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New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

ME lower East Side is not
usually rated as gour-
mand. 1t is surprising,
therefore, to the casual
promenader on broad and spacious
Second Avenue, from First to Four
teenth Street, to pass d glltterlng
succession Of eating houses. They
vie with one another in brilliancy of
illumination and artistry Of facade
and they cluster so thickly that on
some blocks they are three abreast.
Here one may indulge his appe-
tite with all manner Of dishes and
titillate his palate in many Ian
guages. Deciding where to dine
would be a perplexity to the stran-
ger, because each place, to the in
itiate, has different note and ap-
peal sounding almost the complete
gamut of gastronomy-from the ex-
otic concoctions Of Oriental design
to the devious windings of Italian
spaghetti and from the demi-tasse
Of Gallo origin to the gefUllte fsch
Of Hebraic traditions.
Each restaurant bears distinct
individuality. This is determined
by the scale Of prices, the style or
nationality of service and the type
of customer who, most often, gives
the place its peculiar atmosphere.
Not a few of the restaurants have
developed a reputation for a par
ticular item on their bills of fare,
and many will flock there for this
piece de resistance. A great num-
Der of the boulevard's habitual
diners, to escape the monotony Of
the ever-recurring meal, will make a
complete orbit of the avenues res
taurants during the course of a
week or so.
Predominant in numbers is the
dairy restaurant" an innovation
peculiar to the East Side. A semi
vegetarianism thrives here, no meat
dishes being served. The establish
ment of these places followed a
wave of health talks which swept
the East Side some years ago. The
principal point of attack was exces-
sive meat eating, and the herbivor-
Gus apostles were so successful in
their campaign that the East Slider
his meat consumption
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

Side are plcntifully supplied with
scores of eating places, and dotted,
IN particular, with "prigatc restau-
rants The use Of the word "pri-
Vate here has Il peculiar interpre~
tatlon. 1t does not connote exclu-
slveness, except from particular
angle. a great many of the emil
grants from Russia and Rumania,
even after years of alienation, have
an intense craving for the dishes Of
their native province. They cannot
asslmilatc the American cuisine,
even though they accept its citizen
ship. 1t is, therefore, the practice
OF one of the inhabitants Of . pag-
ticular province TO convert hc.
front parlor Casually located on the
ground floor Of tenement into a
miniature dining room, where she
caters to a limited number Of her
home town folk Her shingle an
nounces the name of her province,
such as "Pinsker," "Dwinsker,"
"Mnisker,' "Saraslover, Bal
ystoktcr," etc, as the case may be.
Here the aliens meet their friends
from the Old Country and lose their
homesickness in the midst Of famil-
lar faces and dialects and in the
odors from Inc kitchen, which evoke
for them images of their home and
surroundings.
Another institution which is part
Of the multifarious life of the lower
East Side is the "knishe' restau-
rant. The "hnishe" is a singular
composition. One may look in all
the cook books and culinary annals
of al times for the recipe Of
"knishe," but his efforts will be
futile. Its sole habitat is the East
Side. Its architecture is fiat and
round, about six inches in diameter
and one inch in thickness 1t is
made of common dough and its in
terror is composed of buckwheat,
cheese or potatoes. When ready for
the oven it is baked in oil or but
ter.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

SAID Coney Island wasn't on his
beat.
"Herc's one the patrolman re-
marked, and crossed the street to
intercept q man who was so thor
oughy IN white that he might have
been a tennis player at work. On
closer inspection he proved to be
a baker, just out of the cellar. He
was questioned on his Industrial
connections and the economic ad-
vantages accruing from them.
"VelI," he responded, "ve onleh
get slXty-vun dollars week. That
amt no money nowadays. But We
get four dollars bread week"
Patrolman Levine said that he
had selected a baker because their
scale was slightly higher than that
of the other wage earners. The
storekeepers do much better, he
said.
AS for food-well, he wanted it
known that the East Side had sea-
sonal fruit before the West Side or
any other side; that the pastry was
the best, the chicken the latest
Killed, the meat the juiciest, the fish
the freshest. He pointed to readily
substantiating carts and stores,
lie wanted to know what neigh
borhood's women dressed more mod
lshly than those of the East Side.
and also asked whether or not
thousands didn't come to shops Of
the section for their clothing.
Just wait,' he said. Some dav
some guy is going to write the truth
about this place-but | bet nobody
would print it. The truth would
hurt the writing business in gen
eral."
He said that if anybody would
print the truth he would buy five
copies Of the paper himself. That
rash promise sets him back just a
quarter.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

show this to some Of those Ia-dc- da
writing guys"
He wasn't through at all with his
refutation of the context of all
literary efforts to date touching on
the East Side.
"Ihey call these people down here
poor and use lot of big words
which mean broke and hungry
Why, the incomes of the people here
are as big on the average as those
OF the people of any other neighbor-
hood, not counting the real swell
streets, maybe. They don't spend
their money on rent. They buy stuff
to eat and save their money. Looka
this"
He stopped a hurrying little man
with three or four days collection
OF beard on his face. In fluent
Ylddlsh he asked him about his
business, salary and working hours.
The little pedestrian was glib and
willing. He said he was a glazier.
ne worked seven hours day. for
which he received So. Six days are
his week, Patrolman Levine's wit
ness testified.
A large pushcart carrying combs
and handkerchiefs was moving up
the street. From behind it Patrol
man Levine drew out the motive
power, about 125 pounds of youth
1ul Jewish person, who volubly in
sisted that he hadn't violated any,
thing, never had and never would.
lie was ready, even eager. wit
ness. He gave $38 as his AVERAGE
weekly net. He said he was LIVING
down at Coney Island for the sum
mer and that the robbers there were
cutting into his savings. He said
that the police should arrest goniff
like Rosenstein, who charged GO
cents for 3O-cent meal because his
restaurant was two blocks from
Coney Island. Patrolman Levine
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Along Second AUenue

samcness, with their stained wood
work, marble-topped tables crowned
with little baskets Of rolls, and ex-
hibiting window displays of a great
and seasonablc variety Of fruits and
vegetables.
There suddenly intrudes the
ubiquitous self-service lunch room,
fathered by the American spirit Of
hustle and hurry and supporters of
administration. There are onlv
two Of these in the length Of tho
boulevard, and they are patronized
mainly by poor wage earners ard
those who want TO escape the Of.
ticious waiter.
Near the beginning Of the ave.
nue. is a cooperative restaurant
owned and patronized by the diners.
They consist of 4 group of radicals
whose business sagacity and clam
nishness led them to organize thi.
place against the high cost of eat.
ing, and it has proved highly sue
cessful venture. It is probably the
only restaurant in the city owned by
its diners and where the walters are
absolutely tipless
Among the other types to be noted
are chop house where the Teutonic
spirit prevails in cookery, table
d'hotes whore one can get a five
course meal for 40 cents. delicatessen
stores where sandwiches and pickles
are munched standing up. = sprink
ling of Chinese chop suey palaces,
and milk stores that prov;ce one
minute breakfasts to those Who have
turned a deaf ear to the alarm clock.
The most interesting, however.
are the vegetarian restaurants.
These places were started bv Rus
sian refugees who were disciples of
Tolstoy. Flesh, fish and fowl are
utterly taboo here. For : t:me the
patrons were confined to the rigid
adherents of vegetarianism. hut the
creed spread, and thy arc now
doing flourishing business. In all.
there are four such places on the
East Side. Monotony has been ban
ished from the diet by the invention
of ingenious dishes that simulate in
name, taste and form the forbidden
meat dishes, but the substance re-
mains faithfully vegetarian.
The other areas of lower East
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

and took extensively to patronizing
the dairy restaurant.
in the upper reaches of this sec
ton are the French pastry parlors.
which cater to the elite of the
younger set. The sumptuous sur
roundings Of thick green carpets.
artificial palms and little glass-topped
mahogany tables are reflected in the
nigh prices charged. But the East
Side beauX disregard the extrava-
gance if they can bask little while
with pretty girl in the atmosphere
of this fictitious afllucncc.
Near by are the famous Bohemian
cafes, crowded every night to dawn
with Yiddish artists, musicians.
actors and litterateurs, all indus
trlously and vehemently engaged in
gesticulating and creating a sophis
tlcated hubbub. These places arc
more like clubs, because the patrons
are all habitues and known to each
other. The cafes have added a
Partisan touch with their open-air
dining, and the guests lend an air
OF cosmopolitanism with their con-
versations and faces.
Around the corner, in a wide
street, are group of Italian spa
ghetti houses, where the serpentinc
food rules in all it's tortuous forms
and draws the innocent and unwarv
diner into its maze of inextricable
intricacies.
Further down is an Hungarian res
taurant, serving its native menu in
all It's dressings and odors, and
cheek by jowl, is a Rumanian
"casino," displaying its bill OF fare
au naturel-an array OF uncooked
dishes in showcase in the window
to tempt the eyes and snare the
stomach of the passersby. Here, too.
the steaks are broiled and served
bloody and hot, right off the grill,
on circular wooden platters.
Then follows a series of dairy
restaurants. all bearing a striking
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
'D0n i Worry About Us; SAYS Coz

Levine pointed with an unused night.
stick to wall of houses, studded
with bedclothes and colored blank
cts it's 4 o'clock now, and bet in
that house Of thirty-six families
there amt thirty people. Let's look"
He raped familiarly on the doors
OF four flats on the ground floor in
the back Of the kosher butcher shop
and a bakery which had smelly.
sticky jelly cakes in the window.
Three made no response. A heavy
woman peered out in the fourth.
She had been washing-herself and
sald she was going out soon to give
the baby an airing. She would have
gone out earlier. she said, only COM
pany had come from Harlem. She
hates company, she declared, be-
cause they only come to criticise
your things and maybe eat a meal
or two.
fatrolman Levine became iovial.
like any one who is vindicated quick
ly and completely.
"What did I say?" he asked, rhe-
torically. WAS any one home? Nix
They all beat it as soon as their
husbands go to work. These houses
are almost empty. Of course, thew
amt very clean because the people
don't spent enough time in them
Ihey are out in the air-down at
Coney Island or Rockaway or Cen
tral Park. They go early, about 8
or O'Clock. They come home late"
He laughed suddenly and said it
was a funny thing.
The women are bigger than the
men, he explained. THAT is, mostly
The men can't complain with anv
results. The women aren't perfect
housekeepers, but they sure do like
their Kids. l guess that is what
sends them outdoors. People in
other neighborhoods don't get the
air half as much. l wish could
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
mecca Of the East Side
bargain hunter is 4 strip of
Orchard Street between Riv-

bargain hunter is 4 strip of
Orchard Street between Riv-
ington an,, Delancey. 1t is
like a rainbow tn. cad in the gridiron
of gray thoroughfares. Its curbs are
forever lined with pushcarts laden
with a thousand and one variegated
wares, piled high in colorful profu-
sion and wildly reminiscent Of an
Oriental bazaar in an ARABIAN
Nights" episode. From morning
until late ir., cf.e Night the turgid
air resounds with a loud and con-
fused clamor Of lying and selling,
with the stentorian voices of the
pedlers rising like war cries above
the babel Jostling and boisterous
crowds are feverishly ranging up
and down the row of pushcarts, CO.
agulating into serried ranks about
those carts that offer some special
attractions and spending hours in
scrutinizing and handling articles in
one cart after another in an endless
quest for bargains.
The merchandise on sale runs the
scale Of household needs. These
stores on wheels do not confine
themselves to a single type or kin
dred kinds of goods. Nearly all of
the pushcarts display bizarre as
sortment of startling variety. AL
most everything il seen on some of
the carts, from set of imitation
ruby cuff links and Colonial and
irons to hot-water bag, hobnob-
bing with q tattered set of Victor
Hugo.
On a typical day there can be
found on sale cakes of soap in
crusted with the greenish mould of
ages; a cheap replica of the "Three
Graces" gazing lcngingly into a pile
of underwear and faded bathing
suits; a collection of hardware in
various states of ccrrosion; silk
shirts, colored with a binding fam
boyancy in awning stripes; soft COL
lars bereft Of their lawful shirts;
a cartful Of dolls heads, suggesting
possible French revolution in doll
land; woven ties, all bearing the
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
DATROLMAN SAMUEL LE-
VINE wants to know if a lot

i VINE wants to know if a lot
OF literary guys from Boston
London or Greenwich Village arc
writing up the East Side. He accuses
them all of libel and says their
stories arc imniatcrial and irrele-
want. He maintains that they are
using dark brown or other blackish
local colors on something which is
pink and white.
Patrolpaan Levine also wants
some kind of embargo on slum-
mers and sightseers. He SAYS that
the happiest, healthiest {. i most
prosperous people on the face of
the metropolitan district ought to
be left alone. And just let him get
one OF those long haired writing
guys looking into a dark hallway
for story, he'll arrest him for
blocking the sidewalk, Patrolman
Levine wants it known.
Nobody has told the truth about
the East Side-this is also quoting
Patrolman Levine - because it
would cut off from their income a
number of people who would sooner
write than work. He Graves the
lifting of traditions censorship and
a few rays of ungarnished, unad-
jectived truth.
1T drives me off my bean !"
Patrolman Levine said on the cor
ner of Rivington and E!dridge
streets, "to hear a million people in
The Bronx and other places 90
around telling how they pity the
poor on the East Side. Some of
them get their pity from the Sunday
stories of fellows who get their
information over the telephone
The other people once lived on the
East Side themselves, but thew amt
keen about advertising it, so they
go tut-tuttin' and pityin' like the
rest.
"Looka over there!'- e!'-Patrolman
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

One mtghi suppose that oranges each.
pears Phms, apples and bananas the price and
smaller ones for penny coud bring ready buyers These
are the prcrdng prices al the stands under Williams.
burg Brdge-yet one Of the renders (tfe lady left
seated under the Hmbrea) conGded that fep and
Jar beftrcen until midnight
The tall h the black beard sorting the fruit
in is barrel into the sizes he resaiIs cent t,co CENTS
ana co tor ce cents Harng sorted he does if
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
Austria as, on the whole, the surestf
safeguard against its joining forces
with Germany
REAPPEARANCE OF FLU
REPORTED IN LUNA co,
!sssclA. eosssssesossce 70 MORNING 1.uan.l,

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE TO MORNING JouRNAll
Santa Fe. March 2l.--Authorities
were notified today of recrudescence
of influenza in southwestern New
Mexico. In Luna county, In one fam
lily, three deaths occurred this week
Mrs. Henry Bell, dying soon after
her husband, Henry c, Bell, and her
son, Henry Bell, The father died af-
ter the son and was never told of the
sons death. The sons wife also was
too i'll TO be informed. Mrs. Lillian
McCallister was another victim, her
death occurring shortly after that of
her son, Floyd McCallister.
Two children in the family of Mr..
and Mrs. John Blee died Of diph-
liberia, one Edward. aged I, and the
other Eleanor, being A. Eleanor was
the sixth child in the family to be
summoned by death and of two sur
viving, one is quite i'll with diphtheria.
The outbreak OF smallpox at Springer
Is under control. Sporadic cases of
smallpox are reported from other
parts of the state.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
FOR GOOD SEASON
IN EDDY COUNTY
Previous Records for Produc-
tiyity Will Be Broken This
Year. Is Opinion of AgriCuI-
turaI Agent,

ESPECIAL coRREsPoangscs TO sosslNe JOURNAL
Carload. n. NJ, March 21.--County
Agent a. u. Smith thinks that there
is a prosperous season on its way to
Eddy county, and that previous rec
ords of productivity W II be broken in
many intances by the farmers, dur
ing the coming year. In speaking of
the prospects, the county agent said:
Il have recently made an inspec-
ton of all the farming districts of the
county. and they look good TO me,
without exception. ] find that the
cool nights have held back most of
the fruit trees, so that the prospects
for a good apple crop are flattering.
Other fruits are also going to bear
well, and although some few trees
have budded prematurcly and are l.
able of being frost bitten, | think
that the general fruit situation is the
best of some years.
New fields of alfalfa are going in.
all over the county. and this crop,
which is the leading crop of the Coun-
tY, will in all probability continue so
during the year. Prices for hay are
high now, and promise to continue so
for some time. Much cotton will he
put in on the Carlsbad project, al
will prevail during the coming sea-
son. over half a million dollars was
made from cotton this year, on the
Carlsbad project"
The county agent said that less
wheat was planted last fall than was
grown the preceding year, but that
the fields which We're put in looked
exceedingly good, The usual acreage
of kaflrs and Mexican June corn will
also be planted this spring
Farmers of Eddy county are realiz-
ing the value of the better kind of
live stock, and the pure bred animal
Is coming into his own. This fact Is
wildly shown at various farm sales
held all over the county.
IT'S hard to dispose of scrub
horses at any price, but let q big well
boned draft animal come on the
block, and he's snapped up so quick
that even the auctioneer is surprised.
These are invariably taken quickly
while the scrub is led back to the
stall, Farmers are using bigger.
heavier machinery in their farming
operations, and It requires big boned
animals to haul them.
The most ambitious poultry con-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
BOWEL Gas
CROWDED HER
LUNCSAND HEART
Mrs. Wilbur Could Hardly Breashc
Stomach Trouble All
Conc Now.

"a year ago had such a bad case
of stomach II ouble that at times II
was hard t. keep life in me. So much
gas gathered that it crowded Try
lungs and heart ah,l / could hardly
get my breath. / rad a good doctor
all winter, but got no relief.
coughed most all this time and cot
so thin and weak l could scarcely
walk.
II commenced taxing Milks Emul-
sion on April ~. In 4S hours ell
pain had ie-t me and / could eat a
little and sleep. Then I commenced
to gain in Strength and appetite and
flesh. am convinced that SIil,is
Emulsion saved my Efe."--Mrs. lsa-
bella I. Wilbur, Webb, Iowa
Mrs. Wilbur is only one of thou
sands who have promptly rid them
selves of stomach torture by using
Milks Emulsion. 1t is guaranteed,
and costs nothing to try
Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nu-
tritive food and corrective medicine.
1t restores healthy, natural bowel ac-
ton, doing away with all need of
pills and physics 1T promotes APP
petite and quickly puts the digestive
organs in shape to assimilate food.
AS a builder Of flesh and strength,
M1ikS Emulsion is strongly recon-
mended to rundown, nervous people,
and it has produced amazing results
in many cases of tuberculosis Of the
lungs. Chronic stomach trouble and
constipation are promptly relieved
usually IL one day.
This W the only solid emulsion
made, and so palatable that It is eat
en- with a spoon like ice cream. A
truly wonderful medicine for weak,
sickiy children.
No matter how severe your case,
you are urged to try Milks Emulsion
under this guarantee-Take six bot
ties home with you, use it according
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the results, your money will re
promptly refunded. Price 60c and
$1.20 per bottle. The Milks EmEl-
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guaranteed by Highland Pharmacy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
OIL FEVER HAS FIRM
HOLD ON LAS VEGAS
.srscrAl coaResponoence - MORN

.arsetAl CORRESPONDENCE To MORNING JOURNAL
East Las Vegas, n, NJ, March 81.
East Las Vegas is getting the oil
fever. Last year extensive operations
were carried on near Antonchico,
south and west of here ana renorts
reaching here were TO the effect that
the drillers found the best prospects.
The fact that the drillers began OPP
erauons again this spring as soon as
the weather would permit, and that
new leases have been sought, would
seem to show that the leas holders
believe they are working in good
prospecting field.
In the country north of here, par
ucularly near Wagon Mound, prepa-
rations are being made for extensive
prospecting. The prospectors are Sc
curing leases quietly, and it is said.
have covered a large section of coun-
try. biologists have pronounced the
formations in this section to be typi-
cal of these in heavy oil ana gas
bearing fields.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
ROMERO IS NAMED AS
GASOLINE INSPECTOR

SPECIAL eoasGsponpsscs TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, March 21.-Former coal
oil Inspector Eugenio Romero of Las
Vegas was today named by Governor
Larrazolo to be gasoline inspector for
the Third jtidiciaf district.
A.. p. Anaya was given the first of
the twenty-eight road superintendent
cies which pay $4,000 year each, he
being named superintendent for De
Baca county.
Lieut.. Luna Bergere and Attorney
Luis E. Armijo were today named
members of the board of regents of
the New Mexico Military institute at
Roswell.
r. M. Henry of Alamogordo. Ben
jamin West of Carrizozo and Max
Johnson of Tucumcari were appointed
mounted police by Governor lara.
solo, ~ s.ss
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-22
How Is Your Diocstiono

II you have trouble with your d.
gestion you should adopt diet suit
ed to your age and occupation, eat
slowly, masticate your food thorough
~, When constipated take Chamber
lain's Tablets. They not only move
the bowels but strengthen the diges-
ton and create healthy appetite.
They are easy to take and most agree
able in effect.