The evening world., 1919-03-13

vision of New York within its smoke
We love our home towns. But
when the youth who keeps the stand
Of Papers from Other cities" says
Guess YOC don't want the Kansas
city Wlhmpp here's tho Sew York
Evening Woild Tor YOU we're tickled
sick.
Anyhow. that's tho way Minnie and
Ted Granthy felt. As they crossed the
thrilling concourse Of the Grand Cen
tral the rcd capped porter. sclzins
Tcd's bags. murmurcd, Home again,
sub" And Minnie. with beating heart
sent home to the department store on
Main street a pedn OF Thanksgiving
and graft udc. The store manager nad
sworn by all his ancestors that ncr
suit was direct from New York" II
was trlic--it was true. She looked Ike
n New Yorker, The very porter took
her for one. And YOU couldn't fool
New York porters!
Minnie hardly dared speak 70 Ted
for fear the porter might recognize her
Western accent and rolinquish his iilu-
sions. on the way to the taNicao she
saw a sliverishly thin girl In a satin
trock so tight at the ankles that a
four-inch hitch was the nearest she
could approximate a walk. Minnie re-
solved TO "bant" down to III and re-
duce her skirt 20 the breadth OF a
trouser leg. II New York women were
wearing them that way she would
wear them that way. II New YORK
women were thin she would De thin i
she had 20 subsst on a pickle a day.
They put up for the night at tho
newest hotel. Not that II was better
than the next newest but Minnie and
Ted both had a feeling that there
would be more New Workers there
They had read that New Workers wor-
shipped the --latest" whether an apart
ment or a slang phrase. New Workers
had no room in their CONSTRUCTED living
quarters to dance and sup. 1heS
spent their evenings, the Grantbys had
heard, in cabarcts, grllls and palm
rooms of hotels.
Next day Minnie began hunting
apartments II was a nerVe-tear'ns
experience. Minnie didn't know up
town from downtown or east side
from west. She had been warned
that rents were awful" but she
had not realized what degrees OF
awfulness there were.
She stumbled into the rest room OF
huge department store to rest ana
collect herself, cross off the twenty
seven addresses she had already
visited and arrange the 2Sth, 2sth
3oth and 3lst in order OF location
Her feet hurt so she could have cried.
She felt depressed and heartsicN'
lonely and confused.
woman leaned toward her from
the next chair.
Warm, isn't it for this time Of
year? So tiresome shopping You're
from out OF town, aren't you'' she
smiled socially,
This was a dampener'
"Oh. no, my husband and I-er-are
living in New York replied Minnie,
MY husbands business is here, I've
been hunting a new apartment since
ten this morning"
"And you're all in" finished the
woman, undcrstandingly. Find any
thing?"
, Minnie shook her head.
"But I've got several more places
to CO." she added. Her friendly
neIghbor craned to look at Minnie q
list.
"oh, you1l never ind anything
n that neighhorhood," she profiered
in a tone that, good naturcd as it was
made Minnie feel the superiority ot
New York knowledge over her own
| "Whv don't you try the Riverside
section. It's really the choicest II
| New York. The Heights are so-ah
prov incial, don't you think
Minnie would have loved IN asl
what provincial" meant in regard t,
"The Heights out .dn't care I,
show her provincialneas. The younl
woman went on:
why not look in my heighborhood
We have a perfectly WON der fu
apartment right ovsrlookins u