New-York tribune., 1896-01-02
VIEW YEARS DAY ~ THE HOTELS.
NO MORE NEW YEARS SPREADS -BOULEvARDS
AND DRIVES WELL. FILLED

no MORE NEW YEARS DS-BOULEvARDS
AND DRIVES WELL. FILLED
1t was a dull New Years Day. as New Years
Days go. Uptown II quiet Sunday. A raw
wind swept through the streets and whstled around
the corners Inside however, all was warmth and
cheer The big hotels had a holiday aspect, and
the clubs looked warm and inviting 1t was quiet
In tAe clubs. There the usual number OF vis-
itors. but the guests were not given over to any
unusual display account OF the holidays
In the hotels Il was different. II has been the
custom from time immemorial for the large hotels
give big spread in their cafes for the guests OF
the house. These spreads upon scale thae
one unacouainted with the hotel business would
not dream OF. In the old days the Brunswick and
other uptown houses would give spread that cost
he mana cement frcm $500 to $1,000 Yesterday
exception the rule. Except in two
houses. the Uptown hotels did not have the usual
spread Perhaps the best explanation of the falling
of given by A. Godchaud. superintendent OF
one OF the uptown hotels. He said:
"Only last year gave spread here that cost
us from $500 to Soo and we can give pretty fair
the class of people that took advantage of this
generosity 1t was not the regular customers Of tho
hotel Ii was the rag-tag and bob-tail aggregation
of the street. The regular guests of the houses do
not care for this. 1t Is the fellows that dress up
New Years Day and make round of these lunches
and get neal that lasts them Tor week. / had
to laugh to-day at the people that came in here.
looked all around. Then they walked out The
Hotel Mems Association agreed that it was bad
policy. and they have decided to discontinue the
matter. We vii, never do il aga n.
The hotels had a small percentage Of guests yes
terday in COMPARISON with the number that they
have been entertaining during the last month AZ
the big houses the MANAGEMENT had complaint 70
the cafes but that tae rooms upstairs were all
empty. with few exceptions Ihey were were Te h0Tpeelu.
however. and said that as soon as the holdays
were over and the people got over ee:eoratns the
would return and the business would pick up agan.
The avenues. drives. boulevards ana streets were
alive during the day IN tandems' cyclists coaSneS
and vehicles OF all sorts. Despite the driving WIND.
the people seemed to enjoy the road. and as therS
Was plenty of nshine the Were Tst sa
drives at Washington Bridge. High Bridge ana
ST Nicholas-ave. were all thronged.
DINNER OF THE NETWORK ATHLETIC CLUB.
All internal dissensions and personal animosties
in the New-York Athletic Club were forgotten yes
,cr,lav and the members celebrated the new year
N tie clubhouse F:ty-hfth-s and siXth-aves
with ali their accustomed gool-fellowship The tes'
,ivitics began at p. and continued until late
hour The dinner lasted for five hours
Songs were sung. and good cheer was on tap at
all hours Ceiscmans orchestra furnished tho
music The set pieces the dinner table were
works Of art and looked too good 70 eat They
were not intended for that purpose although one or
two of the late diners showed disposition TO taste
tie pieces Montees.' they were called, and tho
head waiter decided to move the artistic decora-
Il
pieces Of ielcacies bore the following Inscriptions
tune en- Route" Vase Antique" King Arayo's
Fountain" 'Lyre Phantase.f "Pyramde OF
Game" and Athletic Piece In Nougat a..
Among the prominent members present were tno
following: Joseph Gordon. Maxwell Moore. lanes
Whitley John Guick. Charles l.. Burnham. w, :.
Baldwin W $ Murphy. J. H. Hasin. Drs Brch
and Booth Washington Bell. c. T.. Goodyou r. A.
Katham, F. D. Cochran. G. f. Narblock. g -
Burgman. Colonel Homer, G. s. Daniels ana In
II. f. Hammond.
TIIRONGS AT THE NEW MANHATTAN.
Between 5000 and 5000 people visited the New
Manhattan Athletic Clubhouse yesterday 10 neV
the members and the management ceieora'e '"e
arrival OF the new year. Seldom In the nis'ory
Of the club even In the time OF the OIL" |ne'''
Diamond organization. has such throhs oee"
seen In the handsome building IN Maoiso"
Miss Lillian Green and Frederick Boehmes sase
exhibitions OF fancy swimming In the 'a'h. i"o
members and their friends were entertained oy
matinee In the theatre in the afternoon ana
vaudeville performance at night. ,uo,,,o. m
Among those present were the tohowing' VI
John L. Adams br {. 7. Adams. CHARLES +. ANS
worth, Dr. John e. Allen. Ringgold H. Arhoid, ).
Wheeler Aspell NJ I Barrett ID. j. Barry fsr-
cival j. Bernhard Willard David Bishop, A. v.
McKim William H. Naething Or. A. r. Norton
Elliott b. Page c. II. Pope. jr. Dr. A. /. Ranney.
Theodore B. Reynolds DR. G. W. Richardson, Jesse
I Rca Clendenian Eckert. George Il. Gray ana