Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-11-23
Light. Of NewXork
by L. STEVENSON

moauS prosperity Tor many ueSplI1
what may happen to those who play
the market Employees Of brokerage
houses benefit Of course through In
creased employment, extra pay and
even bonuses. The brokers themselves
eeneht through increased commissions
Real estate interests also benefit be-
cause increased business, especially
crowded board r00m@ necessitate the
rental Of more space. But there are
many others who share in the revival.
For instance. the eating places Of the
financial district ranging from large
| restaurants and dining clubs to little
basement establishments where only
luncheons are served and customers
feed standing up.
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BARRIERS, taxieab. drivers, obotblae1B,
even flower sellers reap profits when
| the market>is booming or at least busy.
The receipt Of the telegraph and cable
companies also increase. greatly. The
subways share in the increase a. well.
Many who carry long lines Of stocks
travel to and from the street under
ground. There are also many who
travel on, the elevated lines. During
good times stationers and printers are
! also kept busy because Of the neces-
/, slty for ONCE supplies. Then. too.
| Ahopkeepers do q lot Of business long
! after their usual hours since so many
employees are kept late to catch up
| with the work. SO while the lambs
! may get, sheared not all of the wool
+ goes to those who use the scissors.
Wall Street scene: An earnest, hat
( less, perspirlng street preacher ex-
horting crowd to turn to God. HIS
voice rises high above the general
tumult. It carries over into William
! street. But 1t doesn't disturb a group
i Of, ragged bootblacks busily engaged
In pitching pennies. -
Walking up from Wall Street,
stopped in st. Paul's churchyard. St.
Paul's Is old-it was used by worship
ers Of Trinity when that church was
burned. The headstones are so old
the inscriptions on many cannot be
read. But the trees are young. Once
st. Paul's was on the bank Of the
Hudson and was built to face the
river. Thus 1t really turns its back
to Broadway. though the famous statue
of st. Paul is In a niche over the
Broadway entrance.
From st. Paul's, | wandered down
Vesey street searching for a little
restaurant that was conducted by
Frank. former chef of the Astor. But
Franks had disappeared. Too bad.
Used to like to eat fish at Franks
though 1t was always gamble as to
the kind that would be served, If any.
He'd go@to the Fulton market early
every morning and select only the
freshest and best. If there were none
that suited him, no fish was served
that day.
A lot of small shops that squatted
on Church street in the shadows Of
the Sixth avenue Ell have also dis
appeared. Most of them had the
greater part of their stocks on the
sidewalk and some had earthen floors.
But they furnished livings for many
sharp-eyed men and women. The old
shops were razed when the Eighth
avenue. subway was built. Wonder
what's become Of the proprietors?
Street scene: Two smartly dressed
! young women exchanging punches
on Park avenue near Eighty-sixth
street A doorman comes out and
prizes them apart. A newspaper man
who had hurried forward thinking he
was seeing battle between debu-
tantes, turns away dejectedly. They
were only two maids trying to fight II
out because one had taken the job Of
the other.
| Speaking of battles, there was that
incident at one Of those nearby bunga-
low colonies. gentleman who had
remained rather late at a party came
home and found strange man. There
was an immediate ENHANCEMENT, and
the stranger was tossed out. Then an
indignant woman wanted to know
why her husband had been elected.
And the victor in the battle learned
that he was in the wrong bungalow.
Next season, he's going to a place
where the architecture is more varied.
Q. 1919, Bell syndicats.-wNU Service.