The evening world., 1913-03-14
MCOODOLDDAyS
SONGS were BEST,
/: SOWASF|GHT|NG
Dennis Redman, 90, Re-
calls the Time When New
York Was Young and Gay.
HE MISSES JENNY LIND.
When Wandering About the
Scenes of His Youth He
Found None of the Boys.
HE MISSES JENNY LIND,


Well. II he ala. was Il anybody's bust.
nsssf But sure they sent out . general
alarm for him. - they aid.
Mr.. Redman was born Q hundred years
aso. lacking one year. in Dublin. Ire
land, and he came to this country In $50.
Just a. soon a. he found out what kind
q Q country we had here. He was
centsmporaneous with Napoleon. but
that doesn't matter much for Napoleon's
6saA and Mr. Redman isn't Mr.. Red
man 10 the father-in-law Of Acting Bat
TALON Chief William H. Nash Of the
y9re Department, with headquarters
With Engine Company No. II. Mr.. Rcd
nan has bsen making his home with
No daughter and her husband for the
lest ten years. They live at No. S97
l1erris avenue In the Bronx. and Il was
from there that he set out on his stroll
q Tuesday afternoon. II has been his
e1stom to 20 to bed at Q o'clock every
night, and whsn he didn't put in an
aQpsarancs at O'Clock Chief Nash
l0euy sent out . general alarm for
NJ fathsr-in-law. He got homo at II.
Am ! not Of aGsf" piped he. And
w should you send out an alarm and
ut h the papers that I was missing1
~ Of myssifr'
AL ABOUT HIS wANpERINos
IN THE CITY.
n. Rsdman told an Evening World
1opestsr Ill about his wanderings to-day
= ~ eat back In chair at the homo OF
AiGe Nash. Not only that. but he
ohseehsd his cominss and goinss In the
- lays Of New York.
"TAs idea oe anybody getting excited
sYefkf We'll. should think 10. u any
.So1y does. came here In 1850 do
tsosmosr the Civil war; Indeed I do,
~ ] 90 70 ~ did not This 10 the
.eaiy war ! have ever been in." and
'there was Q twinkle n the kid con-
ts1astsn's eye ~ he looked anfsctionats-
" - his daughter.
Z went down TO Brolraw's. where
Dod to work. ava" he said. Il went
1ewn there to ses some Of the boys.
ut sure DIDN'T see any OF them. There
v6s . lot Of young fellows about sixty
ave or seventy years old and . lot Of
aAuAren wording there. % I left. But
wAsa ! should have gone To the east
went to the west and there was lost.
Dat DO you think I stayed lost long I?
.so,,a go M, ,,., ,,.,k.a .ro,ra
i..s.s,- .v.. A.. o,a No.. 49,. 7 v..
- mn vnsn \ was . young man. and
.vhsn ] got tired I went to the Mercer
0trost police station and ! seq to the
~ behind the desk: Send me home
In tired
what q lot Of boys they have on the
oo1ies force to-day. There wasn't an,
q them I saw there vino was owe
NV. No. there wan't hut they're
ne iot Of boys and they were yer,
fa1ee 70 me. and then my son-in-iav
valks In and sss: Come on homo. pop.
esd We went home and that's all there
- T."
"Down there whore ussd 10 Nv
there's nothing but big stores and ware
houses. Twas not % In the old day
when lived at No. isS Crosby street
All those we're some days. We use
- 10 round to Billy Hsstinss's In Centr
street. or Johnny McGrAw's. which wa
rsght near Crosby street; and there va
Harry Hilrs At the corner Of Crosb
anA Houston streeta They were all IRE
end easy places. and many's the goo
song heard there and many the goa
dance I've seen: yes. and We had SON
seed fights In Harry Hilrs.
RECALLS THE SONGS OF DAYI
GONE AZ.
"What sonss did they s,nG, Wei
What sonrs didn't they sing, Thei