The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25

IduIy, tOILdtOe6, OttlOcllOI.b INV IdlIh dil''
tough; mustard plant wit h yellow blooms
already towering on the stems,these
are piled alongside endless varieties of
green vegetables.
1t was nearly o'clock when the two
travellers reached the park, but the peders
lamps, and there was no cessation OF any
other kind OF business.
| They turned into Mulberry street. The
pedlers still lined the sidewalk, with larger
colored calicoes in vivid, bard shades of
pink and purple and cold metallic blues,
cut into short lengths.
Cheap laces and occa sionally an imita-
ton pearl necklace of the commonest
quality, and brass pins we're additions to
Of the cellars, as out Of the wells in the
fairy story. there arose a. intervals the cob
blers, who sat sometimes on the sidewalk
and at others on the topmost step that led
into their damp shops. Every available
space in this part of the quarter is used
for life.
| High up on the balconies there are groups
talking, laughing, quarreing with their
neighbors across the street or down below.
Occasionally from a balcony there hang
| lanterns that invite to some upstairs cafe
or eating house.
| Mulberry street grows superior as 1t
gets uptown. The improvement is OF
course comparative. but the houses are less
COUReSleu, lie mas u ultIe IllOIe IOOlll loI
| itself and the streets begin to look as il
| they we're intended towalk in and not for eat
| ing. sitting down, talking, bargaining or
any purpose that makes progress almost
impossible to anybody not content to move
along in the leisurely,. languid manner OF
the colony.
1t was up this busting thoroughfare
that the two travellers moved to find a place
for their coffee They struck the best Of
the Italian city there on corner,
The men in 1t bore little resemblance
in dress or person to those swarming about
the streets only block below: They were
comfortably clothed, some of them even
with an ahectation OF smartness.
1t is a popularity OF the quarter that
all classes Of its citizens dwell in close proxi-
nifty. The basement Of tenement may be
occupied by the poorest of all the jewellers
| in the region, while the more desirable and
| expensive rooms belong to some family
| Of comparative opulence. Thus IT hap,
| dressed, comfortable looking men, who are
at home in the same region and sometimes
| the same house with the poorest classes
| swarming about them.
| There are several OF these cafes in the
quarter, and three are Of about equal rank
in their attractions for the gilded youth
Of Mulberry street, They are all alike
in general design and follow the Italian
model.
The walls are covered with mirrors and
| tnp moor WIN IIldIDle oNtl "HNl WV
evitable sawdust has been sprinkied. In
large glass cases, making their contents
visible, are the various kinds Of pastry that
the place offers to the patrons.
When the American tourists entered the
rooms the men seated at the small tables
were nearly all drinking coffee, although
| some had the watery ices sold in the care
in front Of them and others were drinking
what looked like grenadine. No aico-
holic drinks are served in most of the cafes,
| o. ttor,, tc too nal To m a
up the cost of the license. The Italian
in his cafes at home is temperate, and the
same popularity seems to have been brought
| to this country.
There were no women in this p!acs. al
though some of the cafes of the best class
are patronized by them. The coffee was
not good. . ,
The ices. colored apparently, with the
same primary tints that had been used
| in the calicoes down the street. we're not
rich. They tasted, in fact, like the ice cream
that children make OF snow and sugar
although there were reasons for not having
the same confidence in the purity OF the
ingredients.
their colored drinks or drank coffee and
stared out at the passing trolley cars with
the ease that only foreigne can bring
to such enjoyment. There was nothing
nervous or hurried about them. The man
with demi-tdsse before him acted as II ne
had night to drink it in
DO you dare one traveller asked eau
tiously OF the other, try cake?'
The pastry was either very brilliant in
hue or utterly drab. On lass stands there
covered with vivid colored icing. Some
wer, shaped like pear and their adorn,,
ment was white icing that ran into pink and
blue. g.,
The other and more common, kind Of
Italian pastry is made up of what might
be called the macaroon school. There are
cakes of this kind in every form. Some
are circular, some rolled up like little snakes
theirs cut in figures like an eight. Cakes
of every possible design known to I s, Cs
are made OF this sweetlsh combination OF
egg, -four and sugar.
The TIA ian cakes Of this beloved kind ar
not out and out sweet. They are merely
OF sweetish flavor. and to the unaccus-
toned American taste are waste o OF netber
good cake nor bread. But they are the
most popular kind Of cake among the ltal-
ians here as we'll as in the country that
sends them here: 81.
will he the dark blue one, think l would
not linger so long "a | might after one OF
In Italy. after dinner foreigners &C. to the
theater or to music hall. Both OF THESE
pleasures are possible in this Italy.
At the theater the company was acting
.Benvenuto Cellini which seemed rather q
large order for a warm night. So 1t was
ri ,oided to 20 to one of the music halls.
There are three Of these resorts in the
quarter, or rat her two. for one OF them lies
somewhat further to the north. The most
popular Is in the heart Of the Bend, ano
thither the two travellers went.
From the uninviting cavernous inside OF
what must once have been only saloon
there sounded the chorus Of La Francesca
IL has come to rival "Funicui. funicua
al an Italian national song. As the two
wandered through the open door back tc
the seats near the stage very b. lack haired
girl with very red cheeks and solec
white satin skirt trimmed with very pink
roses had just finished the song and disap
peared from the view OF her enthusiastic
admirers. r.,
At the rear Of the saloon little stage
had been built and about 1t had been placed
chairs enough to seat about 100 persons
There were tables back Of this impromPt,
parquet. III ~,
kind that had slipped coffee and grenadine
only a short distance away. ihey were
workingmen-the ordinary Italians that
one sees employed on the streets and rail
roads. .,,
They ENJOYED the show with as much gustt
as IL they had not done stroke OF worl
ali day. Probably they had all go. up al
o'clock in the morning. Most OF then