The evening world., 1911-12-30
SEE NEW YORK FIRST.

DvANcE notice. oc ont for a national travel show TO be held
hero. and ono Of it. feature. viii be- a collection of exhibits
4 coming under the head. "Sc America First, 1t is a good
text for Americans, but for Americans living here a sthl better is
'Sec New York First Every little while some foreigner discovers
this city, and IT is accounted SO important that the papers publish
I columns about it.
See New York first. Every saturday afternoon and perhaps
one night each week do something worth while hat Won have never
done bcforc-somcthng beside. gong to a show or walking aimIessly
about. You might begin with the islands. since New York is seated
manly upon islands. Have You ever gone to Fills Island and seen
the immigrants just before they are poured into "thc hoppcrs Of
Anglo-SoNondom"; Have YOU been to Blackwclls Island and seen
the old men and women paurcrs summing themselves and the work
house charges tolng in the nations only municipal stone quarry
Have you been to Governors Island and seen the rockies at home
and the old Colonial mansion, that house their officers?
Streets and bridges come next. II ym start in and walk east and
west all along tine cross streets of Manhattan. covering four n five
streets in an afternoon, you will learn Of Il thousand things you never
dreamed Of Most challenging of all, YOU will discover the city within
the cty-,hc brick and wooden houses which have no street frontage
and are approached through covered passages that give no hint Of the
life within. Have you ever fought the wind on Greensboro Bridge or
walked across the Manhattan Bridge, or seen the pous jew casting
his sins into running water from the footpaths of Williamsburg
Bridge? Did you ever walk at night across High Bridge, and do you
know what poet walked there in nights long past?
The city's government, nearly thrice as old as the nations, is
really much more interesting. When were you last at a session of
the Board Of Aldermen? When did YOU awaken echoes Of history
in tho corners of the Governors Room? Were you ever in the
Mayors Office? Did you spend so much az an hour at either Of the
municipal budget shows, the best show Broadway has known! Have.
you seen a public school in session? Were you ever in the Tombs. or
at Police Headquarters. o at the Morgue3 Have you attended a
session Of the Night Courts Have you studied the colorcd marbles
in the Hall Of Records?
Maybe people interest You in their hours Of ease. Have you
~ cen to a chowder at College Point? Did you ever march through
the streets wearing a pcarlcolored SLOUGH hat and carrying a red
lantcrn9 Have you attended a Patt- Dcutsch picnic! What do
you know Of the Austrian Peasants ball Have you sat in with
enc Of tho Sunday night dining clubs and acclaimed their voluntary
vaudeville? Have you broken bread with all Of the liberal" clubs ?
Were you ever at Socialist fair or Anarchist ballI Have you been
10 an armory drill? Have you seen a good prize fight, or spent a
day at the raccs7 Have you walked in the grand march at a
"masque and civic? wcro You ever at a Blocker street negro
watch niehtf Have You spent a Basdnd night on a recreation pier
Perhaps you seek culture. Did you put in one afternoon this
year at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art? When were you in the
American Museum Of Natural History What do 20" know at hst
hand Of the Columbia Library? Have YOU studied the architecture
Of tho College OF the City Of New York? Have You stood in the
portico Of the Hall Of Fame3 no you visit the free art shows in
Fifth avcnucp How many symphony concerts do you hear in season
Were You ever at one OF the public school lccturcsI
To know this chys foreign quarters ia to know abroad. do
You get Your wedding gifts in Chinatownt Have you bought Russian
brass in Allen street and Syrian brass in Washington street, Have
you taken tea in a loumannn shop2 Have you burned tobacco
with tho Canal street "in.cncctuals"? Have you q an italian
marionettc show. n had an evening Of fiddsh vaudeville. or I'M
proved your German at tho theatre in Irving Flnce? Have YOU
slipped arrac in Little Syria or Turkish coffee in Lexington avenue
Have you studied all the religions OF Babel at first hand?
No part Of the foregoing catcchism concerns Now Works Great
White Way. Why not forget it for u whic2
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