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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

heraldry of damaged goods; curios
and objects dart from all cIimes
and times; Il sale of sandals, at 30
cents pair, besIeged by clamoring
Semites, suddenly inspired with the
spirit of Grecian renaissance and
the chance for bargain; an un-
strung either, that may have known
at one time some masters hand;
cigarettes of an unsuccessful brand.
selling at three cents a pack; a pile
of underwear, coyly hiding its de-
fects; empty birdcages, with twisted
wires; Clipped busts of the famous.
ETC., ad infinitum.
Each cart is separate entity in
TINS conglomerate mart and gathers
about its wheels motley collection
OF people. Some are collarless and
flannel shifted; some are millinered
and gowned in tatfeta or broadcloth:
others wear shawls on their heads
~iiN Shiito vi CduCO. But though
different stages of wealth mark their
varying estates of life, they all Sc
to have common purpose in this
seething hustle and indecorous bag
CLING, attracted ito the wares by the
hue and cry raised by the bowling
hawkers. Each pilgrim to this
mecca is bent on bringing home an
indisputable and gainful bargain to
his family, SO that his or her fame
as g. clever purchaser will Ike endur-
ingly established. 1t is a sign of
almost intellectual greatness in
some East Side families to engineer
a coup d'etat against the merchant
class.
The method of reaching a NUT
ually amicable price between buyer
and seller is singular and attended
with many vicissitudes of word
and gesture. Often as not the !
oedler is unaware of the true mar
let value of his commodities. His
purchases are for the most part
made in job lots at Auction sales.
JOB lot" in the Orchard Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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-
otto connections 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 excess
sive meat eating, and the herbivor-
Gus apostles were so successful in
their campaign that the East Slider
his meat consumption
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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-
waite 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 he.
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 single 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
inconsistencies 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 adj
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

show this to some Of those Ia-dc- da
writing guys"
He wasn't through at all with his
REPUTATION 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31
Along Second Avenue

samcness, with their stained wood
work, handicapped 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 only
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 unlocked
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 Familiarity 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
SAID 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 indicated 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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,, Delaney. 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., tie 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-
bling 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31
DATROLMAN SAMUEL LIE
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 Stun
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!'- Patrolman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-31

One might suppose that oranges each.
pears Phms, apples and bananas the price and
smaller ones for penny coud bring ready buyers These
are me 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 las barrel into the sizes he resaiIs cent t,co CENTS
ana co tor ce cents Harng sorted he does if
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
APPARATUS TO TEST
BREATH OF iMBIBERS
is LATEST INVENTION

NEW YORK, Nov. Snow comes
the "breathoscope." Chief Revenue
Agent Harry w. Mayer, in charge of
prohibition enforcement in New York,
introduced the newest rum detector
when he assembled his cohorts in a
school for the enforcement of prohi-
bftion" in the customs house here to-
day.
The "breathoscope" tests the breath
literally. Agents will be equipped
with the apparatus. If customers
wobble when they come from near
beer doors, an agent promptly will
clamp on the 'breathoscops," which
looks loke a cross between gas
mask and an automatic speedometer.
and the "breethoscope" will register
the alcoholic content of the exhala-
tions
Agents tried the apparatus out on a
coal wagon driver who imbibed
"sassafras tea at n North River bar
and then dumped his coal in a sewer
manhole. They said they found the
"sassafras tea was 36 per cent alco-
ho1.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08

Ed Wallan and family were In from
their ranch on Thursday evening.
birthday party was celebrated on
Ihursday evening in honor OF Cap
tam Linn McCollun. Those present
We're MIR. and Mrs. w Bouyen and
daughters Wilma and HELEN, Mr., and
MIS-. Nj. A. Baker. Blanch wilron. Ma
pie Goer, Louis Desvoign, Winters
lanes Reee&ah Kember, CLYDE Rod
rickk, they played games and sang
songs. Refreshments of cake, candy
and nuts were served.
Charley Watrus of Pomeroy. is the
guest OF his sister Mrs. f. q. Marquis
FOR the week end.
Mrs. H. Bane and children of walla |
Nalla is the guest of her parents Mr..
ma Mrs. j. I. Lieuallen for a few
lays.
MRS Dave Stone and little son, and
iiss NJ. Mallon were the guests of
Ars. G. krehs on Monday evening.
MIS- Pearl Danes entertained a few
rlerds at her home on Friday even
lg All spent pleasant evening.
Mrs. r. Devoign and son left Thurs !
ay for La Crosse Washington.
Mrs. t. A. Lieuallen was a visitor '
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
-DESCHUTES
HIGHWAY DELAY NOW
CONSIDERED LIKELY
Bluff Route Advocated After
Visit Yesterday of Highway
Commission Officials, Me-
cessitates Change.

THE DALLES, Or, Nov. "A de
lay in the construction of the Colum
ola river highway from Seufert to the
Deschutes river looms up, following q
visit yesterday of state highway COM
mission officials who reviewed the
highway sites from automobiles
Highway commissioners r. A. Booth
\ OF Eugene and ]. N. Burgess of PEN
dleton. with State Highway Engineer
Herbert Mum and assistant. Roy
Klein, of Salem; NJ o. Bennett, divi-
sion engineer from Pendleton, and
Malcolm Moody of this city. Portland
newspaper men and Judge Adkisson,
F. c. Clausen and L. Barnum were in
the official party.
Although all Is in readiness for the
advertising of bids for construction of
the surveyed and laid out highway
road which parallels the o. w. r. &
\. railroad tracks. delay seems like
ly 1t is argued by those favoring the
course of the highway On the bluff,
as against the one now laid out, that
the higher road is the more scenic and
will be easier of maintenance. once |
constructed. 1t is asserted that the |
shifting of sands across the lower I
road VIII necesSitate an unreasonable |
amount of extra labor to keep the
highway open. Road authorities who
have gone over the proposition care
fully disclaim this contention.
Estimates place the construction OF
the now-being considered bluff high
way route at approximately $4,000
more than the cost of the lower road.
The bluff way would necessitate
Use of $50 feet above the level of the
ilready mapped and planned highway
red. it is asserted by engineers. The
distance over the hill route is also
greater than by the rail-
Dad level proposed road.
The state commissioners put the
to the county court here
hat If the court would agree to ex-
end the extra money involved in the
obstruction of the bluff highway, the
would be pleased to run
survey over the skyline route to as
ertain its feasibility. If this course
pursued, it is pointed out, long
clay, estimated at variouslv from
,ree to six months. will result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
EAST ORECONIAN SPECIAL
NEWS OF UMATTLLA co.

HELEN and Wilma. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
McCollum and children, Mr.. and Mrs
Clark and son Bob, Mr.. and Mrs. b,
II. Truman, Mr.. and Mrs. G. spencer,
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. A. Baker, Mrs Kem-
Der, Martha stall, Mrs. Ella Merriam,
Daniel KEN ber r, C. NARROW, Mr.. G..
Mayboy, j. T., Bunch, Tree Carothers,
Lloyd Truman. Refreshments of cake
and coffee were served. All spent a
very pleasant evening.
A surprise party was given by @. L.
Desvoign in honor of Loretta Van Cleve
On Wednesday evening. Those pre-
sent were Lave Desvoign, Roberta
Morrison, Irene Dupuis, Lucille winn, |
Leon Christian. Refreshments were
A game of basket bali was played by
he Adams club on Thursday evening |
n the city hall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
SINGLE STANDARD FOR
TACOMA MORAL CASES

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. s.-There is
going to be just one standard in every
moral case arising in Tacoma in the
future, according to Chief of Police
Smith.
The double standard Of morals, as
it affects men and women offenders,
will no longer be followed by the po-
lice department. The women only, up
to the present time. have been COM
PEELED to face prosecution.
"There will be absolutely no dis
elimination against women hereafter"
announced Chief Smith. who said that
the men, in all offenses involoving
morals, will hereafter be held for in
vestigation and examination.
Sometimes Il is what man doesn't
say that is most interesting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
REALTY TRANSFERS
DEEDS.

DEEDS.
Christ Christensen to Chas. E. Will
hanson, $500. Lots 2, 8. Q, 10. IL,
IL. 13, Block 1872, Res. Add. Pendle-
ton.
II. w. Collins to p. NJ. Collier, $4,000
Lots 1. 2, II and ~, block Z. Coles
Add Pendleton.
J. N. Pruett to Rebecca Kemler. 81.
Sc Ii Sec. 81, TIP. 2, n. r. 32.
John A. Kelly TO Il. L. jackson, 81.
NV Ia SW Ia NE Ia and part OF
y 1-2 sE IA Ew Ia. lying east OF
GpialillR river ~ Section 20. Tp, \
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-11-08
EMM|TT DARR GARAGE
AT ADAMS IS BOUGHT
tEast oregonian speeial.)

ADAMS, Nov. s.-Emmitt Darr
sold his garage to Mr.. Doan who viii
EnIarge the building and start a first
class garage and repair shop.
n surprise party was given on Mon
uay evening in honor of Mrs. 1. Des-
Noien, who will join her husband in
inc near future at La Crosse Wash
where they will make their future
nome. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. G. bunch and son Jimmy. Mr.
ana Mrs. w. Bunch and daughters