The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
UPPER TEN IN GOTHAM.
RolrADrC LIVES OF THE DESo-
TEES or PLEASURE.
New Yorker, Psrisinns and Lon
Aoners at Close yfcw-Lcnten sea-
son Propftious for Proposals.



New York. March sl.-The ternpes,s that
bubble IN metropolitan tespots on these
Ienten days OF premature iangucr-no ore
would have expected this usually unrniy
lion OF a month 20 csper lsno-like 70 ns
very fnixh---are each and all deeply .ifrei
by the petty rlyairies tia, contribute TO the
friction Of life IN geat capitals. Compared
even to the socisi. political huriy- bury OF
Washington, with its war O, races aaa cls-
cordan, notes among oaice-seekeFs, with
its court gossip tomented within narToS
circle. the provincial.stn Of which Is worthy
Of some small Gssman prucipali;y. the
inner world Of Manhattan repels through
manifold rivalries. social zad artistic. Pc
liticeI and commercial. even clerical A
veritahle checker board Of Gets aud co;eries.
even the smaller New YORK ia essentially
Q city divided against .tsel,. TIE result is
the reverse Q, hAppy family atmosphere,
and succession 0: compilations tha,
tend more and more - disposition or the
part Of our leisure. or seui-ieisurs. class
to spend as little Of thelf time IL New York
Is possible.
What is the rnDisr. New Yorker nov
Adays hu, = pilgrim and ssaai stranger.
The month q March 1sel % constitute
his semi annual holiday. tu; 80 theae
times his i.entea VACATION pssenos.ly er-
tends over the entire Twelve ironta, Aod
only a few wcekF a. q tlule ng~ ara then
secs the man q leisure o. se-s.-lsssuFe -
any extent settled 10 the c'g @; na 80
called resdeuce. The NAB u afsifs even
Inansges to IN ErusR way se~4sit.g stfleef
his soiouru IN "t0Eu" and %ew Iorkers
are awakenius 70 the !aet thar me rosno-
bers Of may families once eas9r.Aicl "ith
our residential quarter are n9~ New YORK
erS only b. courtesy.
AS students OF socle.y watch The fan
Of fortunes aad the crssh os clubs from
some cosy corner " caioiasd az his
same eiubiane. ;hey arc ap- 70 @rpstiate
on this cry obvious fart - 70 IL
dnIge in all IusRper o, iheorez Ole 'o shy
and %heretor inea. ana even are
declining 20 pen themselves ", Do IL IN
the s0-cslied -pala;.ai r@si4ences o. our
rich, much lest II more :aotss, 14is and
apartments. Theories apart fhe fE1t re-.
mains that the Kew Ygrts. j. bseGni1s
lesE and less Ike TIE Fsrisiaa pr sang
and more and more He inc L9r15a-i.
IN which respec, the BostoElsr preceded
him The peculiarly O; tbe LoaJo5er %
leisure or s4ni-leislre Il thai h. il o'isG
o.. Q, town as ga Il r4ns ~ FROM mo
country ~ .ne suburbs periodically 70 ses
the Dcw playa. Of 70 ~ " 1ilf@. - dine
e. the smart restaurants. or irpk " a. his
clubs. o. zee What IS soiug Oh Z; ~eYt-
minister, bot he fatly dscliucg 70 eiaulzts
the Partisan. ~ho declares Tia, Taris IL
France and asserts las; London is Eag-
land
Some years ago our $ev Yorsers mod
elled themselves 90 the rar'g.ar qa't~ru.
Many Q; thern half-Afrd 30 ths.r cuba
and at Delmop!eor co1slaree firia ase-
rne and HfoadWay IN 're.- e.-l peculiar
hours tho only proiaenaQet Oh c2ril and
fatiy declined to tear theiHz.4Ves a~sy
frofa ma1-sOn square b@iorH ml. -JlLe A
few specimens Of She Oh guard sarl~c--
evergreen gentlemen wh9 alu swear By
Long Branch as New Yofs-ty tie Sea
and Saratoga az Sea YorB-iniand ugl TIC
majority Of their connmporar -es. reinforced
by the rising generation. have enlarged
their horizon
Tho consequence lz that The New Yorker
who caE follow hls o%u devices spends halt
the time abroad add halt the tine 10
WV wi Z VI DIV mar tSli lJTl3a ana - efLF
ingtpu. Considering the metropolis as Inc
city Of public amuEemeuta aud of grow
Ing d'Fconteut that causes .tg streeta aud
rendezvous 10 assume an uusymp9theue
ASPECT.
rhgA vLat have We today Lat an avenue
OF r,tle palaces, sikh ban INC 80 aIcs
un,enantcd save during the brief sea or
OF opera and private sni subacri Lfien TAILS
convnaions and threatened bankruptcies
In ciuhiand aud the thoatera aud rrgtsu-
rants practically supported by oBt-0f- Tow a
Residents. The Now Yorker rezIdes IN Sew
Jersey 90 the shores Of the Hudsuu On
Long Island. SoiourDg IN Washington o. u,
South. makes his home and his club ~
tho hunting country or the nahlng Of golf
playing or the sporting regions generally
The proicsH;onal men. the stationary met
OF affairs OF ertlsta AT anchor stick fast
but the New Yorker who can cpnniant
bis tim" III whole or In part makes NIL
day elsewhere.
And yet. tho prevalent discomfort spar
our metropolis has never been no attrec
Two AZ on the eve of the Greater New 70,
era: the opening up and development
the uptown region have given the gre
town alike breathing space and ma
nifcence OF asDect worthy Of the imperi
clv.
Those Now Workers vhs. after seyc.
yeafa absehce, return 70 OIr chores ll
iairer aS well ~ d moro tywerlng n,
York from the harbor point OF ylsw. up
M are sono of tho down town sky AGRA
cf". hiaeous as 10 one particular gigaa
pepper box not far from where lrinl
church guards the approach To that &c
morant OF speculation, Wall street.
river 'front.' nOw i,OsseasuA Iounaed grA
or appearance OF which the past gave
sign. and thIs Ia partly due To the STR
ture OF The Produce exchange and the i
prosemcnis Of Battery iarK But II Is 4
town that The nucleus ot the Creator y
YORK merits the pride Of the Now York
who sees Tor the first time the beaut
OF MOrningside parks. realizes that n
stately building IN the new ST. Lnko's M
pital. aud beholds tho alto OF the gr
Protestant Episcopal cathedral. with
palace to be- inhabited II all gooa vi
BY Bishop Potter
Beyond Is the superb drive and prom
made that eliminates In Grants tomb 1
tho graceful curve 81 Claromont with
beautiful Wow OF the Hudson aud the +
isades.
Tho park. now literally Central, Z"
hU "a