad house does not claim them long before It
does.
Stand on broadway two hours and you will
meet everyone you know In New York; stand
there year and you will meet everyone you
know In the United States; but 70 there o. q
stranger aud feel the utter tnstguiacsnce Of
your personality. You will look for familiar
lace and see none; you will wait for kindly |
greeting and get none, you will Ion. for y
friendly handshake and have no opportunity;
Vou will begin to think that you are the veriest
drop In the ocean Of humanity, the football Of
Destiny; and II you never felt that suicide |
would be good thing aud can be carried into |
effect, You will now have an opportunity. But |
think II 10 necessarily 30 In city flled with |
! cosmopolitan people; people from all the |
quarters Of the globe gathered together; pe0-
pie Of doubtful snteoedents and absolutely |
with NO status socially or financially to rec.
,mmeud them to the confidence Of their fell
ow-beiugs. 1t 10 city Of strangers OF strange
'onglomsrste makeup, the majority OF whom
nave no certain abiding place or object In life
except to livs-to exist, because they cannot |
help II.
Az one looks at the Central graveyard. stu.
,tsd ~ the hssrt Of the city Isniniscsnoe OF
here are not more gravsyard!; he Will also
sopdeF whore oil this mass Of humanity will
DO buried when their time comes. As hsloOks
lorOss the little Island OF Manhattan. nowhere
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