The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
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n MENTIONED 10 Rlvington that
: was IN search OF characteristic
New York scenes and Incidents
something typical. told him. with
out necessarily having 20 spell the
iirst syllable with nm a."
s-oh. for your writing business.
snid Rivington. '.you couldn't have
applied to better shop. What
don't know about little old New York
wouldn't make a sonnet 10 sunbon.
net. III put you right in the middle
o. % much color that you won't
know whether you are a magazine
cover or In the erysipeIas ward.
When do you want to bcging'
Rivingson Is young.man-ahout.
town and a New Yorker by birth.
preference and incommutabiiisy.
! told him that would be glad TO
accept HIS escort and guardianship 10
that l might take notes Of Afanhat-
tan's grand. Gtoomy and peculiar
I f1luaxnnr1nken. ARA that ,fhs time RI
ng wo~A = . - own cse<
-759m ~. thh vsty svsnine.-
- Hlvtneton. himaelf interested.
~ rood fellow. 'Dine with me
at Z, and thcn III steer you up
against metropolitan phases so thick
you'n have TO have a kinetoecope 70
record EN-"
SO iined with Rivingson pleas
antly ut his club in s0-lffh 81. and
then we set forth in pursuit Of the
elusive fincturc Of affairs.
As we came out OF the club there
stood two men on the sidewalk near
the steps In earnest conversation.
aAnd by what process Of ratiocina-
tion." said one of them. do you ar.
rive at the conclusion that the d.
vision Of society into producing and
non possessing classes predicases fail
ure when compared with competi-
tive systems that are monopolixing
in tendency and result inimlcaiiy to
Industrial evolutiong"
saoh come OF your perchs" said the
other man, who wore glasses. Your
premises won't come out in the wash.
You wind. tanners who apply handy
legged theories to concrete categor-
ical syIlogssrns send logical conclu-
stons skaIlybootin' into the infinitesi.
NAL ragbag. You can't pull my leg
with an old sophism with whiskers
On IL. You quote Marx and Hyndam
and Kautsky--what are they p
shines. Toistoi?--hia garret is full
Of rats, | put IL to you over the
home-p plate that the idea OF a co
operative commonwealth and an
aboiishment Of competitive systems
simply takes the rag Off the bush and
gives me hyperesthesia OF the roop-
teetoop. The skookum house for
yours
stopped n few yards away and
took out my hftle notebook.
"Oh, come aheadF' said Hivington.
somewhat nervousiy: you don't
want to listen 70 that7'
"Why. man" whispered. "this is
lust what I do want to hear. These
slang types are among your city's
Sost distinguishing features. Is this
1e Bowery variety? / really must
hear more Of IT,"
"If I follow you" said the man
who had spoken first, you do not
believe it possible to reorganize So
ciety on the basis Of common inter
est7"
"shinny on your own side"' said
the man with glasses. You never
heard any such music from my fog
horn. What | said was that I did not
believe II practicable just now. The
boys with wads are not in the frame
OF mind TO slack up on the mazuma.
and the man with the portable tin
banauetlng canister isn't exactly
ready to join the Bible class. You
can bet your varieRated socks that
the situation is all spifiicated up from
the Battery 10 breakfast What the
country needs Is for some bully old
like old Ben Franklin TO aashay up to
the front and bin the niggers head
with the baseball. DO you catch my
smoke? WhatT'
Rivington pulled me by the arm
impatiently.
"PIease come on" he said. Let's
ro see something. This isn't what
you want. :
.Tndeed IL is," ! said, resisting.
sThis tough talk is the very stun
that counts. There r. u picturesque
ness about the speech Of the lower
pprder Of people that is quite unique.
Did you say that this Is the Bowery
variety Of slangT'
rob, we'll" said Rivington. giving
Il up, I'm tell you straight. That's
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