The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
NEW YORK CROUDS.
They Tell the Story or the City's Sizo-
Amusemcnts Of the City.

They Tell the story Of the Cfty's Sizo-
| Amusements Of the City.
| However you measure Now York 1t seems Q
| big town. Perhaps its bigness is brought homo
| to the stranger by nothing more strongly than
by its crowds. Nearly every other considera-
BILE American city has some conEested busi-
moss centre where crowds are continuous dur
Ing business hours. Three or four other
American cities have besides some fashiona-
bio parade where shoppers and idlers mako
gay half n dozen crowded blocks. No other
| city on this Side OF the Atlantic has dozen or
more regions, each OF which might be taken
for the business centre of the place. Long be-
fore New York had 100000 inhabitants It
was a city disingu ished for its crowds. With
the enormous growth Of the city the crowds
have become larger and the number of
crowded thorou ghfares has increased.
But II New York seems large when measured
by its crowds OF busy men and women. IL
seems perhaps oven larger still whom measured
by its oilers This Is not because the unem-
ployed classes. rich and poor are 80 large in
Now York. though they are larger than In any
other American city. but rather because OF the
city's ceaseless and seeplessly active business
life, Every day is a holiday 20 many thousands
OF New Workers, because many thousands work
at night and take their sleep and recreation by
DAY. Furthermore. although New York 10 the
hardest worked OF all communities. it is also
the most pleasure loving Of American citen;
man OF his craft earn so mich as in New York:
In no other American city does the same man
rsntion. The two throngs work together to
produce crowds at all hours Of the day
The New York s whatever PITS lis b1saes s Is
social being r. II ne have bone he Likes 70
company with his friends New York main
tans ten times as many slTGs as any any other
Rregarious and hospitnble than men in other
Gties The srqnfsr or Prince. Itesideatb OF
American city on returning to any OF those
towns finds men sunk in a y, dull routine and
crowds ,throng the parks every day In the
SSaI "u ea@fi 6fuld Hi Faf Xxi is almost
serted nt ordinary limos. Even the noble
Other ho aettS
delles even The l"tharGie influence OF the dog
city rharmirr at tho season when tho fas hion-
ao Q world has Yea; summer nn, indeed is tn:
IN tn" most most" wonderful aspect ' No other other
American city has so many near by resorts to
+" reached In a few minutes at cheap rates.
10 othrr city nanus 80 many OF could mcintain
bali SO many. There Is nothing dearer to New
York than suburban summer resort; In
nre deserted twq-thlrds of rho lime, and never
Interesting interest with the varied human Iiie that
W"ala 50 eo 'S "s '' fhiadeshian '' or
Haitimorean or a cnicagonn Of New Yorks
sIcht ciho 10 " I' aus .ou any nIEUC
OF the, week by some species OF magic
to look down upon nil tho urban and
suburban pleasure resorts ut once. He would
see thousands upon thousands at Conoy
Island and the other resorts that line the har-
hor; other thousands across tho Hudson on
the Jersey hlufrs, still others at die upper ex-
tremity OF the island: and yet others up the
sound; to say nothing OF enormous mum bers
upon the streets, in cafes. on the roof gardens.
IT the theatres and in the PARKS and pub
i" squares n number exceed ng the popua-
lation 81 many big cities amusing themselves
IN their leisure hours.
=, One thing that interests, rural Americans In
Whitman celshrat" Manhatta" as his frat
astaller buildings. Philadelphia has several
more charming residence streets than New
York but when rountryman wishes to SEQ
his fellow Americans in the aggregate he has
t. come to this 'ity. 1t Is the bewildering
crowd that makes Goncy Island fairyland TO
the rlral visitor on q summer night. 1t IL tho
varied crowds that make thou sand restau-
rants and two hundred and Atty club dining
rooms places OF interest 70 the rural visitor,
The clubs, BY the way. tell another interest
ing story OF New York life. Scarce any one OF
summer later than O'Clock. or ia winter later
than D. The most fashionable clubs must
consider the necessities Of busy men There
are members W no breakfast up to 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon; but the great mass OF men who
breakfast at clubs are OF to business shortly
alter y o'clock 1t is u big town. insatiably in
dustrious. but fond OF wholesome pleasure