The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-19
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY
By ALLEN GRIFFIN JOHNSON

New York, September 1S.-(Special)
 We'll, it's good to be back again, and
 that means a lot of other cities would seem very impressive. awe-inspiring and all that. if one had not lived in New York first. However, that isn't exactly the idea---what this opening paragraph is really trying to arrive at Is that we want to discuss women for little while. for the reason that we know so little about them.
 It Is true that 9 out of 10 smaller cities of the section south of what Is, or was known as the Mason and Dixon line. claim that they have more pretty women than any other city. Certainly there will be no attempt made herein to deny that the south's pretty women are thick Chat doesn seem to be the word exactly, but you get the ideal i; in fact, they seem, at times. to be as numerous (numerous-that's the word we wanted) as the leaves of the trees
 On the other hand, in New York city simply on account of the great mum bers of women, it seems natural to think that there are more than in the much smaller cities. Yet, since first We landed-now some many moons ago there has been no audible claim made by these residents to the effect that New York city has more pretty women than any other city in this country.
 Just why New York does not come forth daily with some such claim is a bit of mystery. She is not timid in matters generally, and it is difficult to understand why she does not make statement which she could substantiate about as easily as the majority of cit les of any section.
 Certainly the women of New York are the most dressed in America and they have developed an art along cer- tain decorative lines which Is very close to nature. And these things summed up result in making the New York women the finest appearing, That seems to satisfy New Workers gener- ally. for the local idea Is to look at tractive. being attractive doesn't seem to be so essential.
 There are indeed many really beau- tiful women to be seen here along the avenue. on Broadway, and in the best residence sections, but 1t is rather surprising fact that some of the sweet est and prettiest faces are to be found among the youthful dwellers of the lower Eastside. The outside world thinks, as a rule. that the lower East side is wholly poverty stricken and, in each individual instance, pale and 
 This is not actually the case by a whole lot The gorgeous gowns of the avenue are missing there, but there are some buxom 1assies with pretty faces, while there are many who, though slender. are by no means pale and emaciated. The complexions of some of the lower Eastsde women are just as nature spread them on when in her most generous mood
 And there are many women in that Ghetto section who dress very attrac- lively and who are by no means suf- fering from abJect poverty. They gen erally confine their pleasures to their own section. however. and are not of- ten seen as far west as Broadway.
 Not even from the lower Eastside, however. has come forth any claim that 1t had the greatest number of pretty women in any one city or section. How modest this city must be about its femininity--it is actually a good ex- ample for that femininity itself to follow