A history of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 103

Author: Ross, Peter. cn
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1188

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NASSAU COUNTY .- Arbutus, No. 1362, Fleet's Hall, Oyster Bay; Charter Oak, No. 1415, Odd Fellows' Hall, Rockville Centre ; Farmingdale, No. 1052, Arcanum Hall, Farm- ingdale ; Hempstead, No. 842, Masonic Hall ; Hicksville, No. 1159, Hicksville; Seawanhaka, No. 362, Glen Cove, Arcanum Hall.

SUFFOLK COUNTY .- Amityville, No. 1644, Amityville ; Babylon, No. 881, Babylon ; Great South Bay, No. 1635, Sayville ; Greenport, No. 1256, Greenport; Nathan Hale, No. 1121, Huntington; Neptune, No. 1282, Southamp- ton; Northport, No. 1450, Northport; Pau- manake, No. 778, Patchogue ; Port Jefferson, No. 1279, Port Jefferson ; Riverhead, No. 1260, Riverhead ; Smithtown, No. 1511, Smithtown ; Stony Brook, No. 1333, Stony Brook; Suffolk County, No. 571, Bay Shore.

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a much more ancient organization than the

Royal Arcanum, and its objects are on the whole pretty much the same, although its lodge affiliation seems closer-somewhat akin, in fact, to the Masonic body, while its ritual is said by those who have had practical experience to be much more elaborate than that of any other purely beneficial organization. In fact, many are of the opinion that the order was really organized to furnish just those practical bene- fits which the Masonic body does not supply, and to cater mainly to the working classes, to whom Masonry at the time Odd Fellowship was instituted was practically a closed order. The candidate for Masonic affiliation is taught to expect no temporal benefits from his connec- tion with it, while the candidate for initiation into the circles of Odd Fellowship is assured that if admitted he will benefit both himself and others. The Rebekah lodge gives women a chance to benefit by and work for the order, and those who belong to such lodges have a much more recognized standing in its circles than have the ladies belonging to the Eastern Star in the oldest of all the existing secret so- cieties.

Odd Fellowship received its start in Brook- lyn from the action of certain brethren of the order, resident in the city, but holding member- ship in New York City lodges. Several meet- ings and consultations were held in the year 1839, at the house of Brother James W. White, and finally application was made to the Grand Lodge for a charter. This application, signed by Brothers George P. Bancroft, Garret B. Black, Lemuel B. Hawxhurst, John Van Pelt, William G. Hynard, James W. White, John Higbie, Abram Campbell, Charles and John Pelletreau, was favorably received by the Grand Lodge, and a charter granted, to be known as Brooklyn Lodge, No. 26, I. O. O. F., which was fully organized November 12, 1839, in Hall's Building, corner of Fulton and Orange streets, by John A. Kennedy, at that time Grand Master of the order in the States, assisted hy the officers of the Grand Lodge. The officers then chosen and installed were:

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L. B. Hawxhurst, N. G .; James W. White, V. G .; William G. Hynard, Secretary ; John WV. Van Pelt, Treasurer. At the next meeting, November 19th, Messrs. John C. Roach, Thad- deus Davids, Richard Hallam, Henry Rohring, Jarvis Rogers, Thomas H. Redding, George Bloomfield, William M. Johnson, John Povie, David M. Smith, Henry S. Smith, Peter L. Taylor and Philip Adams were initiated members. By 1847 the membership num- bered five hundred, and Nassau, 39; Prin- ciple, 48; Atlantic, 50; Ivanhoe, 127; and Magnolia, 166, had been colonized from it. From its organization in 1839 to January, 1844. this lodge enrolled 1,070 members. This lodge at an early day purchased ten lots in Greenwood cemetery in which to furnish a place of decent sepulture for its members, and for strange Odd Fellows dying here, away from home and friends.

The membership of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows on Long Island is about thir- teen thousand, distributed in the following lodges :

BROOKLYN .- Brooklyn, No. 26, Nevins and Fulton streets ; Principle, No. 48, 725 Union street ; Atlantic, No. 50, 177 Montague street ; Montauk, No. 114, 49 Court street ; Ivanhoe, No. 127, 177 Montague street; Franklin De- gree, No. 13, 49 Court street ; Magnolia, No. 166, 177 Montague street ; Myrtle, No. 323, 49 Court street ; Union, No. 169, 49 Court street ; Crusaders, No. 61, Broadway and Dod- worth street; Mount Ararat, No. 144, Man- hattan and Meserole avenues ; Olive Leaf, No. 233, Manhattan and Meserole avenues ; James L. Ridgely, No. 287, Broadway and Boerum street ; Lyceum, No. 333. 14 Graham avenue ; Progressive, No. 339, Broadway and Boerum street : Norman A. Manning, No. 415, Grand street and Graham avenue; Ridgewood, No. 534, 654 Hart street ; Mystic Links, No. 711, Cooper street and Bushwick avenue; Nathan Hale, No. 804. 14 Howard avenue; Artistic, No. 101, 972 Fulton street ; Bunker Hill, No. 136, Bushwick and Jamaica avenues ; Ceres, No. 225, 1630 Fulton street ; Prospect, No. 290, 14-16 Graham avenue; Purity, No. 337, 854 Gates avenue: Fort Greene, No. 354. Broadway and Willoughby avenue; Eagle, No. 368, 854 Gates avenue; Ivy, No. 472, corner

DeKalb and Bedford avenues ; Wyona, No. 28, 4-10 Liberty avenue and Wyona street ; William Tell, No. 125, 114 Graham avenue ; Socrates, No. 223, 134 Graham avenue; Diogenes, No. 298, 355 Bushwick avenue; Charles T. Schmitt, No. 348, 574 Broadway ; Chase, No. 367, 59 Driggs avenue ; Justitia, No. 370, 355 Bushwick avenue; Harmonia, No. 394, 117 Himrod street ; Rainbow, No. 409, Atlantic av- enue, near Vermont street; Heinrich Heine, No. 580, 253 Irving street; Steuben, No. 133, 123 Smith street ; Blucher, No. 426, 123 Smith street ; Wallenstein, No. 428, 217 Court street ; Werder, No. 594, 267 Prospect avenue ; Hamil- ton, No. 640, 92d street, cor. 4th ave. and Fort Hamilton ; The Woods, No. 121, Bath Beach ; Franklin, No. 182, Sheepshead Bay ; Gowanus, No. 239, 635 3d avenue ; Arbor Vitae, No. 384, 478 5th avenue; Joppa, No. 386, 258 Court street ; Peerless, No. 535, 217 Court street ; Bay View, No. 567, 3d avenue and 54th street ; Intrepid, No. 654, 13th avenue, near 67th street ; Dauntless, No. 708, 258 Court street ; General Putnam, No. 724, 725 Union street.

Rebekah Lodges .- Olive Branch, No. 19, 315 Washington street; Silver Spray, No. 63, 262 Prospect avenue; Mayflower, No. 77, Gates and Nostrand avenues; Arbutus, No. 90, Bath Beach; Miriam, No. 107, 1089 Broadway; Laurel Wreath, No. 1IO, Fulton street and Bedford avenue; Mount Olive, No. 117, Pennsylvania avenue and Fulton street ; Amaranth, No. 176, 49 Court street ; Cornelia, No. 38, 134 Graham avenue; Vereinigte Schwestern, No. 59, 217 Court street.

Encampments, Thomas Fawcett, D. D. G. P .- Fidelity, No. 50, 854 Gates avenue ; Roland, No. 91, 123 Smith street; Beacon Light, No. 94, corner Grand and Havemeyer streets; Kades, No. 63, 134 Graham avenue; Liberty, No. 146, 3d avenue and 54th street ; Mt. Pisgah, No. 26, Broadway and Dodworth street ; Bethlehem, No. 10, 879 Gates avenue ; Venus, No. 109, 258 Court street ; Excelsior, No. 134, Gates and Nostrand avenues.

QUEENS .- Pacific, No. 85, Flushing, 71 Broadway; Astoria, No. 155, 165 Fulton av- enue, Astoria ; Marvin, No. 252, College Point ; Anchor, No. 324, 3d and Vernon avenues, Long Island City ; Long Island City, No. 395, 432 Steinway avenue; Whitestone, No. 775, Whitestone; Woodhaven, No. 204, Wood- haven : Jamaica, No. 247, 22 Harriman av- enue, Jamaica : A. Grosjean, No. 371, Wood- haven ; Freeport, No. 600, Freeport.

Rebekalı Lodges .- Long Island City, No.

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80, Grand and Steinway avenues ; Florence, No. 97, Flushing; Gestina, No. 120, Wood- haven ; Camillia, No. 210, Woodhaven.

NASSAU .- Farmingdale, No. 613, Farm- ingdale; Freeport, No. 600, Freeport ; Hemp- stead, No. 141, Front street, Hempstead ; Pem- broke, No. 73, Glen Cove ; Primrose, No. 509, Hicksville ; Protection, No. 151, Roslyn ; Rock- ville Centre, No. 279, Rockville Centre ; Sea- side, No. 260, Inwood; Seawanhaka, No. 670, Port Washington ; Welfare, No. 695, Oyster Bay.

SUFFOLK .- Brookhaven, No. 80, Pat- chogue ; Suffolk, No. 90, Sag Harbor ; Sampa- wams, No. 104, Babylon; Sayville, No. 322, Sayville; Breslau, No. 524. Lindenhurst ; Awixa, No. 574, Islip; Hampton, No. 575. East Hampton ; Fire Island, No. 636, Bay Shore; New Point, No. 677, Amityville : Greenport, No. 179, Greenport ; Southold, No. 373. Southold; Ellsworth, No. 449, Hunting- ton ; Roanoke, No. 452, Riverhead ; Northport, No. 523, Northport ; Port Jefferson, No. 627, Port Jefferson ; Stony Brook, No. 730, Stony Brook.

Rebekah Lodges .- Ist District, Mrs. Emma G. Downs, vice-president, Riverhead. Friend- ship, No. 70, Greenport; Suffolk, No. 132, Northport; Veritas, No. 167, Riverhead : Promise, No. 204. Southold ; D. Meinen, No. 119. Lindenhurst.

Encampments : Queens-Ridgeley, No. 60, Flushing.

SUFFOLK .- Thomas W. Lister, D. D. G. P. Montauk, No. 56, Sag Harbor; Medole, No. 145, Greenport ; Suffolk, No. 147, Bay Shore.

NASSAU-Mineola, No. 121, Hempstead.

The Knights of Pythias has a membership of some 2,000 on Long Island; the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 2,000; the Ameri- can Legion of Honor, 1,400; Deutscher Order der Harugari, 1,200; Improved Order of Red Men, 2,000; Knights of Honor, 2,000. There are also many minor secret organizations with somewhat fantastic titles, such as the Knights of the Golden Eagle, Benevolent Order of Buf- faloes, Knights of the Golden Star, Order of Good Fellows, which have small membership rolls, but devoted adherents. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is possibly the

best known of all these minor organizations, and its only lodge in Brooklyn has a member- ship of close on to 500. It is a national society, has lodges scattered all over the country, and accomplishes a vast amount of practical good each year. A large proportion of its members belong to the theatrical profession, and some of their "high jinks" are redolent of the stage. Their ritual, we understand, is quite an elab- orate affair, a compound of Freemasonry, Odd Fellowship, Forestry, and original with the brilliant, witty and warm-hearted men who are its moving spirits. The Brooklyn lodge has often come before the public, but generally in connection with some deserving case of charity or in the giving of elaborate funeral ceremo- nies over the remains of some well-known and much loved brother.

The Foresters of America have a member- ship throughout the country of about 180,000, the figures for Long Island being given as 20,000. Its lodges are termed courts, and the first established in America was that of Brook- lyn. One curious point in connection with the early history of this organization is that the struggle of the Revolution of 1776 was fought over again in its ranks-on a small scale, of course. The order is an English one, and the early American courts were ruled from that country, accepted its dictates and squared their business in accordance with regulations made. After a time, naturally, some dissatis- faction arose over this method, and the dis- satisfaction steadily increased in extent as the American membership waxed strong. At length the crisis came, brought about, as in the case of the Civil war, with the negro as the issue. The English courts were open to men of all races, so far as their by-laws went, while the American subsidiary high court inserted the word "white" among the necessary quali- fications for membership. This discrimination found no favor in England, and after due con- sideration a message was sent across the sea ordering the American high court to remove the offending and restricting word. But the representatives of the courts who made up that

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body thought they understood what was want- ed in America much better than possibly could any body of men in England, and they re- turned a courteous message to that effect and explained the situation in detail. But it was the old story over again. The English supreme court was obdurate; its mandate must be obeyed ; the offending word must go. So the Americans at their next meeting, held at Min- neapolis August 15, 1889, quietly listened to the rather imperiously worded message from the old country, and after a long discussion de- cided to become independent. That edict at once took effect, and a courteous notice of the change was the only answer sent across the sea. The order in America at that time had 31.000 members ; after two years of independ- ence it had risen to 77-790.

In another chapter we have referred to the Grand Army of the Republic, but in this place may refer to it in its aspect as a benevo- lent, social and fraternal organization. There are in all 33 posts in Kings courty, 6 in Queens borough, 3 in Nassau county, and 9 in Suffolk county, with a membership approx- imated at 4,300. The posts are :

BROOKLYN .- Abel Smith and First Long Island, No. 435, 441 Bedford avenue ; B. F. Middleton, No. 500, 879 Gates avenue: Bar- bara Frietchie, No. 11, 116 Calyer street ; Brooklyn City, No. 233, 1630 Fulton street ; C. D. Mckenzie, No. 399, 315 Washington street : Charles H. Burtes, No. 185, 1028-30 Gates avenue: Cushing, No. 231, 9th street and 6th avenue; Devins, No. 148, 12 Nevins street : Erastus T. Tefft, No. 355. 153 Pierre- pont street : Frank Head, No. 16, 258 Court street : Germain Metternich, No. 122, 24I Floyd street : George Hunstman, No. 50, 17th Sep. Co .; George C. Strong, No. 534. Gates and Nostrand avenues: George Ricard, No. 362, 164 Clvmer street; G. K. Warren, No. 286, 1810 Fulton street ; Harry Lee, No. 21. 897 Gates avenue; H. W. Beecher, No. 620, 105 Downing street; Henry W. Slocum Post. No. 28, Amphion Building: James A. Perry, No. 89, Bedford avenue, near DeKalb : James H. Kerswill, No. 149, Snyder's Hall, Grant street : L. M. Hamilton, No. 152, Atlantic av- enue and Vermont street : McPherson-Doane.

No. 499, Johnston Building; Mansfield, No. 35. 208 Grand street ; Moses F. Odell, No. 443, 153 Pierrepont street; N. S. Ford, No. 161, Avenue G and 95th street; Rankin, No. 10, 407 Bridge street ; S. F. Dupont, No. 187, 211 Montrose avenue ; Thatford, No. 3. Prospect Hall, Prospect avenue ; T. T. Dakin, No. 206, 156 Broadway; U. S. Grant, No. 327, John- ston Building; W. W. Stephenson, No. 669, 165 Clermont avenue: Winchester, No. 197, 972 Fulton street; William L. Garrison, No. 207, 118 Myrtle avenue.

QUEENS .- Adam Wirth, No. 451, College Point, 12th street and 4th avenue ; Alfred M. Wood, No. 368, Jamaica, Fraternity Hall; Benjamin Ringold, No. 283, Long Island City, County Court House ; Jolm Corning, No. 636, Oceanus, Hall Engine Company, No. 2; Rob- ert J. Marks, No. 560, Elmhurst, G. A. R. Hall; Sheridan, No. 628, Long Island City, Columbia Hall.

NASSAU .- Daniel L. Downing, No. 365, Glen Cove, Roberts Hall; Elijah Ward, No. 654, Roslyn I. O. O. F. Hall ; Moses A. Bald- win, No. 544, Hempstead, Carman's Hall.

SUFFOLK .- Edwin Rose, No. 274. Sag Har- bor, G. A. R. Hall; Edw. Huntley, No. 353, Greenport, G. A. R. Hall ; Henry A. Barnum, No. 656, Riverhead, G. A. R. Hall; H. B. Knickerbocker, No. 643, Amityville, Wood's Hall; J. C. Walters, No. 641, Huntington, G. A. R. Hall; Lewis O. Conklin, No. 627, Port Jefferson, Athena Hall; Richard J. Clark, No. 210, Patchogue, Arcanum Hall; Samuel Ack- erly, No. 426, Northport, G. A. R. Hall ; Will- iam Gurney, No. 538, Bay Shore, Odd Fellows' Hall.

There is no doubt that it was the action taken in 1875 by the Brooklyn Grand Army posts that led to the successful development of the long agitated plan to erect a soldiers' home at Bath, New York. Reference to this has already been made, but further details may here be appropriate. At a meeting of the State Encampment the matter was urged by the Brooklyn veterans, and in the course of a warm address in advocacy of the scheme Corporal Tanner pledged Brooklyn to contribute $10,- 000 toward the project. Where he was to get the money or how he was to get it had not been considered by the impulsive corporal, but

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he made the offer anyway and trusted the fu- ture. In this instance it did not fail him. On returning to Brooklyn he and several other veterans laid the whole matter before Henry Ward Beecher and secured that lion-hearted preacher's hearty espousal of the pledge. A meeting was in course of time called in the Academy of Music, and Beecher delivered one of his stirring patriotic orations, which aroused the enthusiasm of the vast audience to the highest pitch. The subscription was at once launched, and ere long Tanner's pledge was more than redeemed, for $14,000 was raised. The good work thus splendidly begun was at once carried to full fruition with his usual good-hearted impulsiveness by Corporal Tan- ner. He traversed the State from New York to Niagara, making speeches and appeals, and securing the promise of aid from every mem- ber of the Legislature he could reach. The result was the erection of a splendid home where disabled and poverty-stricken veterans were enabled to await the setting of their sun with temporal comforts and freedom from the harassments incidental to the usual struggle for existence, a struggle that is so hard when accompanied by old age and physical ailments.

Corporal Tanner in 1877 was appointed Collector of Taxes for the city of Brooklyn, and won an enviable record in that office. As Pension Commissioner he removed to Wash- ington, and would have made an equal suc- cess in that office, but an unguarded remark about the surplus and a determination to at- tend to the pension demands of the old sol- diers with undue liberality led to a hue and cry against his methods and in time led to his retirement. For years he was one of the most prominent citizens of Brooklyn, and during these years was very frequently the theme of newspaper comment.

Corporal James Tanner was born at Rich- mondville, Schoharie county, New York, April 4, 1844. His early life was spent on a farm, and his educational privileges were those of the district school. While a mere boy he

taught in an adjoining district, manifesting the thoroughmess and force of will that have since characterized him, and proving to anxious friends that he was fully competent for the work. After a few months' experience as teacher, at the outbreak of the war, although not yet eighteen, he enlisted as private in Com- pany C, Eighty-seventh New York Volunteers. He was soon made corporal, with assurance of further promotion, had not a terrible dis- aster befallen him. His regiment was hur- ried to the front, and, with Kearny's Division, participated in the Peninsular campaign, and the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the siege of Yorktown, the seven days' fight be- fore Richmond, and at Malvern Hill. After leaving the Peninsula, the Eighty-seventh fought at Warrentown, Bristow Station and Manassas Junction.

Corporal Tanner served with his regiment through all the engagements, until wounded at the second battle of Bull Run. There the Eighty-seventh held the extreme right of our line, with Stonewall Jackson's corps in front. During a terrific shelling from the enemy, the men were lying down, when a fragment from a bursting shell completely severed the corpor- al's right leg at the ankle, and shattered the left so badly as to make amputation necessary. Carried from the field, he lost consciousness, and on recovering found that the surgeons had amputated both legs, four inches below the knee. Meanwhile the Union lines had been broken and the army was in full retreat. The corporal's comrades were forced to leave him at a farm house, where the rebel army, in close pursuit, soon made him prisoner with the other wounded. Paroled after ten days, he was taken to Fairfax Seminary Hospital; then com- menced his long struggle for life, with all the odds against him-but a good constitution and a determination to live, brought him through the doubtful days. Through all his suffering his courage never left him; and when he be- gan to improve his first thought was, "What can I do, thus crippled, to hold my place

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among men ?" His manhood and ambition could not brook the thought that he must take an inferior place because of his misfortune. After treatment in the hospital, and recupera- tion at his old home in Schoharie county, he was able to walk about on artificial limbs. He was appointed deputy doorkeeper in the As- sembly, and subsequently held various posi- tions under the Legislature, which he filled with great credit. He then accepted a clerk- ship in the War Department, under Secretary Stanton. On the night of President Lincoln's assassination he was employed to take notes of the first official evidence, and then stood by the dying bed of the President. In 1866 he re- turned to Schoharie county, and studied law with Judge William C. Lamont. The same year he married a daughter of Alfred C. White, of Jefferson, New York, and they now have four beautiful children, two daughters and two sons. He was admitted to the bar in 1869. Soon after he was appointed to a place in the New York Custom House and removed to Brooklyn. On competitive examination he rose to the position of deputy collector, and served four years under Gen. Chester A. Ar- thur. He was the Republican nominee for Assembly in 1871, in the Fourth Kings county district, but was counted out in the election frauds of that year. Nominated for register by the Republicans in 1876, when the Demo- cratic county majority was nineteen thousand, he was defeated by less than two thousand.

Corporal Tanner is an impressive public speaker, and his public utterances, especially when the theme is the late war or the claims of the veterans to the most liberal treatment at the hands of the country, are marked by that strenuousness which our present honored chief magistrate so thoroughly commends. During recent years Mr. Tanner has gradually re- tired into private life and there his many fine qualities of head and heart keep closely around him troops of warm and devoted friends.

There is no doubt that U. S. Grant Post is the most popular and best known of the Grand

Army organizations in Brooklyn. It came into prominence, as has been already stated in this work, in connection with its services at the ob- sequies of General Grant, and since then it has been particularly active in all that pertains to the welfare of the old soldier. It has among its members many who are prominent in civil life. Rankin Post is still a popular organiza- tion, but indeed all of the posts of Long Island miglit so be described, although year by year their numbers are wearing down. But that contingency is in the nature of things and something to be expected.

The national societies which are linked to- gether by a secret ritual are representative, to mention them in the order of their strength, of Ireland, England and Scotland. The Ancient Order of Hibernians has something like 3,000 members on the island. The Order of Sons of St. George has nine lodges in Brooklyn, with a total membership of about 800. The first of these lodges-Anglo-Saxon-was instituted Sept. 22, 1879. The lodge meetings as a rule are well attended and present many attractive features. In connection with the jubilee of the late Queen of England, in 1887, these societies took a prominent part in the proceedings held in New York and Erastina, Staten Island, by. which the British residents of the Metropolitan area showed their respect for the venerated British sovereign. The Scottish organization, Clan McDonald, has 200 members, a ritual which is as full of historical data as could be crowded into it, and any amount of enthusiasm for "the land of the mountain and the flood." It is part of an order that has branches throughout the United States and has a grad- ed scheme of life assurance which pays be- tween $250 and $2,000. It is based on a scheme thoughtfully prepared by Mr. Duncan Mac- Innes, one of the actuaries in the New York comptroller's office, and is believed to be the most perfect and abiding scheme of assessment insurance in force. As to that, of course time is the best and most potent judge.

Of what may be described as the fashion-

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able social clubs Brooklyn possesses an abun- dance and several of them have acquired a measure at least of national fame. Most of them are fitted up with a degree of luxurious- ness that is equal to any of the London and Continental clubs about which so much is writ- ten. They are housed in roomy mansions fit- ted up with every imaginable convenience for social pleasure or the amenities of every day life; their cuisine is of the highest order and liveried attendants are ready to carry out the wishes of the members and their friends. Reading rooms, smoking rooms, cafes, billiard rooms, grill rooms and even expensive exam- ples of the artist's studio or sculptor's altier adorn what are considered the public rooms, while the highest skill of the architect, the dec- orator, the upholsterer and the furniture de- signer is employed in every apartment ard hall. In such clubs the whole domestic machinery moves with a noiseless precision that bespeaks the most watchful discipline, and the service throughout from the imported chef to the col- ored girl who peels potatoes is the best that can be secured. In such a retreat a man can enjoy the real luxuries of life to a degree that inde- pendent effort could hardly attain. He can find himself in a veritable palace, be waited on as though he was attended by the genii we used to read about in connection with Aladdin and his lamp, and have his aesthetic notions culti- vated by everything that is bright, beautiful and costly but withal in the most exquisite taste. He can revel in fine paintings, delight- ful upholstery harmonies, exquisitely cooked chops, and carpets which are themselves poems in construction and design. Fifty years ago no crowned king had more real comfort, more perfect service, more to delight the eye and soothe the cares and the vexations of the busy, toiling, exasperating world than the Brock- lynite who has the entree to one of these genu- ine modern palaces. Then, too, he has what kings did not always have according to his- tory and may not have at the present day-al- though we must confess that our acquaintance

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A history of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, Part 103

Author: Ross, Peter. cn Publication date: 1902 Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1188

Author: Ross, Peter. cn
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York ; Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1188