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NEW YORK LETTER.
The Astoria will always be a show
place—a place where money will reign
and beauty in silk attire dance in regal
apartments furnished and decorated
by the masters of the arts and the
crafts. It will be under the sole man
agement of George C. Boldt, who has
already made a famous name in con
nection with the Waldorf and will be
run in conjunction with that hotel.
It takes 15,000 employes to run the
Astoria-Waldorf.
Of these there are 100 mechanics and
engineers, 400 waiters, 100 chamber
maids and 100 cooks and kitchen work
ers. No attempt is made to lodge this
regiment of employees In the hotel
The girls sleep there, but not one mall
quarters In the hotel.
JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
As everybody knows, the Astoria li
the sole property of John Jacob Astor
It is the most costly hotel in the world
The land, at a fair market valuation
the building and the furnishing malci
Hs estimated cost about {6,000,000
That is, the hotel must make a cleai
profit of {I,OOO a day to pay the bari
Interest on the investment. The Wal
dorf, owned by William Waldorf Astor
cost only two thirds as much.
The opening of Delmonico's new res
taurant. at Fifth avenue and Forty
Fourth street, is an event of more thai
local interest.
The original Delmonico was a nativi
not in fact the only living member o.
the world with several of its greates
cooks—and was brought to this coun
try by Thomas Addis Emmet, who em
Great Britain immediate
ly a Wl he hanging of his brother
lert Emmet. The first establish
t of any pretense that bore tin
ous name was in the building nou
wn as the Stevens House, on iowe.
idway. Although the Delmonico:
5 kept pace with the upwarc
vth of the city, and have plantec
r banner successively at Chamber:
et, Fourteenth street, and Twenty
h street, certain rules laid down bj
founder of the house have beei
ily followed by each of his success
It is a curious fact, by the way
in this family the descent has al
s been from uncle to nephew.
i old time Delmonico rule forbid:
the serving of a meal in a private din
ing room to a gentleman and ladj
the presence of a third guest
no matter if they are known to be mai
I and wife. The strictness with whicl
this rule is enforced may be inferret
from a story which sounds almost in
credible, though it is strictly vouchee
for. One evening, more than a thirl
of a century ago, Mr. and Mrs. Augus
Belmont, at that time, perhaps, thi
most prominent people in New Yorl
society, entered one of the small dinin*
rooms in the Fourteenth street restau
rant, where they had previously or
dered a dinner for four, and sat dowi
to await their guests. The latter die
not arrive. Finally Mr. Belmont turn
d to the waiter with the remark tha
he would not wait any longer, and or
dered him to serve for two. But thi:
Ahe servitor declared was contrary t<
orders, and Mr. Delmonico, who wa:
appealed to by the amazed banker, sus
tained his employee, with the resul
that his patrons took their dinner ii
the public dining room. It is furthe:
recorded that Mr. Belmont witl
characteristic sagacity, turned the mat
ter to good account, that winter, bj
making bets with other gentlemen o:
wealth and prominence that they couli
not dine alone with their wive 3 in i
Delmonico private dining room.
CYRUS THORP.
IJobt Twenty-two Yearn Old.
A case of rather remarkable commer
cial honesty has just come to light. Ii
1875 one of Springfield's well-knowi
shoe dealers found himself so embar
rassed by depreciation in value o
stock and the difficulty in collecting nc
counts that he failed, and made a coin
promise with his creditors of 50 cent:
on the dollar.
Alter twenty-two years the morchan
now considerably over seventy year:
old, has settled all these old claims ii
full, paying the balance unpaid at tha
time, amounting to several thouaaiu
doiiara. There was no claim on h:u
other than that of his conscience.
t A Determined Sohonlnmrui.
Scientifically trained schQolnrirms ii
♦hese times are not to be trifled with
At Babylon, L. I„ a young taacher un
dertook to punish a stout bov pupil
While thus engaged, the boy's cide
sister, who is larger than the toucher
dashed upon the scene, and the twi
combined to reverse the order of disci
pline. But the schoolraarm seized thi
girl's hands, tripped her up, sat on her
and then the boy howled for merc-y
Evidently there are some things tauglv
in a normal course that are not illus
trated at the graduating exercises.
The mosi exciting game at Klondilc.
iwhen the miners play poker witl
me for chips. The man who wlr:
aty beanc is sure of a meal.—Chi
k Journal.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Dr. Parkhurst says of the New York
election: "My vocabulary is no match
for" the Ignominy of the situation."
Speaker Reed says if the deficit does
not end when the Dingley law begins
to operate under normal conditions thi
Republicans will enact legislatioi
which which provide additional rev
enue.
Keely has dropped his motor to wort
on a flying machine propelled by whai
he calls the neutralization of gravity
by "sympathetic outreach." The nami
suggests a skillful touch for stock
subscriptions.
It is discovered that since McKlnley
has been President 179 negroes havi
been appointed to office, and there has
been a serious protest made agains'
only one of them. The race questioi
cannot be either so prominent or sc
virulent as agitators would have u>
believe.
Switzerland's scheme of making in
surance against sickness compulsory
on people of limited means is an in
stance of far-reaching paternalism 01
the part of the Government, but "then
is thrift in It. The people who ari
thus obliged to provide for their owi
of Ticino, the Italian canton of Switz
erland —a province that has furnishec
this, however, to the effect that he was
public expense.
Ex-President Harrison, like ex-Pres
Ident Cleveland, has withdrawn from
polltlfc, and is giving his whole atten
tion to private business and domestii
affairs. So long as they shall adheri
to their present policy—from whict
they give no signs of deviating—bott
will retain and increase the respeci
and confidence with which their fellow
countrymen now regard them.
It is no new thing for the Baldwit
Locomotive Works to receive orders
from foreign countries, but it is a littli
remarkable that calls for their engines
should come from such widely separa
ted localities as Finland, Japan, Bra
zil and Canada about the same time
It looks as if American engines were
successful against the competition o)
all the world. But when shall we be
able to note a similar demand foi
American-built ships?
The Hartford Times announces by
authority that Mark Twain has paio
all his debts by money which he has
earned during the last two years
"This success," it adds, "shows whai
Mr. Clemens can do when he feels thai
he must. His actual earnings since hi
went abroad amount to {82,000, oi
which about {20,000 has been receivec
for lecturing, and the remainder has
been paid to him for his writings. Hi
has now the comfortable prospects oi
a very large income from his books
during the remainder of his life, and
the certainty that his family will be
well provided for.
The new line of steamers from Port
land, Oregon, to Japan and China,
which is to run under the auspices oi
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company, will not be so imposing in
character as its Canadian Pacific rival
nor will it be backed by so substantial
a subsidy, but it Is a beginning which
may lead to greater things. The open
ing trade of the Pacific is likely to re
quire several lines of steamers in thi
near future.
Milwaukee's use of its flreboats foi
fighting fire at a distance from thi
river front is attracting attention in
other cities with navigable waters
Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo have
adopted the system and Boston is pre
paring to do something with it. In
Milwaukee the idea was born of neces
sity, the first suggestion being for a
pipe line from the river to an isolated
manufactory In a section where th
water mains had not penetrated. The
pipe was laid and the first test with a
fireboat at the river end showed a com
plete success. Since then lines have
been laid to cover a great part of the
business district of the city.
The fact that the Governments of the
United States, Russia and Japan have
deemed it best to raise the status ol
the members of the Behrlng Sea Con
ference from that of mere delegates tc
the high rank of envoys extraordinary
indicates that the treaty completed by
them Is of the first Importance, and
binds all those of the signatory Powers
to enforce It, if possible. From anoth
er point of view It may be regarded as
a strong diplomatic hint to Great Bri
tain and Canada that, although they
may not he signatory to the treaty,
they would do well to observe its pro
visions if they wish to avoid trouble.
There is some reason in Pierre Lor
illard'e sweeping denunciation of oui
fluctuating politics, but he discredits ]
himself when he says that London 1
financers would not invest in America !
if they were offered 20 per cent, inter- i
est — "and it is all due to the unset-1
tied condition of our politics." There
are many millions of English money i
invested in this country, and there are
indications of many more millions to I
come, but there is no doubt that i-f we |
could adopt one settled political ifei-;
cy and stick to It there would be
risk in American investments, wheth
er for Americans or Engll3hmeo a> ~j^
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA
WASHINGTON NOTES.
With the return of Congress comes
the lobby. There are ' always claims
before Congress and claimants waiting
for Congress to favorably act upon
support in case of illness will not have
to be supported in the hospitals at
them. There are always bills before
servatism, fought for twenty years to
supposed to do so. But it is just as
difficult to classify the lobbyist as it Is
to classify any other profession or
business. The lobby is not an un
mixed evil. The romances about the
Washington lobby are like other ro
mances, a few grains of fact going a
long way and doing great service in
sustaining the fabric -Of fiction. These
romances have at times done much to
prejudice the people who never see
Congress in session, and give them ex
aggerated ideas of the corruption that
gathers beneath the dome of the Na
tional capltol. There may have been
a time when money played an import
ant part in legislation, and it may be
more or less potent now, but one will
look in vain about the capital for a
lobbyist who carries a checkbook with
him or has rolls of greenbacks bulging
out his pockets, ready to Influence Con
gressmen. He will also look In vain
for the fascinatingly beautiful woman
who captures legislators with her
smile and hypnotizes them into voting
as she wishes. These are creatures of
fiction. The lobby is made up of very
different people. And the men and
women who make up the lobby are
more often victims than those looking
for victims.
The coarse and vulgar purchaser of
votes found in fiction and on the^ stage
does not resemble in the least the ex-
Senator who walks past the doorkeep
er and takes a seat on one of the sofas
in the rear of the Senate chamber.
Once a United States Senator, always
a free admission to the Senate cham
ber, the most exclusive place in the
whole United States. No man, howev
er popular, who is not a Senator, a Con
gressman, or a member of the Supreme
court may enter the Senate chamber
when the Senate Is In session. The ex-
Senator always retains that right. He
carries it into private life with him,
and when he comes to Washington he
walks past the doorkeeper just as he
did when a member of the Senate.
There are a good many ex-Senators in
the United States. A number of them
live in Washington. They are lobby
ists. The name does not jar on their
nerves. They are engaged to promote
ceitain proposed legislation, and they
regard it no more dishonorable or un
dignified than they would the profes
sion of the law and the employment of
counsel for corporations or individuals.
A tariff bill brings out many such
members of the lobby. They repre
sent special interests and are paid to
present the demands and needs of
those interests. It is honorable and
often necessary. They act as counsel
for such interests and show why they
need a high tariff or no tariff.
A minister of the gospel may be a
member of the lobby. In fact there
are often ministers in the lobby watch
ing the legislation which interests
them or their churches. They are not
corrupt lobbyists who would purchase
votes, but their services may be paid
for by the • churches or schools that
are seeking appropriations, and they
employ the same means that other
members of the lobby employ who have
never been known except as politi
cians. They argue, plead the cause of
the church and morality, use personal
influence, and ask for votes on the
ground of friendship if they cannot
make it appear that the bill is one
which should be passed on the grounds
of exact justice, and in accord with po
litical policies. They will even en
courage "log-rolling," which is held up
by theoretical moralists as one of the
evils of modern legislative assemblies.
They will ask their friends to pool is
sues with others who are not active
friends and help along another bill in
which they have no interest, providing
this will help tht bill wanted.
influence and church influ
ence may go hand in hand in the lob
by, and they often do. One of the
most interesting of the Southern war
claims is that of the book agents of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
When Buell's army entered Nashville
in 1862 the great publishing house of
the church was seized. The property
was libelled for confiscation. While
the question of confiscation was before
the court the army made use of the
plant. The paper designed for tracts
was used to print quartermaster's
blanks, and the bindery turned out
regimental rolls instead of Bibles. The
church wanted something like {300,000
for the damage done, and presented ev
idence to show that it was loyal dur
ing the war. Several war claims com
mittees of Congress favored paying the
claim, but it has not been paid, for
Congress has not made the appropria
tion. This claim brings ministers of
that church, bishops and other church
officials to the lobby to work for the
appropriation. There are many such
claims still before Congress, and they
bring to each session of Congress the
clerical lobbyists to mingle and be
classed with all others who appeal to
Uncle Sam for redress of wrongs or
the enactment of laws that will help
some cause. They may be the leaven
to save the lump, hut they all go in
together and are so classed as part of
the lobby. SENATOR.
N. P. Willis was usually the life of
the company he happened to be in. His
repartee at Mrs. Gales's dinner in
Washington is famous. Mrs. Gales
wrote on a card to her niece at the
other end of the table: "Don't flirt so
with Nat Willis." She was herself
talking vivaciously to a Mr. Campbell.
Willis wrote the niece's reply:
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