The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-19
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To TEE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: Hive In
the cou~ntry-Iua ant to say hero thatNew Jersey
is not the only country" on earth either-and
1 have been in New York city for four days. half
of them wet and half dry. IhAve seen many
things here which one docs not seein the country.
and I am very glad Of 1t. for the cOuntry's sake.
The Lord knows what would become Of us II we
saw there what we see here.
So far no one has yet referred to me as Say,
Reub." nor has any one asked me how "the
folks" were. and 1 sometimes wonder what has
come over the spirit Of the city's dream; or is It
that after all, when a rustic has run q curry
comb Q time or two through his hair and
whiskers. has intrusted his cowhides to the
polishing processes OF the bootblack, has secured
new hat at n bargain counter and a suit Of
clothes for S6.7A marked down from $40. he is
not so very. very different in his external APP
pearance from the vast majority of men one
meets all over the big city
As an instance OF the possibility Of this. I
know n New Yorker of forty years residence
whose heart was almost broken a year ago by q
confidence man installing him for 4 visitor
from a Western town and trying to work him.
Can it be that the newspapers and the ready.
made clothing experts have made Reuben" q
thing OF the pastl
But to what ! am writing about, which is New
York city.
1have discovered why New York men In street
cars don't get up and give their places to
women. 1t is because they haven't been trained
that way. I have seen any number Of boys
holding fast to their seats in the cars while
women stood up around them. As the twig 10
bent the tree 10 inclined. Hence O D.
The horses in New York vehicles don't get
sleep enough, and you know what effect that
will hara Hon. IN I Eporrt hay d0ustp PNranEa
1 have seen a hundred asleep standing in their
shafts. 1t is q rare thing to see q country horse
asleep in harness. as one may see here At any
point where horses wait Nor does one In New
York see the horses OF swelldom DO sleeping
while they wait.
Isaw q young man well dressed and well to do
eating with his knife in q restaurant not 900
yards from the Waldorf. There were no hay
seeds in his whiskers either.
saw a man in frock coat, silk hat. gray
trousers, patent feathers, &c, and q bunch Of
violets in the buttonhole Of his coat lapel, at
noon in fashionable Fifth avenue walking with
n handsome woman, and he was smoking q
cigar! Is that a New York customi
Isaw Grants tomb on Sunday. To me. in the
pictures i have seen, IL was always unsatisfac-
tory INTELLECTUALLY, and 1t cid not improve on
acquaintance 1t 10 q big thing in q beautiful
location. Interiorly . wonderful and beautiful
lHEONS luCht SOulu oG - ". Aa lAB al u
light come in through blue glass. To one who
for the first time sees polished white marble
saw a man walk up the wrong stairs TO an
elevated train. and when l heard him swear he
cause the signs were not where they could be
him.
/ saw q saloon keeper refuse to sell q drink
up bis place. saw several Others who were
not SO particular as that on the Sabbath day,
when she heard a man behind her whisper some
thing TO his companion She was q New York
have seen the waldorf-Astoria " social func-
lions. and / am wondering what effect they are
going to have on New York society. especially
democratic. in their tendencies. I fancy their
effect will be quite noticeable. y is really de-
mally. Its a little mixed. of course, but aren't
Americans . mixed rhcef
drunken, gray-haired old woman getting her
go always to Broadway to find good Samaritan
tdblednr riuants, does bet
Ones linen and his hands will accumulate less
soil and SCOT in New York in ten hours than
they will In Chicago in ten minutes.
Why is it that the driver of any kind Of New
SO much more distinctly than he can see a pri.
vate ~citizenl
street crossings, and never = man who wasn't q
Chesterfield. Some Of New York's men who
are not policemen should take a few lessons
new trustees, and the point is made that they
are as rich as or richer than those retiring. Has
Is necessary TO salvationf
Within two minutes OF the elegant bar Of the
iienor" inaltb. BE- had for Z 10 Se cents in a s SSadso res
The really elegant theatre is the exception in
New York, and the really eItravagant prices
for seats 10 the rule. .Whyf
I have been astonished at two things in New
good things to eat may be had, and how exorbi.
family dear they may be If one doesn't know
Who makes the women's dresses one sees
worn on the streets OF New York / ask be-
cause / have seen 50 many women here with the
placket;hole: OF their dresses gaping open at
skirts. II YOU don't know. Nj. Editor ~ what
Ri1 IS fse Slot rs q, ! ,h nA xs shx q Iii y Gown gFt TO aiiGyw ta fss
wearer 10 get into her skirt. Seef
in S New E YoFf s VINO surprised ar drst e BUSH ss1 80 s %sny % %sf1
years tiles. with il.ftting froclcoats. bagsy
torial condiments TO match. Right out in broad
daylight, too. The Chicago man is different in
this that If he can't do it right he doesn't do it
have not yet seen a hotel clerk in New York
who wore a diamond in his shirt 'front.' which was
held in place with putty.
To one person i have heard speak of q house
being in" a street have heard a hundred say
Workers are still Americans. And quite the
same ratio have asked me at what depot" /
arrived. But do not despair, you will get to
station" by and by. Even now II is never de-
pot" on the elevated.
Art is a feature In New York. I saw fifty
people ~cro~ding around a window where a
patent piano was humping out mechanical
music. and never a soul. a half dozen windows
further away, where 8 beautiful picture looked
timicly out into the street
Why is ii that SO many New York women get
their skirts beiraggled on a rainy day ! saw
hundreds riding their wheels Sunday in short
skirts; and ] am sure they needn't be ashamed
TO hold their skirts up as high as they please
when they walk in the slop. A New York
street on a wet Gay. by the way, is not the clean
est nor the sirhtliest thing on earth.
I'd like TO ask IL New York real estate is the
best investment for money expected 10 return a
fair per cent II a man could build an old house
for little money it might be. but is II in these
million-dellar structuresI The only building i
would want to put money into woula be In one
at about Thirty-third street and Broadway.
with a thousand rooms AT 81 a day a room for
the first two floors and 81 for ali others. The
Merchants Association could put up such q
building, and If their visiting customers
wouldn't keep it full l am very much mistaken.
In connection with il should be a resteuran mi.
where meals cnuld he had M Dh apI En o.,,