Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-16

pile of sand i'll a manner little differ
ing from that in vogue with little
Parisians and L%awtonians:
But it's niue Yawk' you wish to
hear about, isn't 1t?
There are not many vacxnt plots III
the vicinity where I live. but wherever
there Is one, the kids nave taken charge
of 1t. o bet. What do they do! Just
what you and Johnny and Mary do:
set up tents. dig holes. make camp
terday l saw h leaue OF one of these
vacant lot gangs" parading among his
adnsiring comrades with n new air gun
thrown carelessly over hi. shoulder.
All. you should have seen with what
remarkable easel he handled the dan
gerOus weapon
But this 10 not New York. you say;
this ia home It's Kid land.
am sitting by my table at the win
dow. look down upon the street, ave
stories below. 1t is raining. A kids
thin. hoarse voice comes up to me
falteringly. and / bend over to have a
glance at It's owner.
In h dull light of late Afternoon L
see . ragged urch,n standing bare
headed in tho rain. He In 10 or II.
years old, ] think. He ought to be ct
school. or at home, II he knows such .
place: but ne IL singing for his bread.
Occasionally little papers. in which arc
wrapped = penny or two. noat down
from windows high above the street.
and the little fellow, never cekstng In
his song. stoops to pick them up.
This, then. IL New York. But. as I
look back. ] know 1t to be also Sioux
City. remember that, perhaps Is
yenrs since. or more. ! N listened to
a boy-a Sioux City boy-singing for
pennies In front OF IL cheap hotel. I,
too, WAS n kid then.
h very Noor children in Now York,
like their poorer cousins In London.
suffer more than the poo of q smaller
town. az a matter of course: but this
is rather OF degree than kind.
You may see n evening q number
Of unkempt. tattered boys and girls
lined up before q bakery at closing
time. waiting to get the days stale
bread; but you are not likely to find
them tragic about their lot in life. II
a street plano begins playing In the
vicinity. there 10 no hesitancy in tho
smiling group about joining in q dance.
And I can tell you that the street child
rem of New York, especially the little
girls. dance most charMingly. express
sing gladness in every movement OF
limbs and body. 1t Is worth q wilder
ness of vaudeville shows to watch
them.
So you sec, the difference is not mo-
mentous. The wealthy are weather.
here and the poor. poorer than In Sioux
City. Kids in New York pronounce
somewhat differently from what they
do in your town. they live In taller
buildings. and the conditions of metro
politan life shape their pleasures in a
varying manner: but these are ex-
trinsic things.
The New York kid has the hippo
drome, where two performances are
given daily. and the spectacles pre-
scented there are not unlike q circus.
But ctrcuses visit Manhattan, too:
though here they remain for several
weeks, and do not exhibit In q tent,
and
But now I must desist! You see, 1
haven't forgotten you. kids: and I know
that when I've come to the circus then
I've reached my climax. Hey?
So long!
Social Note.
adapted from the New York Trib-
une): Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Az.
tor, who have been cruising In south
ern waters for a month. have returned
to New York. 1t is probable that they
will go to their country place at Rhine-
beck for a short stay. and later they
may go abroad. They will open their
town house, No. $40 Fifth avenue.
about November 10. and they will oc-
cupy the Aston box for the first per-
Torrance at the Metropolitan opera
house on November IA