Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-08-09

STRAY TOPICS FROM LAT.
NE 9lp NEW yoRK."


months In Manhattan is. as a rule.
quite as enthusiastic over Gotham as
summer resort as he is to proclaim.
i an ideal winter home. This is n. [
due either to the fact that there is
sc much in or near the city in the
form of amusement parks and cool
roof gardens, but rather because the
climate itself is as cool as at many
summer resort, and in addition there
is the comfort of the home surround
ings. II is to be remembered, how.
ever, that Manhattan is an island.
swept by cool sea breezes. and while
there are comparatively few SHADE
trees the tall buildings serve the same
purpose. During the recent hot spell
the people in the city found it quite
as comfortable, except in the over
crowded tenement districts, as did the
people who lived in the suburbs. AL.
though thousands of New Workers
hurry away from the city on the first
warm day in June and do not return
until September, still there are many
people who come to New York for
the summer months and take apart
ments vacated by those who do not
believe the city tolerable during July
and August. Among these are a
great many Southerners who find
New York an ideal spot in which to
spend their summer vacations.
In one of the old and historic sec
tons of New York, known as Green.
witch Village, there is place where
they check babies. They don't check
them in exactly the same manner as
they do umbrellas, but it is possible
for Wireless men and working moth.
ers to leave their little one here all
day and be sure of getting their own
child when they return for it at
night. To be sure the place is only
a day nursery, but it is run on the
plan of an up-to-date hospital and the
children get the very best of care.
The children are carefully fed accord
ing to formulas issued by the board
OF health. Everything in the way of
amusement Is provided for the little
tots, but they are made to take their
maps regularly, and of course have to
be bathed and fed on scheduled time
Ii is not an uncommon sight to see n
father taking his motherless children
to the nursery on his way to work
where he leaves them for the entire
day In addition to caring for the
children the mothers are instructed
IL the proper ways to car for their
little ones at home.
One of the places that the out-of
town sightseer inevitably visits is the
Aquarium, which is situated on tn
lower end of Manhattan Island. 1t is
visited by all classes and by all races.
1t is doubtful if any place attracts
such a mixture OF races as does the
Aquarium. 1t is the first place that
the immigrant visits, for it is free and
near the foreign hotels and boarding
Places. 1t is not uncommon to have
twenty thousand visitors there in
day. The building in which the
Aquarium is located is historically
interesting, too, because it was form
erly theater where Jenny Lind made
her first appearance.
New York is said to be rebuilt ev-
cry forty years. The ceaseless tearing
down and building up leave scarcely
street undisturbed. Probably in no
city in the world are great and mas
sive building or points of rare his
toric interest more readily sacrificed
The "house-wrecker' flourishes in
New York, for an army of men are
constantly employed to tear down
what another generation has built up
The storage yards of the oldest firms
of house-wreckers are veritable muse
ums. There may be seen still in the
debris sign boards and different speci- |
mems of architectural ornamentation |
that were familiar sights along Broad |
way fifty years ago. Historic relics |
by the ton, which recall very wildly |
the architectural glory of the old city, |
ere piled about on every hand. For |
example. one heap of marble, much |
discolored, contains all that is left |
of the famous Stewart mansion, once
the pride of the city. The iron bal
ccny, on which Washington once stood
to address the crowds in Bowling
Green Is to be found In the rubbish,
as are scores of other interesting rel
les.
The prosperous brokers in Wall
street take things very easily during
the summer months and make it pos
5ible for the man who really works
to wish that he had their job for a
vacation. If the variations in tn?
stock market are not too troublesome
he successful broker generally leaves
MS office early on Friday and departs
OF his country home for the week