Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1899-02-09
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New York Letter.

A week ago Spring was in the air, birds
were twittering in the trees and having their
little family ouarrels upon the sidewalks, the
air was balmy and the sunshine flooding
Gotham's streets and alleys-today New
York is in the grasp Of Winter. and more
beautiful In its mantle of snow, which, like
charity, covers multitude of sins, than even
when its streets are clean and dry.
The ferryboats ply tbro' broken pieces OF
ice and push their broad prows thro' mist
and snow regardless of the weather, for
whatever else halls in New York business
must 20 on, and without these busy birds OF
passage carrying upon their wet backs each
day countless swarms from every borough OF
the great metropolis, the banks, offices and
trade centres would be sadly crippled. Snow
or hail, rain or shine, from daybreak far into
the night, long streams of humanity flow
into the narrow slips, drop their tickets Into
the glass boxes and snatch the news from
the morning or evening papers in the few
minutes required to cross the North or East
river.
A continuous procession Of cable and
trolley cars, but few feet apart. carry YET
other thousands across the great bridge, all
of whom likewise hurriedly scan the papers
as they 90. Time is the most valuable COM
modify in Gotham. IT'S said thine Is
money" il that is 80, New York is poverty
stricken, for no one as any time to spare.
Everything lie done on the rush Great busi-
ness transactions that our fOrefathers would
have dined and wined over, and taken days
to mature. are here consummated in an hour.
But not withstanding all this haste, merchants
take time TO lock up tightly at night for
light fingered gentry abound and the dis
tinction between meum aud tenn Is not clear
" understood; in fact teum is readily CONVEX
ted into 1neun at your "unclcs." Even the
meals are bolted. which probably explains
why New York is such a paradise for doctors
The latest thing out is the proposed open.
ing of the Squirrel Inn on the Bowery, in
which Bishop Potter has interested himself
so effectively. On the Bowery Think Of
it! A liquor shop in which no liquors are to
be sold, but harmless liquids such tea. milk
and coffec-on the Bowery! Shades of every
departed bum and rounder for ages gone by !!
What is the world coming tol And in this
place of all others! The centre Of New
World crime, misery and visciousness, reek.
ing with the oder of bad beer, rotten cigars
salt junk, and Chinese bird pies, trembling
with discordant strains from music halls and
hot profanity from pot house and bar, seeth-
ing with the scum aid froth, the fiotsam and
and jetsam of the greatest city in the West
ern Hemisphere And that is just why 1t is
TO be there, and that is just the place OF all
places for it. Like and yet unlike the in''
mortal 600, 1t has instead ofcannons, saloons
to the RICH, of it, saloons to the left of it, and
all volleyipg and laundering, and 1t is right
in The Jaws OF He'll too But 1t will do
good work. A house where cup OF coffee
can be bad for about penny roll for The
same, clean bed for the price OF vernlin-
infected shake down in a Bowery lodging
house, free library and reading room with
cheap concerts and streopticon exhibitions;
lounging and smoking room where rough
est navy aud the raggcdest tough can smoke
his black pipe as freely as any man, and
priceless luxury baths ad lib etc with clean
towels and soap-such thing is not to be
sneezed at even by the denizens of the Bow.
cry and it will not be either. The men who
have put their time and money into this
,hing-which costs $4,000 to start with
are good samaritans in deed, practical every.
day men, who buckle down in q common
sense way to remedy the evil they see instead
of sitting in their cushioned pews in faultless
frock coat and silk tie, dropping nickel
into the plate and thanking God they are
not as other men arc.
Columbia University, with its magnificent
new site and buildings, costing nearly $1,000
900 is in sersus trouble. Hon. Seth Low,
the president, man whom New York honors
and man who has given some hundreds OF
thousands to the University and has prom.
lsed to make 1t million, has brought down
upon himself the wrath of some people who
do not think as he does. otis true, It's pity,
pity it's It's true" but there does seem to be
some foundatian for the charge that the use
fulness of the University will be crippled
unless somebody donates about $a,OOOO0Ot to
cover the outstanding Indebtedness, and
does it quickly too. The annual income IS
about $75O,00O and the expenses nearly $500
900 of which $4,000 is for interest alone, so
that it is running behind every year. 1t is
to be hoped that somehow or other the ruin
which seems to be impending can be averted
and that the usefulness of this University
with its splendid equipment may not be
hampercd by insufficient funds. What If
the plans were too pretentious? No man Is
infallible and as there are certainly enough
dollars In this rich town there should also
be enough generous philanthropy among the
owners of those dollars to bring them to the
rescue, il for no other reason at least to
weigh in the balance against the thousands
spent every night for champaign, lobster Ia
Newburg, and designations moro dangerous
TO stomach and morals.
Barnard College is going on the stage or
at least part Of it is The plan is to produce
shortly after Easter, in Brinkerhoff Theatre,
Barnard College, 3-act French comedy,
"Battallle de Danes" or "Un Duel en- Amour"
And the most delightful part about it lat
loo Of tho Rarnard yir1a aav IL Ia "iust too