The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-11
NJ DAYS N N[N YORK.
FASHIONABLE PEOPLE HAVE ABAS-
DoxED THE METROPOLIS.
Of the Population Es3ey-
anx the Ease % war; weather
Attire-FamfIies Ost 81 Doors
n>ef Garaens the Atfraetfon.
snee,ar Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK, July s.--There comes q
eeason 81 Kew York In midsummer when
81 re fashionable people have eft for Esa-
,sre and she seaside. when those not quite
- Fashionable are visiting relations In the
~runsyv and filing oBs-of-dooY hotels TO
~ve,Aawtnr that the city assumes very
,rnussszl air Instead Of silk hats anu
1rorh coats the men come Out n All the
esse az negssgee shirts and soft stocks.
hr<s breaches and straw hats. and the
-sfssraas Il congpieuous by its absence. The
vcupen are In wash skirts and shirt waixts.
srA nobody wears gloves In the warm
.wSnsnxs whole families sit out on their
e.ons stecs IN the Old Dutch fashion that
- never been abandoned by New York.
-. IN fact there ID . general feeling OF
80 ssse comfort ana lassser-aiier. all the
80 company people have left and tine city
n,sys about As young lady ingenuousiy
remarked I'VE wear SHIFT waists and
Axnnei trousers and enjoy ourselves.
Instead of the theatsrs. where one hears
thr newest plays by the beat OF actors.
he people throng 10 the roof gardens. that
tnsfttuffou dear 10 New York. They are
a,Dposed TO be improper. bur that Is only
resard.ne the audience and not the variety
shcws that are all OF the yena. American.
sfxie. wren oae's taste may be offended.
mt not one's morals. 1t IL very pleasant
a 4 hot night 10 sit among the starr.
Kitten to the music and observe the crowd.
Mary country people, who let their farms
70 city folk during the summer months.
N0ck TO town at this season, so the old
eent,emap with the pretty girl sitting
among the palms IN the next box that you
suspect Of being q wicked business man
out on u lark with Tottie may be most
respectable farmer bringing his daughter to
the play. Where ignorance Is bliss II II
Indeed folly TO be wise In the matter or
fpof gardens
the variety shows this season are the little
comedies or fifteen-m!nute plays. some Of
which are extremely refined and pretty.
my Soldier Boy" at the Pleasure Palace.
With Miss Burkhart as the heroine por-
trays the young volunteer At home on sick
have. nursed by his pretty cousin. with
whom hs falls In love. Her tender care Is
10 acceptable 10 the young man that he
psesends 10 be III when he has entirely re-
covered and his arts 10 keep her near him
are very amusing The play gives Miss
Euskharf an opportunity to recite Tho
Mother OF Soicier' that brought out
Asndkerchiefs all over the house
~ Keifhss. a young man who had given
3 coon song and q breakdown was encored
several tines. and finally came forth and
feciteA n poem IN nsgro dialect, "since Miss
Nary Went Away with tenderness and
pathoe and In such deep. rich voice that
the audience was stricken dumb with as
tonjehment and admiration. For nearly .
minute after be left the stage there was
complete GREATNESS silence. and then Wild
storm OF applause This shows that the
audiences who go 10 variety shows are not
always composed Of people who prefer the
broadly comic.
There have been many lectures and
talks" by returned soldiers who fought In
Cuba. and every ono of them speak la the
highest terms OF the bravery OF the Tenth
troops. Among the twenty meoals OF hon
er recently granted for service performed
n the Span.sh-AmericAn war. four were
given 10 white ofslcsrs and all the rest to
coIssed men. who served as privates In
fhs asnth cavalry the medal was granted:
foe distinguished gallantry at Tsyabacoa.
Cuba, June ~. 1855 where. after force
had succeeded In landing and had been
ccupelled TO withdraw 10 the boats lcav-
ing plumber Of killed and wounded ashore
be volunsariiy went ashore In the face OF
the enemy AID aided Ia the rescue OF his
wounded comrades. who would otherwise
haye fai.en into the hands of the enemy:
thie.. after several previous attempts had
sesA frustrated. while serving "a private,
Troop IL. Tenth United States cavalry
The cotored trsoTz that left Salt Lake
Cfty. Utah, 10 20 10 the war in Cuba re-
turned with ranks thlnned one-third and
with only one or two Of their white Of
ncers left. II Is no more than fair. after
the publicity given 20 every crime the
nexrs commits that hts noble deeds and
hssrery in the defense OF our country
SHOULD Also be recorded. OF all Americans
The negro II the most loyal and patriotic.
II was pathetic To read during the war
letters 10 the public press asking hnnshly
II eolored hoy Of twenty would he al
lowrd 20 night and where he could cnl!ss?'
u vas also a new and strange sight in
ua streets af New York 10 see couple OF
eealeFs IN their war-worn uniforms, one
watts man. the ether a negFe. bath
spisht and soidisriy, walking together
nEsh arms linked. II meant that the negro
hAd won that recognition on the field Of
nasise. and no cite adntres bravery mere
taaa brave man.
1t IL a great mistake that japanese and
Shsnsse servants should ne employed upon
Waited States snen~cf.war. They have no
interest IN the ship and only work for
ssSFss and besides they have onpoFt uaIstrs
TOT studying our methods and though wa
sfe friendly enough today with China and
japan We may nos always he So negro
WNsats. whe pride themselves upon be-
if& americans and are pssstonafeiy devoted
20 tie country woafd make better servants
AIS pei only upheld the honor of the sefv-
Ise sH' N cases 81 emergency could be
issssa upon 10 defend their officers ard
fAesr naw
SIR Thomas Upton. who owns the sham
roshs declares that he has q vesssi that
VIZ give our Ceatnrsa a close run He
tasrss the two boats are 50 evenly match
~ shss he IS taking unusual pains TO pick