The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-07

to say that ho will recognize tho dilTer.
enco between legislative committee
seeking Information and q court OF Just
leo Weighing evidence but OF whatever
rules no conducts his court, his manner
OF doing so la not likely TO 10 any doto.
rioration from that Of his predecessor.
The chance visitor to tho general sos
aiona .whilo Recorder Smyth was Oh tho
bench, was very Huro to DO treated to
an exhibition OF mannors which aig.
gested n fish stall in-Ma,hington market
on Saturday night, rather than a
court oil justice. lilo buIlicd the wit.
nessos. browbeat tho lawyers, and
scoldod tho attendant whose Judgment
rs to tho proper position for Il window
or door disagreed with his, aud when
no rose from his scat and, with hia
hands In his trousers pockets. paced
backward and forward behind his desk,
delivering himself OF such remarks, no
Afforded n spectacle OF metropolitan
judicial dignity which was highly inter.
osting. Isupposo that 1t Is not imp0s.
siblc that n man may DO good laHyor
anu an upright jurist without having
tho little. external indications OF civil.
cation, but, somehow, one comes 10
doubt 1t, and come observation OF tho
old aud now recorders has given me tho
impression that guilty man would
hato to DO tried before Recorder Gof,
and an innocent man before Recorder
Smyth.
Tho large number OF foreign citiea
which are hidden away in the metropo.
lis, was strongly. impressed upon me by
q concert given'a few nights ago by the
Hungarian Association. My attention
was called 10 1t by an accident Coming
across tho East side one stormy even
Ing, stopped for dinnor In one OF the
little foreign restaurants. spotless in
appointment, faultleis In cookery,
which are tucked away in tho streets
near tho Second avenue. One may
drink black coneo to the accompani-
mont OF conversation in almost any
known language, in New York. aud it
did not take mo long to discover, from
my warm corner scat. that l had stun
bled into Magyar headquarters. The
women in green velvet and diamonds.
the men with curling mustaches aud
luxuriant side-whiskers, the conso-
nants which came pouring from every
mouth, oil told OF Hungary. 1t was by
joining some OF these diners that |
learned OF, and attended the concert,
which was tho occasion Of their gather.
Ing in holiday attire and spirits.
The concert was. In itself, q notable
aifair-enriched by the presence OF
Seidl and the Metropolitan orchestra,
the pianist, Friedheim, and the violin
ist, Edward Remenyi. II could not
have failed TO be interesting to any
lover OF music, especially Of the Hun.
garian music, which seems aa natural,
as fascinating. and.as intranslatable as
tho blowing Of the wind. But it was
chiefly interesting as the gathering OF
representatives OF tho whole population
"A population large enough TO support
its cafes, pharmacies. professional men,
banks and newspapers. Yet the occa.
sion was considered OF so light impor-
lance as 10 receive little or no mention
in the morning papers. aud the e1is-
tence OF the population 10 unknown 10
the average resident Of the city, who
rides back and forth, day after day,
from his downtown Office to his uptown
Hat.
Tue new immigration from Hungary,
which began about fifteen years ago. Ia
very different thing from its predeces-
sor, which consisted largely Of political!
refugees OF the time OF kossuth. The
late corners are OF tho rural and industrial
classes, and have included such an ele.
ment that the name Hungarian has, |
believe, become synonym In some
parts oil the country for q turbulent and
dangerous character. 1t 10 to control
this element, and assist and direct the
Others, that the Hungarian Association
exists. 1t consists largely Of the men Of
the older immigration. and like many
other associations in New YORK, exerts
4 wido influence, working unsel6shly
and without publicity.
Perhaps the best impression OF the
cosmopolitanism OF Now York is TO be
gained at the Sunday night concerts at
the Metropolitan Opera House. 1t is
easy enough 10 discover tina. there arc
many races in the city, but the co,mop-
oils OF the streets. with the picturesque
emigrant garb exchanged for the sec.
ond.hand clothing Of America, is hardly
rs effective spectacle as the cosmopolis
OF the opera house, in drcss suits and
silks. surrounded by sparkling lights
and an atmosphere heavy with per.
fumes and the odor OF flowers. Through
the swinging doors OF the Metropolitan.
beside tho average, theatre.2oing New
Workers, como s,oat, authenticated
Germans, with their families; quick
stepping French women. attended by
slim, young copies Of the Partisan boule-
vardiers; military looking Spaniards,
with languid-eyed women on their
arms, and the Jews-always tho best
patrons OF entertainment-their women
dressed with that gorgeouanosa which
lends itself so easily to ridicule, but is
in reality the fitting udornment Of
their oriental type. About the low
studded smoking room, during tho in.
termisaions, stroll the pallid. refined,
young Italians Of the Weather families;
kinky-haired Poles; brown skinned,
quiet hammered South Americans,
smoking their straw colored cigarettes;
or, perhaps. polite. apologize, little
Japanese. The leader OF the orchestra
is an Hungarian; the sougs are in
French. Italian, German, English.
Then. as some popular favorte finishes
an aria, and the people rise in furor
OF excitement. crying: "Brava! Brava!"
throwing armiuls OF bouquets at her
feet; calling her back three, half n
dozen, n dozen times-it is scene Of
Paris or Turin, rather than OF Anglo
Saxon America. 10 reflect that it Is