The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-02
In New York
~ PAUL HARRISON

New XOrk.-A1 GeuFBe Wabu-
ington probably remarked when
he SHE'D q silver dollar across the
Potomac, little money can go .
long way.
1884. There's talk Of higher
prices, higher admissions. higher
rents. But there also are nickel
sandwiches, nickel beer, 10 cent
shows, Is cent three-course din
ners, ana rs cent hotel cubicles.
Along Broadway one can buy a
necktie, q gardenia. or have his
fortune told for a dime. Taxi
dance halls advertise two dances
with beautiful hostesses for =
nickel Have your picture taken
or your handwriting analysed for
is cents.
During the summers hundreds
Of thousands take a1l-day outings
for a dime. Subway fare to mu-
nicipal beaches is a nickel each
way. They undress under the
boardwalk, and for lunch have
sandwiches brought from home.
For additional entertainment
there always are the free come-on
exhibitions given outside the side
shows. And those are the rea-
sons Coney Island has fallen upon
evil days.
Low.down ON Subways.
Nowhere else in the world can
you ride SO far for SO little as in
| New FORKS subways and elevated
| trains. There are S04 miles of un-
derground track In the three sys-
TENS, each providing a ride in
one direction OF some 26 miles in
addition to various side-trips. Once
his 5-cent fare is paid, passenger
can ride back and forth as long az
he likes. And by travelling out to
Queens, where two systems coop
eratively maintain one set OF tracks
a free transfer may be effected
from one line to another. Thus it's
possible to ride approximately 1853
! miles for a nickel without retrac-
ing any part Of the route.
Ferry Tales
Subway riding isn't much fun
| ferryboats which provide fresh air
and q nice View. Thousands take
| the Staten Island ferry Just for
i
then you have to get off and pay
another nickel to return to Man
haitian.
However, q New Yorker 1 know
who has plenty of time for such
| Investigations reports that 1t Is
possible to take a longer ride for
less money. He started at Forty
second street on the Hudson river
ferry for Weehawken, N. j. Fare.
| 4 cents. At Weehawken he stayed
| in the terminal and boarded the
boat for Cortland street, Manhat-
tan. Being already inside the gate
| he didn't have to pay the regular
6-cent fare. At Cortland street he
walked to the Liberty street ferry
and embarked on the Jersey City
boat. Fare, 3 cents. At Jersey City
| he stayed in the terminal and
caught a boat for Twenty-third
street, Manhattan. This scheme
provided an hour and 20 minutes
OF cruising. at total cost OF Z
cents.
Seamen Ashore
From 5000 to 1900 men of all
races and creeds live at the Sea-
mems Church Institute Of New
York. They're active seamen, and
most Of them can pay for their
food and lodging. But they
couldn't pay for the special atten-
lions they receive from Mother
Roper and her staff.
Here, for example, is routine
day in the institutes religious and
social service department.: one
sailor learns he's a father; another
mourns his wife; a third Is Tilted
by a girl and jumps into the East
river. A fourth Is taken to the
marine hospital for q leg amputa-
ton. A young Russian walls.
through an interpreter, that his
wife has been Jailed in Moscow
and he would like the institute to
have her released at once. A young
sailor now convalescent from dou-
BILE pneumonia is sent home to his
parents--and q thoughtful tele-
gram sent to his invalid mother.
A seaman breaks his wooden leg:
another loses his false teeth and
suspects a shipmate.
The other morning one or the
Institutes tenants telephoned from
a cigar store far uptown and said
to please rush him a pair OF pants.
as he'd just been robbed OF his
own. The pants were sent.