The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-31
m NEW YORK

| was my first trip to the big city.
! Naturally / found much OF interest,
and plenty to do. had hoped to
write some good stun back from New
| York but l found no time to write
/ in New York. l found a little time to
| sleep-oniy a little-but no time Is
write
| So briefly now after my return I
| shall try to tell a little OF how New
York looked TO me. You could go
| to New York and see little ! saw.
| perhaps, and much that missed 4
| There is so much there to see, SO
much that you cannot see. that after
a few days ] feel as II I had merely
| been peeping thru the cracks at the
greatest show place on earth.
With the friends l met found that
| was quite a curiosity-a man whq
had travelled. even a little. and had
never come to New York. could not
be understood. Why had l left New
York for the last?
The next question was invariably.
What are your Impressions Of NeAy
York;" What in New York impress-
es you the most?"
don't know what most people
answer. but the thing that impressed
me most of all in New York was the
kTtdt tiOMQo vi DtOpAt OLN 1CNn GfCAs
where. 4
The big buildings of course. ar4
wonderful. but l have seen fairly tall
buildings before and l have become
familiar with many OF New Yorks
tall buildings thru pictures and could
even pick some OF them out from tho
pictures l have seen+especially tho
Woolworth. Flatiron. and Singer
buildings. Trinity Church and tho
World building. I was down near
City Hall Park one day looking for
the World Building. and | saw II
across the park ! said 10. a man.
"Is that the World DuildingT- Het
said Il was. I said. 4 recognized it
from picture saw in the n. Y. World
soon after Il was built in 1892"
He said. Il think II was completed In
1891" So was getting pretty close.
II was one OF the big buildings theJn
but Is now quite oyer-shadowcd by
sky.serape-s.
There are many wonderful things
in New York-'many impressive
| thingE-but the great crowds OF peo
pie you see everywhere tell more OF
its magnitude than any other thisf.
Everywhere you 20 are mobs OF peo-
! pie. The sidewalks are full OF them
day and night The elevated cars
are crowded. the subways are jam
med. The big buildings swarm with
people like bee hives In spring.
One evening at about fiyc-thirty X
started from Park Row TO go down
TO Is Broadway to meet a six o'clock
enhancement. business folks from the
office buildings down town were
coming out and were headed for the,
| Brooklyn bridge. The sidewalks ami
half the streets were filled with y
river OF living people flowing up town
As far as one could sec this moving
mass Of people flied ALL the streets.
Going down town was like rowing
! agAinst the tide.
was down on the East side where
the streets are literally crowded
with children. and up town where the
parks are full OF women and children /,
Over 5000 900 people live In and
around New York City. but you can
not realize what that means until you
have seen the people on the streets
of New York.
am no, one OF those persons who
are afraid TO ask questions. have
made friends of policemen all along
the line. but there are not enough
policemen In these big cities 10
answer the demand. Washington has
200 policeman. PhlladelphiH $500.
and New Yo has ls.ooo-but even
in New Yor n policeman is pretty
hard to find sometimes. ! found that
almost any question I asked on the
streets of New York was n dead give
away-showed that I waz from ue
country. One dag J said to a ma4
who seemed to be standing still long
enough TO answer Guestion-and that
Ia hard thing TO find some times
Excuse me. but AZ you see ] am n
rube from the country and don't know
how 10 hnd my way about" Don't
worry about that" he said. there are
more rubes In New York than in any
City on the face OF this green earth
and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Most OF us were strangers hero once.
and know how a stranger feels
So got along fine and soon was
telling other folks how to find subway
| stations and their way about town.
instead OF saying. as SO many have 10
do. I'm stranger here too"