The Washington herald., 1921-08-29
NORTHCLIFFE SEES
SOUL OF NEW YORK
IN FIFTH AVENUE
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to Piccad;lly, to the Rue de la Paix.
and the Prado OF Madrid.
Other beautiful thorouEhfares
abound, such as the Avenue des
Champs Elysees and Michigan ave-
nue.. in Chicago, but these are more
true avenues than streets Fifth
avenue IS one of the most beauti-
ful' most striking. most alive streets
in the world. II has a soul.
Beats Paris and Madrid.
And the soul is obviously
woman's. Fifth avenue is essen
TALLY a woman's street-not only
a street. in wrich she has as ,u.
perb and expensive parade Of
shops as in Bond stree. or the Rue
de la Paix or Gale San Jeron:mo,
and the Grand Via. OF London,
Paris and Madrid. but a quite per-
feet street in which she herself
looks. whether she says she likes
II or not, her very hest.
In this respect I put Fifth ave-
nue. above even Paris or Madrid
and you know, who have been there
in May. what beautiful women can
look like when they have on their
latest frocks for the first time
know that the newest hat. worn by
any woman. could not possibly be
worn by any other woman, and
that every other woman is torn
by the fires of jealousy.
The charm of the young girls
and their elders walking airlv
down Fifth avenue is a thing
Inique-it will not be found any
where else in the world.
Women beautifully Gewned.
Just now We have been suffering
from what they call n heat wave
1t is slightly warmer than London
was when 1 left. Conditions. there
fore, are not really suitable for the
proper exhibition Of American or
any other type Of female beautS
Yet in the damp, airless, soddep
heat Of Fifth avenue you see every
morning the same crowd. or a sim
liar crowd OF beautifully turned
out women and girls with never q
sign of hair out of curl, in simple
sensible but extraordinarily anur.
Ing clothes and. of course, the
most perfect shoes.
In only two other cities, think,
are women so exquis isitely shod as
in New Sork-in Athens ami ir
Madrid.
No-so far as women are .on-
ce-ned-Fifth avenue will never he
changed. They would not allow IL.
And as they in the abstract-if NOT
always in the flesh-rule the Unit
ed states. their commands run no
risk of being overlooked.
City OF Thousand Nask..
Now, has New York really
changed since my last visit?
Is she city which is being
really altered every few years. or
even, as some New Workers them
selves assert, every six months or
is she city with 1000 masks put
ting on new one every time an
old lover draws near, but remain
ing just beneath 1t all the timeo
i have been very carefully study
ing her. the scornful head-in-air,
| for about two weeks and although
there are certain tangible ard Wis
ible additions-not changes-like
traffic control and the street swing
ming baths, for those OF tender
years-1 am very nearly certain
that my mask theory is correct,
and that New York has a distinct
soul of her own.
Achieves Its Expression.
She hides il and some times she
outrages it (witness the elevated
railway. most terrible engine of
peace destruction), but I believe the
soul is there and will soon achieve
permanent expression.
l do not know whether that once
very favorite and caressing phrase,
LII OIL New York" is still used, but
know that the man who invented
1t. with the ceaseless rumble and
crash Of fevered building roaring
in his ears, felt in his bones that,
out of all the nightmare of rush
and tumble. of riches and ruin,
each born and dead in a day, of
weekly DETACHMENT of land and sky,
would one day arise a durable and
honored city which should have well
earned his name for her. think
the time he thought of has come.
This is Lii OIL New York.
Copyright, 1871, BY United Pr,s..)