The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-03
IN THE SUB
WAY,
what Can Happen In That Thorough
fare Between Rush Hours.

To rHE EDITOR Of THE suN-Sir: Much
has been written about the overcrowding
Of the subway in the rush hour which
seems SO unavoidable. Ny protest. how
ever. has to do with conditions which
obtain in the subway between rush
hours. that Is to say at times then the
cars are comfortably filed and only a
few have to stand. Perhaps | can best
explain by recountiny briefly what hap
pened to a friend and myself when
travelling in the subway at such a time.
have no business in the Wall street
district. BY that | DO not mean that the
police have any objection to my pres
ence there. but that I have nothing to
do with the business activities when
are carried on there. have. however.
my old friend Bill. who has been In the
Street for years. and | go down TO see
Bill once in about every three months.
Then we find time to sit down some
where with a glass Of something
mean two glasses Of something be
tween US and talk over old times when
| they used to . a the 3 o'clock gong on
the exchange by hand.
Every time I revisit Wall street |
And that some old landmark has disap-
, peared AMI A new Office building has
aiken its place. And ] ind. too. that
for every new ONCE building that goes
up at least two new mixed drinks have
been discovered or invented by that
! part OF the denizens ~ the n~eighborhood
| who are not enthusiastic supporters of
the W g. 7. L. Now as for myself,
when I do drink | am 80 much OF a
| prohibitionist Lhat I take nothing but
| vichy. ginger ale or carbonic with my
whiskey. But Bill will walk into a
place and going up to the bar say, sam.
give me a Blue Gerantum.' and then
turning to me inquire. DIDN'T you ever
taste a Blue Geranium' Well, It's Just
ike a c~aulihower cocktail except that
IL has a dash OF iusipid Bitters in IT, 10
BY this time the bartender has handed
out something that smells and tastes
more Ike a prescription than a drink.
In the next place he will ask for a
Swaunee sour or a Philippine fzz
Now after an our or so spent IN
| this way Bill and I started uptown on
the subway, getting on at the Wall
street station. The first train that
came along was crowded. but Bill said
he didn't care, Then | had to explain
that the train had cone from Brooklyn.
| and | hate everything tina comes from
Brooklyn because was born there my
self. The next train had seats IN u
and We were soon comfortably settled
and promised TO call eacn other When
". gui TO the Grand Central station.
Very soon BIZ shook me- and said II
vas time n get of and We did We
found Ne were at Fourteenth street.
Bill said he rad got confused because
the hgure four occurs both In fourteen
and fOrty-second and l had 70 accept
his explanation.
II was here We took a local When
We got on there was Just one vacant
seat In the Sc It next 10 T. Their. sat
a cross looking man who a "A Large
bundle on the topr IN front pf him and
in the seat on the other side Of hur
he had placed another | stoored over
t. ask him 4 he would not take his
hIrd'e OF the seat. when the train
speryet terery ne knows there's 4
curve Just therel and IN pIttlnS out my
sdul 20 save ms self, . JaUmc! his ha'
down Over mis- eyeS When he finally
got his hat OFF. I asked II he would rot
remove tae bundle from the seat he
x!arei at NE sar 4 FIJI m!nute. then took
the bundle from the floor and i-iiuer.
ately placed Z In the vacant seat
wanted - start sometime ri-1t there
boat IIll at' sod that We 20 uI, t~i tel
the guard We I'D Frs, ~ told h,r
Noth 'o[e'her and then ne ~ a 'Eu"
Finally he >IId. Gents, YOU better stay
ou' aer" The airs tr.>n--
~ TNsrty-tr.-i street ~ were
pushed back into the ar ard / found 4
seat and Bi.l found a half portion 4 one
UeNf pIl.l he Insisted ON tthIH- NJ
vent Well until We got past Invent,
~-'fH street. "ren Bll, who M, irue.
.u< at a tooth paste <u, sad he had
never seen to Word tooth" spelled
with tire" os before. I told ri71 ~
" ts vrur-. but he would get Up 80 l1"e
loser W-"n he turned around his seat
vas s'Hr a~l'7oLsh go one stand ~ had