The sun., 1908-05-17

TELLS or TEE CHANGES EssTOWN'
IN. .JUsT THREE MONTHS.

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TELLS or TEE CHANGES ESsTOWN
nv ,JUsR THREE MONTHS.
just Ous cf the MgspltsI. He Meets Many
a, aarpriecs. Including his. Hats, Taxi-
cabs and the CrutchA Cane and wheel
Chair society TaiSipg an Dating.
New York changes its wayy, fasi:sis.
localities, music, slang, even ,its customs
In twelve weeks said tho man with . crutch
who had been discharged fron the hospital.
It's almost like nav .oity.' ~, ~
n @Whcn used to read shout thoss fellows
who had been IN prison and came back after
twenty years and who were scared, by the
improvements they. cav ] imagiped tho
tales were tribe overdrawn. but can
believe all that and more now. In fact.
three months nakes startling changes.
aAtheaGh rset 10 svidaatto any one who has
been5nbopt during tasestime!
Z, .swss Spsscs q yAhEaery slizaard--a
active cut 1i0eF lSsasal 1eaIs my first jaunt
IN IA amkGtahcss IA zES6 azure is a queer.
cuesed kind of iAjuty
You're perfectly well cxuept for the Leg
that hag bssn tsirned tsn5porarily into .
Corinthian column. with the K-ray beating
on II every now and fhan WHEN the surgeons
have nothing brutal to apqssse them. and
you usually develop q laxk4 appetite and a
MshY critical a0piniop oSastaIned nurses.
dOotess, dfuSl end hospit a8e.
IN n aAsSo nbvsl and stBresting, even
asnGSing fhsts syau quite 1bk6st that life 10
going On outside and progressing. You
road novels you never hAdi time to read
before; You try to understand anatomy;
you study ohaIacter or the lack Of 1t in the
nninistering angels In the blue and white
striped gowns. I,
.You rsad thesRspep snd the magazines
and feel thae you ara keeping in close touch
With everything. But @pE{pt and even
piotures do not tell the. tale truly. and the
hrst day got put itssfsS1sd to me that
everything was topsytqrSys
~Therc were certain familiar localities
that had been complstaly sMtped out through
whole blocks OF old h0tisas having been
:tern down. disclosing new yiews and vistas.
Wotknen wore building oily parks over
;5Id lpt$s and tYinel and seIls hays had been
corpplstsd and builts UP IN entrance ways
entjreTy lufamiliRF.
4 mot only had buildings been torn down.
but new oi,es had gone up as though by
magic on important corners. Hotels had
closed and new ones opened There were
new shops and new pedlers in the streets
with strange wares.
"Ths new pay as you enter cars we're
running on Madison avenues and some
transfer points had been aboished.i
~TaSicabs were in general use and the
civility Of the drivers was paralyzing. Han
SONS were scarce and the drivers Of them
looked worried and peaked. 4aa&
"In restaurants found that some OF the
old walters were dead and buried. Others
had 'opened restaurants OF theifoo and
new pfoprietors and head walters were
everywhsre. The music was altogether
unfamiliar and there were changes in the
bills of fare. especially as to prices. which
were much higher for certain things
"Plenty of new slang was going There
were queer little changes in the wearing
of mistachas and boards, also iif ths knot
ting Of neckties and their 1colofihgS Tbs
cut Of coats and trousers was different.
somehow 1.the spring things having come
out since took to the hay!
But the most amazing change was in the
womep's fashions on Fifth avenue. Furs
had been the thing when skidded, but now
il was gray and tan gowns with parasols
and shoes with white uppers. SUMS ~
AS for the hats they were the most
amazing ai1airs l had ever seen: ~ was
IKE puriesque sno" 10 watcn .ns sris
60 up the avenue with those broad orfmrned rf
pans taking up haif the pavement space
across ana the men aooging tnem;
There was 80 somethng aftiig dlferent @ IN the
halr arranEementa lsw u0hen e.,e,t iess puhs
and curls. mink u was, anp Jneh sfi1s pesioes
the nat mats tnere were .hose iiher over
turned dish pans.
The skirts he'd shortened TO ankle length
and fared out in funny way. showing
the .petticoats and silk stockings and
n,,n,n~ we're worn in the street. An the
pD $500 ..rr;h,, ,,.i. ana
women ,iooseu coli.py pa.e, a.u
dered what ePideHNo was aoo4s Hu'ii some
one told me that was the latest makeup
and bltishes were OUT or style. Ns
.Thara ware about. fifty-seyen varieties
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