Evening journal., 1913-07-08
NEW WORKERS
BURN CANDLE
AT BOTH ENDS
Hundreds Of Thousands of
Men and Women Work
Through Night
SOME PLAY GAMES
AFTER MIDNIGHT HOUR
by CARLTON TEN EYCk
Written for the United Press

fN ANhbAV VN I'm LAANs
Written fol the United Press
NEW iuEk, July Probably no
shere in the world do folk burn the.
andlc at both ends as they do in New
York, Several hundred thousand men
and women work all night throughout
lhe city, and places OF amusement and
recreation run half the night. The very
latest thing in might life though, %
ennis by night Up on Riverside Drive
and IN several other places they now
nave tennis courts brilliantly illuminated
by electricity, and games are played
until midnight OF later Players gather
therc from all parts Of Manhattan and
there is always big gallery made up
ot the apartment house dwellers who
seek the DIVE for biz OF fresh air.
lu the hot months thousa ds Of thos.
who go ior amusement and sea air 10
Loney Island remain on the Beaches IN.
al the Wee sma' hours, aud IL is dawn
before they got back 10 town. The caba-
fets and Restaurants where there is dane
ing keep open until Inspector Dwyers
men compel them to close Throughout
the entire night IN summer. automobiles
through Central. Van Cortlandt and
BroiN p1;ks and al over Long Island,
hlled with men and wonicn taking the
looi night air
Even the church has turned night into
day after fashion. several Of the down
town Catholic ard Episcopal institutions
having inauguW,eJ special masses aud
services at 3a NJ. and a. m. for night
workers. ) few ot those who work
while the average citizens sleep are the
crews that run the all night ears of the
subway. elevated and surface lines
Mattresses. cooks and walters in the all
night restaurants; the police and Jetec-
lives oi the night shift; the morning
newspaper men. reporters. editors. prin'.
crs. prcssincn and those in the circula.
ton end OF the business; night telephone
and te' graph operators and the city
iirencn on duty. Other night laborers
that the public thinks little about are
the army of char-womcn. that care fue
the sky-scrapers and office buildings
thousands of women scrub and mop,
clean cut waste baskets aud sweep the
corridors Of the big buildings all night
Aud tie newsics must not be forgotten
There is not an hour in the twenty -four
when new spapcrs may not be bought on
the streets OF New York.
Mayor Gaynor or Inspector NDwyer or
Epietetus or whoever IL was that resur-
rected that ! a. m. closing Jaw; polished
II up and put it back into practice. has
put a considerable kink in that part Of
town around Lougacre square. some
times called the Upper Tendcrloiu. Ro
mantic folk some time call IL the White
Light district hut the regulars" tnn
ecnothng but blue light in those parts
these days.
That anclcut landmark. .ha Green Tir.
tie, in Forty fourth street, withdrew
into IT., shell the otncr day and closed
its doors for al time. The next day the
newer lolio AN ornate eatery and
lrinkerN. IN Forty fifth street shut mp
shop and it, demise was quickly follow
ed 10y that of the Lobster Palace further
up the street The Poodle Dog, few
blocks 10 the south, is in rough seas too,
and all the others of that liz have fallen
On lean times. The proprictors blame it.
al on the rigid early closing that the
mayor has enforced. Those restaurants
worc Of the night blooming variety,
where the cabaret ~ilourishcd as the
green bay tree. and most of the refresh
ment served was in liquid forn The
managers say that the a. m. closing
made it impossible for them to operate.
Most II their patronage was the after
theatre kind, they say and people would
not =, to place at midnight for "A
party when they were certain TO be
routed out an hour later, whether they
had finished disposiug of their food aud
drink or not
II is freely predicted that several
more of the lobster houses along the
Alley will do an Arab stunt before long
and silently steal away. The. managera
are bitter in their denuuciation OF the
mayor aud the police. alleging discrimi-
nation in favor of several restaurants,
especially one near Forty third street
and Sixth avenue, that have all night
liquor licenses
Perhaps there is nothing so typical OF
New York az the summer street crowds
heir curiosity is excited and risibilitie-
amused by almost anything deviating
from the ordinary in the slightest degree
An illustrative incident happened The
other day. A fire alarm sounded from
Mail street and almost instantly, a.
though produced by Alsddin's lamp, a
throng of more than 25.o0o men aud boys
with fair sprinkling OF women and girls
surrounded the place. coming from
Broadway. Park Row aud Nassuu street
3 n was nothing bu q blazing pot OF tar
hut the crowd watched It absorbedly un
til the honk-honh OF big touring ear
was heard at City Hall INSTANTLY ths
erovd forgot the tar barrel ani looked
IN the direction of the new diversion
They saw European opera singer Will
extraordinarily high heeled hoes an,
monogrsmed hose of shoerest silk llight
inc az the entrance of the marriage a.
rensc bureau lhc fire was quickly for
gotten and the >. 0u0 at .oncc surrounde,
tho front entrance Of city Hall, wher'
they waited until the high heels aguiI
liited their fair owner into the tonneau