Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-03-25
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efeConS TIP i made % New York City,
Igladsy do 90 with the hope, that some
reader somewhere may at least smile
and have happy thought. Those who
have been to New York will no doubt
smile at the memory Of what they saw
and did there and those who haven't
yet been there should have happy
thought and be glad that they live
In dear old Dixieland. Who wants
toslivcs even though one had n. n.illions,
In place where the weather hangs
around zero in winter and scorching in
summerf
New York connot be described -one
must live. there or at least visit there
often to know anything about ''The City
Of Cities" and it's ways upon the earth.
The city has a population around eight
million souls now (most Of the souls are
dried up, however) and the majority of
this great number are as mad as any
marsh hare or cottontail with bunch
Of hounds after It. To stand on the
corner of Broadway and Fifth avenue,
or any corner near the Bright Light
District, makes one wonder at the job
even the Lord will have on Judgement
day tno levity intended), and Judgement
day Is all that will ever make New York
pause in its mad scramble for more
millions. And people who know believe
that Christ would meet Gethsemane
on every block on Broadway. Old Ju
das, Iscariot didn't have q thing on
broadway. New York, for there are
people there who would betray Him for
30 cents instead of 80 pieces of silver.
The pulsebeat of the city never en-
tirely ceases and one can stand in the
great Pennsylvania Railroad station and
hear the low hum Of hundreds of thou
sands Of feet that rush across the en-
frances and waiting rooms with the
sound. Of q brooding storm gathering
for the onslaught.
New York is the most. cosmopolitan
city in the world, Of course. Million
aires and beggars mingle, sometimes,
because they, can't help it. There are
more pushcart peddlers in New York
than the entire population of Fort Mil.
Trains arrive at the Pennsylvania
station or depart every seven or eight
minutes day and night. and you. could
gather up every building in Fort Mill,
factories, dwellings and all, and put
them In the Pennsylvania station and
still not fill' il 10 the top. And Fort
Mill could be dropped into Central
park, New York, and then one would
have to search to find it. There are as
many people in Greater New York as
are contained in the States of South
Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida and most of Geor-
gia. And most of these people are in
the midst Of o great spending riot.
Never q thought for tomorrow-rush-
ing to the Great White Way, spending
and having good time today, for
tomorrow never comes to most New
Workers.. This makes living expenses
Of the better class exceedingly high,
though Of course one. can find cheap
meals and lodgings in the tenements
and on the East side, and few other
places. The writer paid $40 for a
room at, the Waldorf for one night
(of course Iknew I'D only be there one
night) and,a meal at most Of the fine
hotels costs from So up to $15.
The grill rooms Of these no tells are
furnished with everything that money
could buy and one eats amidst swarms
Of pretty girls and music. However,
Southsrners don't fancy the cooking
in New York, for although some of
the chefs at these great hotels get from
ten to twenty thousand dollars per
year, they can't cook any too well.
Sugar In the corn bread and they al.
ways manage to put something on the
top Of all meats to ruin it before it is
served.
Every evening and night the city is
throngeds with n million or so merry
makers exactly tailored. men. and
beautifully gswned, bright.eyed, blue
eyed, brown-eyed girls, all'looking for
4 good time, and they have it, for New
Workers care little for what the world
may say or think. and they scatter
roses and perfume on the road to hell
(f New York believes in such place).
Girls up there don't know much about
cooking. but they know all about the
latest Psrisians smodes, and. can, describe
very ninutslyy the latest. 8. 900. to.
SIC. 600 dresses. Most Of the fashion
able gowns are made ofspider web and
moonahine silk, and one could carry
$l0o. .0eQ worth in his arms (without-
q GIRL In it,.
Hat II Ia worth mnch tn mn Snnth-