Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-29
New York Letter
By RICHARD MASSOCK

NEW r June 29.-Night life in New York for
those who seldom see it usually means Broadway and
its standard trio Of after-dark observation-disclosures.
theater-go!ng and dancing.
The big shots Of the incandescent playground are.
Of course. those who indulge In all three in the same
dusk to dawn.
Among such there are quite a few New Workers.
But the hardy souls who 20 the full distance are less
likely to be the local citizens than the more robust
visitors from the hinterlands here for a recreational
spree.
This is particularly true in the summertime, when
the city dweller exchanges with the out-of-towner
urban pleasures for rural. One goes to the country,
the other comes to the city. Each. tired If not con-
temptuous Of the old familiar fun sites, thus finds
refreshment for another year in what after all is his
own sweet home.
EXOTIC EATING. NOR Or LESS
In this spirit, therefore, the man from Minneapolis
or the girl from Grundy Center, Iowa, is apt to look
only within the Illuminated acres OF Times Square
for the sights Of nocturnal Manhattan, although dur
ing the day presumably they range the island from
the Battery to the upper reaches Of Central park 4.
Nor are the recreationaI facilities of the Broadway
area to be belittled. One who has dined on a roof
seen the best musical comedy or play Of the year and
then danced either on another roof or in a night
chubby restaurant has seen a slice Of what passes for
merry-making in this metropolis.
II, however, he has another night 10 pass on these
crowded shores, there are other slices Of a different
color that may prove not only interesting, but enter
tanning.
Suppose. for instance, the visitor already has dined
in spaghetti dispensaries and the other obvious places
There still are left, to name a few Of the more pic
turesque. the restaurants Of Greenwich Village, with
their synthetic Bohemianism. the Syrian spots OF
Washington street, with their stuffed grape leaves
and Turkish coffee. the chow memories Of Chatham
square and the Russian retreats Of Second avenue.
downtown, or Lennox avenue, uptown.
INCIDENTAL SIGHTS
Suppose again. having dined downtown. the visitor
would like to see some Of the city after nightfall
Leaving Chinatown at Chatham square. he may ride
or walk dhe latter is best for seeing things up the
Bowery. the port Of missing men, past tattooing par
lors. Lighthouses and cast-off clothing stores, "a
Grand street.
Eastward on Grand to Orchard street. then up "a
Houston and westward to Second avenue, he passes
through tenement lanes where push-carts spill almost
every sort Of merchandise, new or secondhand, from
needles 70 anchors, lingerie 10 shoe laces, radio parts
to picked herring.
At Second avenue the scene again Is shifted and
the east sides rialto blazes before him-burlesque and
Yiddish theaters. Russian. Polish and Roumaniar
versions OF Broadway restaurants. churches OF al
races. stores and music shops from which phono-
graphs pour the recordings OF a half dozen nation
alties.
All these may be seen from taxi or street car AZ
it carries the rover north to Fourteenth street and a
cluster Of dance halls. There the leisurely trip.
scarcely half completed, viii be resumed in tomorrow's
column.