The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-08-23
THE NIGHTWATCHMAN AND
THE EARLY MILkMAN
A HOmiIy on Life in New York City by
A New York Herald Reporter


inquired the Night Waterman. Your
ability to grieve bitterly over every lit
tie thing convinces me you should
take up undertaking as side line"
IF 1 do I'll know where to find my
first dead one. And I'll bury you for
nothing" retorted Hudson.
NOW that we understand each 9th
er let's get fresh start" said Dugan,
Whats wrong with the big village
this timer" .e.
Il didn't mean there was anything
wrong with it," the Milkman went on.
'You jump at conclusions too quickly.
What had in mind was the crowds
you see on the streets at all hours OF
the night. Here it is half-past three
o'clock and look at that mob OF men
and women pouring into the subway.
What keeps them out until this hour1'
They're afraid they'll miss some
thing" answered Dugan. Every
New Yorker wants to be an eye witness
Of everything that happens. 1t breaks
him all up to pick up the paper in the
morning and find out that collision,
big fire, fight in lobster palace or
fancy murder has been pulled off
while he was in the hay. He feels
like rube when he is compelled to
read about it in the paper. That's
why he postpones his nightly hay ride
until the last minute. If he gets to
bed before the alarm clock goes off he
feels that he has had a good nights
rest"
IF had chance I'd be in bed ev-
cry night at 10 O'clock" volunteered
Hudson.
mo you wouldn't. You'd be right
in the thick Of that crowd over there.
You and I think it's a hardship be-
cause we have to work nights, but I
figure out we've got all the best Of it.
We're getting paid for it, when we
would be willing to stay up for nothing.
II don't see how they stand it,"
said the Milkman.
Going to bed is the last thing they
think Of in this town." Dugan con-
tinued. 'Of course it's the last thing
in any town, but in other places they
have definite hour for it. In few
years the person who goes to bed in
New York will be regarded as an in
valid. Talk with any Of the furniture
statesmen you meet and they will tell
you it is harder to sell beds than any
thing else"
New Workers don't spend much
time at home," chirped the milkman.
That's the funny part Of it. They
pay four and five times as much rent
as inmates of other cities and use their
apartments as little as possible. After
dinner they flee from their homes, as
if the building was on fire. They are
actually ashamed to be seen going
homd."
What do people like that want
with honest" asked Hudson.
Because It's novelty to 60 to
some place in New York where they
don't take tickets" said Dugan.
But what can they find to do until
4 o'clock in the morning7" insisted
the Milkman. The theaters close be-
fore IL every night"
You forget about the restaurants
and their cabaret shows. That's what
catches the all night crowd now"
i've been wanting to ask you a.
bout those carburetor shows" said
Hudson.
mot carburetor; Cabaret" cor
rected the Night Waterman. They
might well be called carburetor at
that, because they get most Of the
carburetor crowd. A cabaret show is
Just, like, the third term rash. You
never can tell where it's going to
break out. In the theater the show
takes place in, one spot. In the res
taurant the show takes place all over
the place. Your first cabaret exper-
fence is liable to scare you more than
the check you'll get, from the waiter.
While you are inhaling your soup and
sweet young thing dancing
in the front Of the room, a leather
luroad "a otinoe singer hounces IN he