Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-25
COUNTRY COUSINS
IN GAY NEW YORK
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.


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
eyries in the cliff dwellings of Harlem.
They are never seen on Riverside drive.
or in the lobster palaces of the Great
White Way.
To he sure there are the Wall street
brokers left behind. but they are afraid
to leave for fear something will happen.
And they are not seen very much. for 1t
has been a long and cruel winter. back
ward spring. a 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 yet 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 WINNER 1';a
bound. naturally stop over in the DIG
town to take a look-see.'
They patronize the hotels and cares, the
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through the big department stores. They
are life-savers to the purveyors OF gooo
things, an infusion of new spending money
Silver dollars rattle across counters anu
worn national bank notes NIL your cnange
They are easily recognizable from the
residents by an absence of blase and
SOPHISTICATED manner and the mam1esta,
ton of genuine interest in the glories ana
delights of the empress OF American CUES
For the glorious city is appreciated by the
millions of American visitors who nlbbie
at its sights and delights when they can.
When a fellow tells you he Just can't
abide New York"-why. he is foo ai.ae
YOU, that's all. Or else he mas 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 a hotel
without having to check your bag and
wait around the lobby all day until some
body clears out to make vacancy. You
can actually get table In a cafe without
first yielding up two dollars to a naughty
head waiter holding a silken rope across
the door and whom you at first mstook
for a visiting grand duke.
The cafe people treat these simple folk
from somewhere west of Jersey very
nicely after all. knowing their limitations
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 risibilities when a
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 a
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?
with Grand Army hat, and patient
sweet-faced old lady by his side riding
north a bus. you know he IS pound
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
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.
Paying Higher Prices.
Why the visitors allow themselves to
be "stung" for the higher prices they
pay is incomprehensible. They can get
everything cheaper at home. if their
home towns are anything like Wash
ington. They are simply paying the
exorbitant rent and staggering over
head charges OF the mammoth New
York stores.
saw an article in one of the stores
marked 1894. The identical thing 1 had
seen in a Washington store marked
s1.ss. That's good indication of the
general run of prices and the differ
ences.
I'VE come-ons have our troubles,
though" remarked your old friend.
Col Choptank, who is up from the east
ern shore on his way north. These
prices for food, sir. are simply out
rageous Now, as you know, | am a
very simple liver, wanting a little
chicken. some ham and a few plain
| things such as those.
We'll. sir, imagine my CONSERVATION
when / came to pay my check for a
modest luncheon to find l had been
charged s1.75 for broiled chicken for
two; SIPS for ham and spinach and
4
strous No thank you. sir. l cannot
dine with you tonight. ] am taking the
| first train for some place where a dish
| of bacon and greens is within my reach u
suffragettes in Evidence.
| The suffragettes are very much in evil
dence and pleasantly So Every noon
| hour and after shop time they hold out
door meetings. up and down Broadway
with music and speeches. There are some
| corking good lockers among them, too
stylshly gowned There is always a
crowd of men around the stands, and
| they are given the traditional respect
which Americans pay to women. Once in
a while a mutt tries to break up the
| meeting, with the result that the ambu-
| lance gets him.
So the out-of-town visitors come and
go, enjoying the splendid city. with its
myriad attractions. but seeing only the
magnificent side of it all. Improved ter.
| minal facilities land the traveller in the
| Pennsylvania terminal or the Grand Cen.
| trail. without his having skipped under OF
| over the seamy side. And the joyseekers
| do not go Summing.
Happiness in Slums.
| They know nothing of Hester street
or Grand street. of the foreign districts
with their teeming thousands COM
pressed into unimaginable restricted