The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
Nv JANE DIXON.

II '% ny: % NJ .5 you find tn, street you
In these days of sand piles.
mortar boxes. steam rollers, tar
smells and focks of strange. dark
mea cr.'cring the place, the task Of
II OWNS just when to buzz the bell Of
The trolley car or where to turn OFF is
n, SD ample as may at first appear
Co.'s rtatiye estimates show New
York is dug up in a fresh place and
pa,'er.d down in another every three
hours You can see for yourself how
perfectly conservative these estimates
sr' Streets are dug up, asphalted down
ana dug right up again.
Tie ggcrs TO all intents and pur-
.,, seem thoroughly 20 enjoy this
pas NO. Along come they with their
picks. >hovcls and kindred Instruments
OF destruction. At their head marches
an aI't.rlt with a generous growth OF
r.! s'ubh.e scattered over his face and
hr'gJ" better than the one owned and
operated by Frank Fogarty. The auto
crat stands on the curb and shouts or
d"rs The strange dark men fall to with
VIII. Thirty seconds and what was n
nice. quiet, well kept and thoroughly
respectable highway looks like Market
stree, san Francisco, after the earth
quake
Anent earthquakes, San Francisco
iondiy imagines she had the only one
o. It's Kind. That is because San Fran
cisco has never seen New York in the
throes " giving birth to a subway.
citizen from the Golden Gate
stro',!nc along Broadway will notice
That the world renowned pleasure path
mas been rent in twain. True It has
reen patched together again with
blanks but the pulsing and throbbing
underneath is abundant evidence Of the
disturbed state OF affairs.
DIDN'T | see you on the boardwalk a
week or $40 ago?" asks a fellow player
OF Mr.. Al Joson.
sure You did" Al replies. Sure I
was on tho boardwalk"
Let me see--I don't quite remember.
Was II AZ 'Narragansett or Atlantic
CITY"
'NytNer" says Al. ut was on the
WeSi slc Of Times Square out in front
OF the Putnam Building"
Any number OF those "in tho pro-
''SF'oE' s,ll at liberty are taking this
Opportunity TO stick to the truth and at
Iae same time impress the folks back
nome with their importance as sartorial
ena social factors in New York life.
spent yesterday along the board
walk they write.
From This the folks. whose knowledge
o. h"arlwolks includes mental map
~ or Elagc pathway to the general
N''" H'I vague vision inspired by the
el'H'." resort section of a metrOpoh-
"h 'I.F newspaper, Immediately con-
''." '.at the writer is in the clutches
" -''' managers. They rush out to
81 ',rHius how Harold IS glittcring
W.T. sod and glory down in Nh York.
I''F .'Di q great pity for Sis son Jim
".' ''r"r did anything but farm for
..'" lad pile away a couple Of thou
49, y,ar.
o'' N" tho old lane leading down
u '.. i1-'lro Is a bcauteous boulevard
'H 1'.-on with "A city street whe n
t ",rs that be really begin pick
Wa Dc the gravel path winding
'H swinging gate Is az a Persian
r'' Fl" bee cement sidewalk marked for
Nt 'Nr the boardwalk nonchalantly
I" ''"l In IIarold's letter one day
"' wing in the furrow OF fresh
,u'l"" '4rtA Is worth century OF the
"- l. weeks Harold stands on the
f"'"'p boardwalk trying to spear.
0tg tho actors are complaining
.ty the heastly boards are hard
u. Considering the number that
~. 90 'mp away hereabout some
"a ..u'l be done about II. It's going
10 bard winter. Shoes are sure to
d. ...o.
81 way their plant Is Just. OF