Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-09
ENJOYING NEW YORK TO FULL.
Miss Brown Writes Interesting Let
ter TO IOmcfOlkS.

! New York studying music:
Dear IIomefolks:
Wish you were all here to help
| me enjoy everything. We are SO we'll
situated up here. | had my first real
lesson to-day. and Of course | was
scared most to death. Mrs. Miller
said she could hear my knees playing
"liome, Sweet Home" | like my
teacher so much. He is Russian, and
gets after me about my talking.
says must speak palmer and more
distinctly. | believe l. will have to
learn to talk over.
Well, will tell you Of some Of our
trips. We went to Carnegie Hall to
hear Signaller Tom Shephill, an Aus
tralian poet, and soldier lecture.
They were fine. Heard a singer. too,
and she. too, was good Then we
won't to Wannamaker's Auditorium
to hear concert. We heard Edna
Florence Deiler. Of New York Col
lege Of Music, and she was good too.
You should have been with us to-
day on the subway. We started to
Wannamaker's got on at 59th street
and rode about three miles through
stations, got off and walked mile,
got back Oh at ith street, got Off
and walked again. got on again and
rode to Times Square. The noise is
enough to kill you We gigglcd all
tho and bnl
went down to pier on elevated train.
pier No. | is right at the aquarium.
The Hudson is the most beautiful
river ! have ever seen. 1t seemed
as though there were Il million boats
and ships there. We saw the Statue
of Liberty, the United States customs
house, where all foreigners are ex-
amincd before landing. We go TO all
the band concerts at Columbia Uni
VerSity all summer. as we joined the
Woman's Art Club.
Mr.. Klibonsky asked mo this
morning if had had my breakfast.
| told him that had. He said. "Weil.
from the way you are chewing your
words. it would seem that yea &c
still hungry"
Well. here | m-Monday morning
and | have just received mama's
letter. We all had such good time
Saturday. Miss Intzsminger came
over right after luncheon, and re
! all took the subway to the lluu .on
Bay. We got on II big boat q, ! At
terry Park and role 81 miles I'VE
were on the upper dcckD all thA way
| around Manhattan Island. 1t tor.i us
four hours. We first pt ssed clc.;, to
the Statue Of Liberty. Eight a. the
| Battery the North and East n,vcrs
join. Across the North Eiver we
could see Jersey City. or Staten
lslan:. i've niles away. Cn tho lNSt
was Governors Island On the lc.i
across lie. East River. We could see
Brooklyn. TO the right Of the Statue
OF Liberty is Ellis Island. and on it
are the buildings OF the Immigration
Department. Everywhere across the
water we could see European steam
ships. coast steamers, excursion
boats hospital boats, ferry boats
tteight car iioats. canal boats. hodt-
ing derricis. grain elevators, tugs.
revenue cutters, steam yachts, sai.-
ing craft: and down the Hudson,
| across from Riverside Drive. there
was fleet OF u. S. cruisers, battle
ships, torpedo boats, submarine de-
stroyers and transports. They were
III line down the river as far as we
| could see. AS we passed Hoboken,
\. j.. we saw the sister shin OF the
largest ship in the world (the Lusi-
taniaD 1t was the Emperator and it
had brought the President OF Brazil
into New York on Saturday morn
ing. There were big French trans.
ports that had just docked that
morning. and several English. Ital-
ian and South American boats. We
passed under the old and new Brook
lyn bridges. Manhattan bridge, Will
liamsburg bridge. Greensboro bridge,
the High bridge. which crosses Long
Island Sound and He'll Gate. Right
across from Long Island Sound, on
one bank Of the Harlem river. we
passed the Speedway. specially builf
FOR drivers Of fast horses. 1t is four
and q half miles in length: and :rst
below High bridge is Washington
bridge. second largest to Brooklyn.
IT is interesting to see these big
bridges oncE and close for the larger
GOATS. AS we passed down the !iud-