The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Bowery Eating House eLineo-Snowshoes
In New York-A Costly
Strip of Land.
Especial correspondence.I

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binary walks of life. 1t is used almost
exclusively in the restaurants of the
/ thoroughfare and is apt to startle stran
/ gers For instance, customer not ac-
customed to the life of the Bowery. who
wandered into one of its restaurants by
mistake. might call for ham and eggs,
and the waiter would yell to the cook.
"A slice for gaZabo wild a souvenir
/ from de feather factory. Or perhaps
/ the customer would desire two eggs
/ kitchen would be in the choicest Bow
| cry dialect about as follows. IT row on
pair of de white wings an have de
/ sunny side up. A glass of milk would
| bring forth an order for COW juice ''wid
an overcoat A steak. number sew
en;'' beef stew. mixed Irish pork
and beans, Boston labor and Chicago
bpital;' corned beef sandwich. ''stare
| the COW in the face mush and milk,
disturbed hen fruit" Spanish omelet,
Santiago cake walk chocolate eclair,
French roll via black dirt ON it;''
rice and cream. Chinese white we'd
ding, and So ON until every article on
/ the bill of fare has its own name why
do we talk dat way to de cooks p asked
one of the walters in reply to query,
why dem blokies wouldn't know
what youse wuz talldn about if youse
said it any udder way,
Snowshoes In New York
/ A party of men and women who were
/ waiting for train at the Grand Cen
| tral station on recent morning attract
ed more attention than was agreeable 10
/ them because of their dress and the
snowshoes which they carried. The wo-
men wore short skirts with fur coats,
and the men wore heavy knickerbock
ers, with pea jackets and fur caps. A
! pile of snowshoes beside them indicated
the reason Tor their dress, and the spec
tators wondered where they We're going
to find snow enough for the sport
| There are very few occasions during the
winter when one may use snowshoes to
advantage around New York After the
/ big snowstorm of several weeks ago a
member of the Lotos club who lives out
ON Long Island found snowshoes to be
not luxury but necessity He start
ed for home early on Sunday morning
and after various delays ON the Long Is,
land road got as far as the Great Neck
station at , O'Clock in the afternoon
/ No liveryman in town would agree to
carry him in a sleigh to his home. five
miles away. and he started out TO walk
the distp. e After two miles of plung
ing through the drifts he reached "A
| farmhouse completely tagged out. BY
great good luck the farmer had pair
of snowshoes. and as soon as the club
man was rested he put them ON and
skated home.
A Costly Strip.
Fifty-four thousand dollars for a
ten foot strip of land But, then, it
was ON Fifth avenue, and land for
sale is scarce up that way. Coils p
| Huntington paid the cash. William
/ Waldorf Astor received it. and it will
help him To keep the wolf from the door
during the winter. The exact sum was
| S54 $40, The ten foot strip is 1913 feet
in length. 1t is on the east side of Fifth
avenue. south of Fifty-seventh street
| 1t is the northerly end of big plot
purchased recently by Mr.. Astor. MIR
Huntington palatial home is on the
corner of Fifty street, Mr. As
tors plot is south of it. Mr. Astor is
| going to build on the plot, Mr.. Hunt
ington is fond of air, and he docs not
| desire Mr.. Astor's new residence to
blanket his house ON the south
Hence his purchase of the strip, which
will increase the distance between the
houses High prices for choice pieces
of ground is an old story now in New
! York.
Money TO Burn.
1t is certain that the present social
season will be remembered for the mag
uificence of its entertainments Those
of the favored set represented in Wall
street by holdings in great corporate in
! terests have more money than ever to
spend in gayety. The Asters, the
Vanderbilts and other widely known
| families We're shown to have added
millions to their strong boxes through
the wheels of fortune in tie money cen
| ter, indicating that there would be no
reason for curtailing expenses. The
plultimilhonaires have seen their bal
ance sheets with satisfaction, and they
| have told their wives and daughters TO
| proceed in accordance with the added
| prosperity that has come to them. The
schedule of functions now made mp is
list of dinners balls and parties far ont
of the ordinary in point of brilliance
and cost
Causes of Poisoning.
At meeting OF the league formed TO
secure shorter hours for druggists
clerks the Adams poison case was allud
ed TO as one of many illustrations of
the need of extra care in eompounding
and selling drugs in order to prevent
accidental or Intentional poisoning,
John Gallagher, who spoke in the in
terest of the league in the Second Ave
nue. Presbyterian church. declared that
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