The sun., 1899-12-27
LIVE IoPICs AMOUR roWN.


p,oyess. and although this ia affected from
rear to year by the conditions Of the mar
ket It usually brings each employee at
least SO. and 10 this may be added the
individual gifts OF brokers. who want to
show their appreciation Of favors rendered
during the year Every big Wall Street Arm
gives to Its employees at this season sums that
range from s5 up to $1,000 The thousand or
more messenger boys who are employed in
this busy part OF town come In for Christmas
risrs. the regular bootbiacts, and even the
Yorubwomen, who clean the Offices expect gifts
and % i goes ali through the district. One Of
pSr ssn o o fa's annual sa sasa 4
sssH that 5000 yssq wsq Ess Sss''v:a v:aooS
tp and some q the clerks Tho
employees 10 per cent. Of their salaries, and as
It's profit: hays srDWTn Il has The
mate OF $500, 900 as the Christmas dishurscment
man who Is q member Of several clubs con-
tributes his share OF the Christmes box IN each
terday that be ore he could con slider the amount
that he feit he could aIori TO sncnd c g. for his
outside contributions.
THE stealing OF valuable paintings would
seem to be rather useless operation"
said an art dealer, because OF the di1l-
Guilty that the thief might have in dis
posing Of them. but there are men here
and abroad who have done II prohtaby. ~
course. II a man were foolish enough to steal
really celebrated painting hA would have to wait
years before dsposing OF n unless he sold IL
secretly to some INSCRIPTIONS collector who.
for the sake OF possessing II would keep II con-
cealed. Every art dealer in New York has had
opportunities to tuy good paintings by artists
OF renown which probably have been
stolen. but the average dealer will take
no such chances. A New jersey collector was
sharper who worked u new game. This man
told the collector that he could sell for him ut
collector was not ayerso TO making such sale
OF the picture and he turned II over to the
HatH'1h The e Ths sHon Ssn9 a@a
iS iiSSss'S& & :; Zine. xi,Sout i hseElns ron s Elm; p
Sin, 3D. sa. I did ssS Ii; II;
dealer, The dealer had paid the. agent 5000
for II. believing that the latter had bcon eom;
$500 Tor the same painting. The fact that
good paintings are occasionally stolen IRON col
issd by fakits in this country a. AID to selling
| crude copies IA originals. The copy is usually
,sSnd @ IN toms n 9Id gasres' as,oT!,nS 10 , the
! some European collection 80 many years ago
| that the theft has been outlawed. You would
| be surprised to know how many amateur coll
lectors are fooled by this old swindling game"
One OF the features In the Christmas m forming
services in the churches which are decorated
| extensively for the occasion was the procession
! OF sigttseers who marched in. made the tour.
and "a ak al lutin during tha snTyiCpa ns
| munchalanty as n they were viewing flower
! show ~. Thomas's church Is always crowded
| enIov it, music and who want to
see It's decoration THIS year people came In.
| cation and the flowers and wake,! ont again.
| Not because there were no vacant seats. hut -
I down the avenue. " nns ~ the he msmhers OF the
| congregation sad that he had n"ver seen any
oi thrse p"onie 10 IN churcn , br'",s ahn ~ Was @
! INK. They formed part ot n procession that
regularly did all the churches within walking
| the congregations and suggsS'- the wis iom II
! issuing cards OF admission.
| Thomas Murphy formerly Collector q. tho
| Port. is at the Hoffman House almost every
| night. All who know him call him Tom Mur-
! ply" Mr.. Murphy is now nearly 20 years old
lie IL as hale and hearty and IovInl as hc was
! in the days when he was one Of the
great political princes Of New York city. His
Income "a Collector o. the Port every year WAS
a fortune. and hs spent his money with no mig
rard'y hand. His luncheons TO the old.time
Republican politicians are still r"mem bered
Five cx- Collectors Of the Port a. New York aro
Joel b Erhari'. j Sloat Fassctt AMI franc =
sTavSyard a Sys& Of Polite M%pSg S SS noy"T "T
the to S.s r@'h%ii ani G'esy r aEone or un S
| Mr.. Erhardt since their Retirement
have akGp rnt.n,, li,!ls snor hand
II Chemung county politics, n1a the only
day is Mr.. Hendricks. who retains his lender
snnot The KspIhll",n4 county orsanizn,iGin .;
r"6ntcr public He tho, other day when Gov.
Roosevelt offered o make him erinten dent
Sdnn tsnt IA nSt sars % ss a the on e
| iin service Mr.. Hendricks is a man about
siIty-nve years q age but he Ia 40 youthful In
appearance that he could easily pass Tor 40
Charles Delmonico. whose health has not
been robust for several years. is now steadily
gaining strength. A year ago hewas almost a
shadow. To-day he looks like his old self
when he was younger. Mr.. Delmonico used
to love to wander OF to different places
for dinner. He was seen at Dorlon's
the next in q Sixth avenue restaurant. and so
Oh. Late in the evenings he was wont to go 70
| u
| seemed to relish a change In foods Several
| years ago his health broke down and his
| physiciaps advised him to tako n long rest
| He has followed their advice. and -day he ap-
pears to have regained most OF hs strength.
Some people say that they are very thankfu
that the Republican National Convention die
not come to New York. and are glad that phla
delphia got the prize. Some OF the astute Now
Workers argue that this city will gain IL
money quite as much as Philadelphia withou
n dollars worth OF expense or trouble. The,
say that most OF the Western folks who attent
the convention In Philadelphia will take the
opportunity to visit New York. Philadelphia
only twS hoqrs sw yayyt Aa wSG nGt sal n
forth much Of an effort to get the con
nepew, the chief speaker before the
| Republican National Committee. comes from
PeekSkli. and the second important speak er
Lieut.; Gov; Woodruff from Brooklyn. Though
Brooklyn Is now part Of New York city. Il
win take many years for outs 'dse,rs I,
Ford o the Grand Union Hotel. made
the m"st entertSlnlng yn ysngech before tn
ciution Chairman Hanna left his seat anC
| tYln ntnI n.