Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-17
SEEING NEW YORK
How an 0ut-oE- Town Woman Can Do
1t at, Small Cost.
WHERE 70 GO AND How TO GET THERE
Specially Arranged itinerary for a
| Week.
ABOUT TWO DOLLARS A DAY

Written for The Evening Star by Anna 8. Rich
| ardSon.
The average out-of-town woman who has
no friends in New York to guide her sight
| seeing Is apt to return home disappointed.
She feels that. after all, New York is like
| a dozen other cities she has seen, only
! larger. more noisy and more expensive. To
| provide fof such women an itinerary, pre-
senting some of the most interesting fea-
/ lures of metropolitan life at a nominal cost,
has been the object in preparing this ar
ticle.
Before leaving home put firm hand on
| the nerves, and determine not to become
! confused. Confusion means cabs and Is ex-
| pensiVe. The city's plan is simple and the
| streets are clearly marked. New Workers
| are so accustomed to sightseeing that Civ
! ing information is second nature. No wo-
| man need hesitate to question any man In
| uniform. whether he be policeman, railroad
| empleye. hotel attache or district mes
| senger boy.
| Bear in mind that in the matter of dress
| New York is the most democratic of cities.
! Don't burden yourself with quantities OF
| luggage. A rainy-day skirt, plenty or ffHsn
| shirt waists, q gown suitable Tor dinner OF
| theater wear, and a stylish nat, PROOF
| against dust and humidity, are the essen
| tiaIs.
| The clerk at the hotel of your home town
| can recommend respectable hotels in New
| York where a room on the European plan
| can be secured for 81 or S1.oO per day.
| Your meals will be bought wherever sight
| seeing carries you.
On reaching the depot or ferry house.
wait until the first rush of passengers Is
| over. and ask an attendant or ponceman
which motor car will take you nearest your
| hotel. In all probability you will be landed
almost at the door. The car fare is D
cents. A hanson would cost from % cents
to $3.50 If possible. plan to reach the city
| late in the afternoon, and nave a Sood
nights rest before starting on the first
! days pleaSuring.
This itinerary is arranged on the SUPPOSE
| ton that you reach New YORK MONDAY al
| ternoon, and have a week at your disposal.
1t allows for brief visits only to the points
named.
Tuesday.
Morning-Battery Park Aquarium, fire.
boat New York, stock exchange, GO Broad
way; assay office, 80 Wall street; clearing
house. II Cedar street: Trinity and St
Paul's churches. postoffice and city build
ings. World building.
Afternoon-St Luke's Hospital st. Johns
Cathedral, Columbia University. Grants
| tomb.
Dinner and evening at Fort George.
| Starting at the Battery, all points men
I-tioned for the mornings trip are within
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| lery for visitors in stock exchange. view
| of lower New York from dome of World
| building unexceled From here walk west
| on Fulton street to 9th avenue and take
surface cars marked Amsterdam avenue.
| This carries you through wholesale and
retail business districts, to st. Lukes Hos
pitaI. at 18th street and the Boulevard.
| Apply at the Office for attendants to escort
you over the most modern and handsomest
hospital in the city. Cross the street to the
Tiffany Chapel OF St. Johns Cathedral,
with jeweied mosaic affairs and magnificent
tapestries The sexton delivers brief lee
| ture in the crypt. Enter Columbia Uni
versity at the 10th street entrance the SUI
perb approach to the library. Permits to
intendent Of buildings and grounds. room
no. Barnard College for women. close by
Grants tomb, few blocks away, open I'M
| til $50 o'clock.
Take same Amsterdam avenue cars for
Fort George. passing High bridge and
| aqueduct.
Morning-Brooklyn bridge and navy yard.
annex ride, Fulton ferry to Jersey City.
| MISUNDERSTANDING district, Herald Of
fice Waldorf-Astoria. private art galleries.
Evening-Recreation pier, 4th street and
East river.
| Brooklyn bridge reached by Broadway
| the bridge, which will land you at navy
yard entrance. Permits to inspect issued
| on APPLICATION to captain thereof. War cruis-
ers usually at dock and yards exceedingly
| interesting. Walk back to Fulton ferry.
! under Brooklyn bridge, take Pennsylvania
annex ride to Jersey City for good view Of
| harbor, Governors Island, statue Of Lib
erty. At Jersey City. from same ferry
| house. take boat for Odd street, New York
| Crosstown (23d streeD car to 9th avenue
| lands you among the fashionable shops,
| all worth seeing, and lunch at one Of many
medium-priced restaurants In the neigh
| borhood
| Walk along Broadway to the Herald
! building at 35th street. where by applying
at the business office escorts will be fur
nished to point out the wonders Of this
| great modern printing plant Two blocks
| from the Herald office. at 34th and 9Th ave-
nue., apply at the ladies' entrance Of the
| Waldorf Astoria, New Yorks most magnifi-
| cent hosiery, for a guide and go over the
entire hotel No regular fee. but you are
| expected TO tip the guide. Well worth the
| expenditure.
| After dinner board 18th street crosstown
car for the East river recreation pier,
where can be seen East Side tenement life
! in it's happiest phase. Band concert and
hundreds of tenement children dancing and
| enjoying the music and the river breezes.
Thursday.
Morning - Lenox Library; Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Central Park
Afternoon-Zoo; children's playground;
park ride.
| Evening - Staten Island and Midland
Beach
Lenox Library and Metropolitan Museum
| of Art 9th avenue are within walking
| distance of each other, reached from the
home by the Madison avenue car line. Get
| off at I'D street and walk one block west
| for library. An entire morning can be
| given to the museum without exhausting
| a third of its interest. Attendants are cour-
| teous, exhibits are distinctly marked and
| catalogues can be purchased for nominal
! sum- Lunch may be had here.
The 9th avenue stage will take you to
the seth street entrance of the park, where
| you will take a carryall for trip through
| the park for % cents. Drop off at the ZOO
logical gardens, and from here take the
| 5th avenue stage for the homeward ride.
| Sit on top and the driver will point out the
| homes Of millionaires and other noted New
Workers At the stage terminus you will
| find Washington Park and the memorial
arch, from which point It is but a short
| walk up 5th avenue to the home
| After an early dinner board the 9th
| avenue elevated train at 18th or 18th street
| stations. ride TO South Ferry and change
| to Staten Island boat. Interesting view Of
| the river front At Staten Island terminus
| beard trolley car for Midland Beach, where
| you get Whit OF sea air. Return to New
| York by boat, delightful ride. Land at