The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY
By ALLAN GFrFFIN JOHNSON

1 aged that he actually remembered when
 1t was quite proper for a New Yorker
 to call upon his new, next-door neigh I hor
 1 Then why" you ask, "do so many southerners go to New York to live and become successful?" The answer
 may be found by using the last two words of the query. But they never
 become New Yorkers-they always re : main southerners "in New York" At l first they are awed and follow the pro- cossion. Then they get over 1t and the procession follows them. Women of New York recently planned for big peace parade;" other wom-
 on here objected upon the ground that it would be wholly useless Now the full project because the promoters and other women are at war over it. And yet we believe that MT. Wilson will be able to maintain neutrality However. the war in Europe is hav- ing a most beneficial effect upon mat ters matrimonial--we haven't had a real live divorce sensation since 1t got
 under way. But perhaps that Is because so many husbands nave left voluntar- fly to go to the front. Add answers to queries: Central park lis a place where couples comprising time and to avoid being seen after Gark.
 Dixie Dreams
 I can feel gentle tuggin' at the heart of me today,
 As if lovin' hands had touched mo, though I know they're far away, And tender voice Is sayin' OHow I love It's southern drawl;), Come with me where life means Twin and where love is all in all" Then gaze below on Broadway. with its hurryin'. endless throng And I feel a throb of pity for the right eous and the wrong, For I know that what they're seekin' as they jostle, push and shove, Isn't gold--though they believe it-but just happiness and love. And I long to up and tell 'em where to find the joy they seek, But I know they wouldn't listen, so it aint no use to speak. And weigh my fancy's anchor while the light of memry gleams, And go sailin' back to Dixie on my little ship of dreams Once again within the Homeland, close to Natures throbbin' heart, With the sunlight drippin' on me where the sheltrin' branches part. Seems as if the best that Broadway has to offer is less sweet Than the perfume of the wild f1owr that is growth at my feet. But my dreamship never fingers in the dream port very long, So once more I'm back on Broadway, mid the hurryln'. endless thr.ng. But I still can feel the tuggin', and the voice seems to say | You have left your heart in Dixie, and it's callin' you today" | However, no wonder New Yorks spoon- CTS indulge in such daring cuddlng upon the public thoroughfares in summer:
 there are few places here that are l adapted to that pastime. Front porches and porch swings are virtually unknown, I and hammocks are tabooed, and since the summer girl insists that cuddlng does | not come strictly under the head of "in- door sports" what are you going to do about it?
 Lovers of grand opera are worried. 1 Just suppose" they say, that Italy Is
 drawn into the continental carnage. and
 incurs a heavy war debt-what will | Carus-O?'
 l The new Equitable building. which is
 to be the largest office building in inc I world, has already appeared in the down l town sky line. New York's growth con- ] tinues abnormally rapid and ere long | there will be nothing left to do but to , put steel roof over the present city and