The Washington herald., 1920-11-29
PARK BENCHES
DRAW FLOTSAM
Derelicts Seek These Havens
When the Cheap Lodging
Houses Are Filled.
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S!-In those
uncharted days OF long ago. when
talking was in monosyllables. when
styles were determined by the sea-
sons foliage, and when a bathtub
was a rivers brim, there was little
to be thankful for, save the pres
ence OF a genial sun or the well
come zephyrs of the south wind.
With the open forests for libraries.
and sermons in stones, there was
not much to be missed.
Today. lolling between rows OF
comforting books in an upholstered
chair, with hot and cold water
showers handy to temper the chang
ing moods. and that new fall suit
OF which one feels so proud, even
II It did cost the former price OF
two suits, one muses. the conclusion
that there can be neither sorrow
nor misery anywhere except in the
mind.
Yet in a before e-daybreak stroll
this morning through Madison
Square, Union Square and Bryant
Park. in the first snowfall of the
season. ] discovered plenty OF real
physical wretchedness among the
unfortunates huddled upon the
benches.
Park Bench Holds Homeless.
A park bench after midnight is q
true barometer of business condi-
tions. One in quest of facts con-
corning unemployment need go no
further. The benches fill only after
all the available space in the lodging
house is gone. They hold the over
flow Of the homeless.
In a brief canvass of shivering
men. / found eleven trades repre-
sented in the roof1ess outdoors. They
were men who had been laid OF by
their employers within the last
sixty days, and had reached the
limits of their slender purses. 1t
is a hard thing to come down in life
after one has climbed up ever so
short distance.
when do we expect hard times"
said the superintendent OF the Saliva
tion Army Hotel at 225 Bowery, re-
peating my question. They are
here now. The rush of the unem-
ployed is already upon US. We have
6lo rooms that we let for 80 cents,
40 cents and SO cents a night when
those applying have the money. All
full. Been crowded now for several
weeks, turning hundreds away"
College Club Buys Land.
The Intercollegiate Cosmopolitan
Club has bought a piece of land
opposite Grants tomb. on which it
is proposed to erect a modern
twelve-story building. The execu-
tive committee of the club includes
Hamilton Holt, jeremiah w. Jenks,
Herbert Parsons and d. II. Meal
'rin Pyle. The CLUB strives ito unite
for mutual benefit students of all
nationalities in the colleges, uni
versIties and professional schools
or New York; to promote friendly
relations between foreign and
American students and to bring
foreign students into contact with
American home life"
The clubs membership includes
l54 Chinese. los Japanese, so Latin
Americans, 40 Filipinos, 30 students
from Scandinavian countries and
IS from the Near East.
Foreigners in New York City have
at their disposal all the delicacies
OF their native lands Come along
and we will peep into the windows
Va ehc Aidoidu STORES IN "aSnlnR-
ton street. That yellow-green, hard
substance is Turkish caviar, made
from the roe of mullet and pre-
served In beeswax. In the Italian
shops along Mulberry street we ind
squid and dried eelskin. Within the
Greek shops along Roosevelt and
Madison streets we discover giant
squid. which is so thoroushly dried
that It has to be stewed for hours.
That other seafood Is lobster-t tails.
Chinese Delicacies.
The Chinese stores along Mott,
Doyer and Pell streets offer us dried
oysters. devilfish. shark I'm and
many strange vegetables. Most Of
the Japanese food stores are along
East Fifty-ninth and 125th streets,
where we can buy dried CLANS,
smaller than the American variety,
but Of the same taste: also Bonito
and Spanish mackerel. which Is as