The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
So~ery Eating House eLinso-Snowshoes
In New York-A Costly
Strip of Land.
lspecIal correspondence.l

binary walks of life. Ii is used almost
exclusively in the restaurants of the
thoroughfare and is apt to startle stran-
gers For instance. customer not nc
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 n souvenir
from de feather factory Or perhaps
the customer would desire two eggs
fried plain The waiter order To the
kitchen would be in the choicest Bow
cry dialect about MS 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; porl;
and beans, Boston labor and Chicago
ppital;' corned beef sandwich. stare
the cow in the face" mush and milk.
disturbed hen fruit;' Spanish umelet.
''Santiago cake walk chocolate eclnir,
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 talkin 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 a recent morning attract
ed more attention than was agreeable to
them because of their dress and thu
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 IL
member of 5he Lotos club who lives ont
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 ms far ns the Great Neck
station at o'clock in the afternoon
No hveryman in town would agree to
carry him in a sleigh to his home. FIVE
miles away, and he started out to walk
the distance After two miles of plung-
ing through the drifts he reached
farmhouse completely tagged out. BY
great good luck the farmer had a 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
ten foot strip of land But, then. II
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
$54, $50. The ten foot strip is l25 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. Mr..
Huntington palatial home is on the
corner of Fifty-seventh street. Mr.. As
tor S plot is south of it, Mr.. Astor is
going to build ON the plot. Mr., Hunt
ington is fond of air and he does 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
nificence of its entertainments. Those
of the favored set represented in Wall
street by holdings in great corporate in
terests have mere money than ever to
spend in gayety. The Astors the
Nanderbilts and other widely known
families We're shown to have added
millions to their strong boxes through
the wheels of fortune in the money cen
ter, indicating that there would be no
reason for curtailing expenses. The
multinillionaires have seen their bal
ance sheets with satisfaction. and they
have told their wives and daughters TO
proceed in acccrdoncn with the added
prosperity that has come to them. The
schedule of functions now made up is
list of dinners, balls and parties far out
of the ordinary ill point of brilliance
ana 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 compounding
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
murder and suicide by poison are on