The sun., 1910-05-08

genarian who reaemblsd both the Ancient
Mariner and Walt Whitman. lstOpped he
rambling by asking: 4 suppose the Social
ials and neltlemeut workers have greatly
improved ths EAst Sldol'
he eat up and reared like an approach
ina earthduake. The chess players looked
az him. shrugged shoulders and again
tackled their problems. The Professor
deserted the PainteB and tptoed out 10
us. The Painter never budged.
Socialists What are thsyl They have
stirred up my people with empty words,
fine phrases. Oh. tho droamors Of tho
ghetto This idea q an earthly paradise
yon may trace back 10 the Pofaians. 10 the
Rabylonians. perhaps 20 the Sumerians.
We are always looking for the coming Of
him who will rescue us Weare the ideal-
istic leaven In whatever national bakery
We find ourselves You Americans are
smarter When the dollars arrive you are
satiafed; it Ia your heavon on earth;
bat FOR the poor. who know nothing. have
nothing. golden WQFdsall them with hope.
BETTER prisons than those alimy decsptions
u socialism. Yes. our girls marry rich
Goyein. rich gentiles let q woman alone
for finding a tub Of butter and then they
come down here, some TO live and wOrk
their tongue-and tell more lies to
dreamsrs. Achl II u awful And your
settlement workers. the white mice. We
oaA them. They mean well. but they are
generally misguided busybOdies. They
pry. pry. pry and ask insulting questions
Even n We are poor we are humans; We
have feelings too 10 a Jew ia pious they
give him a New Testament They bore
or frighten our wives. though they do a
lot Of good. helping the hungry poor
Yet children go 10 school hungry. Don't
believe altogether in those sights Of big
new tenements. Fairgrounds. public
schools; there 10 a lot of misery on your
renovated East Side that your philan-
thropisis never reach, that those funny
sociological students never see
rHE HAIA oF 0ENTUs
rose
Break away said the Painter 4
caught the Old prophci in my notebook
while he was r''sinS. Lets get out Of
hsre'
bads farewell to the venerable Jero-
miAh. He looked sadly after us Not q
drink. not a snOks-nOthingl And all
that wisdom disaipated into thin air or
into ears that beeded not I was glad
when ne passsd through the narrow door
way Obstructed by q wrUtohed rubber
plant-or was Il q hat nckg
Without the slCy seemed rolled back
from tho roofs and was a dssp blue trans
fused by the Oitron tinted afterglow OF a
setting Snn. On the street wSrO the
fuliginOus oil lamPs Of pedlsFs. The din
vas terrific: II mingled with the smell of
fish, fruit and Greass. A motley mob
iOstlsd us from the pavomsnts; the middle
was the adfest roadway An Old woman
, who sat comblng hsT thin gray hair d.
reCtod ~ westward: We thought We had
lost cur bsarings Slatternly females
chaheusd with the Jewish and Italian
pushoart man. rhsir gestures were not
unlike: southern Europe and remotest
Russia sInplOy the sign language. a volu-
bic digital language Il il. Shrieks of laugh
ter and dismay attracted us further Up. A
dwarf with a big head and dressed in
the uniform of the salvation Army was
hemmsd in by half a hundred teasing
children Of all nati0nalities. assure you
thai I saW white girls with ChinosO slittod
eyes. little Irish girls with the Hsbraic
noso curve. negro boys with straight hair
and blue eyes. A vast caldron every
, race bubbles and boils and fuses on tho
Fast side The children are happy. Thoy
are noisy and dsviliah IN their energy.
Thoy hOWIed at the dwarf. -peo Wesl-
He Was impasaive and Distributed cir
cnlau. IN front Of . kosher fowl shop
smother small cyclone was in progFOss
The place was locked. but in the gaslight
We eOuld detect hundreds Of chickens
hOpping over the counter and shelves.
and the Joy their antics gave tho littlsOnes
outside vas worth a dozsn Christmas
pantomimes
10 the Hall Of Genius. that whore We
are heading. boys answered the Painter
70 query from the Professor
had nov become the crusty member of
the crowd ! vas tired. The coffee Al
ths chess cafe had given me a headache.
besides things we're not exactly going my
way | came out on this expedition pre-
pared 10 SCOT. and willis ! had not re-
mained 10 pray. nevertheless was / dis
lnppointed No iuitably inquired what
Hall of Genius What nsv pipe dream Is
thi-,-
Good iempeFedly be returned: IL is q
pipe dream. and before We 20 up Sec0nd
avenue want you to So what you cam
sse anywhere outside Pars
The Latin Quartsr'- / sneened
No. Moutmarre NOw just husil.
along. please Il IL getting late and I'm
hungry
As We entered the hall the buzzing of
voices vas almost deafening At least a
hundred tables were crowded with men
and women On the balconies were more
tables kvery one was drinking either
coffee OF Leer: the men smoked pipes.
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