Arizona republican., 1909-06-13
.ocIal separation which is now going

social separation which is now going on. The coming of the summer season only serves to emphasize the fact that
 New York is rapidly becoming Ameri- cas first aerial city. It is not alone because of roof gardens, roof theatres and the like. that this approach is made clear, but in many other fields as well, and it is daily becoming more apparent that with the achievement of practical means of air travel thou
 sands of persons in this city will sell
 dom set foot on earth from one years end to the other
 Already indeed the new air life is large part of every walg from the child who finds his playground on the roof of some lofty building to the aged capitalist who builds a solarium atop his residence in order to secure fresh air and sunshine. For one thing it is evident to those who have studied the subject that unless the younger generation is permitted to play in the air New York will shortly evolve the playless boy. There is no room left on the surface for his pastimes and consequently he is already going above it. Baseball. marbles. top spinning and all the other sports of youth are already being indulged in by thou sands of children hundreds of feet up in the air in the aerial playSrounds established on the roof of the city's lofty buildings Play in the streets long ago became simply an invitation to death from automobiles, street cars and other forms of traffic. So serious had this matter become that before the aerial solution was achieved it was seriously proposed to close up certain crosstown streets during certain hours of the day to provide a playground for children as last defense against the playless yOungster-or rather the dull, and in this case, the sickly boy. But by taking the children off the earth the matter has received a happy solu
 ton. Of course that is only one man. ner which indicates the extent to which New York is getting away from terra firma
 It is. however. il the field for which it is most widely known-that is that of popular amusement and recreatiOn- that the indications of a city whose in habitants will seek their diversions in aerial regions is most clearly fore shadowedThe roof theatres. roof gar dens, and roof entertainments of all other kinds will it is estimated. have an attendance of at least 15,000,000 during the next four months. and an average height of more than 150 feet above the earth And it is only question of time when these patrons will have become air folk in every sense by coming from their up-in the air apartments to their up-in- the air entertainments in aeromobiles instead of earth craft. as is now the case.
 In other words the grown ups" of this city are in exactly the same boat as the youngsters. They are forced to look for their fun up in the air. As might be expected, the elders who pay for their play are at present better provided for in the line of aerial re-
 taxation than the children who do not pay. Indeed the world has never seen a city which offers so many and so . varied aerial attractions as New York. For those who wish to attend d , theatrical performance there are air shows which run the whole gamut frosn the strictly legitimate to the latest thing in vaudeville. including one
 roof theatre, which, in depicting an ! English country scene. has real gar