The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
THE sowERY OF OLD.
Some First Hand Remlniscenees Of {
Famous Thoroughfare.

| ca,nc 10 New York and got . Job at
| Caryin's machine shop In the Corneii
| Ru,,dtne. I89 Centre street. in the sprine
OF 1886, I roomed at the LONDON anu
Liverpool lodging house over the i1h-
don and Liverpool clothing store. INC
rooms were box stalls. a ,wun.s, ,ro
! inch wide cot took up about hali OF .ne
room. Al the eide Of the head OF the
| bed was n closet with three hooks sup
posed to hold a suit OF clothes.
A foot from the top OF the closet was
n shelf TO lay n hat or small elucIe
on. A foot from the bottom OF the Glossy
was another shelf for your snoes. anu
under this o could place a sinsn
suit case. We paid rs cents a nign. IoI
The nriyiiere Of sleeping In one Of these
stalls IL the bugs would alloy you "
sleep or some crank that had the Jim.
fans did not get "a nt and climb over
the partitIor and hoiier that the devii
was after him or rats or snakes OF oSho'
reptiles did not disturb him.
The National Theatre as I remember
Il was on the left going north. epout
the middle OF the block between Hester
and Grand streets. j think r. a. wa.
lace WAS the anase and his wife ana
two children we're at the same time on
tho stage. Wallace was always inc
leading character and Ms wife took al!
the leading parts. Young Wood played
Western sketches and detective s'o!,es
AIKEN from the nickel novels hke NICK
carter. Wood now IL writing moving
picture plays. Delany. a character' w.
the heavy villain. Marston sang a ntt'e
and took comic parts. sometimes Nc
Wallace. or Edna Wallace. as she was
called. took small girl parts. but she
was rather large and was a hne Formed
woman and as a small girl she showed
considerable Of a fine pair Of legs. The
Wallaces when they left the "
went TO Long Island and TOOK up a
farm. ! was told by a oh legged man
who sold fruit from a pushcart 10.
many years in front OF the Nauona'
Theatre.
I saw this same man six years ago
near Rleecker street, still with his push
cart. He told me most OF the old wall
lace company were dead.
6wpey G%eoghegan had a boxing resor!
across the street from the London ana
Liverpool lodging house. think wa.
lo1. Next to that was Worth's Eass
side Museum. at k03. Going noru on
same side. or east side. next TO the mu.
scum was the Little White Elephant. ]
believe this was a liquor saloon. but
various games we're INDUCED In there
and rooms could be had upstairs. ]
have been told the old Thalia Theatre
was below ana street. Here nave
seen "Mazeppa'' played. Here Fanny
Herring n other women played the
part Of a captured prince ana were
dashed to the back OF a white morse
I think the characters were taken IRON
n book called '"Thaddeus OF warsaw.
North of the Thalia Theatre wa'
era mer's resort. I mo recall tht
name Of the place at this time. At
J lantic Garden was a respectable Ger
man beer garden where the better class
OF Germans at that time took or mel
! their families after business hours In tht
afternoon OF Saturdays. Many time,
these Germans would not so home til
late Sunday morning.
Next, north Of here. was q small place
5 with a small platform where the hal
-. drunken men and man sailors used Il
90. The women that resored herr
wore tights and clothes very shor
at top and bottom Oftentimes 20,
) could see half a dozen women sittint
q on as many sailors laps drinking. an
. hugginE them.
' .ha. time near Chatham Square AM
under the shadow Of the elevated rail
e road was "A museum of anatomy. =
fairly good looking man by the name o
n Doc Mcconnell ran this place. ard In
] side they had "A small room where the
j induced many young men TO have thei
heads examined. telling them what pro
f~essions would be best for them to fol
s low. The cost Of the examination wa
e 50. They gave you a copy Of Fowl
= & Wells's book on phrenology. IL the,
saw you had some money TO spare the.
would take you in a back room wher
z there was a show case with n lot q
I articles marked will numbers. Will
S YOU were examining these things
rough dressed young man came In an
paid a quarter TO draw an envelope fron
a box on the counter. From the envelop
! he took a card, and the number CORE
sponded with a card on a pearl handle'
revolver valued at SIS. TIL young ma
: displayed i, for suiuc lime. opened II
put II in his pocket, then pulled il gu
and looked at 1t some more. Then ID
y Mcconnell said 20 him.. kind Of on III
sly but loud enough for all the rest (
hear, 81 will give you SIS for that gu
and another chance" The young ma
would take three 81 bills. thank tho Doc
-, draw another envelope and get out.
= Then the rest OF The gang would draw
and some get a Ave cent diamond rim
and so forth, bu; none Of them of an
value until the same capper came in an
drew a prize and restored Il and got
big price In theatre money.
There was a ten cent museum O
Chatham square on the west side, onl
one story high but this was more OF
resort for the girls of the street 10 pic
up chance countrymcn and sailors.
At night the Jerseymen used 10 sto
on Park Row at jim Fisk's restaurar
e or Ross Tweed's restaurant. Here 70
could get three fried eggs, pint howi q
coffee, bread and butter. dish OF frie
= potatoes and lettuce or radishes, all 10
ten cents.
" Near Houston street was the 9lob
. swords. elastic skin mon and the ma
!, Venus with a breast like a woman, bl
" no examination allowed. Here sar
the man and woman who under Bal
" NUNS management were represented n
the connecting links between monke
and man. Aftcrward each had a plec
~ Of white Sleeps wool fastened to III
top Of the head TO show that they wer
turning to animals again. Tn. Dickel
son sisters were here. dancing and SIM
" ing. Maud took male characters AT
dressed in mems clothes. She was
boxer and used to box "A Newma
NJ woman from Jersey City. Maud Dicke-
" son aftcrward married n DEPUTY ma,
blond with good shape and good lool
ing. She danced and sang In tight
She later married u druggist in Ea,
Newark. The younger sister was
blond. She dressed rs Puck and ca
ried a large Dixon lead pencil for an q
y for that firm. She danced and sang al
showed her shape. She was about /,
fat as q Puck. She married "A fanc