Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-19

NM . ''Is ~, = -sN-t IS.--it was
S"Allt estimated that there are 10000
600 people Ia greater New York and its
Immediate onyironS Ey simple cal
cu!atluu one Of the leading dailles ar
rl' es Nt the conclusion that New York
IS therefore onc-tcuth Of the whole
United States.
This Impressive fact suggests that
perhspa tie Importance OF New York is
oe.hS overlooked. This is no; only
onc-tcnth Of our country. hat tho
tenth by which we are most often
Judged. : great dca! has been written
ana saH about various things in New
York "ut relatively !tilc about New
York. as "a whuIc Comment seems 10
haze been lott !ArseIy IN the hands OF
ID f." li.l -!su authors OIL lecture tours,
Who almps, Invariably confined their
observations TO ~" women, the mi!iion-
aires and the subway.
There Is Obvious need then. for .
comp.ehenaiye and scientihc study OF
New IorE 10 determine jus, what il
=. and why. II might be added tina,
,h!s is not the said study. but msrely
a few tentative suggestions.
i'.rst then. New York Is money mad.
This has been noticed before. and 10y
pfh"" people and New York has there
fore been termed cold heartless and
inhunaa. But tho reason for this in
ordinate moHSy-aUugcr has been over
looked Is mat the city is Z. wonder
!at.ns ~ human wan. There is no
saCh thing Acre as getting enough or
being satisfied However, much YOU
mas haNa. the city is always Haunting
30 YOUR face what YOU want and can't
get The man in New York withou,
nronev s lisc kid before q Christmas
tree ioga..G-u 20 to- IN "A thing
L. h.ts The ti.itor tho same way. II
is tuc HAT all New York lines up
along broadway and Fifth Avenue with
ou,st"et h"l naw 10 relieve the !i.mer-
ant OF every particle OF his change.
And likewise he man who is here from
Muroto Ind. ON his e. buying tour
having s""cd up his 'ctrr.i trip ticket
in tne lining Of his vest and deposited
h.s watch with tho hotel clerk, sets out
with thc equally p!ratical intention OF
gett.ng every bit OF fun that he can
- >iicuouly Provincial.
N'w York is ,ht most provincial
place iu America. There are more
people I'M New York who have never
been am; where else since they got here
Than !u amy other city &C the United
states There are more strange and
ourlaHdish modes of dress 10 he seen
on The slrcets-and most OF them arc
worn by natives There are more
queer d-lccts spoken. "WuXtry' for
example. meaning that another car line
!. tied up, ana tat lapers have printed
purely INDIGENOUS noun 10 be heard no
whore else ia the wC Id
There is e bar-kecpcr in q Broadway
piacc-Iud h. is not eXceptional--wh
has never been ont of Greater New
York. and seldom more than a mile
from Broadway. Compared IN such as
he, the man who lives on a ranch i'll
Wyoming aud goes to Chicago once
year 10 sell steers is a globe trottcr
and co&mopoliic.
The New Yorker is a very healthy.
active, powerful type OF the species
homo sapieus. despite many allega tons
about the unwhOlesomeness Of city life.
And there is good reaS for this.
Those VINO are not fit either die or mi
CRATE. The New Yorker has to be
up on his toes and ready every minute
of the day. His facility in threading
the thGudcrouS maZcS OF his native
town show him an athlete and Il man
or woman-of galvanized nerve. The
chap from sioux City. contemplating
an expedition across Broadway at
Forty fifth street. tcetcrs on the curb
like Il frightened bird. peers up and
down, grabs the hrim of his hat and
makes numbering dash for it, The
native strolls across with mastery
nonchalance, avoids a taxi by a hairs
breadth without looking a; il. and
reaches the other side without having
interrupted his conversation with d
friend
of course. poverty and disease take
their toll III some sections, but even
the crowded East Side is nothing like
the cartoons in the socialstic maya
zines Walk down that way OF a fine
Summo. evening. The streets are
Hswarn with buxom girls. and strap
ping lads Rudy old men in little
black skull caps dozc before the doors
Of their shops. The troops of small
boys that play leap frog over the
five gallon milk cans on the sidcwa ks
arc not bit less sprv and noisy than
the ones that grow up in the country.
and they arc vast lot sharper.
y" M0motony There.
'rhc New Yorker is strong and
healthy because IL he was not he
would lac dead: and he is young and
happy of spirit because he is always
amused Monotony kills as we'll as
bad air and while some of the air in
Now York is not all what II might be.
there rs very little monotony
New Workers Of all gradccs and
classes and nationnlities arc lovers OF
| run. and they take their fun outdoors.
| They are fond OF excursions and pio-
mics and fishing and swimming They
know the value Of open sky and sea