New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-05
4 SOCI1L MOCK SYSTEM
THE ONLY WAY ~ WHICH Nl;w.lOHk WOMEN
CAS- DISCHARGE THEIR SOCIAL oBLi'
CATIONS.

THO march Of business uptown. driving private
hom.s before II To all parts OF Manhattan Island. has
another sin laid Al IT. door The woman IN society
.,o vom,n who discharges her social obligations a.
f,ltl fully n the broker the banker and III" com
mission me- chant di-charr" their financial obhs"
MS IN despair III" Hes AWAKE "'-"''
with Il prosecuting c)nsccncc: she goes out or
anor, looking like "A criminal who constantly expects
-. L.. arrested she starts out to make calls With Il
feeling ~ lopcrssne>s: sh" Is pale, hasenn ana
miserable and It Is all because OF the march Of the
cuisines, houor to the north.
what Is woman going 70 do' Sh" said
..r,. ah,olnt,iy impossible to get anywhere nova
DAYS There was Il time wh' one could start al
washington sluarc. drive almost In straight lin"
un,ovn for distance OF comparatively few blocks,
make all ones Tuesday calls or Thursday calls. or
whatever they wcrc and get HON" In n con'"nt'd
frame Of mind with good appetite for dinner.
yow-,, She made an eloquent gesture Of helpless
ne,s.
We'll why not now!' asked her Sympa'hihns
friend.
.pccouse.- she answered. getting up and dra-
natlcal, taking sheet Of paper and laying 1t on III"
table and then pencng dots all over II with u
onr lin, down the middle and squares here and there
-" BECAUSE she repeated tragcaly, there's
house up In that corner; there's on" over ih'r' :
there's Central Park In between them there's house
down there and for fifteen blocks abov" It's mostly
shops and such places, no place 'isc III Ni"' "''en
,orlood do | want to visit. And way down here In
the corner Is stuyv,Sant Park and way up here Is
INNER Ffthay,.. and that's the way 1t goes" she
added in the tone OF II juliet.
what way ~ said her innocent and unobscrving
cousin " Jack"
what way ?" she cried, stamping her foot. This
way. How am going To get from my house mere
I'm For,y.auh st. across to Central Park West. up
West Eighty -hftlst., TO East Ffiy-sevenhS',
down to Washington square. over TO Grimercy Park
make three call, In fihbavc. and get home again, all
In day ?"
cousin , =, ,,,,
"'.rt i'll and don't try It," said til" sympathetic
friend. .
Not at all." She said cmphatically; :" 1t has to b"
Give It up" said her cousin. -,
"Do II on The n.y. remarked their friend "a call
a second"
But what am | going TO do when want to hear
music over here" said Jahng her pencil herccly
into the paper: "rcaly want TO hear II must call ,
ponderois accent on the must" cup here ana
Will: grcn, lirmmcss on the will: "atiend this
charitable entertainment. OF which am a piirol"ss,
down here What am ! going to do then She
Retire" said her cousin. lacOnically.
Before the cnrmy1' she said, tossing her head
scornfnIly "ncvcr!"
Vol thcn ! have IT," said " lack" with convic-
lion ~You want To try the Street Cleaning Depart
m.ni's plan. Get block system Into operation ::
en-, the city up into social sections. Get everybody
I'm Section 4 10 receive on Mondays give Tuesdays 70
section u. Wednesdays TO Section {. Thursdays To
section d. and then yOu have II. IL YOU have too
many sections for days give scctloa day on
alternate We, Ks. Now. how II that ~
Jack" said his socially inclined cousin, you are
n genius after ALL" and then she sal down with u
clean sheet Of paper and newly ,harpenrd pencil
NAV prove Of success than that OF the Street
Cleaning Department.