Life — September 15, 1887 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE: Old Resident: HeEiio, FRANK! Why weren't you at Mr. Brown's FUNERAL? "rank (lately blown village swell): | bID NoT KNOW Brown, AT LEAST VEWY SLIGHTLY, AND ANYWAY I HAVE NO TIME FOK FUNERALS ; DON'T BELIEVE I'D HAVE TIME TO GO TO MY OWN. Old Resident; AND EF YOU DO BY THET TIME YE'LL BE SO STIFF VE WON'T KNOW ONNY HODY. SIC VOLGRE PARCAS. ITHOUT a sentimental mind, I yet had passionately pined To turn the leaves of life’s romance, Meet lingering lips, give glance for glance, ‘To hold within my heart enshrined Her image—I had not divined ‘That Phyllis fair could be unkind, Could show a favoring countenance Without assent. I tempted fate, for love is blind, When stocks and Phyllis both declined ; I went to work, she went to France, And now undone by sad mischance I'm forced to face the horrid grind Without a cent. HOW THEY SPENT LABOR DAY. AS Mosday. September sth, witnessed the inauguration of a new holiday, Lire has compiled, at great expense, the followi souvenirs of the occasion : JAY GOULD. As the law compelled the banks to close, there was very little for me to do but to subside into innocuous desuetude on Labor Day. I remained at home at Tarrytown, and calculated how much wealth a succession of holidays would thrust upon me, I estimate that absence from the “Street on Monday added $300,000 to my sinking fund, to say nothing of what I might have dropped in monkeying with B, & O. I think Labor Day, at $300,000, is a very cheap, pleasant affair, Long may it wave! Anna M, Pratt. HENRY GEORGE, McGlynn and I found a much needed rest on Labor Day. We gathered together the profits of our new crusade, and sought a quiet spot in Jersey to count the shekels. Labor Day is as great a success as the Anti-Poverty Club. NAPOLEON IVES, I spent Labor Day in my library. If there is one thing that de- lights my soul it is fixing up my books, and as my esteemed friend ex-Judge Davis, like the true bibliophile that he is, expressed a desire to inspect my rarities, | took the opportunity of my enforced leisure to put them in suitable shape. I find that some of my friends have borrowed one or two of the volumes in which the Judge is especially interested, a fact which I greatly regret, as his honor has all the quips and cranks of the confirmed bibliomaniac, and if what he sees doesn't happen to strike him as right, he makes disagreeable remarks, and casts doubt on the genuineness of the whole collection. MAYOR HEWITT. I stayed at home on Labor Day, writing letters all the morning and dictating my correspondence in the afternoon. In the evening 1 dropped a few lines on various subjects to various people who have written to me at various times. Labor Day was a red-letter day for me. JACOB SHARP. I passed Labor Day in retirement. Martine expected to have me at Sing-Sing, but I haven't felt able to go out for some weeks, and as Judge Potter kindly invited me to stay here in Ludlow Street, I con- cluded to take advantage of my opportunities and pass the day in seclusion, Next year I may do as Martine wishes. FERDINAND WARD. I gave a dinner to the ex-aldermen on Labor Day. The laundry was not working, and they all accepted my hospitality. I opened a dozen bottles of water in honor of the occasion, and we all drank the health of our legal friends in New York, ‘The menu was very choice, although largely composed of breadstufls. Mr. Jachne made a good speech in response to the Law, and Judge Barrett was heartily toasted by all present, A toast to the absent ones was offered, and Mr. O'Neil paid a glowing tribute to Jacob Sharp, from whom he had received many evidences of friendly regard. ‘The festivities closed with the national hymn, “ My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty," which was sung with a greater show of emotion than ex- aldermen or Young Napoleons of Finance are usually thought capa- ble of. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. The idea of Labor Day originated, I fancy, among what you Ameri- cans call strikers, who wanted to devote one twenty-four hours in the year to work. My day was passed at Newport, the chief watering- place in Massachusetts, and much affected by the noble families of America. I met several well-known noblemen there. Lord Sullivan, of Boston, among others, { found to be a very cultured gentleman, a devotee at the shrine of my old friend the Marquis of Queensberry. It was a pleasure to meet a gentleman so distinguished as Lord Sul- livan, and so different to the average American citizen, who, I must confess, bores me with his conversations about trade, politics and literature. Lord Sullivan is a man after my own heart, and it is impossible to converse with him five minutes without learning some- thing. It was gratifying to me to learn that Iam very well known in this country, and that so many moneyed gentlemen consider it a dis- tinguished honor to have me smile upon their daughters. My moral feelings were considerably shocked at the way the ladies dress at the Casino hops, and the bathing costumes to be seen on the beach brought the blush to my cheeks, Nevertheless, I shall always look back on Labor Day as one of the pleasantest holidays of- a life of leisure. comicbooks.com