Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-17
RouND ABoUr NEW YoRK.
RipPIes on che Current % Life IN IN,
Metropolis.

Rippics on The Currcnt of Life IN the
Metropolis.
"A shipload Of bright wits" heads the
| New York Suns account OF the tour Of
the harbor made BY 800 school teachers
/ from other states. chaperoned by the ma
tives Of both sexes last Saturday. The
Sun says there were exhibits on the boat
| from every nook and corner of the coun-
| try. There were teachers from Oklahoma,
teachers from Georgia teachers from Mis-
sisslppi, teachers from California and ore
gon and bunch Of teachers from Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota and the two Da-
kotas.
II was all new ground for most Of them,
and there was a deal OF overhauiing OF
geography and maps 10 get the lay OF the
two rivers and Of Manhattan island and
Jersey on the west AZ the boat swung into
the stream and headed north
''3ut that isn't the way to Coney island"
said an evident principal who believed In
exactness in all things. NOW. the North
river Is the mouth Of the Hudson river
and Coney island bears east by south.
We're going due NORTH"
But well turn around pretty soon and
then well have New Jersey on our west
and New York on our east and the boat
will be aimed south" explained a spirited
young woman teacher from Oklahoma.
1T IL not acahemical. but II may be mem
toned in passing" says the Sun. that
surprisingly large number OF the young
women teachers. especially those from the
west, were handsome teachers-so uncom-
monty handsome teachers, in fact, that
how the big boys in the schools out there
ever kept their eyes on their books Is a
mystery
And, another thing. spectacles and eye
glasses are evidently no longer considered
as an essential equipment Of the young
woman teacher. Probably you could not
have mustered two dozen pairs Of spec
tacles or eyeglasses on all the 1900 noses
The shipload did not look in the least like
the conventional teacher, in n word They
looked like 1,5OO exceedingly good speci-
mems OF American manhood and woman
hood engaged in having good time"
ITO present 70 the mind an easily con-
jured picture Of New York harbor," says
writer in Harpers Magazine, zone might
make the comparison OF the upturned
right hand, with the long straight fore
finger for the lower stretch OF the Hud-
son, with the thumb, Joint turned out,
standing for the bent East river, and the
palm OF tho hand representing upper New
York bay The three together make up
the harbor OF New York AS Hudson river
shelters most OF the North Atlantic liners
while in port, so does East river harbor
those that go TO make Up the truly foreign
fleets. Here they are, pier after pier OF
them-the steamers that go to the far
countries. Mind the roll-Brazil, Argen-
tina, Chill, Peru, West Coast of Africa,
Australia, India, China, Japanl And bark
again to the call Of the ports-Rio Janeiro.
Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso. st. Paul de
Loanda, Cape Town, Tamatave. Sydney,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama! And
the strange stun OF their cargoesl Rubber
from the Amazon swamps-see the naked
indians tapping the trees, and the Shiny
reptiles In the shadowy ooze; horn and
tailow from the pampas--mark the CEN
taurlilSe vaquero and his whirllng RATA;
gold dust, ivory, palm oil from the west
coast. Dreams for you therel Palm oil
and gold dust and ivory; elephants and
sacriicial fires and trains of captive slaves;
hemp, tea silks and smuggled opium-and
do not believe that opium is not smuggled
into New York harbor to this day. You
think OF all that and your imagination
flames.
THE gentlemen in the pilot houses are
not always in placid moods. Wild-eyed
men glare out from pilot houses aloft, like
eagles from their eyries, and pass the
time OF day. Says one: Where d y think
you're going? Back. will your
And the other: Back? Me back? Me?'
You? Yes, you. you slop-eyed, slack
mouthed, spine-twisted fresh-water goob-
you square-headed, fatherless-and so on
detailing irremediable flaws in the genealogy
after which both back down and avert
the impending collision"
No wonder the Interborough officials pre-
dict 100000 passengers day for this sys-
tenn within Ave years. That would mean
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