The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
NEW YORK LETTER.
Life In The Metropolis As Seen BY
THE CITIZENS Special Cores
dent
rhe Streets of Gotham.


Sunday, we awaken to new
world. Silently during the early
morning hours the beautiful snow
had fallen and mercifully covered
/ the filth of the city and for a few
short hours, while the busy throng
slept, the city was clean to look up
/ on, but like a big per cent. of it's in
habitants it was only on the surface.
We read a great deal about the eX-
pense of keeping the streets of New
York clean. Judging from appear
ances of all streets, at all different
times of day or night, they never are
clean. They are torn up the year
around and the walks blocked.
New Workers Superstitious.
By the way, did you ever watch
a lot of people when ladder was in
their pathway? One day l was down
in the Whitehall building, which is
one of the many high business build
| ings, and in going through the cor
ridor to the elevator, one had to
pass under a ladder. The old super
stition came to me, and l lodged
around. The men all smiled but |
noticed they all followed suit.
G. A. r. Posts Meet.
l4ciSJ ouhudy SNClllIS oil lllS VI "a
r. Posts of the city met at the Met
ropolitan Temple to commemorate
several events which happened Just
before the opening of the Civil war.
One of the events which the Rev.
DR.. Hill mentioned was the celebrat-
ed message which was sent, 'If any
man attempt to pull down the flag,
shoot him" DR.. Hill, a staunch
patriot, and decided non-believer in
Socialism, said, "It should be true
to-day" for he believed more men
were trying to haul down the flag
to-day than in those dark days, and
men of a different class. He further
remarked that patriotism was of the
soil, Christianity of the soul, and the
man that didn't have the former was
not usually much benefit in the
church.
| Socialists Strong.
Socialism is strong here as was
made plain Monday when David Gra-
ham Phillips, formerly one of the
editors of the New York World, and
author of several very popular nov
els, was shot seven times in front of
the Princeton Club in broad daylight
by crank by the name of Goldberg
who, after he had done his cowardly
deed, put a bullet through his own
head. We wouldn't say brain, be-
cause he shouldn't be credited with
having one.
Sunday Theatres Crowded.
I'VE often hear the remark: Il
like to live in New York because the
people are so cultivated, so cultur-
ed" Perhaps they are, but the ma
jority are so cultivated" that their
Sunday evenings are spent at a
vaudeville show. In Hamerstein' S,
on Sunday evenings, are more peo-
pie than you could find in ten or
more city churches if their congrega-
tions were combined.
Furnished Room Houses.
Wonder if anyone who reads THE
CITIZEN has ever thought of coming
to New York and running a fur
nished room house,; if so, think
twice. In the first place. rents are
extremely high, and must in part be
paid in advance; then the heating,
lighting, water and laundry bills
would make a country person dizzy.
Your expense goes on the year
around, while at times your rooms
may be empty. Your roomers may
break or steal your furniture as in a
case which l recently heard of. A
French Madame, connected with one
of the swellest Fifth Avenue stores
vacated her room. After she had
gone, the landlady went to the room
and found a marble top table in
smithereens, and the marble wash
bowl in like condition, also all han
dies gone from dresser; but the bird
had flown and there you are. In a
few days the landlady was requested
to give her a reference. A German
Baron Gin his own mind) was an
other He saw millions everywhere
but he had to wait until he heard
from his sister, the Baroness on the
other side before he could tip the
postman Christmas, and he hasn't
heard yet. New Years eve one man
came home from his Office to go tc
Philadelphia to see his wife. WheI
he went to his room behold his suit
case with suit of clothes and a ful
coat had disappeared. These are
just a few things one who runs &
furnished room house has to contend
with.
We know a young lady who came
home from work last week anC
found all her clothing thrown on the
, floor, no carpet, no bed, and aftel
: eight o'clock it was up to her to fine
! an expressman and a room.
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