The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
This Great city,
NeW York.
1t 10 Market. bsnk. Workshop, Show
Place and Pleasure Pslsee All in One.

ortwo back. The rich American, II he cares
Tor these things and unless he would ex-
patriate himself. can live In no other cit v
and enjoy them to the full
Then In this half OF the world New Yor,
Is the home Of sports OF all and every kind.
ii the rich man has the taste for these or
any one OF them-yachts. horses or games of
skiii-here he finds his psstime at it's height.
The worlds greatest musicians come here.
Ibis Is the home Of opera in the Western
world. The greatest public art collection
Is In the Metropolitan Museum. Each year
more and more Of Europe's art treasures
md their way across the ocean to public
and private galleries in the city that is
young and rich.
II 1t Is scenery and country pleasures
that the rich man desires there are the
Sound and the Hudson. Long Island and
westminster. at New York's door. II no
would travel, this Ia the gateway between the
old and new worlds. Only step to the ves-
sells side and he is in an ocean crossing hotel
In which he need feel never a aualm till
he 10 landed In q country half way across
the world.
To the shops all countries send their
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women without their leaving town. The
whole world contributes to the city's food
supply, and to the rich epicure 1t matters
not what the season may be. He has straw
berries at Christmas and asparagus the
year around.
And 1t Is never dull. In midsummer the
city Is as jolly q place to live in. as full of
entertainment and amusement as in mid
winter. You can find In it, somewhere, after
midnight. as lively and untiring throng
a at noontime. The whole social atmos-
phere Ii blending Of Europes luxury
and Americas democracy with the stiff for
mality Of the one left out and the austerity
OF the other changed just enough by the
wealth and new experiences which have
come to it from without.
1t is popularity OF the American who has
made bis own wealth however, that he is not
content to give up business and become a
mere pleasure seeker. He wishes to COM
bine both, and that 10 why New York at
tracts him most keenly. II IL the nations
market place and II Is rapidly becoming
the financial centre Of the world as well as
OF the nation. Here he can work and play
at the same time! That TO him Ia the great
est attraction Of all. And that is In q great
measure why this has become the city OF
the roh mans choioe. e.
Not all whom New York attracts to itself
arc rioh. but the same statements apply to
all. Pleasures are rs plentiful here and az
varied for the middle class as for the
wealthy. Opera IL not sung for the boxes;
there are less expensive seats in all the
theatres than the orchestra chairs; the
good roads and the fine country are open
TO every man and woman with q bicycle,
and there 10 at least A. much fun at Coney
Island a. at Southampton.
1t 10 good to have 30 many Of these things
and 30 near at hand on Sundays and when
the days work Is done. No other city has
90 many pastimes and such variety Of
them, and, also. in mono are the real pleas
ures 20 free or the more substantial bene-
dts 90 cheap.
You need not be rich to enjoy the pictures
In the Metropolitan Museum. They say,
too. that those who know the value Of a
dollar can buy at least a. much with it,
and Of better quality. either in food or
clothing. In New York than In any other
American city OF importance. bar none.
But to those who have still wealth and
name to mako 1t Ia another attraction that
appeals and none the lees strongly. For
every opportunity offered elsewhere this
city opens not ono, but q hundred doors.
For every square mile Of solid industry in an
other city on this side OF the world New
York has Ave.
From Forty-second street down to the
Battery has become practically one huge
Workshop and Office building. In some
part OF Il the man with his career before
him 10 sure to find his chance. He may
do with Il what he pleases. The rest OF
the population, take 1t In bulk, u too busy
working and playing to care. He may
spend all he makes-all the town will joy
fully help him TO do that--or he may save
TO his future benefit: live cheap or dear.
Opportunity for every kind Of life is here.
But here Is the chance to succeed II you
will.
And somehow there has been solved
here a. in no other city the problem OF
pleasant labor while doing the most possible
within the shortest working hours. Con-
venienoes have been developed until work
OF every kind is easier and therefore moro
enjoyable than it Ia elsewhere.
Out In the Western cities they keep at it
In q wearing steady rish and grind from
carly until late. Elsewhere the days work
u uOue WituOut ~
The New York employer has solved for
himself and those who work for him the
problem Of 40 going about his business that
the labor In done In a briefer space and
under better conditions than anywhere
else In the world. Yet IL Is all done and
thoroughly. 1t il a triumph Of organiza-
ton over which those visitors who realize
Il never seem to csase wondering.
In 1 600 years London, the worlds greatest
CITY, has reached population OF 6.ooo.ooo
souls. In less than 800 years New York.
starting with nothing. has attained the
I 900 900 mark. and observers OF its growth |
confidently predict for the city in ten years
more a population Of more than double |
that.
II YOU ask Londoner what il New York's |
attraction he will probably talk TO you OF
il. enterprise and it's climate. IL you in !
auire OF an American from lesser city he |
viii probably tell you Of the bigger towns |
clean streets, It's noble buildings. its eoyety, |
It's clear atmosphere and surrounding nat
iral beauties. II mny he all Of theae. For
.oIne reason tho city Is growing In size. IN |
wealth ard In beauty as none has ever
grown before. i
\, Ia neyer content with it's growth and /