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A LUXURIOUS STUDIO.
WILL1AM M. CHASE". ROOMS.
ta_-a.Ba.At rr.iz?.s, RAJII antiqiks axd wlc
A-ttVl QfHB l BIjAXCC at tiii: WAIAJB
and tiik CMa-tBOBt
Tl.e teverely plaln front af the o!d Tenth-st.
Studio _BB_a__ag would Boafaatp aajRaal the * iiiaatal
luxury 1hi be fouud within it in tl.e studio af
WlUhaa M. ChaWl nor is the lahyriiithine paaaagn
whieh lends t.. it. with its low s,ut.r.: windnw.
lookinjj out into u a_bng* eourt. in Ihe B_l_M-t8BB
Rtt^Restive of "clas*ic hails," hut once?on a
kSaturday mornini:. arhafl tfa artiM is graatoaalp
at home to viMt^.i?let lull the bfaaB knockr
of handsotiie ieefgB, BBBflBg "Chaoe" . pou lta
paaaahaaj face, and all is tr.iustorij.e.1. Rcopondinp
ta his cordial "(.'ome,'' fur a n.oment you n:e
hewildeied hy invisihlp ruws.c, and wmiiler if t':.e
Urup you brushed in paBB-Bg BaaM havo Invn
Aladd.u's. which has transfotnicd Ihe old Stiuli->
BotMtag into the pnlac of a piince-s, a de aaii 8
ca_phaa_aad ba, Kiiuip**1* thraagh the vial
laaaa whose itah BpaMtaaaaeoe i.- deuble I I y
nriistically Ba_-_BBr4 door m reer.s of mirroiB, re
?aateBg the ruhneha ol wall aad oeiling aad
iaer. I?'" nrt aaiaeaa eaaanue, and belng >.f aa
tavaata^BMBBg aBJB ol niiinl, you inim.-dimeiy afltaf
upon a reo/aga af d_aeov?iy, reaoltiag in tl.e
aaaaaaaa-BBea that. you have peauraell -<?; vlbntlng
;, f.;iiy-!iko door chi.nc, whtah la U?klk-g out Us
Bwa_aaJ BjaaBaaae. Thla bappgr aahatltnta for tha
_jniatlanal bell hfa Datefa taveattaS-, baprova-l
_^? mi ?pto i i>y .Mr. Chaaa, lyreehana la .eaaa,
only the Japanese make an alloy. with handle
and fuucet of the moat jjr.ite.que dragon.. Thia
piece cauie over to the Centeniii.il __-paitiO_j
nnd fron. ltt .ize wm.ld have Iwen nble to keep
j a fan.Uy of aeVeral ?.'nrrationsof Japancae in a r?rr
mal BtBBt uf.intnvic.ition ? with it are kettles, hta
! liera and uu!k j.ms la btina aad eeppet af tariaaB
I ilegreea oftoae and brllllaney. One batteied ketUe
* of Kolden hne its owner thoueht of sufli'ient
I value lo snerifire to il a dress snit. and aafely
IIBiaapetltll 11 from Martnd Wiagped in the biuie.
Olrl Venetinn tapestnes of IBIt weave and pat
! lara cover the walls, nnd just above this group
iri? of still life aaaga t<> the eeili'iu' B enJleotJan
ol t.in, toms in all (-hnpes and inr.es. ol vnrirty
eraongh ta aaake a good sized oiaheatra? droaia,
wind nnd atriaged InattBaaMBfl all raatafaahBau
PlBtBJ ol raie old Spaiush luMrc and j,en.s Irom
Perala aad Japaa haai bl laatrrala agaiaat the
; waU. ln one eorner ol u tapeMry. und as if a
part oi it, is aa mqajBataly wranglrt Bytaaaha.
. i. -- t,f biHss, pcrchanoe the remnant of a ciozier
bottte before some mediacva! pontiff; and here
nnd there banga some rata old pi.tr.ie ln, PM_
hopa, aa aldet Florentine irame, of chon.-st
deaign and eaeeutien. . . .
A lang, low dlvan envared nrt-h rups and akina
in keepinsr with the Orieutnl effeet pl the Btudlo
ocenplce the nakMIe ol one ?ide ol the room. nn.l
iron. .. eornet a tawny Veaarttaa s?.i and i.sh net
weicktcd wlth ns wooden diaca nu-hea aa Itnprn
vi-. d aoreen and adda ta Ihe piotureaque cnect.
Ovei the d.,..r oi the paaaage to the ataircaac
whieh aaeandB froni the studio to the; balcony
which ovarhanga one side of it la aa ola, riehly
decorated eacntebeon oi earved arood, whleh once
ndoi-Red the pertal ot ao-_e Venettan palaoe, and
ihe prottd family whoae rc>i .1 emblaapning it sym
l.olize.l i.s doubtlesa lonsr extinct. I i> Ihe Bboti
.1 .trcaae, throngh the balcony. there opa ia i low
room ;.t the inme level, fomerly n aleeplna; apart
tnent, thou.li tiow ln deUghtfal ttttei Wltb ean
A tor.NER IX THK M-V1N STUMO.
end oumbtIIbi af bb octavc af rtringa, Bfataflt
wUflh Mrike BB_aH BBtftal balls siispended from
a borizontal bai nb..ve ln such 8 way tliat no
tiLsc.ud can foaalhly w* prodneed.
Spcakii:- Of lampa-tboOfn it is evident'y not
Aladdin's, bttt Mr. ChaM*8 OWfl taflte which *bas
tiatislormcd ll.es.' big 84BBI8 rooms into such
ehaiBM oi beanty-the many aad rarioM lamps
l,e has 80-BCted have cotHributed BOt a lMtle
Ifl il. llcio Ls the TWf "lanthorii." vdh Ihe
),..ru fMBB which the wurd is d-rived BtlU in lt,
xvhich Uiogcr.es usc-d wben in his Intile u'.est :
l?r WM not his fOlttttlt Btttated with it 111 bi*
hand7 An old gondola "Mttthottt" nmy bave
lighted the Merehant -r veme* as he So,iiv ghded
uader tbaJUdgl of Sighs Intent upon bis usunous
schcrnYs. From th.' ccilinz -Mf grc.it church
__?,.?. o1 exqalBite workmanahlp and qnatal deviee.
(V.e mr.v bave lighted the falthfnl Moor, vvher at
,l)P Mourttfal cdl af the _m?bIb bc bowed ta
J. _.ver toward Mecei JCMJT by haa*.^ther
of Bttttelf col.im.iur form from eai.y Chrlatian
vascs JbbbbBbi armori sl.icl.is. juga, etc. trom
Ihi^Vhie1 is e;:rcss, as ii.de. d t_MN is ITOBI 884
looni?in all, six. . , -?BI||a from
Betraeing ow'a Btena to tli<"H?>;?*"? .?'.,,-.
lt, -dim, MligioM llgh pa? ta the Inner ?.
___.,?jPrjw3?a^S
The Hrst thoughl ol Mr. < baM on Mi.,?
?4i_r_&ar~^.?~?^?,4
^_5*w*JfI?Si,_r_i
K?_r_s?Miis
NOHTH B1DH OK TIIK BIBSI STUDIO.
?paiB, tinniiniiiil now af tha htttei batred ol
Chriattan and ifal.iin.rtan which ln their aatal
aay d.ve.i wtth blaad ihe fuir land of Bpain
tl.e li.ht of this one of soli.l silver tbe
devaul Roaaa tapaaBefl his A*a aaaiia, while
smniiei banpa af railoaB de, reea <>t size aad beauty
hang here aad there from wall or eaMaeft, An-k
ibeae eaJftineta tn-day deUgbl the ej? "? ?he relto
bartet ns iin.ci, aa la theu yauth their ea.quia.te
earvtafB pleaatd the taslc ot tha Italian or Dutch
connoissrur. .11.- ___
oue ..f apeeJal beanty was eonatrueted bj ur.
hhwaelf fiaai aa old eanred cheat, upon
wi.i.i, he wpetattcd by tall aiUaia bb e_ually :
line earwed bed oaawpy, reaolUng in a eablnrt
Of allar-:.;<e _bafC. On 'his BM gTOUped l-.ols, ,
Bfaaeea, hpUa, wiapana, bita <-f raig aM SpnBlah ,
taatee and eheeca apaalaafna <.f irkleeennt tto-oaa
gtaea, whtah have inprkwaed ... aheli dalnty fonna ,
Ihe rahahow tfata af Bea*B_rieai wMhj um tbe i
pU .s haag Uta af ahala arnaoi from Mc.m.o
iBdtaa aaad dreaaea, gaady ... their Bany-eolared :
Bjaaaage, Snaniah donkey bridka, qaln as jay. ]
a (tiaa. teapot af early JaaaaaaB make. a Boribea ,
inkst.uid. whteb afeaaa nughi have aad when .
he errota tha IVBh-teaoh, ? death-mask or ,
Ueethoven, and a lile ma_k ef Ufd Nclsoii. j
in this etnatta la a_a a nualy beeatifiilly earved
Venetian eheat, whleh Ut. ? baa waa able *>
aaaa before tha haad af the laatarcr ' faw
laaebed it: it* top is eov n-d wtth a BaBfaataa ot ;
old inaaiBi "-a" af -hamaaona of Ineat w*ra>
aaanahip, a Bpaatah bull-iighter'a aword, whieh
Ur. Caaa aw do ns daadly work. atao tha ghort
Uack-bladed one with whloh tit- eieature is hnully
taaaatabad; Turkiah, Jayaaea and Bpanlah itw?J
ia great variety : a poison-d _tilc-lt?. whOW Kioove,
bbdo Becretea the tatal venligra,! b _tt4*y"
ereeae. wtth iu Baaavahaped blade. taaafaae wlth
Btard. and plBtoli ol etery vailety, ****** ?
?eap..:i a suiull aiatj . ?___ _ ______
B pcvuii oonUguity ta these are a *****
?f Btiaaura of ftaeal n.-uwork. cariaa. eW taekfl
?a. huaaa, ttadei aad taper beaea, aao, aeeav
iagly aut of plaea, a eapy of Baaaaa a Kenpta
'-auiHl iu ivmicd-leatli.-i and U-araii. dBtn oI
1571; bul us it was discovercd in an ironirt.r.jrer a
ai.up jt ,.; boi oaoeed to such laaaiBUdaaahip
In front oi .t la aa Inlald Tarktah tahte baMiBg
Turkis-h p,p,.H in (ireat variety, and beside lt a
**lese arrangement of aseta] uteeanM ********
?touad a great wine dacanter ol Mnpaneee bron_e.
F*ag __?____, 4it*ia^fllit*vd iur____ fine ai. I
tir.m and Ittvite ta ? ouiet t*te-e-t*te.
Not aii incb of wall iu thi* studio, M in Uie
other. but, is covered Bf some work of arl. *s])an
ish tttttestrlea, irltioh, from workmanabip and aob
ject, shuw their great age, Wttb 11 ri* old ctii
hroidered altar-plece*, form backgrounds to pict
ure.s bf U*r*t, I'oituny, Alfied Stevena, Voiloii,
T>rb*tirg, De Keyaer, Chemlowaky, .!<?."j.li Bi mdl
and liko nwaters, wltb oopiea of VXaaonex, Rom*
braodt, I'r.n/. Ilala. Ferdlnand Ball and othere cf
equal emiaenee; while it) the mm between ?re
poreelataa from Spain, from Pemia and all the
Kmi : Bhielda ef FrraiaB ??ixxi Japi neae workman
Bhlp, aad draperlefl bo cabwebby ln lexture and
deoorated so daintily ihey should l>e kept under
IVrtiolios oMrlowIng witii pbotograaha ?.! old
nMsten rest on theii eawla Invitlng iMpection. A
oorner is ahnt of by aa old JaattBeae Mreen >>f bm
sixteenth eontnry repreMnting eourl life of the
teiith. Near by Btanda an old Spanilb table Bn
ished wit}. wreugbt-iron work. anch u Portuny
uaed in his pi?tii*? oi ? The Wedding.1' Beneath
il is a BttriOM niedley oi Bhoe*. v.o.den OMB fTOM
rJoliand, daintily polnted oom af the Loaia
XV period. and BBMBB, the BBBBf v'.'ietis |
ciiricusly inlaid pair on BtiltB uaed ln the nattae
Turklah bttttt, thougfl ^ yet noi in the impnrtcd
arUele. , . .
\ bishop'a ehair of age too reroote t>. chrctuole,
aiivi varioM other leatber-eovered obain In Mnrcd
wood of tbe Bavcnleentb eentary, artth tabe t* 01
H ItttBT period me seattered about the studio,
with irrcat stuffed foot-ciishions ef unknown Bge,
o i whi'-h the lair peniteni may hnvc kpeeled for
the bishop's abeoluUon, .md graceful Loula \\
lofM ln wbm mountinnfl m1 agalnBl the ttalla.
\ Venetian cheat ol yel Hnci workaaMhlp than
that in tbe outor Btaoio?the faat ol wblch bm
beautifully oarved oouehanl liona?occupley one
side of tlie room. nnd Dutoh and Ver-eti.-n cabinets
_roan beoefllb tbe maltltude ai trenanraa wttb
which tnev are wetahted. lf aermittod a paea
into a cloafld one. tbe cyc will be ravisbed with
tho wealth of coloi bnpriMned In the costumea
_nd drajieries revealed to lt. Gowns of rara
!,i Freneli broende auggesi tbe BtBtely damea
who wom them before tbe days of the Emplre ; and
,!,,. rich old bmm may bave garatsberi their falr
, Lw.ta Stufw "i forgotten weave, and gauae
,.,',..' bo daintily embroidered Pitani lahl
;_t have s.orned them. I hineae emhr.
f the mbm weave, enoogh to.taonfl a room. A..
,1 Jmllan alttu-eloth loned by Ume nnd ilye to
'"dHuTioufl red. ??" dropfl ol waa npan n -t.l
;;,,;,,. w.tnesses 80 th* Bai.UOMrM ..1 m.d.acM.I
i,!,?,,''',"corner stands an old Dtttcb rl.,.-k, whWh
i..ve tii'ked the houni awaj ta our pre
7H ie i .n.estors: lt. too, MB) have been UekiM
Vw.fT.pbie AateonomiqM el Sat.lle
hMfe rt -in , A-meterdaM ln I6B8, aml it
^.SStSfleSMBM. BMIMM*.
BOf DflttBB?I tore oll tlie corners of s?.nic of its
leavea, u* 1>ad modern boys who are BM DttttphlM
do, wbcfi he liad surh n foruiidal.ie _e...rapny M
mastcr: nor couM he, like the uood 8uuday?*< hool
liook bi.y. have easily piarche.i off to school with
liis books under hi* arm. Its oompaoten ln size
an.l anc is an old blttBB-BMUttted, Icaihcr-botiud
ini-sal.
A huffe Spanish htazier niakes a brilBOBl notc
of color, bul aiiugcHts the iiormid _ensution at
Ireeiins c:*.pcrlauced dflffauj a winter iu B nominally
warm climntc.
Not only hnve all people.s ?1 all rlinies paid
triliute bf their hand.. ralt to Mr. Choscs st idlw,
i.ut ? euriona little raet "i Aitee pygB_ea luvra
ooatributed tbemeelYea, or rutb. r tiicir head*,
whieh are remayfcaWy preeetved Bpecl_Mtt8 af B
peouliar Ittce. wilb beaQB ii" lan.cr than 8 billiard
t.all. Irnti, wbieh grows )M_| NBflfc bair. and tfl
whose lips hive been added bv their BUniviflg
contemporaiies-as t.hough death were not enough
-.. doi.bli1 scal o! ol cor-K which, possiiu' ttir.>u,d.
the lips banif apparently to the waiflt. afi as
la our itui, loug bulr indicotes a v.-omnn, it may
only bave tiee'i that pa/t >t rtie fMB they fettfftt
might even talk after death. Tbe process ol cin
hnlwing was much u_*re perfect than the Egyp*
tian. as the beM has all the well-rounded pro
poitiotis ct life.
One of Mr. ( bnse's speciai deUgBM is bis collec
tiou ol rtata, of which he already bas 888.
TWO snii.ller rooms open fwin IMB main studio?
one siore.i with siioih.r obJMM ?.t arl : the other a
receptaele for eanvaws and eatelfl ol the pupila
who on ifflaon daya transimm this atflaettflt ttf art
into a veniable ateliei.
A lew of the aitists' later pictures. or those still
unflnlahed, stand about, koh so caretully covered
with flaM y*u know they are pastel tbougb frotn
their Btrength ol hondling and delieacy <>i toneh
?two m.i UMOmBtttlble chfiractoristtes-one would
suppose ibeni to be oil.
Mi. ChoM'fl sti.,1].., nke Vitrillo's. has its Sc
baatian Uobmb, in tiie peraon al " i-'rmk "? a yoong
soii oi Haa, who is making greal proerrem la
work at the "Le.iffiie." nnd promise* to do bonor
to his tnaster. as did <;. MM.
While many ot Mr. Chaae'a plcturea bave car
ried with them fit* of his studio as liack_ro.iiid
and Moeaaotf nnd his wonderfnl teehnlojue haa
giyen n Benand reallty to many a kettle ?f braM
and pitchcr of silvet be has ^athered these many
heautiful object** ai.ont him for Tatf love ol them,
nnd with no ldett ol their profrMional utility.
Thntij-h tbe trne ortist bas tbat within kittttll
wbici. must make him BMMMflrttbly Indenendout
ol snrroiiii.lincs, thtre is inspiratioii in cotmoninl
envirunment, and quite naturall.\ the Internreter
ot tl.e beautil'il delight* in aorroondion himseit*
with beautv arlrl ktnd'Jng liis _enius fmm fires
brouffht from the Orienl and faorfce dyed la It*
iniuiitaiile light, Mr. Cbaac baa fottnd thal s?
completely In hia Btndio thal bis work this summer
bas been done entlrely in t'entnil Park. Often
lie lie.ins it as early as 7 n'clnck in the morninu,
nnd eontinnin i through th* waatatt llgb! fa* even
Ing effecta. returning at midday to the cool refrcsh
ment of his studio?for no moantttln deii mbh be
. obi. Natorally he bas a more ov less admirinc
iindience?alw.ivs an nudienc?hnl so they keei>
Ofll Of hia "point Of Bight," or beyond the reacb
oi his elbowa, be werka on obflYioiw of snr
ronndlngs, ilaring, with a free hand. to aatat
Nature as he sees her?feclin_ the bntflh WM k t..
be tl." real tbincr rather than a COOf : with what
raoeeu the popularity ol his "full air" pictures
s'lldlSS.
BEABD AMONG CLUBMBK.
WHAT ME___a-BRSOF WKf.I. KNOWN irrilnU
Tioxs AJtC INTaUt-DSTKO IN
Paw peonie aatatae of tha geweaaaag baattoi of ti.e
big clul.s have any i.lea. of tlie va*t aniount of B.I
arhleh it take- to riMi tlie lar-er New-York BtabB. A
cluli is not fl nion.'.v tnakii.K in-titution. aad tlio gov
araon abn ao ta prad- tba ebarcea tor maata, wtoes,
Uquora, etgara, ete., aa t?. mU tpeaa j?-t a little above
,,, .. Lm tba laeelpta (rom tbe reatonraal aad eafe of a
Mg clab baa tbe Hanhttlf or Caton laapai are
lUiulthalMl cnorinoiis. since tlie HaahathBl Clab
took poaaea lon "f the btawarl aaBnataa Ba alwaya
uoted .Di-ine - ivnemlly a^knowledred ta BB tl.e b<*?t
,n New-York etataVna baa baa Baaea tbaa ata m
danuuMt. Preaa IBO lo --'oo anaabara af tha ciut. dine
tf.rre ecrv BBjtrt, and the ninht which i- not uiarked
t.y tWO or three private dlnner psrtie- is tho aaeep
tiou. Includiup thB receipts from tl.e re-tiiiraiit. tlie
taie of wlnea, najaora an.i ciKare, n.e toeoea from
wuiord ? and otbar gaaaaa, <?.<?.. the etob has aa toeaae
of nearty PljOOO a aay, eaehaslva of initiation fecs ?nd
taea There are e_ore ti.an 1,900 memiKrs <>i the
dnb. aad a- each one paga BTO a year Tor dues. tho
clab thue Bete ti.e BBBg s.un of ahout SXi.OOO a year
,? this way, t.. say aaabtag <.f Ihe ancn^ation of BBM
Inlttottoa taea froan taeondng membera. Take it
all ln all. the total rccelpts of tl.e Manjiattan
Clab for ihe comlnc year will piot.al.'.v he BOBBB.
W|.b betweea BdOOaOOO and $:.OO.OO.t. As all >r
ne-iriv Bll of thB BMBey will he expended in riinnin?
tha rtab it ?id he seci iii.it ii eoeta aoaaotbtng like
*i MM a day to BBuatala Ihe Hanhattan Ctab. lt?
noat fonnKtabk ritaJ, tbe I Btoo Leagne, la aot aa Bv
behlnd in the way af laedpta and rannlng expeusc-.
li.-i year tba laeetpte ol tbe Untoo Uaaane h-om aii
tonreea were BtPBAOB AO. Bo nearty wcre the reretote
??id tlponata batoaori tbat the enttay of ti.c etab mr
Um aaaae pertod wae BBB0S4011. pf tha totel bv
con.boat gl 15,000 eaaa ta b_ the foea af iaai
glo,aoo from Inlttottoa Btt?: aboal 103400 Bom tba
reataarant: 040,000 from ihe salc of wtoea and ttejnera:
102,000 from lovara ol tbe weed: 080,000 for bdsing,
.,?.,! *i .-?<?<> from bllbarda and other gaaaaa. la the
matter af reeelpte and expeoeee tba Manhaltaii aad
Unton Leagne aaw Bwd aii tlie New-York etaba, bat th*.
ajanbattan Athletle Ctab, arhleh ertll aaao enaw upon
^ ,..,. ,,i ihc Bobla bonae wbteh II ha- bnlM for ItaaM
in MadUooave., will no! fall ter behlnd la tho matter
of rannlng earpensea. Tbere nre half a dotcn or
??,,.,. Mg etaba bealdee tboae menttonta whtak take la
anywhere from av_O,000 ... B10 1,000 a year in dues and
initiation lece and ihe etobe dhe tl.e tjatvaralty, for
instance, whleh BBalntain papalar dbUngrosaao, aaora
than d'.iii.ic tbetr reeetpta froea iaea la tha laeoaa
(rom tl.eir rataaranta. wi.en it is raaMaabead that
there are aboal P00 I BBM of more or l.-s pretcn-dnns
in Bew-York Ctta II nill ta Beea tbal .h'1 aaaonnf ..t
money collc. tivclv hamlled I.y tl.eir trcasui.rs will
um Bar up Into tbe MllBooa.
Taere la ?< etab .". BraoalfB wbleb is prebably
v ui...in i. pi.i.'iit'i iii tbla part of ihe eawatry, etab
able ;.- are Bew-Yarfc, Braaklyn, Boatan aad Phlta
delphta. Tbe uagaataattua lu qnaattaa .- the aarora
Orata Ctab, BBBabeeabiy ... wbleb .- reatateled lo
iiiemiiei- <>f the tfaaaalr ttaterntty. II baa been lo
,.m ',.u,n ihn.? toar yeara. wae tonnded i.y Waytaad
iii.-!.. Ocarga Ni<bofaa aad three or f.mr other
promlnanl Bioaklyn BaaeeM, and baa aboal :;oo bbBB
bera .?. Me rott. 11 la bonaad in Um eM rectory al
lladford avc. and M.iili-on--t.. a';d i- BOW LnildliiR a
yatj flve-loot eatenatoa .?? ii- bonae. Tl.e week oa
the extonaioii i- now auaily eeaaptatod, and II i* ex
pected lhal Ihe boa_a>aa_r_Blag arttl be betd ea or
aboal Bew Year'- BJve,
a leeeptlon wtll ta gjaa ta Mr. and Hra. tt.-nrv M.
sianicy by tba AMla ('""? ?" ""' Btahhaaaa, m
Lafayette Ptaea, ea Wodnaaday. Deeeaabei '?>. Baaa -'i aa
:, o'cloek. Pla hundnjd Invttattane wiii i.e aaal
?ut. Aaaeng the ladie- wh.. have baaa Bavtted
lo reeelve ailb Mr-. Btaatay ata Blia. Jahn Kendr.k
I .? ?-. Mr-...Al/red ('. Carne., Mi- Hixl-.-y.- BbriM
Bra. Oravar Ctevatan*, Btra. Wii.i.i... w. B_Th>
aartb, atra. -tabart r. lohnaon, Iba. .1. ,i. Uttta, B_a.
HamlHoe w*. Ma>.ic. Mra. CtB-ta Scht.r, bhra. Kr.-.i
erlck a. ^;?.ke> and Hra, Itamy T. Thon.a-.
The newly eleated m.-iit.er- of tbe Ancriian Ya/'hl
Club aa .tohn BJ, Fav. LaaBl I'. lavk, Tlie<Miore Hof
atettar, b. F. Fech.n.au and Willlam R. Hirl.ard-on.
.. ABBtal wiiiian. r. Baaaaaan is aa p..p..iar atta Iba
Baaaag epaaa al New-York and Btwaktya aa i.o B
wlth ti.e liniamiaabhi aoolettei hiki onpai a?dataaaf'wateh
iiivnriai.iy Beah to Beaane hte pewaaaee al .i.^.r aannal
i.ai.<iuets. Ha is hi. iionoi.-iiy aaa__aw "f n.e Cakm
lajaitue and Bi. NI. Iioias ( lul.s, i- au _-1i\o nieinber
,,i -? ?'?_! otli'V ..lul.s iBCteB-lg tba liiion, afl'd will
in all pi-oijalnlity slcrtiy Ikj made jic grat h.niorary
__8B.be. <n a piaaataaBi Btaaalya etab.
The alinuaj meeting of UM Obta e.H.cty Wll *t
BaH on November '_i?, tba .iiirov?rsar\ ol i'.e ad
uiission of ti.e s.t_tc of Obta into ti.e Unton, At this
meeting tbe flasaaba "??" I -,f'? to tbe reporta of tba
-tai.dn.G coauaittaaa M tbe ba year and aaaat oaaeere
for ti.e coaotag year. laa ttakat ptaead la aoailaaltoB by
the Noealaatlni fJeaaaaltta of tha etab i-. ap to lata,
witliuut OppOaitton, aud the elediou of the BOB-BM - -
therofora probabty aasaiad. Iha Uehat .s aa WBowa:
i o. PreaMent, wagcr awat?a; i..r vlia ptaklenta,
Coionel W, !?? ^'roii^. CBorgt HHmtae, rhomas A<
Bdiaon, J- Q- A. Ward an.i K. K. Iloagland; B*
ucr, L anaer II. CraB; fo:- aeciatory. BVarra
Hlgtoyi toe i.rdlng aaeratary, Bdward B. Braeb;
lor trataea, v -1 C. Paya, CMbbb B ivet and tV C.
nodti.an.
Kv.-r iiaee Ihe annooncentanl ef ti.e phma for the
handanma boaea '.f Iba bow Oatontol Ctab, aaw la
eaara iil i ? I Bl tbe Bkntterard aa -'.."iiv aaeaaal
, i..,.;-,. aa. beea n rc-i. al wrttta-da Weat atare t"
_...( into the Col i.i. Tbe etob's Na.I awm-avabta
,,,, .,,.. | ... |a ? Btonda baal. i- i..". and thera ara
already sao i.ietui..-.- ..u<i anaagb naaae. laa N I ">
randhtataa to carrj tbe etab awer Ihe BBJ Btatt. Ken
meaaaava as Mtowa ama ataetad ai tbe ia-t aMrtlua
af ti.e atab! VitBtM Hebart, oaaarpe S. Brawa, H. Ward
I..-o.i.ird, Oalvla ii. Alhaa, tabn ABdareaa. Ita Be~.
Chartoi A. Baaaaari, wilBaw n rhlM?, Btabert B.
Barlata (ha...-, a. Ctark, Oeanji Bhra . .i gaat, w.n
ia... -tnillmd. J. lt. WaB-BBBftB. 11. I . LaaBe. Jolui B.
Tliorpe. (aollln Armstroag, Hcnr\ p. _ii?,H.t?. D. H.
Uidwnll, B. A ( . Mniili. Kn,n<;? II rteard, (j.er.a V.
I.ittwfll. |tf__a_d A _!?? and A. I*.. WunhU
THE GROWING WEST SIDE.
WONDKRFrL CIIAXr.E5* IN RECKXT YEARS.
HOU-K-S SPItlMilXi; otT OF THE OBOl'N'D-SOXIE
BEALTIFUT, nm AXD ATTRACTIVK
DIXVn VU UOMK-niSTItlCT.
At tlie present rapid rate with whlrh buildlng Ia
going up ln tliat pnrt of the city called gencrally by
New-Yorkers "tl,e W?*st .Side," lt will not be BMttf
years beforo all nvallable ground llicie has been
bnilt upon. As lt Is ronunonlv consldcred. ''tho
fTeat B88B?" at least from ? BBBM BBtfla of vicw, ls
that part of the city running fBtttt FiMy ninlh sf. to
Spuvlen Dnyvll Creeft, we?t of Rigbfh?88%., untll that
BMMMg-iBM ends iu tiie Harlem Klver. and from tliat
point alotig tbe river tn tbe crcek. S'o pait of the
city has derelopcd more rapidly than tlie section Just
dcscrlbed. One who ha.s not vi-ited it for tMttafty
years would fail absolutoly lo recognir.e tlie district
ns it now K, with Its well paved streets In many
placcs. flne, hroad avenncs aud MMB, handsome
prlvate homes, row upon row of BfltBtk?Bf con
stiuctcd llats and apartment houscs. and beautlful
park*. Its tm.nsforniattc.n from wliat might bc tertned
a roclty wn?te of Und has l)-*rn marvaBBMM. OM who
|.us nit vKlted this part of the cltv lu fifteen or
even ten yeaVs would be astonlshed bv the remark -
nlile dcvelopn.ent of if, while thosc who have not
beoti tMM for five fOBM are greatly surprised af
the ehanfa. Oeeaalaoal vlattan arhe are obm Ibbm
pcrl.aps oiicc or tMicc atmually cannot avoi.l rom
.nenting upon the transfortnations which have oc
earred even batareM their visits.
Few of the old BMMUMBf-8 now remain to Inform the
infrenuent vis-lfor that this Is the same part of tho
city that not long ago wns almost entirelv given up to
goat?, s.iuatters and Iruck gardens. 'Ihe little old
wooden ' shantles" which were once Ihe hotnes ?f srores
of '?squalters," have dlsappcared alniott complotcly.
Oc'casionallv one may now be seen. but only in the
more remote rogions where the steam drlll and the
(iiiitractor are yet unknown. With the 8M8BMM8-MMB
of the "sqnatter'' bas gone aho the llarlcm goat.
There is now and then nu old lasliloned MB h BBMM*
lioi.sc, which in its dav was considered to bc no
doubt all thnt could bo dcslred frotn an archltcctiiral
vlew or in point ot outward <lis|ilav and interior
coniforts. Tl*se old dwelling liouscs looli ortd and
strant-e, indeed, besido the itlMtBIM which are spring
Ing up around them almo't daily and upon every
hiind. lt is no BBBBBfll sight, either, to see in this dis
tru-t great BMBMJ <>f sandstone rock standing alonaiido
of a haaiBMM and c.wtly dwelllt.fr. house. Wlierever
sik h a tliit.g is BBM it is ? monuiiient to tlm* enter
prl?e and encrgy of those who have made this part of
the city what it now |s nnd what it ls bouiid to bc with?
in the next decade.
A great mujorit.v of the BttttMS Wblcl staad in this
district are built WBMN there WCN forincily hlgh cliffs
or ridgcs of sandstone. which liad ti bc blast-'fl awav.
itul tbe sfeain dr',11 has dt.ne tlie work. and for the
last si\ or BBOM years tltcre has been hardlv a work
Ing-rtuy when tl.e BOM of tbe dilll has uot. been licanl
from a dOMB differont 88*088. A BtroB through tho
streets of "thfl West Mds" would lead a stranger to
beliive that tliere had been a mighiy carth.piaKo ?ome
where in that part ol the ciiy und Ihat a large part of
the popiilatioii of New-York had turned in 10 aid in
rcpairing the damages which had been done by It.
on every side tlie- noiso of the sieam drills. tlie dull
mmble of blasls, th<* clattcr of hammers and tbe MMMl
of otlier toi.u can he heard. Here is a gang Bf men
ai worB making excnvutlot.s for cellar**. where perbapa
n dozen BMMB will stand in a few monfl.s. B*ar-b)
the BMMM and hod rarrlers are. hard at work. kiiing
f ii.nilaii.iii- and buildlng w;ill?. Close al liaml. to...
Is a r..w of bulldings raised as high as the 888888
Btory, and the st??m elevator is lilting lo BMMOM BMI
MMMttlfl of bilck and niortar which Ihe flatfMH ferd
to it. Praeticnlly the entire strect is given up
lo this work, in dor.ens of MMB, and skilled
st?ne masons are piitUng the tlnishing toiuhes upon
big blocks of brownstone, granlto or nutri.le.
From Filty-ninth-st. north to One-hiinilredand
flftieth st. buildlng operations ?i? going M at every
side. II l< estlmated that at lcast (.00 new buildlngs
are now being put up. and there are many more nearly
rcadv for use. Thev aro of all fltvlM and PBMM of
archltcctnre from tho plain. honieiv, Jall-lllio and coin
tuitlefis loohing rows of hMMMMHt and flat houses to the
artistic and Mb*B8fl8Ml BOMM built for tho rich. or
tbe pretty ai"* BBBBf Uttlc Queen Anno order of
luillding. Those who can afforrt to put from ?>.'}0,000
to $<?>.000 Ifl a house on the West Side gencrally pre
fci- tMM which are built after the Queen AOM MMB,
wttfl braai, winding front stcps and with erto*
halls and parIor<. -Mtttttf MBOOd and Eighly-sixth
sts. are HOfltBlcl to bc Just BOM Uie BMM tWO itMBta
in the cilv. Both are broad and well pav,*d, aml l. th
bave manv flne and cstly dwcllings. OM Iblng mars
th.ni BMlWOMbly, and that ls the elevated raOroad
which eroaaM bmm lf lt mmm not f.>r tbM atroetare
one standlng at (entral l-arlc West would have a vicw
down one Bf Hie tlnest streets that tMM are. perhaps.
in this country. Another thing which lattds to mar
verv much tho beaiily ol the?e streets is tho lach of
attentlon given lo them by MMM 9. lieattle, tlie Sfreet
(Jlcaniiig OOMBalMBMMf.
On last Tucsilay niorninc. after the rain of Mooday,
UMM atlMtfl ??re both nearly Bfl-lj Iflflg fldtb 8 h'-avy,
BtteBy n.ad This, however, was tlie <ase wil'n the
l;i?lu.i ave. BOtMBM to Central I?ark. Tho entire BMM
then' was covered with mud po dec]i Ihat II came over
the tops r.f low dioes. Horses aml wagons which
went IBrOOgh M iBBBMl ?s If they had travclled over
tw.i.tv nnl's of Hie worcf of Ylrginla roads. lt is to
bo hoped. iKiwever. that New-York will s0mc day have
a tttieet CMonlni CimibMIomt mm mHI 8*we*a more
timo to the streets and lcs- |o figuring upon maps
Md BkflM, wliich re*ult only in additlonal burdens
upon UM M?ttflfCM aad ln dirt in thfl streets.
Thero are many things which make this part ni
the dtv a most deslrable one for 808888. fMM Fifty
nintli-st. to One.-hnndred-and tei.th st. Tentral Park
form. im BBfllw bonodary, ?BBB IBMnlaaaBlfl PoeB
fOlkn s BtODg |Ufl1 above it for three OjaaUrMH of * mile.
Rleenbte Park, wbieh in raattty begtoa with MiiibMb
Drivc at IMlBBll) BBfOnfl at . forms the westcrn bound
, ..>.e hundred and twenty-ninth-st. TogotbOr
with Ulll great amount of park arca is the HM* <a
Hiver which is a never ceasing BOttMB af attrartion.
lt is here that Its banks are WBBMl apart. and bcie
there ls a constatit prorcssion of ships, st-atners,
bBTflM and BBMf MMH "P Bttd down upon ils gBMMlttg
Mi mi chan-lng surface. JbMNMJ the edge of tlio
hieh libttf wliich ovcrlooks this niagniliceut rivcr ls
Bieer Ide Drive. There ai*e few fincr drlvcs iu tlio
OOOOtry than this. and many coinpctent tattgM pro
BOttttM II Ihe verv tine-t.
fMM only one point alotig Ihe drive', cntlre l<*ngth
is Ihe H'.uls.ii hldden from view. ,?lllioiiali ll.ero are
Irecs and BlUflflMMf at BMM Btttff foot Bf HiC dls
tiitire. Tbfl trees BMM bcnentri tho hlgh bluff upon
Ihe ed_e of which this raai BM been cunstruclod. and
when iu follage servc to hide tho BMCflfl Bf Hie New
York Central and Iludson Biver Rnilroad which run
along th?* water'l eflffl down d?*?*p Ifl tho valiey.
Tho drive nnd park have both been BBMfBNM as far
?orth M IM 'i.ty-nintli-st., but fiom that r?<>int aaaefl
li.- io lio and will be done before the PurU PBBflnMflttl
aiitbnri'lies nre thorotighlv satisflcd wltli Itn-lr \v..rk.
That part of the park from the lomb of OOMMl Uraiit
north |8 the OaiMMM Ibdel has vei to be
RnUhBi. Tlie plniiH liave l*een coinpleted for s,,me
lime. lmt the Park Dcparlment h_.s liecn corn
MlM lo awall ibe dec|s|(,n of tlio plans f >r
ihe (.raut MflBflflM and the compleiion. at IflM
in Btttt, af tha flBBBttBMfll before Iho gnmrids < .nld bo
MM oul as it is batefMM IBel taaj '?hall be linally.
TM plans do not. iinfortiinately. < onshier the nunoval
from its preeenl peamhiM |BflMM <>f tbe aMghtfy
nminv ataMe Mhkl was built nenr the hotei for the
?UOMMOflalkM Bf the giies's who go there in BM
rtttfM TWa i the only pla^e at whieh the view
of tl:e rivcr is cut off ..long IBfl entire drive. The
pOttUM which v.ns s^nt to the CMBMlaalrmfln bv a
numler of ICBBlMtl B_60| UM flHvfl through this
pBgn ha? been I'led away among the BMBBBl papers
of HM Dcpartmcnt, and wlU probably reu.ain MMM
UfM aatll MMM of the ('ummissioiieis luvc the
eflatttfB lo OfttOM the will of Tanimaiiy Hall aud usk
tbat it be BBtBi Bffltt.
la tlmc. the CaaHflMflMflMM sav, trees and shnil.s will
bM tl.e batti from vie'.v. It lahes many years for
trees to grow lo su.l. a ?l/.e that they v\|JI do (hia, and
iu the meuntime th.-e .vh.. luve paid ImifS MMl "f
money lor nfllgblMBg piope.tv an.l h..\e bu !t tS
i? n-iv.' ii.niscs niii-t have the Maigbtfy i-iot roB-taatty
befeM them Bl ull BMMM of irc \e.i. arhll8 Ifl MMflMT
th>" t.iu-1 siihmit !o th" ten.h whi. h BTMei tberefl 'in
Tha orlgtnal ptoaa arhleh w*M MehM flfoa wbM
ihe part) vu BrM toM oai aad Mpreanetf, abortty _fter
,! bai ban lerhM IM) 0*Mr*l ftmofa boly ahooM
,.. i on ll,.- hinit overtooklag tbe llwrh m, rontewptoM
Bwbtag lhal pM ?>f BliBiaM i. Bwai UM romh
.ii. in ibe i.oi-i a u.?.on ,.f gower garaw*. Uen
,...,i i.i,i,f gnol foiuiiie s tor loweri wm laton int?
.,..,,,,.,1. and lt wns BMroaM to MMB* Ibbi Ibe
,?.? t baniii.ii kowerg-tten m Mi aM ol M
Atlailic ThflM Ptoaa have I. pr' erved ,n
,...ii. Tmm aafl sin.ibb.iv i,nu gi.it'.: ptota
irtll N tbrewfl In batMMB M alaM BBi M toMb.
nf MMM appiopiiale MRMMBMB t'? M BMB8 BM I 1
be rc_i?tru?te4t. Aloug the drlvo U.ere aio a number
ul totoMMBj imUMaHf "** ,U-"J to owc *uttia
naturaliy e_pe< t to find In auch udvantageous post
tions. It seems atraiiKC. Indeed, that rbh BBBB afBB
can afford to sp?-nd several l.t.ndred thousand dollitrs
on their home- will still clii.K to Flftli and Madl-ou
aves. For the siti.c a.i.ou.it af moii-y tli.it tlr-v BOW
spcnd iu purchaalng eiound ond In InuldinR their ni....
sions ln Uiese BaajBBBB they could have a BBM BB8BB.
somcwhero nenr. if not directly upon. the drive over
looklng the Hudson. Th?y could havo trces. lawu.
and stable room and a wonderful view up and down
the rivpr. F.ven with tlie prosent iiiadcqiuito meain
of anvraHhaj ahaj aankl a aajbat tfty Baaata or an
hour of their plares of bti?lne*s downtown.
There aro a nunibcr of exeeedlngl.r haiulsnmc l.omes
BtoBg the drive. One of these l? the home of ( vrns
( lirlc, which is at N.netieth-st Till* ls a large, wlilte,
stone mauMon, with towcr* ?nd bar-window*. It
ommnnds n line view of tho river and ls one of
tlw most vali.able p'.eces ot property aloag tl.e
drlve. Not far from it ls the home ol Fro
fcssor Ilacon. Thia house stands at One hundred
and foarth st., and from it the view up aud
down the liver is a maatnlflccnt one. Tl.e lioiisc is
Baaaaaai Baa the aM EnRiish Bsaaadal aaaaa with
watch tower and I.alconlcs. It ls bullt ot dark *.ay
(rranite and necds only a mass of truilinK Itg and a
drnwbridR* to comp'.etr the pi.lure. lt foims a fBB
tlnctcontrast to the huildliiRs on each sid? of it, on *<??
count of the darkneAs of Ihc stone. of which it was
.ons.ructed nnd the peeul.ar BtgB. of arrlillerture Bal
lowed by Uie Imilders. Few people pass lt wilhoai
stoppinc to ndmi.e and -tu.lv it. It aa sald that
$175,000 was itfused for this 88808. The on>r wa?
mado by V. K. M>ven?on .t Co., the real estnte Baaata,
who liad a commission lo paorebaai lt at tliat
BgarB. Thero are other Iiandsome home- iu Ihc drlve,
notahly lhat of Mr. KBtd at One hnndred and tweuly
second-sl.. within a few roda of where the Orant
monument. will stand. There are many bullding lots
alonft the drlve whlcli are yct nothlnp hut ma--iv?.
rocky knolls. It may he many ycars before tliey will
be cut away, but as it Is they add plctnrerqueness and
heauly to the snrrnundinps. and it would be well worth
the expenae lo tho-e who can affnrd it to bny them and
let the rocks -(and on that accotint.
One improvcmcTit which has been made within a
short time. and which will meet the juM nralse <>I
enuestrlans, ls the ronstruction of a BOfl earth road at
the sldc of the drive for the us?. of BOfiebaek riders
only. H is separated from the drive by a slronp wlre
fenco and has already become a favorHe p'aco for
women and chlldren who dc.lrc a ipilct road ea whleh
lo ride.
The Hanlllj of the avenues which below Fifly ninth
st. are known as Kighth-ave., Nlnth ave. and Tenth
avc. is ket above that street. Kifrhth ave. as it runs
ulonjr Ontral I'ark becomes Central Pnrk West, Nlnth
ave. becomes Colunibtis-ave. and Tcnth ave. Manh.it
tan-ave. for a di-tance and then Amsterdani av.-.
further north. Froadway ls lo-t ln the Roulevard. which
at Oncliniidred-and-el_hth-st. BhBBtte Klcmth ave. ns
well. For a conMderal.le dtetanee tl.e lloulevard has
been paved with asphalt, but thls. like nur-t of tho
strccts iu the citv. recelvea so litlle attention from tlie
Btreet CaaBlllllg Pepartme/tt that on MdllUUy rain
make- it m.iddv and dl-acreenl.le. The little parks
which divide the Houlcvtird in two wli?n thev are enm
plcted will improve Ihc app^l.ance of thl- taorou.hfaiv.
Tha are aaw u-^d mainiv as rtaeaa Btaeea Mr toi
larifcs and the tools used by tho men cmployed in tho
Department of Fubllc, Works.
When tho 888-8 are well aaabtof aml the trees ln tl.cm
have been trlnimed thls will be one of the prettiest of
the city streel*. It has now beioine a favorito pla.-o
for btoyetoa. .>n Oafardara and baHaara n i- Bdrty
ulive wltli the wheelmen. Beeta of young men and
mlddle aged men aad liundreds of boys innunted on
ahuaa <>f aii Borte and saertpttone apeed ap and down
ilei l..?.h \ard. Tl.e old fashb.ned ?boaMbfaakar,"
t.ho imprmved liuid-nn, tl.e blgbrWbOetod bteyeto,
tlie new eafety, the trirvcle and the clilld's BB-BBtp de
aro all there. It is a meiry sight to *c? tlie ridcr*
sUimmlng nol-elr?ly atoBg now with every musclo
-irained in a friendly conteer and aguin gUdlag
rapidly along Wtth upparenlly no etrort. The haud
aosaa nnttana of ihe rktara, tha Btoaal>ptotod wtu"-i
baabteg in tl.e BBBBgM nnd Um swiffly BBOvtog
tlgures of tho wheelmen malic a sceno Wbleb ou
plea-a.ni: days attracts hiindreds to the Houlevard.
The We-t side of KIrhtli-nve., from Twelfth st., to
Ihe onlranro to ihe i'ark, baa b.s-u paved with aphall
and on gnrat dav- there is a enn-tant pcoceaalofl ap this
tooroughtar ? toward I'.. > .nlnth at. When the Boule
vard i.a* been paved arttn aaphatt for tiic reat ol iba
length there aru. bo a eonWnaxma stretch of amoothly
paveii Btoeet for tho btoyetara of over six miles.
The elevatcd railroad baa practtoalty ruluod Htotb
ave., or CotaMbaa ave.. for aaything but railroad pnr
p >ses. Al F.lgl.tv-tlrst st. tbe road la so near tbe
groand that truek drivera who load their wagona hlgh
ap in the alr avoM this part of tl.e -ireet. The ra 1
road raaa pi-t Hanhattan Sqnare ln which atanda
tiic Knaenm of Batural Hlatary. The aqnare exteuds
from Sevculv si\th st. to Kiglitv Hr-t st., and fc.m
taBotral Part Waat to Cohunbaa-ava. Xke aaata Cae
Ing tba aqaare <>n both the loatbaiB and aoftbera
aMee are llned wttb hands.mic prlvate homes aml
opartment Iwneee. . ?
.Much must be done to most of the avenaee and
airoeta on ti.f Weat side before they wrUI lic ln a can
ditioii to warrant pral-.' of them. There has not beea
trucklng enoogh done upon them to dl.turb t>. any ap
pre. iai.le axtent the pavetnentfl which at the out_.t
were fairlv well lald. Thls is parth uhrly true of tho
croea atreeto, bal there are many miles of paalng
which onght to ii? done as 100a aa Ihe balkuag open.
tio'is iii this aeetlon have gotten ter eiiougli along to
ji.stifv it. Nothing ralna pavements more qnlekly
than a constant <li tmbanco cf them by eootfactore
wbo obtain permhMton t<> tea them ap tor the purpo,o
of conncctlng the houaee wbleb they ar. bullding wltb
the water, gas and aaaam plpes.
Tbeaaae K. Uilroy, ihe Uommtaaioner of Public
Work-. tataada t<> endaavor at tbe next sessjon of tlw
la'Slslatun; t<> aaenra the passago of a law giv?
ing his department tba right to tay the house
Bkataa up to the curb. This wtll etroctuaily
put a atop to the piacatoeaona teartag ap of the streen
by contractor-. Batenalve pavlng operattona are botag
oantod oa now. Tho eonWaaaa who waa aueeeeafal
m getting work from Caammtartona GMteoy have large
forcea of men at work pavlng toa sld.- -tr.?e.-, which
ai-e now practtoaily i.ullt ap. This work is dom- wlth
great eara. Tlie foundations tor tlie pavlng tonee
are llrst prepared with greit carefBtneee, and ur:
packed hard bv powerfhl -team roUera, whleh are rim
over tl.e atreeta until the eartli Is ;** level and a- hard
as a stone tloor. Theae hlg maci.hics can b" COfl
Irolled to su.li 8 nketv that the .'normous whoet. rtin
m < i"-e to (he enriMtone that a Bbeel of brown paper
could hardll ta imf betw.-cn the wbed and the atoncs.
oue of iiii> Important Improvementi which mnal noe
l,e overlooked ls the large pla/a whlrh ls ta be con
-iruct.'d at the ontthweawrn end of the Oentral laru.
Work upon Ihls plan wtll he l.eg.in Just a- aoon ?<?
tbe I'ark Department <an get to lt. A large bi>?k oi
Innd is to be tAken ln this pi,rt of the I'ark and turned
Into bb entranee from wbush drlrea will exu.?nd tota
the Farli. connectlng them with other drivs Thls
will e\tend the C'entral Fark drlves north to Moriiin.
side Drlve, whleh mns alone MomliiBsld.' Parl;. It
will al-o improve the one mindred-and lenth -t. pn.p
ertv (.. a c.iiislderable, extent and mnkc ihit parl ..(
the tity even more dcirable than it now ls for hand
?ome and expenslve homes. _____ ___j
Thia -treet, which 1- BOW a little over elghty toet
Wtae i- tO be made -till wlder. The ptana towe
alis-adv been deektod apoo to Inereaae tbe vidfii of
thls thoronghtore to about kk) feet. Tbla, arben ac
coinpllshed. will make a tlne, broad aveuue at ttta
nortliem bound irv of the Fark, as Flfty-nintli st la al
ihe aontharn end of lt. it will not then be long Iwfore
tiiis atreet from Plfth-ave, to ('entral I'ark Weat will
tave as m*iiv liai.dson.e b-lhttnga and house- a- lifty
iiinHi-t. now haa between Iboae two Bvenaaa.
Anotnnr ptan i >.- Inereaalog t'.." aamber of dnvea
in this part of n.e rltp and whleh ap i?> thla llmo
exlsu oulv in proapecl I. the aebenae promnlgated by
Me" B -iv.vi.Vv. Mi- ptoa b to tin m the ahaJlow
ratar alotm tbe bank of tbe Hadaoo fr<>... romewlMre
ne-r s.-ventv -e. .>ud -.. r.ortli to Ctae-hniidred-and
tiiirtv tifth -t., a..d bulld upon the groimd th..- made
a, drivewav. Thia would of eoone rMcasattate tne
deatnirtion "f all of the ptora and wharre* along the
river aad the eoat would I- enormoo., ronnHtg away
Into 'the mllllons. At some fulnre IIbm WbOB Bll
tho railroads which tome Into _?W-Yo? ".'
ao aader groand, tiic traclu of Ihe Kan rork
t'entral and llr.d-on ltiver Ka.lr al. whlM taie- UB
j,i-i th.? i.l reqntred h>r thla dHveway b> raaaovad.
Hen a drlve could bc roa.tn.cted .< a r..jable oui
b_y ol money. Tbe expensc .-f Bll "-' I" and rerlatm
Ing tbe land along the shore line uhi.h i- UBder water
a-ould be laeh a graal one ta.it toa woukl j..-t bow
advlae auch aa expeudtture. , , ,. . .
Waatdngton Hefghta I- a citv almost by Iteelf. ann
while Included ln the dlatrtcl known under tlie gencrai
term a- th.- Weat sid-. lt tor a loag ttmewaa pra<
tlcallv aeparated from tho r-t ol N<-.v y-.k. 'e.-au-'.
of um rreat dlfflcity ln getttaa t; U. Before theele
ratod railroad was bullt. and betore the cable traeaa
wara BM ap the blll, Waahlagton Helglitajaaa uot
poptUar m a place for tomea. Bnt now ftere wa
manv beauUfaf aod attraetlve plaeea all along t..o
Heighta. and the opportanlttei ?r the aan^roctTon of
inaauitiivnt bxmaea, wlth ^^.Zu^'u, the*i'i id"-'.u
rouudlng-. are many. From the. IfariMB. to the ?'..d
Blver .t b little more than a mile at the utmo?i et t i
widesl part. Two toktae* fonneel We Helahaa it . the
miln land at the eaat of llarhim Blver "&***??.
which atana al Oae-bBBaad^^a-rty^*.^;
B ,i onlj b) lool pa Mngera. but "', ^\.U<V 'o, ,
llildge. at <>ne ruu.d ed-andelght.,-tl.ird-s,. la ns <l
bv both pedestr.au- and wug-.'.a though ;t lia- .....
let boer.tan.e_ over to tl.e I'a.k D.-|.*.tni.-n.
Lrttge at ptaaent neltbar heueflto ^"ingtoii Helght.
^?4^ff^S_SSd__3.-^
:.; ,t onatabtocar. ln ve. to i antthla brblao
''...??':-.?!::. i.'"." .:?? v.;,11;,
..,,. ki.iitaeeiv ' > "-t over f.._?*>.?*"?. a.m us
. ,.?,,*! ..-? and tl.e maln reawn for lt. ronstroeMon
';V',r,Mpr,*v,..CKt,f :i,- ._!..;?;.? ??a* be
Longlna to tlw Ctaaeborongh eatato, on toe land of
*hT?e 'VleSteTStlroaT * .1.?tl_B_l to the
";' "",' '"'..'.Vtw. . -I- ?l iw l-rh .. it dW that
" .?_-.. -htaanVtar m-rtli ol tailarlem Uti. 1
n_aL_vcYto^"W
u?4 .hm.i i?-M. 11 !,?e_ i .nnd hwi... ii >ew Jersav,
"" L._B ' ' ,in,.i ,im, ,t in^ u-eu Bliaoat lmpo?albM
?" I ",;,?_ V f ta eunataaettan ol ? sultobla Rap.d
" ur?\ " .', v V,: woold toto. ln tbe Weal Mde ,.
,.'. i;?. i itayvii creeb would double the per
!?'...', t ,,.!?.- n. wialth rn.i populaBoo.
\' t l"no8T tlw elevatcd n.ail- have in .re pa
______K&taa3a^
.rtMnwa -'f r?p I tran's.S avatam. lor ranabtaj t.,u
__a_. ai ih dli liiive bajoa wiasnteied. one m
to ToMlfl 8B8lb.pl- tlicr* connocting wlih IBfl
Nintb av*. r|.-vii*,ed rallroaS. Another sclteme ls
the cci.struc.ti.iu of a rallroad up UroadwBy
|o> UM l.oiilevurd. thenee np tbe Iloulovard to th*
loilliein end of the city llmlt*. Tlll* plan le pro
no?.cd hv V. K. St*venson A To. Thev adintt tbat lt
i ., pretty bold anhoma bM hold tuaa tliey are rlght
\,<\<-n Hiev dcclarc ihai every rallroad Improves tho
value of t'i" property bv which lt passcs.
8MBBMM ls what glve* pernt-iieiicv lo tbe vahya
of real eetote," said Mr, IflttVenaM, yestBroae. "**~
<iety does not do rhi?>.~ ho ndded. ? It oiahr* tein
porary a4*aoe?* ln prios and all ,<- that. but she i?
u ti.kie bM and Ma from on* place BB another, leav
Inir valii. * in a (leiiioialired condltion. A s.,nyil?* <>f
thnt was -cwn bv the gieul fslling off ln the value
of real aatatfl lll JtoOOnJ are. aud .stu.vvesa.it fepiarc.
wkore bonaea f<u ln Mtae from 888j088 to eia.ooo
beraoM the bi.d of fMflfoa tawto MMMB???'?"__,_
The pre?ent estlniotert value of the property
on the West side between M-a^ttit anl
spnyten Diivvil Oeek is over iMllO.OOO.OOO.
In lftHS tbe mx-books ?howed thal this seetton of tbe
,iiv w?s- aaseaaM nt oeer it--crKi.iXio.iiOO Thla. how
ever ls . ilv about 88 P?r cent of th<? HttB
value ol in* property ln the district. Tbe p-r
ceiit.ige of the InrreaM in yaltie* bas tieen
greut. as ahown hv tbe fact that lot< whcb ten
.?eni- ago roilld I*** pu.cha_*d lor from *...(XlO to
w.ia.0 i.ow Mll from 8T.O0O to rio.ooo, depei.ding. of
roarM, altogether upon th* s'tnatlori. ??'n?r*
buildlng lot* In RIvoraMe Drive are held ?*">?""
each and tor t.beageef threo Jot? ?n that eotbe
mad. whlrh are al Onc-hundred and *l*t?"_*?_,
888,500 is demenfled. Tho three lols glve a pieee of
ground T8X108 to*t only. i_,__
ir is now practtcally ImpeeaBito to farahaae *??-??
or b lot in lais dl-tiiet at what might bo ^nriderco
... Be within Ihe means of nrdlnary p*'rcha?er?. rwwts
bm raeonable eaottgh. but those who own propeny
BM holdlnc on lo lt. ellher aaltlng for ?n. ?"ormojiB
rlea rn pelM m t.? g*t M MMMM from .t tnrougn me
rcntals. _
RICII D0LL8 FOTt TIIE POOR.
thouiuxds to bk wniittiMx
TI.XI'.M.'.NT IIOMI-.S AM) C?H.DRFX'S WAR08 W
BK KAM MtK.ltY ON' (HRMSTMAS DAY?
MI'.S. DEI'FAV AM) MRS. CXF.VE
I.A.ND IXTKRESTKD.
Those who labor among the poor know so well thfl
mlsi iv and discomforts of tiiclr home* and their flir
rot.ndlngs that they rejolce in every charity that tends
io brighlen aud checr Hie dark rooms in which tho
large toflMBM live. The Krcsh-AIr Fund supplles that
Mtt la BBMBBBT, BMI through many 8 long month.
.l,,.-.,,?!s ,,f rlilldren live on tlie memorlex of the
year just cl.^ed and on Ihe antlclpatlon of the comlng
daya In IhB NBBM8f. Wliat The Trlbune ls doing for
Ihe children of the poor Ifl tlio srniimer. - Frank Le?
i?.'s UtaesraM ItflBflBflBj*-* MM to do ln *h" w1mV'r
No' only tbe children in teiiement homes. bnt aMo
tla.ee who are in lur.pltals and BBflBBM are to 60
beneflM by this new aaOatprM
For several vefl.s tlio Doll Catnlv.il carrfd on by
"The London Tmtl.- BM tx-en a BnMMM of the hotl
Itffl m l.oc.don, aml it ls IhB BMOMMoa of W J. Arke
;ill(, iMs.,11 B. tfarrUM to IbbMBbm a MrM of <toli
exhlbltloni ln Ma city Brbleh -hall MMMl a MM
of UM ChrtetMM BMBMB 18 New-York. During the
i, ,,o MMhfl a .I'cuiar letter toMtftftoJ M MM,
,?,., ,.,., ?o?e of the rhurlty Doll M, which Bto
,%?,.c'c-d alll be held ln tlie BMMM M"***"*"
ln DeoMtthM. h?s MM B_ means of btfMMMjft*
LcalMI Mtorpetoa to many WBB bad not before
hcaiil of Ihe und'rtakin?. . _ . _.
The bcnevolcnt BMMMM ln their ?*?*????_*
?ouatc as many BmM Ifl benevoletit MBM rfBBtofl**
and eooatry will rMkfl to dres;. A'?fJ?*
thousaud have BBM purch.ised and as many more M
m:,v ,,e reuulrcd will M toTBtobfli. The* ?+**+?
any flddMBl Ifl BBtttBBI flf MMM more as IMMfl^WM
Sa ure divided into tWO BMM ni : Thna* for dt*
iribut.on among M BOM children. and the ftner MflM
Um tor aale. the procoedi of which w.ll V appiled to the
lJ.. fnnd. All .hedolls aill be ptooto on BttMM
exhibltlon for MTMBl B-fB carly In PtolMtr^ AtMM
close of the exhibition M Mto and l?_li_l*
UM Ptoe*. To BflMflM .1 pleasant Ineentlve to thMB
12 MM part I. UM Mbfl. *f love for the MtoMto
Uttl8 tolBfl prlflM are otfeced for certain of M rno^t
olalUe doll, These prir.cs BM in the form BfBfMB
MopUM BBi will be awarded in ?__"^_2**
visions of MMB, MMMB of garments and BBM th*
. patato' indicated In tho inclosed BeiMlBto. WMm Ml
bS framct to facillta.e the dntles ot **'&?*? Th?
cioiN will be B-uaberM aml 1*88*1 aetotf bbm MM
points' without any pMtOBttl bM. sh.rc BMJ8BB88
-ill be atlachod. TbBM ls to be an BJ****?
logiio M tbo MMMMBBM of ?_MMM to the exhibltlon.
?T.s mar bc obtolned to dr*M at anv BMMbf 888*
Stoa, clther BMMM-f or by letter. at MB 188*8.
H ls hoped Ifc-NB- friends will MBBBBfMB u dro*M?B
3Lm S dlstribution th.it to BBBflf 8 Httle gkj hflf
Juns.ma, doll will he the IM n.odel flf a -Bflbto
fM MM tt-Mh BhB haacver ^?^^"f'?'
a,?i will IberefoM ItoproV IhB if*"***^"J
tJiem * object lessons ' in neat and tosteful BBBM both
to tho children and to their motliers."
Mr, T Hiyes Pcrcv. who has rharge of the doll
esbfbltl,n. MM to B Trlbune reporter yesterday that
i, ma expected that there would M some _.i>x? dolU
?,.? at th* carnlval. If preparatlons for th* dV*
! ow bad been set M loot earller ln th* eeasoo. MMB
U0 o Sbl but that ten tho,,and doll IMM wouJt
havo MM ehrMM M exhibltlon and rt'^'buti?n'
The MM badies- Qnartet. composed of 9M*MP
formcrs, under the dlnvtioa of MM Sherman. WffltoJ
lonmrs, um are exhiblted.
!ul^br,irot^-nagerstotbv^
, bOBBM-l *?<* "on.es who BM BBM to go out to OM
e d Ss without 8BMBM8, and the enttre proceed
the caiu.val will ?re divided among M bOflflfltotoOf
t_a .itv ln MMfltBl Bf the preparatlona for th*
ran ML ^ paMM to ttMM PflMBM 8MBBMBOl_88
Bany bundrcls of children will bc it.dcbted Uil, B-flflB
said last week : ?_ _,._*
- Mope Ctttffli. wbJBb M loeated 8*Mf MM M flMI
Foorth-st.. MtWMO MMMM C and D. BMMM ln troop.
of it o ^ from the erowded BBMBMBto to JM
_ i hboihood. They be.oug chietly to OT-JTS
wher- there ls little earned and many t? Bflttf, W
m sio,, ahbh BdtoBffl to Dr. Crosby's church. B doing
T great work among them. but IbMfl are BOMBttT
children The ladlea interested there are _^???8
Urga UttttUMM of our 8flM Mto -vetal b-MMM BMM
Bm* will ia tUMIUIBM have MMM to MMM at
'""'Sir'iMMMBf M. Depew. after rece.vlng a copv ot
the ellMM, Mttlfl M toMMB! 'The BffM BJ bohalf
oltM P*M and BM ch.Idivn BM MM MMCfM BBbBBfJ
ZSZ 8 prompt rcply. 1 Ml gMttttl totorMtod to
UM noMM Of your charitv. and will tttth fltoBMM hs
?.f your lettlfllllM 1 NTMMtaBB tMJU M?BMBl
| ,._,. uud lalror vou aaame ln the managcn.ent of th.
,[,?,??. and also IM* most flflflMMM BBBM to BBMM
!;i:."(l?11si,l,edr.ssed;l.utifvo.. will IMW^BBBIIJ
, pnvilcge of contributiug a doll and its wardn.be I shall
i bo great!v obligod.'
?? Mrs Cleveland'* gentle hcart responded at one* t*
i the appwil tor Ihe childre... and tM MU IMM the
j btogMt Bad l-.veliot af BMlfl to array ln gorgeous 88.
! ? uvl Bttfl -ald : ? BMttl me 8M aflttM of the charity
i oa-a-thBM that nobodv ivill kB8M wl,? hu.s dreaaed
| ,?? which WOI BMM BBBM PBM babies a great f.eal
! '"HffiidrMM dolls ure now being returned f-?/**
* ?'*' . _, ?.. ,.,.,,.,,.,,,?.?. nrettv. an o aono
! '" __,^___L^TwS%llS S~Mi ?II
,, ...,., lnrl lii-r bclnl. A vei> g?HWl inc_ 1?
T3>_?&*sajB
?f v.,,1... n ? i- ? ootora. Ttod bv a whlt*
t5_V_a^_S_f_W_-?S
ror dia?lng ??rinM i ' ? ^ Som,
T_tn5_?la^^iTprhMMr IB her flflaMdtoJ ?_M,
'''" iiv-.l'ld halr -A.il Hu.elv IM tnudi plewur*
''J ^pMW ttM? 88 -honiughly fMMM for hM
bttlo lmi.'cr..'*_
4 t*9MATI*9 BIT OF FAMILY B1ST<WT.
T,,? dealra M MM aho..t one'* MIlMlH, w?MB fltt
. ,, ?, , .r'.t.r or 1-* lagtM M BMM one. MMMM
. i .i v 4?Md ln a eertobi bbm MM toM t*xng a
'.,":..ib^^n-Dii. Ul. name B M_M
lioLOv. ..i ivhO'ieier Ue sc? lt ita pilnt, h*
_? -^rrsiT; g*_2aMBTA - M*JBrM_M
, r , ,"_?."Y blatMT IBM hc Ii ln rorr**pM.?leiir?
' ^ ^;/:u :^- connrrv on tri^h^ an^ha
evea
" !__v _?*5 <"? ******
tmnebM ?M um-reitly o? ^?3 ? ^
MM of h.3 MMMMM MM Hmt yni ^
,1 B.I Btoat, lo aupply U. i i,IM-wlrt ^
J' Vi'.' ? SwitoBMM.BaBtoJ
ttT-M..'??' :e, ?,,..,.? .08
, . _ r,...,iit his tarnMM M aM MMM
, ^/,StS.' MM M MMMM 81 BMB
'" ^,'11 BM MrtP Ifl the IM BBBMlf, be-a
"" "".^r , _ e MM .MM be Md MM evl.lbll.ue,
,,??,, |!.a le I--*' BMW |on h|kftlly
?_-L*X^_Sar^.SdB "great n,o.al,
'.??', ? VaM v....m moM adtty bm g.??i i??i'M
"n',"lll 1 ,. MB PBIBMIMI MMM.a
"' ' i TmmtmmT MM rBM*?-M. MMfM th-* MMMg
I u_X?f ^acc Iko? HH _ va_a ?vaa

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