The Washington herald., 1921-03-02
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NEW YORK. March THE en-
trance floors of the monster office
buildings in the great street can
yons downtown are as lively as the
Stock Exchange after the gong
rings. The battery of elevators
plunge upward and drop like magic
with their human loads. Tenants
OF many years standing meet the
same faces day after day without
bow. No one knows his neighbor.
The buildings are cities within
themselves. There are cigar shops,
telegraph offices, haberdashers, bar
Der and manicure shops, florists,
restaurants. candy stores and jew
eIry shops on the ground floor.
Messenger boys fit in and out In an
endless stream. Shortly before the
lunch hour comes q heavenly hiatus
fortthe elevator runners, who seem
TO be the only persons acquainted
Mem with little satchels or sus-
picious bundles are approached by
plain-clothed private officers, who
say nothing but merely point to the
ever-present sign: Solicitors and
book agents are not allowed" II
they ignore the warning and take
IN elevator they are followed until
1t 10 seen that they are not canvass
ing.
At noon there Is q regular beauty
show and fashion parade Female
office workers in New York are just
as well and fashionably dressed as
the Fifth avenue paraders- Some of
them take their lunch over to the
quiet Of st. Paul or Trinity church..
yards and have their spread on the
tombstone Of some notable of the
early Dutch days
Others 90 to the thousand and
one little eating places in the dis
trict. Several Of these cafes have
noon-day dancing and the young
clerk and the young stenographer
throw on business cares in a
dreamy waltz. At o'clock the
great trek to subways, elevated and
suburban trains begins.
The steps are buoyant and faces
are expectant When Trinity has
ehimed out 6 o'clock most of the
buildings are deserted and the army
Of cleaners. window washers and
night watchmen viii soon arrive.
Some sne-I suspect several-sent
me . young alligator by mail. The
postmark was St Augustine, Fla
I thought Il was . dead and stuffed
specimen until I attempted to lift
1t out Of the box. II is without ex-
aggeration to say that when I dis
covered II was alive the box dropped
Immediately from my hands. Since
then I have been brushing mp on
alligators The upkeep Is practi-
cally nothing. Some livs to be 900
years old and others only 300 years
and. judging. from the suffering.
stricken look in my new pets eyes.
the FIRST 100 years are the hardest
/ have named him Harold" In
honor OF II. T. Webster. the car
toonist. whose handwriting is sus-
piciously like that on the box in
will have company at the alligator
pond At the Bronx Zoo.
Over near the Tombs the penny
coffee stands are again open for
business In the flush days of the
war visitors waiting to see pris-
oners in the Tombs spurned the
penny coffee stands along Lafayette
street and many of them went out
of business. But now they are
open and selling coffee at one
penny q cup and sandwiches at 9
cents each
Most men who write newspaper
articles under their own signatures
receive anonymous letters now and
then from unsympathetic readers.
One particular letter received
Bometime ago designated me as an
Ass." which seemed fair
In fact liked the smooth
style Of the patronymic.
However. my correspondent Is not q /
Whit cleverer than one who wrote |
n the coiumnist on New York ar |
/. rnoon paper and dubbed me al
: iruIent verruca." had to look upI
errpca. when he showed Il to me.
Is q Wsrt There 10 indeed fine