Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ety layers of dust. And perhapsthe agreeable conditions interiorally are reflected in thebeauty of the display exteriorally. Shimmery silks, fluffy laces, white kid boots withFrench heels of the most altitudenous height, silk stock-ings, low cut waists, short sleeves, shorter skirts, mani-cured nails and marcelled hair with occasional elbowlength gloves and picture hats complete the costume ofmany a secretary or stenographer I have encountered inmy myriad journeying up and down the elevator
Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . ety layers of dust. And perhapsthe agreeable conditions interiorally are reflected in thebeauty of the display exteriorally. Shimmery silks, fluffy laces, white kid boots withFrench heels of the most altitudenous height, silk stock-ings, low cut waists, short sleeves, shorter skirts, mani-cured nails and marcelled hair with occasional elbowlength gloves and picture hats complete the costume ofmany a secretary or stenographer I have encountered inmy myriad journeying up and down the elevators of thegreat financial buildings. The faint odor of some de-licious perfume is seldom lacking and one is sometimesat a loss to know whether he is on business bent or hasaccidentally stumbled into an afternoon tea or an even-ing reception. Personally I am glad of this cheerful change. I amutterly indifferent as to whether it is good taste or bad. Delmonicos Restaurant was the first business placeto employ a woman in New York. The lady cashierexcited comment for many a long day. 168 ifA: ik^.^^-^.:^^. THE BOWERY Leaving Chinatown, we emerge under a sombreshadow cast by many elevated trains converging at thejunction of Chatham Square, Worth and Oliver Streets,and find ourselves on the Bowery. What a change has come over this erstwhile hot bedof carnival and crime, as the reporters used to call it! Like many another far famed criminal locality thepoor Bowery has lost even that doubtful Suicide Hall, The Morgue, and the Tubof Blood, have all disappeared. It became so penitenta while ago that it wanted to bury its dead past undera new name—Central Broadway. Fortunately the crazesoon died out and the old lane which led to Stuyvesantsfarm is still preserved under its Dutch name and let ushope will never be changed. The noisy L reels by its dingy windows— The Lodging House for Men—And careless eyes may look upon its inmates (They seldom look again).Only a bunc
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