Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13

streams and houses and bays; up and
| down town and across: east and west and
! mort and sout; four track and two. from
| Coney Island to Bronx Park, dere Is no
| end of 'em coming, and form capital yet to
| be heard from.
Don't nobody want to stop TO home ever?
Wouldn't you t'ink a mug would make up
his mind what part of de old town suits
| him, move dere wit what he needs to be
happy, and stop dere? Nay, nayi De ting
everybody wants to do, and is doing, ts 10
get far away from everything he wants
to see he can and den yell for sub
ways, surface cars and elevated trains to
take him all over de lot. When dey gets
de moving platform on Thoity-fort street
dere will be four layers of track at Park
avenoo, tree under ground and one on de
Soiface, and at Broadway and SiXt' avenOo
dere will be tree under ground-counting
de one coming over from Jersey-tree on
de soiface and one up IN de air. making
seven layers of track at dat neck of woods.
and it's easy money to bet dat dere will be
a yell for more.
l was asking Mr. Paul what tell, and he
says 1t was because man had never give
up de dope dream dat he could be In two
places at once. He is trying hard to beat de
game al dat, and perhaps before he gets
trough wit de struggle he may win out,
and We'll hear story teller begin: Yes
terday. at exactly seven minutes after
o'clock in de afternoon, when l was at de
Battery and Long Acre square"
1T is part of de same fever dat makes
man try to fly IN de air like a bold" says
Mr.. Paul. II never had de fever meself.
for l am mostly satisfied to stop where I
am. being fond of good company which l
can get when / am alone. But l finds dat
most of me fellow-cit zens always wants
to go somewhere. If you ask 'em why
dey says because it will be in anodder
place. yet when dey gets dere dey makes
a quick move to get away. De matter wit
most places seems to be dat dey are not
some oder place; and on dat curious fact
rests de ability of capital to pay dividends
on half a billion dollars of real money. in
vested in Manhattan local transportation,
and half a billion of water trun in for
good measure, and to keep de real money
from getting dry.
IF New York was a city, instead OF
100000 of strangers. 1t might not be so,
but even dat is not sure. De complaint is
spreading all over de country and between
places as we'll De man dat lives in Co.
hoes used TO know dat he had a good ting,
but now he is worrying because he thinks
dat de cit zens of Hohokus may have a
better ting, and he goes over dere to see
about It
'Dere was a time when de quality of dis
city, as l have heard me grandmother say
considered a man quite cutup If he went
furder away from Park place dan Canal
street, and a trip to Washington square
answered de same longing dat now sends a
man up de Nile or to Alaska. But dey was
happy and good folks; drank punches paid
DER pew rents. fiirted moderately and ate
DER dinners at o'clock in de afternoon
except on packet sailing days. when de
hard woiking men of affairs stopped so late
at DER offices. getting off form mail. dey
had to dine down on Beaver street at de
sinfully late hour of O'Clock In de after
noon.
''Dey called on each odder evenings a
ting which would make de polite woild of
today shudder to tink; dey knew dat city
hall was de biggest building in de wolld
or If II wasn't 1t ought to be; dey went 10
choich in John street or Park row; dey took
long walks up de Bowery, and two or tree
times year dey drove away uptown as
far as Greenwich village. which is now so
far downtown most folks don't know where
ii Is.
sometimes. when am in need of strong
mental exercises, try to imagine my good
old grandfather getting into a copper car
under de ground at Trinity, after morning
worship, and being hurtled trough hole
in de ground to de Bronx. But imagina-
ton boggles; ii has its limits, like a game
OF poker. and, try as l do, de old gentle
man refuses to get into de picture. And
why should he? Why should We? Are we
gnats dat we should be always moving as
fast as we can, Just to prove dat we are
alive and not stuffed?
Which reminds me, Chames, dat not be-
ing stuffed meself. I sometimes has slight
toist-a small bottle will do, for de present.
Tanks.
'As I was saying dere rs many tings me
fellow New Workers need and what dey
needs most is repose. Repose is de sign
and mark of good breeding. of a tranquil
mind, Of good digestion, of a clear con-
science and clean body. Have we got 1t?
Is dere such ting in New York? No; II
has been destroyed by de microbe of move
tits Can a mani ask you-can man or
a woman practice de elegancies of repose
while hanging on car strap running to
get trough a car gate before de guard has
a chance to shut it, or while buying a Sub
way or elevated ticket. making change and
holding onto his newspaper, umbrella,
gloves. poise seven bundles and his tenn
per at one and de same time? Impossible.
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