The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-08-11
NEW YORK LETTER.
Special Correspondence.


WYck that there were 100000 per-
sons in the United States who had new
Ct seen the city of New York and had
an unfavorabie opinion of 1t, the mayor
asked why. MIR. King replied that they
think it is a corrupt city. The mayor
then laid the blame on the metropoli-
tan newspapers, which, he said, pub
fish all the bad things that are done
here, and do not afterwards take the
trouble to correct the false impression
created. But even Mayor Van Wyck
can take no exception to the way the
New York newspapers are supporting
the work of the Merchants Associa-
ton. This is an organization for the
purpose of advertising the city of New
York in order to attract visitors and
increase trade. 1t is doing its work
well and the newspapers are giving 1t
the most loyal support, realizing tile
fact that If New York is to retain its
commercial supremacy, 1t must ever
be vigilant and meet the competition
Of other and no less enterprising cit
les. At time when war Is making
q news sensation every day. the papers
here are devoting columns to this as
sociation. One of the results of their
active cooperation is the fact that
Mayor Van Wyck himself has woke ZIP
to the importance Of the movement,
and has assured delegation represent
ing the association, of his lively inter-
est in, and sympathy with, its work,
and of his desire to cooperate in every
way he could.
Watching Cyclers.
A growing Sunday amusement in this
city is to line up along the Boulevard
and see the bicyclsts go by. Fashion
ably dressed men and women stand in
groups or stroll along separately or in
pairs, while hundreds of cyclists ami
cyclistes glide by, forming an ever
changing, particolored panorama Of
human nature Of every possible phase.
Eor the most part the crowd is respect
full and attentive, and only gives ven:
TO its emotions with half suppressed
.Ahs!" and "Ohs!" as some particular
Jy fantastic costume on a slight fe-
male figure lashes past. And the an
cient stout gentleman, who sits erect
in his gray suit, the small boy who
rides with his body horizontal, and i'm
agines he is "scorcher," the tandem
lovers, and the bronzed and alert po-
hceman. all receive proper attention.
We doubt who lher Rotten Row or the
Bois is ever g.I,ed with such earnest
spectators and such varied dramatis
personae 10 look upon. And so Sunday
after Suraa.- the crowd lines UP with
unfai!!nt E4lzrity fer its bicycle mat
tnee.
The Martins to live in England.
The Bradley Martins, having lived so
much abroad. now announce this conGi-
ton permanent, and have therefore
bought a magnificent house in London.
Well, their money may be missed, but
not its owners. 1t is surprising to see
The humble origin of these worshipers
of foreign style. Bradley Martin is
the son of an old fashioned Albany
cashier, while his wife is the daughter
of an equally old fashioned lumber
dealer, whe. by economy and industry,
became a multi-millionaire. How these
old fashioned capitalists would have
been shocked could they have known
that their hard earned wealth would
be spent in foreign land! 1t now ap-
pears that the grand costume ball that
the Bradley Martins gave last year
at the Waldorf Astoria was intended
as a social farewell. but perhaps the
eQuntrV without
GOO T. TSpewriters in One Company.
The constant increase in typewriting
is one Of the features or the present
day, and the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company has GOO machines in SER
vice. Typewriters, however, are in
creasing III numbers far too rapidly,
and it is estimated that nearly one
thousand are now out of employment
in this city Stenography generally ac-
companies typewrlting and brings in
crease of Pay. Chauncey M. Depew and
other leading business men never trav-
el without a private secretary posses
sing both of these equipments. and the
pay under such conditions is generally
s25 per week. but ordinarily typewrit-
erS DO well 10 earn one-halr or even
one-third of this rate.
Eibrlhge 4. Gerry Didn't Sell.
Among those who did not rush at the
top Of their speed to sell their steam
yachts to the government when the
present war broke out was Elbridge n.
Gerry. formerly Commodore of the
New York Yacht Club. Mr.. Gerry
owns the handsome and comfortable
steam yacht Electra, which is one Of
the most satisfactory craft of her kind
ever launched. She may be seen in the
afternoon lying off the New York Yacht
Club anchorage at the foot of East
Twenty-si3;th street. That is to say. she
Is there when she is not at Newport.
It is hardly likely that the war alarm
will prevent Mr.. Gerry from making
his customary summer cruises. He
seldom goes further from New York
than Bar Harbor, and in spite of all
reports 1t seems highly improbable
that the Spanish warships will inter-
fere with him.