The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

In IiOn when the first census vas taHen.
ths people " this country numbered less
than Oo0 on at the taking OF the sixth
osnaus Ia lstO the population had grown
% more than i5.Bo.OOo. Our frontier by
iseO had been pushed across the Missls-
aippi Valley to the western borders 81
Arkansas and Missouri and we'll into Iowa
aud Wisconsin. Ten million peoPle dwelt
90 the Atlantic slope. S.OIO,OO IN the Mis-
saanippi valley and l.OD.nD IA the Guit
alop- New York. had surpassed Ph'la-
dsiphis and was our greatest city. IL had
more then 9OO.Go inhabitants II was the
Rrust centre On this continent ~ trade.
commerce. finance and wealth.
Broadway was a street to 49,. Arch
tec,uraIIy IL WA doubtless b.w,ldering.
lt-was poorly paved it, gas lamps were
not powerfully luminous. The I.onhSIr'iy
poplnrs bordering it, sidewalks mad h"ur-
tahed once upon a time hat they we're
nov hnRuishinS Il was, however.
Remarkably animated and balliam street
II wac the great promenade nj the coun-
try the great thoToughlare. the cent ~ 1T
trads and fashion IT, hundred uInn-
hsIses b.Uildcred Charles Dickens ami de-
hRhted him Particular and difficult man
that he was be still lov-d the omnibua~-
and the sherry cobrlers furnished ia this
community The NOISE If broadway
heard through the. closed top windows of
she Aslor House was like the r,sir ~ the
aea From curb tn curb the crowded
tram writhed and piung-d. No wonder
the grinding and the Hag~ilatiIn wore oui
the paving stones Many were the items
inr the brilliant and Kaleidoscope spec
tacle Little l'sr~toot girls swept the
crossings Ragged boy- sold matches
and cried the penny newspapers Young
dandies Wor" cloak- and Byron collar.
Dscksns wrote. perhaps ~ enthusiastic
appreciation. though "" are not 1uIte
sure 81 IL. Heaven save tho ladies, how
they dress We have seem more ""lors in
ehsne ten ninuIe- han ~ should have
seen elsewhere IN A. MANY days What
various parasnts what rainlsow silks and
antins what pinching ~ thin shu-a. and
Suffering Of ribbons and sir ta,-.'l~. and
display - rich closk- with gsUdy hoods
md hnings'-
4 nthsr travellers agreed with Dick sns
sipe oppressed astonish ui~nt al seeing
ehs sslsts ~ the adde's pinched almost
% uothIng and declared that any line
day you ,-,'i'd $50 enough velvet AZ four
dollar ward t. cover Broadway from
one end t. the other Y. Willis. the
poet described day on Broadway.
NJ ~ the morning. he wrote all the
cbsrks aud worki-. had passed down
fpwu ~ the sidewalk was crowded
With haaks'- and spectators hound for
We'll Street with odd merchants and unIor
partOe-s IN their Nay - Pear and v alter
efrests and with lawyers headed for
Nassau aud Pine streets Enter NlbIos
- 81 l.
sou would { nj lew ther" Step out into
Broadway again. you would meet tor
eign@rs coming Qua ~ restaurants after
= late breakfast. country people shop
ring. closely v-,led women hurrying 70
che dressrnASsr- ~rrand boys. newsbovs.
ard ~ Moon mechanics going home %
dipper " broadway wO'Ilt begin ~
brighten. The ,is -tr-ets Wnuld pour
out Their streams 81 -ilk and velvet flowers
and feather ladies. dandiiss. shoppers
and loung@rs ~ every description side
walks ana -hNpa would be crowded for
ap hour. hen the tide would turn and
Get upward 'or ? Ciock va dinner
awe.
Fashion ami uXuTy were running
x4ot IN thusr ,lays That was surely the.
case, for thera wer" uoW a Ladies' Oyster
Ebop. i-Idi~-' l;rsding Room and a
Ladies Bowling Alley With luxurious car
pees sni ottomAn- and DRESSING room
and girls =" -s' zap the DIns In NJ other
civ IN The world. = traveller declared
we've there - - -seH many sEp-nsivsly
df~ssed wun"D. gorgeous IN bright col
Ored SILKS sstins ard errnIne hned cIoaks
rcstIv furs ostrich feathers and pink and
blue rohan bnnn~'s The ro~n wore
cloaks 18th fur ~ v''fv~t c"llar~ and rich
xsessls says an"iher traveller. Every
body IN New Nork spruce in dress The
s,artrnen are we'll dressed The boys selling
matches are clean M heRRsrs. no drunken
women. No dir'y children are met with m
ehe chief @ire~'s The shops lining lower
Broadpav 'ontaIn~d artWl"- - Use and
Injury gafher-h from every part ~ the
-~orid In front 81 the -hop.. ~, IN the
sidewalk ~ Fas not uncommon tn -e-
marble slabs IN which were cui the nanss
nf the shopkr~T~rr stout wooden posts
Joined al tho top by har -tood before the
mhop- ~ 'hn curb and on th~-s. Ner~ dis
MAYED adv ert i-sm~ntH m bright coIoru
10 the Rowery the people were not 80 Rayly
dressed and the shops were not 80 fina
The shop piRnr there were suspended on
poles that protruded from the upper win
dc~s Carriages were seldom seen IN the
plenty
IN Istc The movement 81 wealth and
fashion away from the lower part Of the
city hsd only just begun Park place and
Murray street Chambers. Warren Frank
I'm and hIts streets and Broadway itself
~ers stall iuhahiied by the rich and fash
ScBahls Rowling Green and "a Johns
Psrs. ~ H'Id~nn Square. were still faced
ny thsr~ lin" great doubls houses with
tbeiT r,'hlv Nru'Ight iron fsnoes and
B,e~sl I-H~ts and hand rails up the steps
But hur'n"-- sa- ex"rtinK III pressure and
tbrrs V"r" by p"W many fine hOuHs-z IN
Isafay~'t" place. Naverl"y place Wash
inRt"'i ~.iuar" and lower FHth avenue
The U"upI- u-s-l IN" BATTERY AMI held their
ma@s meetings 20 che city Hall Park. For
nm outing they went ~ Vsuxhan Garden
az s~r'r- tr- Hudson To- the Elyuan Fielris.
WHORE they f--b''ld a hand "f PanoI,-cot