The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-03
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New York. = More Of the growing
East Side objection to the rubberneck
buses from uptown. "Bathtubs" the
East Side calls the big white autos,
down there, and there is world of
scorn In their voices when they say It,
One especially courageous young wo-
man went to the cub the other day and
explained in detail to one crowd just
exactly what she and her family and
her neighbors and her friends thought
o fthem. II suppose you think we like
to feel that people spend good money
to come down here and stare at u.s."
she began. when was child / used
to run after your bathtubs and throw
things at you. l don't do that any
more, but feel just the same about
1t. How'd you like it IL we all got
bathtub and came up and stared at
you and called you sights and blew
a big noisy horn all over your street?
Huh?"
The germ of work-as- little-as-possi-
BILE hasn't hit quite all Of the world,
after all. A policeman strolling along
his beat on Sixth avenue near 43rd
street early the other morning saw
man working In a ditch over which
glowed several read lanterns. He had
visions of the city being mined or
something of the sort, and stopped for
explanations. The man proved to be
an Italian with scant knowledge Of
English. He had just arrived In this
country and had found a place as
ditch digger almost as soon as he left
Ellis Island. In fear Of not making
good after that great fortune he was
working at night as well as during the
day.
Anyone who believes that New York
has no place corresponding to the
polyglot markets. of London, Paris
and the Orient, where the jargon Of
every land and every group in every
land, may be heard, and where one
must beware lest the money which
should go for bargaining goes into the
pickpocket's purse instead, ought to
make a visit to Ninth avenue near
40th street. "Paddy's Market" it Is
called, but 1t might more accurately
be Tony's or Ruffiz' or Menalakos'.
Every imaginable thing Is for sale
there. And every imaginable sort of
person selling and buying. A woman
pushing long car loaded with loose
sugar, rice, suspenders and socks, Is
accompanied by a swarthy man with a
guitar, singing an Hungarian czardas.
A small boy trailing behind them has
huge glove on his left hand. They
are gypsies and If you are tactful and
don't look too strongly law-ablding
yourself, some of their companions
will explain that glove to you. 1t is
property of child-training In pocket
picking and is intended to prevent him
from tucking away In his own pocket
with one hand what he has stolen
for his parent with the other. That is
only one type of the habitues of pad
dy's Market" The world of petty
thievery and Of honest marketing rub
close shoulders there and somehow
get along in doing it.
A man of direct thought and few
words was this policeman; he was
taking the recent examination for pro-
motion to the grade Of sergeant, and
one Of the questions was: What
would you do If you were on post and
a serious riot broke out?" He replied
succinctly, I'D do my best"
Christmas season always has been
the time for the opening OF Barrie
plays. He always has SO arranged his
productions. But 1t Is not often that
two have been brought to Broadway
the save week. While Mare Rose"
was bringing him back to the "legiti=
mate" his new vaudeville playlet,
Half an Hour was put on at the
Palace, with Nine. Besson In the lead
It was the first time In the history
of the Roman Catholic church, for an
event of that kind when motion pic
ture film, portraying the scenes at
tending the canonization Of Joan OF
Arc, which took place in the Vatican
in Rome, last May, was exhibited the
other evening at the Christmas festi-
val at the Hotel Plaza. The film shows
the person of Benedict XIV, eminent
cardinals, and church dignitaries from
all over the world.
No one can accuse one philanthropic
enterprise of eating up its contribu-
TORS IN extravagauce of conduct. When