The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03
DRENNEN COMPANY

vendors and putting their purchases of fruit vegetables cheese and bread all in one capacious pocket. Next went through to Chinatown, got supper in queer
 Chink' restaurant for 25 cents-chop suey, rice and all the tea I wanted. After sup per went up into the Joss House on Bell street and bought a nickers worth of Joss sticks from the priest; poked around the shops in Mott and Doyers street. and about o'clock took in the Chinese the atre for quarter. Stayed until after Il, returning to the hotel at midnight.
 "Wednesday, breakfast 15 cents, with 2-cent orange afterward. Walked over to Fifth avenue and took automobile stage up Fifth avenue past the fashionable hotels and the homes of the rich to Metropolitan Museum of Art. Studied col lections and pictures until I got hungry then left the park and went ove to saloon on Second avenue and repeated free lunch stunt, with lots of corned beef and cheese and broken crackers. Walked back to the park, taking In the driving and the Zoo, and came out at Columbus Circle. Went into the Westside Y. M. c. A, on Fifty-seventh street, wrote some letters and got swim in the pool on the strength of my college membership Dropped into an Owl Wagon, had dinner a la cart for 20 cents. In the evening put on glad rags and strolled over to some of the big hotels, wrote letters on their free engraved stationery and then sat in the lobby watching the fashionables and hearing the music of one of the best Hungarian bands in America.
 Thursday, breakfast as usual. Went over to see the excavation and building of the new railroad depot, titanic sort or job; roamed back to Broadway had my shoes shined free in a New York hro mol chn Ctrr bacco at broadway tobacconists; then roamed into some of the big department stores. Got enough free samples of food to serve as lunch. Then went west and saw the big steamers and studied the waterfront; got lost in Greenwich village where l was interested in old doorways and knockers.
 Had dinner in queer Italian place, where they won't let you in through a funny little wicket unless they know you. Had a good dinner and very fair claret for 35 cents. Place perfectly re- spectable. Everybody talked to every body else. There was a bunch of liter ary people and artists, and most of them were bully takers Rode back to the hotel and turned in early.
 Friday. After breakfast, rode to ferry and visited Ranadall's Island, then saw the morgue and one of the hospitals. Free lunch as usual. Watched them build 4O- story skyscraper for awhile, and later walked down to the municipal ferry and for cents had fine sail down the har- Dor to Staten Island and back. Man of fered me trip a canal boat up the Hudson and through the canal.
 Met newspaper man I knew, who handed out two press tickets for a show that was papering' for record New York run. Decided to blow myself to the company of a young woman friend, who was stopping at one of the big hotels Had dinner at my hotel for 20 cents, and after getting into glad rags called for the young woman and invited her to the theatre. The hotel she was staying at was in the heart of the theatrical district and within half a mile of the theatre to which l had tickets Hence, I called a green taxameter cab, and for the munifi- cent sum of 30 cents--the fare is only 30 cents for the first half mile-took my friend in style to the performance. Was equally extravagant on the return trip.
 saturday. Varied my breakfast menu at vegetarian restaurant on Sixth ave- nue, where had all the fruit and cereals l could eat, together with glass of ex- cellent milk, for 20 cents. After break fast visited the Metropolitan opera house and secured the position of supe at the evening performance.
 From there walked down Broadway to one of the big hotels, where I secured an excellent lunch, consisting of salad, cold chicken, bread and butter, on the purchase of 5-cent glass of beer. Walked up Fifth avenue in the afternoon and enjoyed several excellent bric-a-brac ex- hibits at art stores where private col lections were being auctioned. Had 20- cent dinner at my hotel and then ad- journed to the opera house, where I was enabled to enjoy all the delights of Car men, without cost in my capacity of merry Spanish villager. From opera house went direct to Grand Central sta tion, catching the midnight train back to college.'
 EXPENSES FOR WEEK.
 Room rent :. ......S.50
 MeaiS ..... ...........s z.oz
 Cdr Idre 40