The sun., 1910-05-12

safe From the MaRhAitanese. hut ThFeat.
ened by %, ,erpopuiaFlty.

To rHB EDItoR or THF sUN- Sir, Who
IL Mr Ernest Pine. and where II New DoTp!
Why should a person With such name.
living In such a place. presume 70 speak for
staten Island and staten islanders? II
vas blasr aide 20 the late General Hancock
whO. ungrateful for his easy birth az Fort
Columbus. New York hArbor. remarked
that an island would be- a delightful place
TO live on we're Il not entirely surrounded
by water General ilancOck's aide sighed
for tho lobster pots Of Manhattan. 40.
evidently, docs Mr. piIfe. who intimates that
h. lives on staten Island OF necessity
Who's. necessity. may ask Why
should psnt up New Dorp Conhne his Dowsrsl
There Il cheap living to be had In Brooklyn.
With subway express trains stopping az all
lobster stations a. far north a. Harlem.
n the Joys Of fat existence In Manhattan
appeal 10 him h. should know where 10
get Of
Of course u NAV he that living a. do
In the earthly paradise called New Brighton,
cannot appreciate the lot Of a man who owns
home In New DOrp. even though II came
60 him by Inheritance Vet our gTandsires
doubtless blsd for New Dorp. a. well as for
places favored With better ferry service.
let Mr. Pihie think sometimes OF the his
torical associaf ions that perhaps cluster
about him. and when life pals upon him
LEI him take q north shore car
The ignorance Of New Workers. o. rather
Of the Manhattanese. concerning our most
b~autiful and accessible suburb 10 COmpara-
he only 10 their Ignorance Of our country
west Of the AlleghAnies The Manhattaness
Traverse their little lanes leading 20 business
or pleasure. day by day. month after month
Most Of them do not even know Manhattan
except from picture post cards When
such a Nev Yorker by any chance goes for
view to the ton Of some skvscTaper n 10
not the panorama that appeals 70 him He
wants 10 knOW N he can see tho Cafe Loo
stsr. or how fast he would fall n he happened
10 drop over Take Il from me. n he fell
head hrsi he would make no dent In the con-
crete WHY should I. Who am krpt busy
writing letters like this. spend my time IN
irving 70 convince such persons that staten
Island can be seen from the Bsttery on clear
days With the aid Of a strong Rlass'
Why DO 20 many Of the Manhattanese
srurry for sleep 20 New Jersey sitting. per.
chance. in the valleys blanketed BY the
Orange Mountains. crawling miserahlv on
the Frte 10 the hot towns beyond the Hud-
son. their lungs poisoned IN tunnels. their
syes ruined by reading m u lighted trains
Man for man the vigorous htll climbing
staten Islander. lured from the printgd paper
by the ever changing loveiinc~s OF our
BEAUTIFUL hay In hts trip across the water
j. more scholarly, more lteTaie. than the
New Jersey or Long Island commuter.
burytnE BIZ face In the paper or driven IN
Mi time With cards The hour ! rrligi-
ouslv tevo'r every dav 20 reading NY SUV
b.. In New BTi zhtOn an hour saved. becauss
ho sun rises ~ much earlier here rises
refreshed and WITH none N tho iaded ap-
psafance q N often wears IN New Jersey
~ breakfast tune
~ one thing only am ! solicitous lest
Intelligent travelled" people coming from
tho south and Vest 10 make their homes
in New ork hearing about staten Island
may presently oVerpopulate II. That s
vhv I have omitted 10 mention us many
suTpasziBE attractions We Who live here
In a select aud splendid ISOLATION do no,
ash 10 have = horde ~ immigrants tread
Ing IN our tO-- From tho Manhatianess
proper W have nothing ~ fear Their
hshdNmadal inrOada on the soiled sands
of the south and Midland beaches We mag
unanimously tolerate The people ~ the
tsnsments must 60 somewhere for air and
omen water Perhaps MT riiic could make
q trade Wlth one of them
NV RrtGWTOV MAY a.