The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-25
Ry LADY MARY


 New York, November 24--(Special) )-Do you by a chance know your Alice in Wonder hd?" If so, you must remem- Der the part where Alice nibbling the wrong side of the magic currant cake finds her neck growing longer and longer, while she murmurs "curiouser and curiouser!''
 That's the way I um feeling about New York and the wonders of it. I be- lieve that, in the vernacular when a person is busy looking al everything and everybody, it is called '.rubbering." Well, l am out rubbering, the most inveterate rubberer that ever rubbered! What {, weatheri What a city! What people,! Of course all these exclamations and ecstatics must seem utterly silly to the average American citizen, who takes as matter of course an atmosphere that is diamond clear, city that is crammed with gorgeous motors and overrun with expensive looking peopfe! To me, war worn Briton, it seems almost incredible.
 In London we have our crowded streets, our well dressed upper and mid- dle classes, our crowded theatres and hotels, but none of these things are quite so obvious as they are in this long, narrow streak of city that seems full to overflowing with riches and energy and sparkle.
 In London private motors are so few as to be almost conspfcuous. If we see luxurious vehicle, we instantly look for the reason for it's presence in the streets. It is either royal car hurry ing with It's princely freight to some war hospital or charity entertainment, or it is a car attached to some official de- partment, war, admiralty, V. A. D. (vol- untary aid departmenD or some of the other hundred and one uses for which our precious petrol can alone be used.
 But here in the glory and glow of Fifth avenue the sun during the day and the lights at mir t glisren and play hide (and seek with e polished bodies of su- perbly equipped automobiles that pass in endless review through crowded streets. {. APPOLAS OF FIFTH AVENUE
 And that's another thing that delights and bewilders me in this city, its traffic and the management or It by the police. Their semaphore methods of directing the army of occupation the strange signs with their mystic stop and go sig nals, their whistles, their uniforms, and above all, their physical magnificence, quite take my breath away.
 If anyone asked me to name the best looking men in New York city I would | unhesitatingly and in loud, firm voice say. ''the police force.'
 We admire and revere our own Lon don "Bobbies," but I am reluctantly compelled to confess that as Apollos they must retire in favor of the men in blue of this city
 Another thing that amazes me over here is the civility of public servants, such as railway officials, conductors on street cars and busses, etc. I boarded rather crowded bus on Fifth avenue the other day, and few minutes after d halt was made while weary looking woman, carrying a heavy child and dragging 8 collapsible perambulator, struggled on the step.
 The perambulator ha1 not fulfilled the promise of it's patent and refused Ito collapse" That conductor man, a hnartyr and an uncanonized saint, in my opinion, not only held up the buss till the hot and tired woman had got a seat, but he also dragged and pulled until he also made the baby carriage lie flat. Then he pulled the bell and we moved on.
 In London I can picture the scene that would have taken place. Even one of our very patient and enduring conductorettes would not have all lowed the opportunity for satire and fury to pass. Even if she had said nothing to the mother she would have indulged in much cynical humor and repartee with the other passengers