The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15
A Week In Ns~ Yark.


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You know Win and ! a,irnsifsl thr
liudsan-inllnh celebration, We sia,nd
a uork and ! knoa ~ sas nnr 10 that
limo than semr people ia ~ 70 YEAR.
aud ! fcrl sur No WALKED hundrrd
miles doing II,
We left Boston saturday and ,lasrd
over Sunday In Albany, NrNi momlns
Nc tack ihr boai for New iork Thy the
way, every iinr NJ turned rtnnd ~
had 10 tip hrll-hoyl, That trip down
ll,r river Mas wonderful silh ! could
describe H. 1hrr are mountains on
bath sidc>. sanlr nraF and sismr so Tar
away that thry arr blue and hasl,
Along the hanks arr The beautiful
estates of thu Flch NrN Yorker We
passed sing-sing, lhsm an a few rrh
New Workers their also.
Grants tomb Is an impressive looking
monument standing "n knoll above
the river. Just opposite his mansolrum.
on the river. the first IL the visiting
warships was anchored, 1hen sas a
string Of them down the river. A. Nc
passed the German ships they wer usi
blowing the colors and one otter another
the ships took up the refrain and pulled
down their fiags. wins cousin, Fred,
mel ~ al the wharf and Nc made his
homo our headquarters.
Tuesday morning We went into New
york 10 the Batter 10 sc the flight Of
the airship. Something was the trouble
and II did not fly. 10 We wen, 10 Bedloc' ;
Island 10 the Statue of Liberty, !
walked mp into II and II was quite an
undertaking. There Is an elevator but
|, was no, running. would have given
a good deal Ia have been on the ground
several times before ] reached the top.
On a landing. about two-thirds Of the
way up. stood soldier selling souvenirs.
I asked him how high II was and he
told me 1922 feet and had S9s steps TO
the top. Then ! said ] wouldn't go any
farther and he remarked that he had
wooden stockings TO sell-to people who
got cold feet Well, finished the trip
up and II was worth IL. The sun was
setting and reflected on the water and
ships far below.
About halfway down stepped out
on balcony and looked down at VIII.
a tiny speck below. While ! was there
they fired the sunset gun and pulled down
the flag. You see ! am always in at
the finish.
Wednesday, Will went TO the Aquarium
and as I had seen that, ] went shopping.
We dined at Sherry's, then saw fine
performance and arrived home at l.3O
am.
Thursday We went to New York early
and went first TO Brooklyn on the ferry.
II takes about Is minutes and we go
right through all the shipping in the
harbor. We encountered some eaSt-side
slang in Brooklyn and il is really funnier
than they write IT, We walked across
Central Park TO see the procession. IL
was composed of the men from the
warshps. The militia Of the several
states represented wore uniforms OF diff
fercnt colors. New Works was red, ours
was blue One of the ladies with US
made funny mistake. She asked as
the marine corps passed, us that the
New York marine corpse:" Her hus-
band laughed and asked. "Do you think
YOU are in the morgue|
When we tired of the parade we took q
car to the Bronx and the Zoo. II is a
wonderful place, but we had only an
hour to see it and you could spend a
whole day and not see it all When
we got back to New York we asked q
policeman to direct us to Little
Hungary" That is restaurant IN the
Hungarian district. Will asked him II
il was fit place to 90 and he said; do
Won want to see life? Then GO" We
did see certain kind of life. never
was in such a place before. Beautifully,
dressed women and men eating and
drinking--especially drinking. Lovely
music and soft lights and whenever the
orchestra played everyone sang. In fact
# was a little too Bohemian for me and
we left as soon as we had eaten.
Friday we drove to the Palisades to
watch the river parade. We stood ooo
feet above the river and looked down
at the boats passing below. We saw
Pearv's boat, the "Roosevelt," and as
the others passed it they saluted by
whistling. NJ
In the evening we went to the Eden
Musee. That is a wonderful place TOO
wax figures so life-like that you woulo
think them alive Some are SO arranged
that tbey breathe. 1t gives one creep!
feeling to see them really moving. There
are life-sized figures of all the great men
living or dead Fred was looking al
one of the heroes beside whom was
ouard. fast asleep and snoring. FREQ
turned to me and said: "Look at this
will voup He will lose his job all right
And then we both awoke to the fact thai
If was wax. Then we went downstairs tt
The chamber of horrors-and it was al
that name implies. The first thing a.
the foot of the stairs is scene IRON
the Spanish Inquisition. They are put
fling on the thumbscrews and pouring
molten lead into their shoes ana al
those pleasant little tricks. While wa
with the crowd l stood it pretty well 10,
I knew they were only wax. but once
stood alone by scene called the Dying
Huntsman" 1t was game warden, wht
had been shot by poacher. he wa
living on his back and the poacher wa
Stealing down the hill to finish HIM
That was all right as long as he did mo-
move. Int as / looked the head lifted
the ewes opened and glared ana I'M
chest heaved long sigh and the poacnel
crept stealthily forward. jumped ane
gasped and looked for something else
The next thing was widow OF lndi'
being burned alive on her husband
funeral pyre. And just as | looked tn
head began to roll around. ! ran tow na'
the folks exclaiming, II don't see nov
YOU can stay in this horrid place A