The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-28
LIFE IN new YORK
How 1t Nay Run In a Deep Rut
In the Matter of Locality.
LAMENT OF A MAN WHO MOVED
The Homesiekncss That Came With
Working Uptown After Twenty
Years Of Routine Travel TO and From
and In the Downtown District.


OF men IL New York city whose bust.
n"SS has been confined 10 one district
&: twenty years or more. whose daily
routine seldom t!uctuates. who arc
puactra! in travclin: by ! certain
train every day in the week. who reach
their Offices. barring tie-ups. at :: resu
iar hour and take up their daily grind
and hold 10 il Until .he hour OF closing
Many OF these men unconsciously get
10 know ard make friends Of people
| whose names they never learn. They
become attached TO localities in 4
strange sort OF way and do not realize
how strong IS the attachment. Here
IS the story OF one OF them into whose
life there has come 4 change through
moving that star.Ias and surprises
him and throws = quaint light upon
some Of the .ity'S people.
''Ir the twenty years that was
down,own.' the man said IN telling his
experience. Il was IN the habit. wealth
cr permitting. OF taking = walk after
the luncheon hour every day in some
street between City Hall and the Bat
teri. I have footed every bit Of IN
built ground in tha, territory. What
marvellous changes have come In those
twenty years. How many signs on
buildings have changed in that time.
How Many houses have been puliea
down. How many new ones have gone
up, some OF them towering Skyward.
to take the places OF the landmarks:
II got 10 know the lower end OF
town So well cou': shut my eyes and
make mcnta! picture Of many Of the
blocks and see the names on the build
ings Il wanted any article. from
shoelaces 10 anything elaborate. I knew
exactly where to get them. II some
particular dish were desired knew
where it could be served and just what
Il would cost
"A Srea, city never stands still Il
Is rs restless rs the great deep. But
the man who becomes part OF It
does not think until he gets away from
the part CT It where he has done busi-
ness what the changes are. When /
began my strolls there We're no tun-
nels unde- the two rivers. In the
years that have dr!fted away great
bridges have been constructed be
tween Manhattan and Long Island.
Il does not seem long since used to
hear the restless puT Of the coal fed
locomotives OF the elevated system.
yet SO gradually did the old order pass
that do not distinctly recall when
the present system was installed.
The changes that took place IN
business firms were interesting. Many.
many times have seen the nanc OF
the man who established = trade taken
down and that Of his son or sons take
It's place. SO frequently were the
same people met In the same place
and ut the same hour that We nodded
as we passed. although none OF US
knew the name Of the nodder.
Mot long ago the business with
Ehtca I am connected made jump
uptown. Never Until took my traps
uptown had any occasion 10 walk III
The street where our new building
stands. The frs; day went ou, to
luncheon had to search for res
taurant. Il seemed odd. l saw peo-
pie never saw before. read signs
one OF my fool habits-I never read
before. Many Of the vehicles that
passed were quite unlike those used
to see downtown.
II lad TO change my hour and route
for coming TO business. For awhile
had TO watc': the street signs to know
where TO Sct oG. How I missed the
familiar call OF the guard OF the car
for always cam. down in the same
car IN the makeup Of the elevated
train--the one always boarded NJ
the same hour.
And that makes me think. l came
to know by thei. faces most OF the
passengers who boarded that train ae
my station. / knew where most Of
them got CT Now that am In new
quarters II 4 new section / miss all
these people with whom Travelled for
ycaSs. DO they miss me. wonder?
And the many whom came 10
know downtown-how they VII! be
missed. There IS the old street preach
er who used TO stand on u soap box
near Wall street or on the stone steps
OF the custon, house and talk TO people
IN the summer days and again IL the
DAYS that bctokcned the coming OF au-
tumn. Then there were the Lc1tcn
days when Spcn: Il part OF my hour
a, Trinity or in Old ST. Paul's. l came
20 know the regular attendants on
those services :, tha: the strangers
became conspicuous. There are 20
street preachers in the new district 70
which | have gone I wonder Why
the ,n!dGIc district OF the great city
doesn't need spiritual direction as well
as th.. downtown districts.
And so Il seems sometimes that l
am in 4 new town. among new people.
seeing new buildings. -ead!nS new
signs. hearing new voices. but n! N
the same old New York And when
think OF the old walks have taken
downtown. the old buildings that !
passed So often tha; they became as
familiar as the faces met and never
knew bv name. OF the Stro!!s along
N. -yo rivers. or the Graf; saw so
often coming and So!ns-when | think
os ali these there comes over ne siiaS
sort nf feeling that = boy has when he
misses his mother think i Is. c:Eco
hnrnaSickncsS. New York Press.
NR j. FRANK GElGtR.
DENTIST.