The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-22
Reduction from Former Prices.
GOTHAM IN FROSTY aspect
Human Life on the Bowery and Scenic EE.
fects In Filth Avenue md broadway.

unu., I,o. q, n. ~, Scat. II,
feet. In Fifth Avenue ana Broadway.
New York on a cold day Is insplrating or de-
nressinu according 70 tb. nav m. ob.ervor
pfosSins' "eeoiuiuk W '"e way mo opser'er
ing to the part OF town in which ne finds him
self. The Bowery beneath tho nIppins fingers
OF the frost loses some OF Its saualor OF dull
to- snn,S,.n.o -, ,as,,ns" t p r. pnUo,
INV VI noo'neeS- pu' INC po"elS
in cold weather becomes moro than ever thu
40 tina. on the wboIs that Great and bu,r
lhat Vn 'no whoio ,na' eIeat anu oue'
spirative. Each fresh descent OF the thermom-
.ter sosm, 70 hrirc ort sonn. n.,v s,.i, -, b.
manity. and the natural shabbiness OF the pa
rad is intensified. 1t is OF so in other parts
OF the dense east side. Genuine poverty has
nothing to gain over there BY coming out to
make ostentatlous show Of its rags People
VINO nave hotnihg to-day Keep within doors.
and the streets are notceably thinned OF their
lonoor ovar that vI,o =, Ir,oh.o, a., a.. c..
ionEer oNeF 'heir wine at iuncheon In the GER
crowded with those incompr ehensible persons
who seem to have unlimited leisure;
and 6riahtest. The LAST xe.tigs oG damnn Oess
Ror1on has far wthGrsWR tse Staten Ian%
high. signs hitherto indistineuishaie one may
now read across the Fast Hiyer the details
OF building ordinarily confused In outline.
Wherever the eye falls there is motion. That
is the keynote OF the whole harbor sails are
atilt smok sstacks and steam vents send their
plumes black or pearly, In swift horizontal
lines and the Keen air greediiy consumes the
steam mist as though possessed of an nm
wind has blown all the mystery out Of the sea-
ward distances. Where there usually lies a
tangle Of haze and spars and cordaRe lust
above the horizon, is now a clear-cut etching
these last two against a steely back ground OF
cloudless sky.
Broadway's roar no longer seems to roll up
from the downfall OF her distant yistas "A
far as tho eve can reach the street is clear OF
haze. A strong west wind blows sunlit steam
and hundred flags from the tons OF buildingn
tops OF those on the opposite side. The steam
is consumed seemingly by the sun that glori-
fes IT, but really by the condensin. cold be-
fore It reaches its goal But the eager flags
spend their strength ia vain ripples to stretch
themselves to rigid boards as they tug at their
slaves In vain ambition Ii seems that half a
dozen gaudy banners fiouting the air from tail
business houses must succeed in claspinp the
snowy spire OF Grace Church so far their spas
mmodic horizontal reaches carry them across
The public squares are emptied OF sitters
and the granIte-Iaid areas about the aGnare.
are swept clean and frozen dry so that ths
very stones look as IN they had been poIished
There is no uncertainty OF outline anywhere
and Diana sturdiIy facing the stifi wind
seems only mass Of high lights The busy
half mile al een Union souara and TWanty
eighth street is famed into wilder rayety T6s
wind Is shriekinG In everyone's ears The thou
sand wheels are roaring all together. swift
crowd and the infections pandem onium Keeps
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