The sun., 1910-08-14
SUMNER CENSUS ABOUT TOWN
FIGI RES FROH FIFTH uI>,-
AVN ORCH arm NTRIII
the pio~n ThorouGhfarr no--.
Average "T - ~ Person, ia /. u,..,
-Ds~nto~n There Mere aI2 "a
Influence Of Mud Pies on PopyI,,,.,

/ here's no one IN town
and chroniclsrz of fazhrurll'.
hav" worn th" phrase mt % ...
Fitting pert ~ Epe"vh. hay" ..... co..
upon Nc until the assert ION -.a,. ...
like a statement ~ fact a.. .....
there are parts IT town whcrr -.....r.,.
ment may b. prpvei suh-tautlt,
any Of the many -ld. streets o. r.... ......
Park neIghborhood whore t4ar. .-.
shops and every home il cl -.-l ,,
boarded that would not be a l..r D..
u would only prove what j. evident al,
casual glance that the observer vi. ,
a deserted part of the city. whr,r p,,,,,
otherwise be cruwded Hut n . ...tIH.
populous thoroughfaTe il found ns,,Iv
deserted there seems reason for tho NV
NO one In town.
! Say Fifth avenue. though gDlpv ,t.
! Plaza IL cannot rightmlly he spls.,
/ of as a residence street iany longer I.,
certainly a. much Of a shopping as A re..
dence district between Forty -seCund ana
| Fifty-seVsnth. and besides Is a favnr,,.
promenade in all Manhattan. - II ,pv
one is in town he and she must be found
there.
That thought was what PROMPTED a
SrS man 90 take the stroll one plaas,r,
afternoon recently. IL was not o,.
OF the very hot days: cool day rathe,
70 entice to the avenue. Here are sum.
census returns From Fifty seventh
street walking south there were seen
twenty-onc vehicles. just an average
of seven 70 the block. There we're seven.
teen automobiles. three of them beng
sigh tsseing cars; three delivery wagon.
horse drawn. and one cab. empty T..
included every vehicle the observer met
or which overlook him, ana really ,..
horse drawn cab comes under ra.,he-
head. for its sleepy horse and ~.ap.-r
driver just kept abreast of the observer
Now. "a total Of seven veh Giles O.. M.
block. counting the going AID coming.
pretty nearly answers to -ro "I."I ~ town.
but better evidence WAS found ~ thrr.,r
three blocks southwark hound l., tEe,.
three blocks total of twenty five Iersors
were seer. Like III" tables Of the greater
census takers these figures must show
more than totals to be really ilumtra'lge
To be sure All average of 8 i-3 humans 10
a block in the favorite promcnate section
Of the avenue comes pretty near. again. 10
provir Y that every ones out of town but
but more Il proved by a little analysis
a
ir & hat presumably to a visitor III ho,eI.
for all the resiiences were closed one
was a nursegirl and the baby she whe-ei
Is irCludeI IN the total. and not ~ tka,
onc-third either. but as a whole person
Three Of the stroIlers were young women
from the provinces, pretty ana Ne.
dressed. who evidently preterrei "a 49,
the avenue from the sidewalk rather than
from the top of a sightSeeing car Ote
nf hfa -Ng
Department inspector. one a policemAf
three were laboters on one of the reooi-
structiOn works and two seemed TO 10
actors resting.
Surely that's a wilderness. considering
the time and place. At that usually In.
concerning croSswayZ. Fifth avenue AMI
Forty y-s"cond street. where. when there .,
any ore Iu town. four patient and persI lr-
INg policemen barely mar age to CNput'pl
tire nc ore lore policeman lazily whist
for the eGst and west Probably he would
have let the two streams mix and Separg's
in the good old way except that disciplii-
ha TO be practised.
Yes. the case was made out; there vas
really no one in town; the mountain
and tn. sea shores. country clubs and
homes had taken away from
Manhattan all its people. or ~ least
with so few and such Insignificant eNcrp-
tions that they did not count
So THE SUS man melted down into the
subway az the Grand Central, took
local detralned at SprEg
street and struck due east across N"
Bowery INTO Rivington street 10 N"t
only was all New \ ork IN town hut also
in evidence
This was SO very much 80 that the
decided upon another C"nsVs.
beginning ia Rivlngton al Allen IN one
block going east Ia Orchard. 2O2 persons -
We're counted on the side ak or IN "a"
La al nsa "a A
startling jump from the avenues J.,
10 ia" block. but the real East side 81
lihlt had not yet he-n encountered
The light breeze which cooled the dav
anne from the north. and u wss m the
streets running north and south thar the
Deopl" most gathered t. get that breath
4 cooling air Turning north mt
orchard street IN the one block from
flvlngtOn 60 stanton th" human beings
u the street numbered bv actual count ,
IL There was uu specially Grow !"y
'nlnt. mo- eNciteu"n' tn draw the ne Rh
Iorhood: just Si2 p"nplr w"arIly barter
ng. languidly gossIpIng rr even nor"
anguidly amusing themselves and ga.
,ther
One count was not enough to allow -
NY class fCatiun, So the hlprk wa 'rav.
rsrd. and this revealed that among ''"
- th~r" wcr" i2S children u %" APPEARED
u b" under II y,arS of az" Then" v'r"
lany over that age but th"y must l"
ier' ali engaged IN gaiufIl occupations.
cling very small Crack"rS 'w'lv" Tor
ent. dill pickles two fur ,"ujs ll'''"
rown papers of melon s"ris go "dt :
nnt paper, or ait"ruuuu 't''.Hus a.
iddish newspapers Rgr tIHus ''"s"
mall hrradvnHners g. ''s - o." ,ir"n
under - ~" l~"l,r'.u .'
Ivenil-s to adults ~ uH' tEal
Tn. explanation VIZ found ~ Ludlow.
vIngton and Orchard str.''- Ih"r"
lngs of men arr digging up 'h" streets
~ new high pr'.-s r. water mains ahd
b" eXcavated earth with pans oi "ai"'
ave material and opportunity Tor an
ri-iStible attraction mud Ur'- sur N
two or thr.'. hluCAs a thousand hiil"
hes wer. seen. com" from many s'r'''s.
lissfully engaged IN maaiug mud pi"-.
hllvious ~ threatening iur"u"n. 'l>-
acted EhopkseIer-. even ~ an "''a-
onal Gwan!- from mounted cor.
To make a mud ~" ~ a natural cmltisH
stinct Hundreds " th"s" chlidr"n
al never ts.forp seen. heard Il or hai
nance to make mud pi" hU' Wn"' me
Dportunity cam" they wct' rradN anl
aiting for H.
A policeman on n corner ghet ardsa.d
> wished tho poWsrS that l.. WOuNi WuTf