The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-08-20

have made them rather strict IN then
admission to the visitors gallery, "a
was amusing to see with what excite
mcnt the sales We're made but not
one word could we understand. The
buyers sat around large circle and
when sale was offered, shouted eN-
citedly and most OF them jumped nom
their seats and waved their arms as
III i'm a futile attempt TO grab some
thing. Lons after We left We heard
them shouting their sales and prices.
We also visited Trinity church and
saw the quaint old graveyard where
moss grown stones mark the graves
OF early New Workers. This church
Is right on Wall Street on land worth
millions OF dollars. In this quaint
burial ground, with the noise and
clamor OF Wall Street ringing in our
ears. We stood at the graves of Rob-
err Fulton and Alexander Hamilton.
wall Street Is narrow and crooked
and short and wedged in between a
line of imposing skyscrapers.
The United States treasury IS on
Wall Street on the former site of the
city hall which contained debtors
prison From its balcony was read
the Declaration Of Independence.
The United States assay Office is
the Oldest building on Wall Street
Down in this part OF the city is.
Fraunces Tavern where Washington
gave his farewell address to his Of
fcers at the close of the Revolutions
AIRY war. The building is now owned
by the Sons Of the Revolution and
relics Of revolutionary days are eN-
hibited here
The custom house is also near and
We paid a short visit to this magnif-
cent building
We We're on Wall Street when of.
fees dismissed their force for lunch
and by accident saw a sight We would
not have missed, As We walked down
the street We saw buildings fairly
be,Ching out people; they filled the
sidewalks and finally they nlled the
streets You couldn't walk: you did
well to stand and as We saw them
crowding and pushing along, some
one remarked: IL tell YOU man in
New York city amt any more than
an ant We all laughed for we felt
he had hit the nail on the head. We
saw the Singer building. forty seven
stories high with "A tower 612 feet high
and not a cubic inch of wood in its
construction. But Woodward is erect.
ing a building even higher than this
We stopped at the Little church
around the corner" with its attlactiyp,
bit Of yard
We attended services at ~. lonn >
cathedral, which will be seventy-Gvo
years in the building and the third
finest cathedral in the world.
We spent "A morning at Bronx Park
ana enjoyed its collection of rare
animals and birds
The Bowery and Chinatown. a. we
get them in fiction, do not exist tor
tourists Chinatown conyinces lou
that the Chnaman has a great many
other occupations than washing
clothes for they have every descrip-
ton Of shop in their part of town.
Chinese signs are used and Chinese
spoken. so YOU feel as if you have at
/ least The atmosphere of the Orient
There are lot of little things tha,
| strike YOU about New York The
+ have no screens there and no flies
/ and no mosquitoes. II is absolutely
/ the cleanest city YOU can im21ino
/ We never could decide VIII there
weren't any flies but we found out
why they have no mosquitoes. We
took the ferry boat and went over 10
/ New Jersey; all the mosquitoes m the
/ east are over there
They manage their traffic well in
/ New York city-with The eIr.ated.
the surface and the subN2y. ara then
when You get on car You ncedn' I
expect to get a seat, but congratulate
Yourself if YOU get your feet II and
/ something to hold to. AMI the roa
Of the city never cease. n'gnI or Iav
Just about the time YOU get ready
to leave you learn now 10 cross a
street
The chaufreurs there are the best
drivers in the world. They say they
have "A speed limit there but like all
other commodities. it must he mighty
/ high. They need only three inches
to pass you and they never waste any
extra space as they go whizzing by
\ policeman is at every crossing
and If You keep your nerve and keep
| Your eye on his arm. with which he
| signals for crossing, YOU can get over
without more than a half dozen mar
row escapes.
We enjoyed New York city as a
show; We wondered at its size and
splendor; we appreciated the educa-
tional value of visit: but We didn't
want TO stay there We have never
had the slightest inclination to be
AN ant