The Springdale news., 1918-10-18
A SOLDIER SEE
ING NEW YORK.

tBv Jno. L. Stafford

.,or 10 New 4ork City for a
s Osor visit and will try and tell you
s s Of the things saw, as 1t would
~ almost impossible to tell all that
! saw. -, a.hor hoys
,ho COMPANY. we left camp at
aoon Friday. with passes good Tor
.,.antv.hours. We had to walk two
ailss 10 a raildroad station where
NO caught an electric train OF about
- coaches. These trans seem
very odd to one not accustomed to
them for they are operated Ike a
.trset ear, and are what is called a
,brae.rail track. 1t required about
ono hour TO make the trip 10 New
York and Just before we landed at
Pennsylvania station we went under
tbe Hudson River, through the great
,,,hes about which you have read.
Inst like a tunnel, and hard to realize
Won are under water, for you never
see any. either on going IN or com
ing out, Took US about thirty MN
utes TO find our way out Of the stat
i'm and into the street, but we made
il after inquiring about three times.
We walked four or five blocks and
all Of sudden turned on to street,
and Of all the flags and banners, and
Navy bands playing, and people rush
ing here and there. you never saw
anything like it We were on Ne"
York's famous Broadway What
do you know about il We kept
walking and walking, all the time
looking for the place where We we're
to spend the night. the location be
ing given on the back Of our passes.
Finally We found it, and each sign
ed up for bed, shower bath and
breakfast, and the charge for all was
only SIS cents each. 1t is place for
soldiers and sailors especially, for en-
listed men only, and there certainly
was bunch of them there. We had
a nice room with bath and a fine
breakfast. 1t is located at 55 w.
9th St, near Broadway, and IS
maintained and operated by New
York War Camp Community Service
organizations. We inquired here
about shows, and finally decided to
see Al Joslin in "Sinbad," at the
Century Theater Now get this, at
the Y NJ G. A Unit No 5 they gave
US free tickets to this show, all we
had to pay being the war tax of 10
cents.
With place reserved to sleep we
started out to see some of the city,
first walking We went back to
Broadway, but had not gone far un
I'll We took a sightseeing automobile,
which took US over big part of the
city and down Riverside Drive for
about ten miles This is driveway
down the Hudson River, where we
could see battleship after battleship,
submarine chasers. ferry boats. and
one transport Certainly saw some
wonderful things here. The fare
was ten cents, and we took trans
Ter and went out as far as l68th St.
we arrived at that point about 4:30
p, m, and then decided we wanted To
90 to Wall Street. We were told
II was fifteen miles, and were afraid
We couldn't make ii there and get to
The theater by 7:45, but after lit
lie inquiry found we could take the
subway, which you know is some dis
lance under the ground. We did
'his, and arrived at Wall Street be-
tween 5 and 6 o'clock.
Gan You imagine me on Wall Street
IN New York Well, / could hard
" realize where was. Here is
where we saw the L. S. Subtreasury
building, and many others. The
"oOiWorth building is certainly a
beauty, made of white stone, with
ue'ofations resembling gold and
'seepies the same. 1t was construct
90 IN three different sections and it
:, necessary to take three different
e'esa'ofs to go to the top. We
"e'e On the street when everybody
was quitting work to go home, and
~ NE tell you it just made me diz-
y TO watch the traffic.
y was now about six o'clock, and
, ".s'iihe TO make our way back to-
~ AUS the theater, we had to ask a
peaeeman to direct US. We took the
s ~ to Times Square and walk
~, ~ we remainder of the way to Cen
ARK Here we had a nice sup
Fer at the canteen. conducted under
al, direction of Mrs. William Ran
as e.pH hurst, wife of the we'll known
: publisher. Everything
cost. 'ea d. az '"i
... .ae Performance at the theater
w. vs. supposed to begin at s:l5. and we
i nv .nere at 7:3o, but could not get
h.;, a''a f:45. OF all the beautiful
T1a uihgs seen this sure was one.
o. - was three different doors to
~. through before we w.ys even in
on, ". outside hall. Here they took
frs, hs' and as we were in he
tor 'a u,' We had to take an eleva
We h.s aiat do you know about that ?
M aaa nice seats on the sixth row
iofmanee opened of course
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