, 1906-11-22

The following, written by a lady
who formerly lived here, now living In
the east, is of especial interest. as be.
ing no only a word picture OF sur
prlsing beauty, but a tale of an hour in
tie busiest section of the busiest city
on earth:
IAN afternoon of Contrasts
On the corner of Essex and Broome
streets, in New York, in a slum district
there Is a ~dispensary called the Good
Samaritan, where L spend two or three
hours every afternoon. The work is
very instructive, interesting and ex-
p~ensive, for l have to pay a certain
sum for the privilege of examining the
different cases.
Look Old at Thirty.
The patients are Russian OF Austrian
Jews of the dirtiest class. Some have
the remains of beauty, but these wo-
men at 80 look so on account of their
hard life and ~unhygienic surroundings.
In a clinic one cannot stop to study the
social problems presented, but | know
they would be very interesting. To
reach this place from my hotel takes
only fifteen or twenty minutes, provid-
ing the motor man will stop the car
Tor you.
An Autocratic Lot.
A New York motor man does Just
as he pleases when you signal that
you would like to board the car. If
you are in a hurry, he usually scowls
at you and goes right on. l have stood
On a corner ten minutes and signalled
four cars before the motor man con
descended to stop. This makes II
feel SO sweet tempered for the day!
Many Women and Children.
After the clinici is over l generally walk
through the o~ver-crowded tenement dis
trict So as to see what these poor
people are doing. Owing to the warm
weather of the past month, they are
still enjoying their street life, and ev-
cry door step is crowded with the wo-
men and babies; the older children are
low in school. Their ~hardships must
be greatly increased when the cold
winter days come, for their rooms are
but cupboards with little light and
less heat.
Odd Funeral Procession.
One day last week, as l was going
through Broome street, towards the
Bowery, l saw an odd funeral process
sion. Avery large white hearse Cor
ST. it seemed in these narrow Streets
was drawn by four big white horses.
Inside the hearse was the smallest
white casket l have ever seen, covered
with two wreaths of gaudy artificial,
flowers. A band preceded the hearse
and played a slow march, and then
came the carriages. One was filled
Meaning of Empty Carriages.
l asked one or two bystanders what
those empty carriages meant, but could
not find out. | think that the price
of the funeral parade must be the
same whether there are six carriages
or less, so the poor parents had them
all. AS the cortege passed, l noticed
the mothers hugging their little ones
to their breasts, but one act was
omitted, that one that is so common IN
Europe, /, e., the men did not take OFF
their hats.
Is Lover of Books.
Eight minutes ride or a twenty min
lutes' walk brings nj to Wanamaker's
interesting store. The book depart
ment is wonderful. 1t would seem that
any n might own books for they ave
So cheap. You can buy some of the
latest novels for so cents and the pub
fishers price is $1.50. The basement,
where things are sold cheaper than on
the other floors, is very attractive. The
wares seem of as good quality, but
there are odd sizes, and things may De
a little shopworn or soiled.
A Beautiful Church.
Near Wanamaker's is Grace church,
a beautiful structure of white limo.
stone, and with the rectory adjoining,
with the lawn and shrubbery, it makes
a picture very grateful to the thou.
sands of passers by. The door is al
ways open and the hush of the aisles
after the turmoil of Broadway is like
the relief one feels on the plains when
the wind leases to blow for a few sec
onds.
Good singing and Poor ermon
The memorial windows are most
beautiful examples of stained glass.
One rainy Sunday morning went to
the service at Grace church. The boys
choir is most admirably trained and the
fine organ music was made even more
beautiful by the addition of a harp
The Episcopal service is always i'm
pit essive, but the sermon in this case
was very mediocre.
Wedding At the Church.
On the afternoon that l saw the Ital
ian funeral L, came by Grace churcl
Just as the wedding guests were depart
ing. Some swell wedding had occurre'
ord tho guests were most beautifully