Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-02
NEW YORK NEWS ITEMS
Doings Gathered In and About
Busy Gotham and Its Vicinity
snaoial correspondence Of The Herald.

special Correspondence of The Herald.
yEW YORK. May, 19.-Several
M schooner houses, "Chuck Con-
nors," the tout in his red flannel
"shoit,' and a hundred or so of Chlnese
arc all that remains of the famous OLD
Rowerv No thoroughfare of Mannat-
tan has undergone as many radical
ohanges as that famous street. where
decade ago crime fourished and the
cheap groggery and dime museum hein
full sway The Bowery of TO-DAY Is
almost a high class commerclal tnor
oughfare and most of it's sink holes OIL
vice have been wiped out and replaced
by cloud ticklers, large banks, factories
| and stores OF course, here and there
| can he seen an old landmark which re-
calls bygone days to the new YORKER
For instance Steve Brodie's old saloon
| a little, rickety, two-story brick aIalr,
still stands and bears the name OF the
bridge jumper. Then there's the little
gin mill which for three decades mas
| had the distinction of giving the largest
glass of beer in New York for cents
The American Garden in the middle OF
! the Bowery, with it's variety" stage
and it's auditorium filled with men
! and women slipping beer, remains
unchanged, while the three balls before
a dozen or more pawnshops, which were
once gilded, but are now black from
age, still proclaim that your uncle Is
yet at the old stand. The Bowery began
| to lose caste when Manhattan began to
spread. Respectable residents moved
away and it's reputation for notoriety
was soon to become widespread. 1t was
| known all over the country for it's tough
Bowery "bhoys." as they were called.
Twenty years ago what were then
| known as "dime museums" held sway,
with one floor devoted to curiositieS and
a vaudeville performance on the floor
below. With the passing of the mu-
seums the onward march of invention
brought new show to the Bowery-
the Electric Penny Arcade There
are dozens of them, the admission is
free, but penny Is dropped in the slot
of a moving picture machine If one de-
sires to participate in the "enjoyments.
The inharmonions strains of the self
playing banjo or piano CRATE on the
nerves as one enters the arcade. To the
right sit oriental fortune tellers; in the
rear a shooting gallery and a knife
throwing stand are doing brisk bust
ness, and just beyond Is barker"
calling attention to the museum of
freaks that can be seen for a nickel"
When the downtown factories and other
business places close the intersecting
streets pour out their thousands, whose
homes are on the east side and who are
compelled to cross the Bowery to reach
them. From this class of people the
Bowery shopkeepers secure most of
their trade, excepting, perhaps, the
many Jack Tars who, when ashore,
patronize them.
Monkeys the Fad of the Hour
Teddy bears and Pomeranian dogs
have dropped out of milady's favor and
the monkey now perches himself on her
shoulder. The sinian has gained such
favor as a feminine pet in town that
the supply is not equal to the demand.
out of ermine muffs, carried by smart
ly gowned women along Fifth avenue
and Broadway, hideous, grinning, lit
tie, whiskered faces peep at you From
the furs and laces about the shoulders
of women driving in the parks pro-
trude little bald heads with whiskered
chins. The monkey fad to those who
/ do not like the animals seems more
Objectionable than any other fad. The
chameleon fad, the horse fad the bull
dog fad, the automobile fad, are more
excusable to such people. To be able
to talk monkey (many owners of
simians act it all right, just as people
once talked horse or dog, is a mark of
being up to date. To be able to take up
a strange monkey, look him over and
then calmly put him down and tell
how old he is, where he came from and
bring out his monkeyshines is a part
of ones social education.
Flirting in the Shadows
When you come here will you know
where to find the clandestine tea
room? The lovers tea room is the
| dfmmest and most inconspicuous nook
in town, although it is in one of the
luxuriously appointed and centrally
located hotels. The only lights in the
room are furnished by single candle
power electric lamps on the tables, and
even these are subdued by almost
opaque shades. A fountain spIashes
into marble basin at one side of the
room and all around the room are low
chairs and cushioned corners, fragrant
flowers and green plants. Silent-footed
walters come and go and one can see
pretty hands and flashing rings as the
women at the different tables pour tea
or help themselves to cake. And al
ways there is the deep hum of mascu-
line voices. But no one can see the
face of any one in the room except the
one who is sitting at the same table
with one. Was this dim, shadowy place
thus designed on purpose for flirta-
tions? The answer, like everything
else here, is enveloped in shadow and
mystery.
New Bait for Shoppers
What is this new rinktum of the
merchants?" said a woman shopper in
one of the Broadway shops, as she
pointed to placard over some pretty
white stocks. The placard read:
These goods not advertised" Are
they bargains?" continued the woman.
And If they are bargains why should
not they be advertised? At any rate,
If they're not advertised they haven't
been paved over by a mob of bargain
Look, there's similar sign over these
Look, there's similar sign owe rthese
embroidered handkerchiefs What does
1T mean?" And she waited for an an
swer from patient clerk. Just then
a fioor-walker acquaintance of the wo-
man came along and he explained:
Its just for such women who are not
attracted by an advertisement of
bargain, for they think it means Jam
of shoppers and mussed goods. Now,
you wouldn't think of going to a coun-
ter that had placard Bargains as ad-
vertised,' but when you see this sort of
a placard you are attracted at once.
You've brought some stocks, see, and
you intend to buy some of those hand