. How our grandfathers lived . , I was roused by astout Hibernian voice, almost under my window,shouting Pa-ther! Pa-ther! Peter did not an-swer, and off went a pistol. Upon this, Peter wasfain to put his head out of the window, and inquirewhat was wanted. A bright New Year to ye,Pa-ther. Get up and open the door. The show in the shop-windows, during the weekbetween Christmas and Xe\v Years, was splendid, Iassure you. All that Parisian taste, or English skillcould furnish, was spread mil to tempt the eye. HowI did want the wealth of Rothschild, that I mightmake all the world a present, and the
. How our grandfathers lived . , I was roused by astout Hibernian voice, almost under my window,shouting Pa-ther! Pa-ther! Peter did not an-swer, and off went a pistol. Upon this, Peter wasfain to put his head out of the window, and inquirewhat was wanted. A bright New Year to ye,Pa-ther. Get up and open the door. The show in the shop-windows, during the weekbetween Christmas and Xe\v Years, was splendid, Iassure you. All that Parisian taste, or English skillcould furnish, was spread mil to tempt the eye. HowI did want the wealth of Rothschild, that I mightmake all the world a present, and then, methinks, I No. 13] Old New York 37 could still long for another world to endow. Thehappiness of Heaven must consist in loving and giv-ing. What else is there worth living for? I haveoften involuntarily applied to myself a remark madeby Madam Roland. Reflecting upon what part Iwas fitted to perform in the world, says she, I couldnever think of any that quite satisfied me, but thatof Divine Providence. To some this may sound. NEW YORK IN l82O. blasphemous ; it was however merely the spontane-ous and child-like utterance of a loving and liberalsoul. In New York, they observe this festival after theold Dutch fashion ; and the Dutch, you know, werefamous lovers of good eating. No lady, that is alady, will be out on the streets on the first of Janu-ary. Every woman, that is anybody, stays at 3» /// Town [NO. 13 home, dressed in her best, and by her side is a tablecovered with cakes, preserves, wines, oysters, hutcoffee, &e. ; and as every gentleman is in honourbound to call on every lady, whose acquaintancehe does not intend to cut, the amount of eating anddrinking done bv some fashionable beaux must ofcourse be very considerable. The number of calls isa matter of pride and boasting among ladies, andthere is, of course, considerable rivalry in the magnifi-cence and variety of the eating tables. This customis eminently Dutch in its character, and will passa\vay before a higher ci
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