The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-13
SPECIAL LETTER TO The MIRROR
. FROM THE COUNTRY'S METROPOLIS
Matters Of Interest to the Whole Country are Re-
ported by Edward Stats Luther From
New York City.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
,of, statistics ever prepared on this
subject has just been completed. 1t
estimates that on one Saturday of
last month $6,0OO,OOO was spent
here for amuscmemts pure and SIM
|ple. This applies to money spent in
the Borough Cf Manhattan and rc-
fers in no way to the money spent
in other boroughs. although. of
occurs residents of all the different
borouglts. as well rs d the residents
of many other sections and cities,
contributed to the enormous aggrc-
gate OF dollars that changed hands
in the quest of pleasure.
The Statistican took the receipts
the MhtroplGan and Manhattan
opera houses and found they
amounted TO $42,1l4 for audiences
aggregating 1876 persons. The box
office receipts of - theatres on the
same day amounted to- $164,S00 for
audiences totaling 162.S49 people.
AT 232 restaurants the receipts
were S1,24O,OO0 for dining 24S,000
people, while the drink bill for the
day was e>tiIpated at $1,672, 900
spent by 4lS,225 men.
] These interesting figures place at
%j000O0 the amcunt spent for SOU
venirs and trinkets 81. 100000 spent
for jewehy; $4,000 spent for soda
water; $32,S00 spent for manicui'-
ing; $4,000 for billiards and pool !;
$4,000 spent for photographs; S75,
600 spent for flowers; $33,750 for
tobacco; and $4S0,000 for cabs and
moor car fare; $124,6OO for tips
70 waters; and so on through the
various stages till the total Of SO,
100000 is reached.
The great bulk OF this money
was spent as is the case during ev-
cry day of the city's life in the see
ton between Twenty third and
Fifty-ninth streets, Fourth and Sew
enth Avenues. In that territory are
located two opera houses, 80 thea
teis, ga hotels, 232 restaurants, 90
clubs, and the greatest jewelry
shors department stores. flower and
candy stores and the like in the
United States.
Il. III. Hartman is planning to
! invest some of his recent profits
from railroad manipulation in 50,
100000 Fifth Avenue mansion. 1t
is to be located at the northeast
corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty
second street, and the site has just
been purchased for $650,000.
Mr. Harfman S home will have a
frontage of fifty feet on the av-
enue and will run back one hun
dred and thirty feet on the SIDE
street. This corner was n part of
the old Langham hotel site but has
been a vacant lot for some years.
The late James Henry Smith pur-
thcased it three years ago for the
price Mr.. Hartman paid for it but
later Mr.. Smith bought the Sixty
eight street home of William C..
Whitney and disposed of the Fifty
second street corner to Frederick
G. Bourne for $1,000 Mr.. Bourne
had plnns drawn for city home,
but delayed building and now Mr..
Hartman has taken the property
from him.
The reason Mr.. Hartman desired
this section was because his family
intends from now on to take a
more active part in New York So
ciety. The Hartman home. the
building of which is expected to be-
gin at an early date, will be directly
across Fifth Avenue from the home
lof W.. X. Vanderbilt and w. X /.
Vanderbilt Jr. On another corner
| is the mansion of w. ID. Sloane. adj
Joining which is the Vanderbilt
hcuse which is now occupied by II,
c. Frick Directly across Fifty
second street from Mr.. Hartman 5
home b the new $1,000, 900 home OF
Morton +, Plant.
Some of the leading New York
clubs have begun a general cam.
paign of reprisal against English,
men because of the discourtoau:
treatment that has been accorde1
New York clubmen during the last
couple Of years when they have
been In London.
} Although Americans ostensibly
have been admitted to all the pli
vileges of the British clubs. wher
entertained there, many of then
have complained bitterly at the re-
strictions which have been Imposed
upon them. Some prominent New
York clubmen wo ild not be taker
any further than a strangers room
while IN other eases they have beer
escorted TO some small section sci
apart irAsgs remote portion of th,
club building for the nse Of foreign