Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-12
GREAT WHITE WAY.
TO Be GREAT
No LONGER
by Mayor Gaynor Order
ing the Lid on Is SorrowfuI
Blow to Lovers of GIittering|
Lights,


| Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journat1
New York, Aug. t0.-New York's
Great White Way, famous the world
over, may soon be Il thing of the past,
and as a result the f%requenters of the
Tenderloin, as the district is called,
find their cups overlooking with sor-
row instead Of with the usual bever-
age. Indeed the Great white WAY is
great no longer, for as the result OF
an edict which came like a thunder
clap from the City Han. there remain
| within its confines Caly two of its
many glittering restaurants which
may remain open after l o'clock in
the morning, Just what this means
| may not be realized by hose unfamil-
lar with the customs along Broadway.
or the habits of the Broadwayite, who
seldom appears before the electric
signs which nave given the thorough
fare its title begin to twinkle, or re-
tires before dawn, has begun to dim
their brilliance. Life along the
Great White Way does not really be-
gin until after the theaters are out
for it is then that the rush for tho
restaurants and cafes which cluster
about the street starts. Supper hard
~ begins before midnight, and in this
section where 1t is said more than
81, zoo, 900 is spent every night for
food and drink, may not begin until
2 o'clock or later. At any rate, the
feasting continues until dawn night
after night in the gilded lobster pail
aces. Now, however, with the two
exceptions, every one of these centers
of entertainment will nave to close at
l o'clock, since their all night licenses
have been withdrawn. one o'clock on
broadway is merely the beginning of
the evening and the restaurant own
ers and would-be diners alike are
filled with gloom. However, little
consideration has been shown them.
the two exceptions to the general rule
having been made in favor of night
workers. So apparently Broadway
will have to go to bed at o'clock
and the Great White Way will pass,
for iffthere are no people to sec them
the lights will no longer twinkle.
From a legal standpoint, babies
have an inalienable right to howl
which cannot be taken from them by
any process of the law. That in brief
is the substance of a decision just
handed down In Brooklyn as the re-
suit of a case which, so far as can
be discovered, is unique in court rec
ords. Even had it been decided that
an injunction might be issued to stop
a teething infant from crying, few
people, no matter how great their re-
spect for the law, would have taken
much stock in it's efficiency. But now.
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baby is within its rights, no matter
how loudly it cries, or when, there
can be no further room for doubt.
This peculiar decision came as the re-
suit of a difference of opinion be-
tween two neighbors. The defen-
dant was the father of a lusty boy
who just at present is cutting a full
set of teeth and is taking the only
means at his command to advertise
the fact, that is, by bowling nightly
and continually. The plaintiff in his
complaint alleged that the infant
roared so wonderfully as 10 make
sleep out of the question, and prayed
for an injunction preventing the
youngster from further roaring under
penalty of becoming in contempt of
court. The learned magistrate, Solo
mon like. however, declared hat there
was no statute making such a step
possible, and hat much as he sympa-
thized with the plaintiff, the tooth
cutting offender was entirely within
his rights. The court, however, in an
obiter dictum did suggest the pur-
chase of u barrel of soothing syrup.
Visitors to this city this fall as well
as homecoming residents alike viii
miss one of the famous landmarks of
the country. for long before Thanks !
giving day arrives the old Grand Cen
trail station. through which i'm its -four
decades of existence. many hundreds
Of millions of persons have passed,
Will have become but a memory. Al
ready the building is nearly half de-
molished, the well known domes
whose long familiar clocks have told
the time of day and night for nearly
half a century, having been the first
to go. Within two months it is eX-
pected that the whole Forty-second
street side will have disappeared. The
great waiting room which was con-
structed with such a large expendi-
ture of money less than ten years
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struck Il. For over forty years the
station has held the distinction Of be-
ing the only steam railroad terminal
in Manhattan, which with its passing
will enjoy the unique distinction of
being without means of steam travel
since all trains coming to the island
in the future will use electricity as
the motive power. The demand for
souvenirs Of the old station through
which 50 many distinguished guests
have arrived and departed has been
tremendous. Indeed. IL left pnhin-
dered il is probable hat the old struc-
ture would have been carried away
bit by Bit. thus saving the railroad
company the cost of removing 1t.
Far from frowning on the popular
pastime in his public parks, known
as s%pooning. Father Knickerbocker
seems anxious to encourage IL. ana
as "a result he has just made twenty
amendments 10 a new and hereto
fore unheard OF office. which for lack
OF a better name is called that or
municipal protector of park spoon
ers." Possibly Father knickerbockers
solicitude in this case is due 10 the
decreasing marriage rate as much as
Ia anything else. At any rate, IL has
been brought 20 his attention that
Would-bc billing and cooling couples