The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
another In beds. while their mothers were
out on the floor waltzing with enthusiasm.
AVORS PATERNALISAi.

another In beds. while their mothers were
out on the floor waltzing with enthusiasm
FAVORS PATERNALISM.
IT'S that same German influence to-day
which makes your big chowder parties and
your great outings where several thou
sand persons Join. That's a development
Of politics that interests me-"
And, by the way" he continued. "the
Germans know how to live. They have
taught me a good deal. and 1 think that
their influence in this city is along the
same lines"
days live In too much of a hurry: that
they rush and tear about and exhaust
their energies?
Don't You believe It," replied "Chairs."
That's far from the truth. AS a matter
of fact they live better to-day than they
ever did, and the conditions here are con-
stantiy improving. 1t may seem as though
and fretting into decline, but they are
working fewer hours and taking more
play. They rush and tear about and get
at ce and hurry out Of the city to enjoy
then selves. leaving all care behind.
Il must say that they do 1t well. Look
at the holidays we have now. Labor Day
and Decoration Day. and the like! We get
out in the open air. and it's wonderful to
gee how We go In for out-of-door sports.
and long hours, and I don't think that
any better results were accomplished.
UPHoLDS THE PRESENT.
''As 1 look over things now I see i'm
provements alcng all lines. I was in the
furniture business. for instance. and I've
seen a wonderful change in conditions.
We used to make furniture here by hand.
Now it Is made out in the West by ma
chinery. Yet am not one of those who
by hand In the old-fashioned way 1t was
any better than that of the present day.
There is cheap furniture OF all kinds.
furniture is first-rate. Even now, tnougn,
they make some furniture by hand on spe-
cial orders.
of thing. for t interests me. / guess that
! made some pretty good furniture my
self, destroying the models by agreement,
for folks who wanted exclusive designs
then as now. Many is the job had, too,
furnishing hotels under subcontracts with
A. T. Stewart, who was great hotel fur
nisher."
ner Of living in New York? How about
the fats?'
''They are the finest places to live in
that ! know ,s Of. SAID d. Mt ;,g ingersol al,
suitable for raising children. But how
convenient they are. and what comfort
they afrordi The first fats built in this
city were not much. but the type has
been steadily improved, until for comfort.
safety convenience and general freedom
from care there is nothing to compare
with the average apartment-house.
las to the Office buildings of the pres
ent day. don't admire them much. They
are unsightly-these skyscrapers. If they
were built to reasonable height now
glad that the New York Stock Exchange
was put up in such good taste. 1t is a
splendid building. II it had been made a
skyscraper it would have looked like a
chimney plastered on the front side with
gimcracks.
"Narrowness of the streets makes the
tall buildings all the more unsightly, and
there is no way Of making them as broad
nearly as they are high.
GENERAL PROGRESS.
Taken all in all, though. I think that
New York is improving along every line.
SoRe persons have started from tho
humbiest beginnings and have attained
wealth and position. could tell lot of
good stories about them. but I won't
Most Of them I have been glad to see get
along. too, and keep on wishing them
luck
Speaking of those who are gone" I
asked. What do you say Of the influence
of William NJ Tweed upon the city?"
Tweed was censured considerably In
his time" replied Chairs" cheerfuliy.
I'm not defending him. for he did not
always do right, but all the same he did
some things which were Of benefit TO
the city. There was the opening of the
West Side for instance. and the starting
of the houlevards. the expansion of Har-
lem lane into a great roadway. The West
Side was once practically wilderness.
William N. Tweed did much to devel-
op it."