The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
LOWER BRoiDWAY At NIGHT.
A Time When Baby Carriages Replace tho
sidewalk Crowd.

Broadway Is street OF many features and
many phases Lower Broadway. thronRed with
traffic and filled with people by day, presents
very different picture by night. There is liio
In Broadway. from end to ond. mt all hours; but
lower Broadway Is far Iuieter by night than by
day The trucks are gone from tho street. and
the crowds are missing from the sidewalks,
and there s room everywhere.
II there's breeze anywhere IL blows through
this broad street; and Broadway is comfort
able. and advantage il taken Of this at night at
this season for the babies. Lower Broadway
is the last place in the world where one who
knew that part Of the great street by day only
would expect to find them; but he would ind
them there Mt night in summer.
Not in great numbers, by any means; he
might go blocks and not meet any. and then
he might meet two or three In block There's
room for them here now. and they are
trundled peacefully along the broad sidewalk
with plenty of room and to spare. They have
been brought up from dwelling places in mar
be that mothers sit and talk together on tho
steps OF some wholesale dry goods establish
they have the steps all to them selves and they
roll their baby carriages along the walk In
OF their reach. as they talk. one may meet a
mother rolling baby carriage along IL" walk.
or he max see children rolling them. Her. on
, children escorting ono baby carriage.
There were two babies in this carriage. one
at tho back and one at the front. facing each
other. Tho carriage was propelled by a very
small girl. whose head came little above tho
crosshar Of the handle but who was. never
theless, very evidently the guiding and con-
trolling spirit of the party. To the right. by
the side Of he handle. walked one small girl +:
on the left there were three. The lrst of these
three walked beside the handle on that side
| the second one walked in front OF the frat, hut
a little TO the left in an ohlipuc line. and tho
| third one walked in front OF the second and
| likewise to the left so that these three walked
| beside the carriage in Il continuous Obliune
| line that was like one side OF a letter V: II
I there had been three girls on the other side
walking in corresponding manner. the car
! riage would have moved forward between the
| arms OF q living letter V formed Of children.
The children marching on either side OF the
carriage in this manner were all smaller than
! the girl propeing it: they were friends prob
. ably who had come up to Broadway with her.
i The whole party moved forward slowly. tran
gully. without haste: its movement controlled
. by the deliberate small girl at the handle bar
| OF the carriage who taking these two
! infants out for their airing. There were people
coming and going. more or less of them. all the
| time; the street was light and bright: there
| were some vehicles abroad, express wagons
' and carriages and so on. and with short inter
! walls between them there passed in either
: direction brightly lighted cable cars there was
/ light and life here. and motion. but still there
| was plenty VI room everywhere. including
! ample space for the children on the sidewalk
| moving along slowly and TRANQUILITY.