The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

henoe the deserted appearance Of tivsr.
strasse. Only when the Holland A,ner,c.
boats are arriving OF sailing docs lhs
street assume anything like i,s old ma
hustle. But this In only 4 fiestlnr an.
pearance Of activity and after ~,
motors and hacks pass along owls,
reigns again.
Also time was whom afYiuent stova,a.
staggered ashore TO spend the sooalv
roundup Of tips they had made on; q,
wealthy Americans. The little blu.
tacketed man with silver buttons on NJ,
coat had silver blinking In his pockr,
and when 500 Of him. to say nothing o,
100 sailora swarmed ashore, River.
strasse reechoed with the glad tdlnss--
and the tireless band at the iament.d
Casino pumped forth fresh tunes, In
fact all the cafes sat up and took notice
But the stewards are no longer affu.
ent, at least not the stewards Of tho,.
great German ships moored at the Ho.
boken piers. After going through a Ger.
tain routine Of work each day you ca,
zee them lounging about the decks or
leaning on the rail aft. watching the
shipping In the river. Seldom DO thev
stray out on River street 10 spend the
small allowance Of cash. Now and IN.
a friendly pair will cross over e
"Edelweiss Cafe" or Der waterkai
or Lloyd Hall to have q slaas OF be-.
but the trade 10 nothing like II used TO
be. The Casino, which was Z favorl,.
registering place for the German sa,,.
ormen, has been closed up altogether
and the great expanse Of the Atlantic
Garden Ia poorly patronised
Other changes have come. The olf
blind man who sat along the Ham.
burg American fence winter and sum.
mer selling his pencils and cards while
his faithful dog held a little basket for
the money and smoked little pipe Al
the same time IL no longer there Also
those hundreds OF longshoremen who
used to wait in Ill restrained crowd
until the newly arrived ship was read,
to discharge her cargo-these have
Also disappeared. seeking probably some
new field for their intermittent labors
Only few are left sitting in the lit,
park at the north end of River stree
They sit there day by day, having
can OF beer or 10, watching lazily IN.
Friedrich der Crosse surrounded b,
lighters and waiting for some work 90.
one Of the Holland-America boats.
Often in the little park with It's w
low and poplar trees will come your-
stewards and sailors from the Nor.
German Lloyd ships to road their &c.
man papers and find the latest news ..
the great conflict. Sometimes on D.
the captains or pursers will walk .t
through the park and out along '.
street that leads to Castle Stevens
Is quiet up there. hut If they look dow
toward the river they will see the p.
stack Of Wilson liner another Bril-.
vessel Hitting for sea, while they mu
lay up for months in this port
VIII II never change? they ask them.
selves Always this same Rverstrasse
with its halls for steamer parties"
which are also deserted these DAYS an
on a war basis, and It's cafes and gar.
dens and notion stores where the sailoi
used to buy their postcards al.
trinkets It's enough to make a M.
swear in Dutch to he interned Tx
this
The owners OF those cafes and sho, r.
along River street, 10 say nothing of q
unfortunate stewards. wish that q
Kaiser would call It all OF and that y
ships would run and the crowds won
come again. Then once more river fro,
Hoboken would resume its gayety al
hustle. But stolcally they shake the
heads in doubt. as II they thought N,
were In for long siege
The only person apparently undls
turbed by the situation Is the old lsd
who sits in front OF Dukes house ever
day making buttonhole bouquets out ~
old fashioned flowers. Perhaps 81,
knows where the old man with M. dog
went.