The sun., 1908-07-15
ride.' Afew sentences from the Colonel's
notA hook.


note book:
Some Of the greatest stores In New York have
no name upon them. and this singular TO peo
Pile In this part of the world There are statues too
In some Of the parks which have no name shown
anywhere, and parks arc also nameiess. In New
York you will be thought TO be Jay II you ask
many questions and the answerer generally gives
plying smile. The people there have no regard
for 'tenderfoot.' The great height of the build
ings Is such that q North Carolinian declares tho
only really proper way TO see them is to lie on the
back and look at the top. They call the people
who live In these tunnels OF streets the cliff dwell
ers,' and Il 10 good title The ignorance OF the
people about their city Is certainly remarkable
and there 10 not uthe OF the pride in New York
which Frenchman has for his Paris. For him
Paris Is the heart the very essence OF France, but
New York is not such to the New Yorker"
To omit names from some Of the near
art statuary that enlivens New York is
kindness to the subjects it is alleged to
honor. Colonel OLDs is at odds with
those critics who love to picture the
New Yorker as one who thinks the United
States is bounded by the Hudson on
the west, Bronx Park on the north, and
the East River on the east. Yet many
do not know their way about, much less
how to direct stranger:
Tho Raleigh man asked an elderly man on
Broadway near Wall street. near the heart of the
banking section. where the Sub Treasury was. Tho
New Yorker replied that though no had lived In
that particular part of tho city many years he could
p0f ttroot ,t~t.
the street somewhere No name was found upon
the building. Too often IL is tho case that II one
inquiries what particular place such and such ls
&C. he will be given such O look as the captain Of
the giant cunarder Lusitans gave the Raleigh
man who In mldocean asked the captain II there
was any danger OF striking q stump. The captain
gave him blasting glance and then asked where
In the hell he came from"
There are some things about the town
that received Colonel OLDs's approval:
One thing noticeable in New York Is tina, there
is no splitting on the noors In cars. Tho ine for
this is $500 Now. a Raleigh man In all bis travels
about the city never saw this ordinance violated.
Raleigh. like perhaps other towns In North Caro-
lima, has such ordinance, but II is violated by not
a few. and though this is publicly done daily shore
has never been an arrest for IT, This goes 70 prove
that 1t is not lack of laws which causes trouble but
lack OF enforcement
The Raleigh man did not see a drunken man
in New York or In Washington. plentiful as bar
rooms are everywhere In that part OF the world,
where prohibition has not as yet struck In"
And one other thing got his attention,
and was put in the record in this form:
He was impressed by the fact that the people
were in good humor everywhere. though so many
of them are unemployed. He found that the per-
centage of unemployed Is much larger than It is
in the South and that living, at all times hard for
many persons there. has been remarkably 80 since
last November"
Hard it has been for thousands, and
the firmness, good humor and optimism
with which they have borne themselves
have been worthy of the highest praise.
They have not lacked opportunity or
invitation to whimper, wall and threaten.
That they have kept their pluck up, done
the best they could and retained their
faith shows the stuff that is in them, and
Colonel OLDs, we feel sure, will agree
with us that it is good American stuff
after ALL