Evening star., 1914-07-25
NibbIe at Sights and Delights,
and Also Pay "Whooping"
Prices.
MOST EASILY DETECTED,
AS THEY ARE NOT BLASE
Many Are the Interesting Conditions
in This Country's EN-
press City.

Special From STAFF Correspondent
NEW YORK. July cl-This is the sea-
son of the year when the "come-ons''
from the country at large take possession
of their New York. unmolested by the
local rich and the visiting Pittsburgh
millionaires. who at other times monop-
olize the flesh pots of Gotham. The in
digenous plutocrat has boarded up his
house and betaken himself abroad to
show the Pittsburgh good spenders a few
more tricks in scattering money
No one Is left but the toilers. who are
only seen as they disappear like moles in
the subway, hurrying to work or emerg-
ing, pale and tired. to ascend to their
ey-ries in the cliff dwellings of Harlem
They are never seen on Riverside drive,
at C1ermont. at the casino in the park
or in the lobster palaces of the Great
White Way
To be sure there are the Wall street
brokers left behind. but they are afraid
to leave for fear something will happen.
And they not seen very much, for 1t
has been a long and cruel winter. back
ward spring. dry summer. and most Of
them are broke
Turned Over to Other Folks.
So the town is turned over to the folks
from somewhere west of Jersey City
which, to the average New Yorker, means
a dreary and forbidden desert, inhabited
by a rude vet supplemented population
They are here in thousands. Some are
buying goods for fall and winter. but the
greater proportion is on pleasure and va
cation bent. and no matter whittier
bound naturally stop over in Inc Dig
town to take a look-See.
They patronize the hotels and cafes, the
cabarets and roof gardens and swarm
through the big department stores. They
are life-savers to the purveyors OF good
things, an infusion of new spending money:
Silver dollars rattle across counters and
worn national bank notes fill your change
They are easily recognizable from the
residents by absence of blase and
sophisticated manner and the manifesto
ton of genuine interest in the glories and
delights of the empress Of American cities
For the glorious city is appreciated by the
at its sights and delights when they can:
When fellow tells you he Just can't
abide New York'-why. he is fooling
you, that's all Or else he has never
had much chance to try it,
Now Time to Enjoy Town.
And now is the time to enjoy the big
town. You can get a room in hotel
without having to check your bag and
wait around the lobby all day until some
body clears out to make a vacancy. You
can actually get a table in cafe without
first yielding up two dollars to a naughty
head waiter holding a silken rope across
the door and whom YOU at first mistook
for a visiting grand duke.
The cafe people treat these simple folk
from somewhere west OF Jersey very
and unsophistication. Sometimes they
smile at them indulgently and give the
impression of wanting to overlook good
deal OF course, one could not expect
them to restrain their risibiltties when
Young couple from Kankakee or Kokomo
tries to put over the latest tango step
from home.
Hosts of School Teachers.
If YOU ride up 9TH avenue on top of
bus. or stroll through the Metropolitan
Museum, or the public library, you Won
der where in the world all the school
teachers come from. Are there that
many schools in the country? And why
on earth do the young men somewhere
west of Jersey allow these pretty young
things to roam around unWed?
And If you see a grzzled old fellow,
with a Grand Army hat. and a patient,
sweet-faced old lady by his side riding
north on a bus. you know he Is bound
for Grants tomb to pay what may be his
last pilgrimage to his great commander.
The lure of the shops attracts most
of these summer visitors. There are no
hard times. psychological or other
wise. judging from the throngs which
surge through the big stores all day
long and day after day. The streets
in the department store district look
like Christmas time. But notice the DIFF
ference in the more fashionable spe-
cialty shops Sad-eyed clerks gaze
down deserted aisles. watching the
hour for closing. and thinking no doubt
of seaside and farm life. The patrons
of these establishments will not return
in force until next fall.
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