The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-19
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or the treasure that 10 supposed to have been
buried nearly seventy years ago In Cooos. of the
coast OF Costa Rica, must have suggested
"reminiscences OF many years ago to several men
In this town. Like similar stories of buried
treasure, this old tradition about Cocos Island
has been revived and almost forgotten half u
dozen times, and 1t has been told 30 plausibly
that expeditions have been planned time and
again to 40 In search OF the buried millions. One
such expedition was projected by a man who has
served many trades In his time. He Is still liv-
Ing In New York, thanks probably to the fact
that he did not go to Cocos Island TO seek his
fortune. People who arc crodulous hnd much
that Ia attractive in such a story OF buried treas
ure. and IL the legend on which 1t is based Is
made large enough, It is not n very difficult
matter to raise money enough to equip an expe.
right here PoO' in New S york s eeEH Se'h for spf the
treasure that rumor said had been aboard
the English ship, Hussar when she went
to tho bottom, and now comes a man who
made a thorough. search OF the records
and concludes with good reason that oil the
fore She toundered. There are half a dozen
wrecks In the waters around this city that are
locate them, and thousands OF dollars have been
wasted in such attempts. None of these stories
the en Coco p'i island tTeas m lS a nS' Il from ena th, .n pre 8.
emit failure should come success, the buried
treasure industry will boom again.
Florence Cox, the 14.yearold girl who left q
letter for My Own Dear Loving Mother"
announcing her intention to commit suicide and
then concealed herself in tho cellar until her
absence had aroused the neighborhood and
made a yellow journalism heroine Of her. repre-
sented n type that Is not unusual now. Tho
nfant-criminal newspapers furnish dime novel
sensations for nine cents less than their proto-
type and they throw in the weird illustrations.
l NNt1wtAN hAa hA-- -. IA a. "A. -
the grasp OF every child who chooses to seek
for It. Children, in short dresses beg n few
Sss"' tSei Tor names nSaos and fun pie,a tnst they IN pr TnE
The Cox girl had been a close student OF new
Journalism, and she evolved a plan that was
more complex. These statements are borne out
by the reports Of the Gerry %society's agents and
the officials Of the various police courts. Serious
n%uences in several OF tho east side public schools.
1t began with an article about an cast side ghost,
a serious panic followed. First one school and
then another suffered from the ghost scare. and
papers with excellent material.
The SUNS correspondent who writes that
chop houses have declined because the mon in
charge OF them are no longer capable is evil
IDENTIFY ignorant Of tho fact that the chop house
has declined in London just as in New York, and
1t is not likely that the race OF chop-house keep
es has become extinct in both cities. In
smaller towns of England" said a man who has
lived there for several years, there are still
old.fashioned chop houses that are as good as
they ever were. But in London there are very
few OF them. The large establishments con.
Quoted by corporations have taken their places,
and in these places, where the cooking is done
on Il very large scale, there is little or no chop
house atmosphere. The principal cause Of the
decline seems to me to be due to an eco
nomic law which 10 exemplifed in nearly
| every form OF ENTERPRISE, A chOD house to be n
good one. has to be comparatively small. Its
success is based on the personal interest and
reputation OF the house spreads, the patronage
increases. and, the directly personal nature OF
he has made enough money, he sells out the place
to three or four men usually. or, II not, to any
t. Generally he is not an Engiishman or an
American or OF any other, nationality that is
s sSsa %ay what III 'H was shG 9he rssl s sEEoismhi house se
has disappeared. and it never probably
W %i h ,f Gome IA again ;ts caI in NeW !, n YORK H. ,o 1t n had
the personal control Of one man; and it dealt
with q certain class Of food to which English or
American cooks were best adapted. The largest
chop house. or so-caHed chop house. to-day in
New York is conducted by a German. One Of
avenue, and that was founded and controlled for
years by a German. One OF the first that ever
became popular was on Sixth avenue, and that
was started and run by a German. One English
nan. who had the best place Of its kind in Now
to-day is run by an Englishman, and q
may be worth While to recall the fact that the
English never were conspicuous in this field,
now that the chop house has begun to disappear
wholly. Our oyster houses, which are run In near.
ly every case by lrishmen or Americans. are the
successors OF the old places. and they are likely
them to keep any one from being too much ire.
9ucnted. and nearly all Of them are larger than
admit women. their several appointments are
about the same. and a great. many OF them have
of fare. SO New York Is not without some con-
solation.'
The enforcement OF the rule against carrying
largo packages on cable cars has been silently
appreciated by many a passenger who has borne
the discomfort of being wedged In between ac-
cumulations OF bags and boxes. The conductors
now have positive orders to allow nobody TO
bring large packages into the open cars, or, in.
deed, to place them on the rear platform OF the
open cars. They may be placed on the front
platforms of the closed cars. This rule has
brought particular dismay to some OF the down.
town firms which have used the cars as crrand
wagons and on them started their messengers
uptown staggering under loads which they
could scarcely bear: 1t was the back
t assn bo ss,''t of these ass p process aow OF very k''P %sif
evadsd passenger no warning. but wait until he
is about to step aboard. and then. standing in
'front.' OF the rear seat, stretch thclr arma IN Or
der to prevent the passenger from getting on
board. The scheme seems a little hard on the
ovcrweighted messenger. who is hindered
with the bundles; and he is tho victim Of his
employers fault. But a general understanding
that the cars are not to be used as delivery
wagons will be advantageous all around. The
uptown dressmakers will probably be the most
difficult to persuade that the Fifth avenue stages
are not really meant for their particular use In
that respect.
In the changes that have como over tho
Bowery since the name was rightly a synonyme
for all that was rough, ono of the most sig.
nihcant Is that In several places missions havo
risen upon the ruins OF dives. This Is not fig
urativc language. 1t Is the plain fact. A single
religious organization has secured for the sites
of two mission buildings ground where the
worst dives in New York once stood. or these
one is the Bowery Mission. at 105 Bowery, now
undergoing repairs. This was the site of Owney
Geoghegan's place, the greatest resort OF the
time for thugs. crooks. prize fighters. and dis
solute women. G~eoghegan's was closed fifteen
years ago or more by a police Captain put In by
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