Red Cross Fundraiser

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At New York Comic Con, we presented exclusives inspired by a gentlemen’s guide to the seraglios of New York City that was published in 1870. We had created several products that were unable to go live at the convention due to component and time constraints. We are offering them now as a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief. Proceeds from every single purchase of these limited edition products will go directly to the American Red Cross.

 

Without further ado, we are thrilled to present an addendum to the Gentleman’s Directory.

 

(All grammatical and spelling deviancies within are sic erat scriptum.)

 

 

 

++ THE GENTLEMAN’S DIRECTORY: NEW YORK CITY IN 1870 ADDENDUM

Nothing extenuate,

Nor set down aught in malice.

 

We don’t intend to tell the reader where the Central Park is, the Croton Aqueduct, the new Court House, Cooper Institute, or Knox the hatter, as any one can point out to him the location of these celebrated places, but we propose to acquaint him with locations and with facts, a knowledge of which he could not procure elsewhere.

 

We claim no credit got telling a person that Cape Horn is on the island of Terra del Fuego, or that London is on the western side of England; but when we impart information that is not generally known, even to old denizens of the city, and give him an insight into the character and doings of people whose deeds are carefully screened from public view; when we discribe their houses, and give their location, we supply the stranger with information of which he stands in need, we supply a void that otherwise must remain unfilled. Not that we imagine the reader ever desire to visit these houses. Certainly not; he is, we do not doubt, a member of the Bible Society, a bright and shining light, like Awful Gardner or John Allen.

 

But we point out the location of these places in order that the reader may know how to avoid them, and that he may not select one of them for his boarding house when he comes to the city. Our book will, therefore, be like a warning voice to the unwary – like a buoy attached to a sunken rock, which warns the inexperienced mariner to sheer off, lest he should be wrecked on a dangerous and unknown coast.

 

 

 

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MRS. PALMER’S ESTABLISHMENT ATMOSPHERE SPRAY

 

The house No. 112 Spring street is kept by Mrs. Palmer. It is a low establishment, and frequented only by the lagends of the community.

 

 

 

Aged patchouli, sweet tobacco, oakmoss, leather, and barrel-aged bourbon vanilla.

 

 

 

THE WARS OF VENUS BATH OIL

 

The house at No. 140 is kept by Mrs. James, and is a very quiet parlor house, devoted to the wars of Venus.

 

 

 

This phrase “Wars of Venus” was too wonderful; it inspired a scent immediately. Gird yourself for battle: sweet honey, French vanilla, honey myrtle, balsam of tolu, and rose otto.

 

 

 

 

 

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FRANK BURNS

 

As you pass down Houston street, faro banks abound, till we reach an unpretending red brick building No. 25, kept by Frank Burns, known as the “Judge and Jury”. This is a great resort for the sportsmen both of this and the other country. Everything here is conducted in a respectable and orderly manner.

 

 

 

Bay rum, polished oak, exquisite pipe and cigar tobaccos, and a splash of bourbon.

 

 

 

 

 

MISS ADDIE

 

The next house, No. 55, is kept by Miss Addie Blashfield, the dashing brunette, who has eight or ten boarders, both blondes and brunettes. These are a pretty lot of girls, of pleasing and engaging manners. It is regarded as a first class house, very quiet and orderly and is visited by some of our first citizens.

 

 

 

Red sandalwood, vanilla orchid, sweet clove, neroli, apple blossom, and a gentle hint of star anise.