The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
FAST SIDE SIGHTSEEING.
,srX,sRIBBERNECK WAGON HITS
FIFTH AVENUE.
49,, All the Truly Great Could Go and Those
VINO Did We're Not OvercOme-NO
Megaphone Man Along, SO Each FIX.
nlalned the Sights TO His Neighbor.

uben 4 Asen stepped out Of Win'ewski's
.,rhar shop down by the Williamsburg
800 sharp at 1 P. NJ. yesterday and
~ a large pair of gauntlets over his
s.rds the shivering thousands Of the East
sde set up d chatter cheer.
. The East side Rubberneok wagon, bound
~ summing tour to see how the other
III i've. on Fifth venue, was starting
~ ~ ia M. den trip. Gustaf Asen, son Of
~ .o hrilder Of the East Side Rubberneck
-,eon was letting down a flight Of red
'.1s 10 which he herded those who had
"a Is cents for the ride. Not always
rrn the price be IS cents. Next week,
.,er the wagon gets popular, the price
.dI he 50 cents, and so on, Mr.. Asen hopes,
% the line.
and few OF the w~hosewhosers Of the East
sda RESPONDED to Mr.. Asen's call TO make
mi. an event. Herr Isador Mandelbaum
lad q new woe. On Friday night some
niscreant reached through the back window
~ his lace and stole all the kosher free
luncb. On top Of that loss he could i'll
sFord a daY away from business. Rosey
The lawyer had a case, and Abe Cohen a
clbomeT.
00 the front seat we're Mr.. Asen, Gustaf
Isen and Master Asen. On the second
ssat were five reporters, m Yiddish and
t,ar plain. On the next seat was Mr..
sijlowskl. lately arrived from Russia, and
nadly plunSing half a rouble to know New
York. with him rode his cousin, Sigis-
nund Bluhm. Mrs. Bluhm, her sister and
he Youngest Bluhm, 8 months old and
hungry. TIe Bluhms we-s there to show
him the town. Mr.. Sid owski carried,
against famine on the deserts Of Central
Park. a bag of kosher bologna and rye
bread. Behind them rode Morris Gold
baum and his girl, Sophie Myer. They were
matched by a sehatchen last week and
Norris bought her a seat on the Rubberneck
wagon to see how he liked her. Five boys
lust from Austria sat on the back seat, and
l., friend sat before and explained things.
We vii. not have a man with a mega
Phone, " announced Mr.. Asen. The East
Side people knows about Fifth avenue.
II one does not, his friend will be polite and
explanation. If anybody asks any ques-
tons, they will ask them of me. Gustaf,
wind the crank
The .Asen family, dressed in a row Of
reat leather caps, mounted the front seat,
and M, Asen turned the crank. The
Delaney street bridge entrance rained
shieking kids. Moses Mandelbaum, in a
faded fur coat which years and years ago
adorned one of the pampered pets of Fifth
avenue, was scraped off the front wheel
BY a cop. and the Asen automobile limited,
bull by native labor on the East Side, was
o. on It's summing tour. At a steady
pace OF five miles an hour it bowled along
Norfolk street TO East Houston, cheered
ct every corner until Gustav had to hold the
steering wheel while father doffed his hat.
A. the chariot turned into East Houston
Rosie Sinsheimer, 9 years old, who was
m the fourth seat. began to show signs of
uneasiness. At Third venue the voice of
Mrs Sins einer was heard 70 cry:
Mr.. Asen, stop the wagon! Rosie has a
sickness
Gustav rushed up and helped her down.
The sports oil the rich had been too much
for Rosie. She was left at the corner.
The va gon, with only 81 aboard now, passed
% up the avenue and turned at last into
Fourteenth street and broadway. The
Bluhm baby awoke at that point and wept
cloud.
Yet the Asen wagon attracted little at
tention until il reached the Flatiron; There
The EMPLOYEES Of an American ~rubberneck
wagon which charges 81 a throw greeted
il with jeers. Mr.. Asen but gripped his
wheel the harder and set his course toward
the Holland House.
See. Sophie" said Morris Goldbaum,
Who had hitherto paid more attention to her
than to the scenery, see, that is the Hol-
lander House
Small attention Sophie paid to the Hol-
Isnd House, She was regarding the spring
toilettes on the street.
Those top off hats with flowers are
awful stylish" said she,
That is Murray Hill UP, there" said
Morris quickly, p%erceiving that they we're
on dangerous ground.
'Uh-hNh," said Sophie. 4 like those
long up gloves"
That Is the Waldorf-Astora," pursued
Morris, clutching at straws.
Mrs Bluhm said to Mr.. Sidlowski:
That Is Tlfany's, where they keep dia-
nonds Many diamonds. Rachel when
young man
Meantime. the automobile was making
fs five miles an hour, leaving behind it a
ssnt Of g~asolene and kosher bologna.
Fifth. avenue. to Mr.. Asen's disappoint-
Enent, was taking only a mild interest.
flth avenue has not yet learned to dis
OHI!!!dle. now ana tDeu d pedestrian
Eni!ed, or a cabman without a fare cracked
his whip and said;
Rubber
Nr. Asen stopped the chariot dramati-
eaLy al the corner of Fifty-fourth street
and passed the word back:
J There lives John D. Rockefeller
/ Who is Rockefeller asked Mr.. Sidlow-
The idea Of you not to know" said Mrs.
Smhm. He Is a trust. l saw him init
me papers. Sometimes he is big and fat
ana mas such a chain on his vest and some
times he Is tall"
Trusts have a lot OF money" said Mr..
quinn. Trusts are awful bad unless you
are one"
Those short tie shoes with big laces
are awful stylish" said Sophie, during the
pause which followed.
That nigh place is the Hotel Neither
and said Morris with the speed of des-
Pratlon And the East Side Rubberneck
Saeon proceeded.
AZ this point. Mr.. Sidlowski remembered
hF every one on board; so the expedition
q bologna and craned necks as it passed
Se Netherland, turned back, and rounded
2 ITO Central Park. Sidlowski became ex-
Sted on beholding a mounted policeman,
Nt BGhn quieted him by the assurance
Sat policemen in America are just for
The wagon returned by way Of Eighth
venue and Houston street, and drew up
alore the barber shop at l27 Delaney
Neet, waile the sandwich men drummed
W another load.
America is high up. observed Sidlowski.
Those tucked up red dresses tight in
yge back we're the stylishest things ] saw.
tnank YOU so much" said Sophie as Morris