Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
Special Correspondence of The Herald.
NrIrnM XnRK I,1lv .

NEW YORK, July 22.
ev-, HIS city will soon be one of the most
popular summer resorts in the United
States Since innumerable resorts
within radius Of fifty miles from
Manhattan have been established Greater New
York has been the Mecca for thousands Of
visitors during the summer months, and this
year promises to be unprecedented In the num-
Der os pleasure seekers that will enter its
gates.
or course, in midsummer New York proper
is only the lodging place for the tourist. He
engages a room in a hotel or an apartment
kcuse, dimes where he pleases and goes and
Genes at WILL finding some new watering
place OF interest each day and returning at
night in time to miss Br'er Mosquito.
Within half hours ride from the Brooklyn
bridge there are many summer resorts that
are popular with tourists such as Coney Is
land, Manhattan beach, Sea Gate, Brighton,
the Rockaways, Long Beach and many other
places. The resorts can be reached by ran or
boat, and the excursions are delightful and in
expensive.
A trip to Coney island is perhaps one Of the
most delightful and popular sails with New
Workers. this summer. 1t costs only 40 cents
the round trip, and the trim boats pass many
! oints of interest, including Fort Hamilton
Fort Wadsworth, the statue Of liberty, Cover
ncrs 8 island, Barren island and Ellis island
where 1000 immigrants land every day
The short trip is perhaps the most Instructive
to be had in the country. The boats pass
every type of craft from a skiff to the largest
ocean liner. There are to be seen hundreds OF
tugs, excursion boats, smart yachts owned Dy
j. p. Morgan and other notaDleSi tramp slhps
filled with every conceivable class of mer-
chandise and live stock, West Indian schooners
laden with fruits and flowers, and government
cutters on the constant lookout for pirates ana
smugglers
Many persons come to New York on their
vacation because they have an opportunity to
go to different resort every day, or. Tor INA, 1nai
matter, they visit half dozen full hedged
watering places every day where there is eA-
cellent bathing, fishing and plenty Of amuse-
n,ent Country folk are becoming partial TO
Vnrl a INN
many of them will spend a goodly part OIL
their vacation here this season.
Hiqh Prices for Pittsburgers
New Yorbers work the double cross on Pitts
burgers.
thereafter" said an east end woman today.
| whenever I want to make my presents
| shall buy them at home"
''Why?" asked her companion.
Last Thursday" said the matron,sI went
| to Blanks (rnentioning a large china and cut
glass store) and selected cut glass vase. ,, dor
which 1 paid $25. friend admired 1t very
much when 1t arrived at my hotel and decided
| that she, too, would like one. Friday we went
to the same shop and to my my sTFPe,se Wben asked Sa
| the clerk how often they changed the prices OF
| their goods he politely informed me that MS
firm never marked down goods, Mhy sss ~ Is .his ~,
| them L said, that 1 was charged S25 FOR TINS
vase yesterday (pointing to one on the tapiel
and now it is marked $15T oh, said the
clerk in half 'apoogetical way you must
have selected yours from the Flttspure
| table" And that is the reason snail puy at
| hcme Any house which has two prices, one
for natives and another for Pittsburgers, can
| not have my trade.
| Women as Tip Givers
Critical are the women who daily SIT upon
| stools at luncheon rooms downtown Iney
know what they want, demand IL t ana ,,yoe give
| no tips But women who are dependent upon
| restaurants for their daily bread hnd their
chairs uncomfortable unless they recognize
| that the walters palm is open
''They have beeen more lavish In tnat respect
| recently" said the manager OF a large uptown
| restaurant Indeed, many of the women VINO
| eat here are much bigger uppers than men,
and are much more gracious about it. One
| hears the ethics of this widespread habit dis
| cussed by women. at tables, but Whatever
| views they hold they generally seem afraid the
walters will spill things on their frocks or
serve bad food IL they don't show liberal
spirit They might well expect the leopard
to change his spots as @ water 10 Soas ~
Bear Waist Attracts
\ Gathered about. laundry window in upper
Broadway yesterday afternoon was crowd
much like the tnrong sees coming from a
theater after matinee performance by hand
some young masculine star. The women
were looking at lingerie gowns and waists
| that had just been washed and hung IN tne
window, but the real attraction was shirt
waist of white lawn with rows OF Teddy pears
embroidered down the front
OF course, every woman who saw IL oeter-
mined 10 have one, even though the idea might
| bring sadness to the dressmakers ordered TO
carry it out. AS for the children. dresses en-
broidered with little brown and White pears
| surely would strike the juvenile taste and be
| considered much lovelier than frock embroid-
| cred with rosebuds. The child who wouldn't
feel "chesty'' in wearing bear dress ISM
normal.
Couldn't "soakb This Yankee
Deliver me from buying anything in Paris
said young woman to a number of friends
who had come to the dock YESTERDAY 70 we
| come her home from abroad. The above re-
| mark was brought out when one OF the party
| asked If she had bought many articles while
| in the City of Light .s,
| ,Pnris has two prices-one for Parisians and