Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-11
NEW YORK WILL WELCOME
STRANGERS INTO CITY
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

S. Copeland, health commissioner,
who has already proved a sturdy
champion of the city as a health re-
sort. He promptly produced from
his coat pocket the following Cope
land QUESTIONABLE which is soon TO
be broadcasted throughout the
country
'Do you realize that the infant
death rate in New York Is lower
than it is in any other great city IN
the world?
DO O know that the death rate
in New York City is the lowest or
any great city in the world?
do you know that New York has
the purest water, the purest and
best milk, the best guarded food
supplies of any city in the world?
.sDo you know that every food
handler in New York City is exam
ined by the Board Of Health TO
make sure that he is free from as
ease?
"Do you know that when a visitor
comes here he is better guarded, as
regards his health and safety, than
in any other place? No matter
where he comes from, he is better
off here than he is at home"
At least, if this last is not quite
true now, it is going to be. The
hotel men, who, as might be expect
ed, are the real life of the welcome
Stranger" movement, are going to
see to that. They have already or
ganized a welcome Stranger" COM
mittee which is busy mobilizing the
public-spirited as well as those who
are not into one grand promotion
army. The Merchants Association
is preparing to demonstrate the
city's unequaled shopping facilities;
the Automobile Club of America. will
seek to direct motorists to New
York by describing the unsurpassed
Smoothness of its roads, while the
steamship companies will supply
their passengers with similar infor-
nation concerning the various daz-
cling opportunities that await the
visitor. Even the porters and brake
men on the railroads will be in
structed to sing Manhattan's
praises.
New Joys in Travel
Travelling in the direction of New
York will doubtless become like a
sightseeing ride without the scenery,
Instead of haranguing forgetful por-
tiers, the process will be reversed and
you will have to be constantly poised
for fight to escape a flood OF par
ticulars on the noblest metropolis In
the world. If you ring for towels
the porter will seize the opportunity
to describe the wonderful though
often bewildering plumbing of the
| best New York hotels. The walters
in the dining cars will dilate upor
the epicurean delights of the city''
| restaurants and taverns. And, II
punching your ticket. the conductor
| will probably throw in a word OF
! two about the wisdom OF buying
| your theatre tickets anywhere bu
at the theatre box Office.
Then, If n suggestion submitted
to the Hotel Association is carried
out. lust before your train pulls int
the station a man wearing an au
thoritative a will come through
the car, after the manner of tn
| baggage conductor, and ask o /
you have made q reservation at an.
| New York hotel. If not, he vii
4 hand you a little folder containing
the names of a large number o
hotels, together with their explici
locations and schedules of prices. L
any one of the number happens Il
be crowded on that particular day
its name will be crossed off the list
At the present time. it seems
there is a lamentable lack of knowl
edge among railroad employees con
corning the capacity and sterling
service of many of the city's bes
taverns. Time and again, it !
charged, strangers on their first visi
to New York are informed by por
ters that it would be useless TO
them to attempt to get in the larg'
hotels, which ARE filled to the brin
with a big convention" and are di
rected instead to lodging houses ant
more or less questionable places
The porters are well acquainted wit!
these, because they are paid a fe
for each guest recommended t
them.
But the responsibility of tn
"Welcome Stranger" committee doe
not cease with the establishment o
the visitor in a safe and becoming
place of abode. 1t feels in dut
bound to steer his subsequent wan
derings about the city; to see tina
he appreciates the best side of Ney
york ana to guard him as far q
possible from petty thievery. Peopl
who have their wallets stolen on tn
third day they are there seldor
cherish any desire to return a sec
ond time, while ever the pfeasan
memory of an excellent Broadwa
comedy cannot eradicate the pain