Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-27
BEN BEAR WRITES
FROM new YORK
Square Dealing 20. Ter Sends Us
A Very Interes. Letter
From the G
Metropolis.
TOOK A DIP N<
IN THE OF Y
Weather Has Been Extremely Ho
And No Rain to Speak of.
Business is Good.
The Ambassador Hotel,
New York, July 25, 1921.

New York, July 25, 1921.
My Dear Editor
| have just returned from lunch
at the Bankers Club. 1t is a club
where members are mostly bankers,
lawyers and professional men. At
the noon hour these men meet here
mainly for lunch and conferences,
and many very important deals are
consumated here. Strangers cannot
dine here unless accompanied by
members, and it was through
courtesy of my nephew that l had
the pleasure to be here. The dining
rooms are situated on the 3Sth floor
of the Equitable Building, one of
the finest, largest and best equipped
buildings in the world. There are
three large dining rooms and a
lounging room on this floor, and pri-
vate dining rooms are on the 40th
fror, On an average of 1900 peo-
line here daily, and the service
and food are the very best the
country affords. There are 100 resi-
dent members and 1900 non resident
members. One gets a most beauti-
full view of the New York harbor,
and over the big city itself from
the windows of this club. The build
ing contains many elevators, 16 of
which serve the upper floors, and s
of which the first stop is the 33d
floor, so one is never held up any
length of time waiting for an eleva-
tor. 1t takes a minute 70 go from
the ground to the 40th floor. The
roof is always open to visitors, and
its surely worth while for any of
my friends who come to New York
to see this great view from the top
of the building.
The other evening, friends who
invited me for an auto ride, went to
Sheepshead Bay to restaurant
called Vile Peque, for evening din
ner. This restaurant makes a
speciality of what is called a
Shore Dinner at $500 per head. The
dinner consists of all kinds of shell
food, such as crabs and Holsters, and
is quite unique to a man coming
from the west. This same kind OF
a dinner is served every evening
during the summer season, as the
place is closed during the win
ter. Sheepshead Bay is about
Is miles from the heart Of
the city, and the ride is wonderful
as all the roads are paved and per.
feet in every particular. We cross
ed the Manhattan bridge, marvel
Gus great big structure. 1t is mort
than mile in length and the road
way of the bridge is so high abov,
the water that the tallest ship cai
pass under it. This is only one O.
the three great bridges connecting
New York and Brooklyn, which nov
comprise the Greater New York
That's the slogan / would have likeC
to have for our slogan-"Greate
Decorah."
Our route then lead through par
of the business section of Brooklyn
into Prospect Park, which is one o
the prettiest of the East. There W,
took the Ocean Parkway, which i
great wide thoroughfare, line,
with trees on both sides, about eigh
miles long leading directly to tn
ocean at Coney Island, in which i
situated the famous Luna Park. AT
ter our dinner we motored over {
Coney Island, which is crowded wit
amusements, booths Of all kinds, tn
largest and most elaborate of whic
is Luna Park. This great park
ablaze at night with million cleo
trio lights, so that from the distanc
it looks like brilliant jewel set i
the sky. One doesn't need any extr
light to- read the newspapers a
night in this great amusement parl
as it is just as brilliant as in tn
sunshine. On our return trip to tn
hotel we went through the Bower!
not as of old, and through China
town, which is most interesting, an
worth while seeing. There are intel
esting Chinese Cafes and Chimes
theatre in this district.
| have also been TO Far Rockawa
to get away for an evening from Il
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