New-York tribune., 1921-12-25
THAT does Greenwich Village mean
Wv There s~e two Greenwich Vii

W to YOU yss' -. w.,
lagos. AS some one once re-
..-ssa. "Who shall know which of the
c;.u.ss twins thought he was it,"
r,er.s the Village of fiction and romance,
hobhed-haired fapper who is always getting
,rn,icty and who lures the sightseer in
..srch Of thrills. On the other hand, there's
-. Village Of reality, an old party of shy,
rstirug habits, hewildered grandfather of
wavward grandchild.
asoue folks think I've passed on says Old
,,r Greenwich, "but I'm very much alive,
thank you, and holding my own. Too bad
% visit the sins of the grandchild on the
s~andfather; it's agin Scripture" says he
aCan.t YOU tell 'ern I am really respectable
old feIler, making stand for all l repre-
.snted before that circus came to town and
pitched tentsf"
Next time I go TO the city III try
and uick up an antique mirror for you,'
promised Mr. Gunhle, dealer in furniture that
* neither new nor old. MAYBE I'll be going
over some time next week, if I'm not too busy
70 20 over to the auctions every week years
sso. but now don't travel so much"
You'll have to go to town, I guess, for
those things" regretted the gentle old up
holsterer, aged eighty, who came to do over
some chairs. There's q good reliable place
on Union Square"
Equipped with the name of the firm recon-
mended by the old gentleman, the woman
started off in quest of guimpe and those little
knicknacks workmen always hold in their
mouths when they use hammer.
I'VE carry only fabrics" regretted the
salesman Of the big wholesale place
"But an upholsterer sent me-" the woman
protested He said that he bought such
things here.
An older salesman, standing by, looked at
her curiously. I'VE haven't carried that line
for eighteen years. he explained
When this news was reported to the skillful
cid man waiting at home he shrugged his
shoulders as if things were too f7ighty to keep
track OF theSe udyS.
Well he admitted, "it is quite spell since
was over that way
One runs across many an old resident who
hasn't been to New York" for twenty or
thirty years. There are Greenwich Villagers
who have never been to New York. They have
nc curiosity to see the big boom town that has
sprung up in the last quarter Of a century.
To the Old Resident all newcomers to the
Village are those artists" (which fatters
some Of US as one painter remarked. But
there is no fattery implied by the tone in
which this classification is made.
"of course" they add, Miss Rose Madder is
as nice a spoken girl as you'd want to meet
real lady. know her. And that Mr.. Cobalt
Blue and his wife-good, sensible people when
you get to know them; and that young man on
the parlor floor next door, seems all right.
I've talked to him several times and ne seems
well meaning"
Friendships are springing up between the
Old and the New a few pleasant encounters
and Time, the magician eliminates the new
householder who has "improved' from the rest.
Of the invaders. 1t takes one about a year
to be transformed from "one Of those artists,
suspicious character, into person of respec
liability and an accepted good citizen of the
village. Then ore begins to aet the flavor OF
what it means to live in this 3Elated little COM
munity Of yesterday. Real neghbors with real
Od-fashioned friendIiness.
One young couple, who have q small daugh-