. New York of to-day . ns well as the religious columns in theSaturday evening papers, which contain all thelatest church news. CHAPTJili vin GREENWICH VILLAGE This is ono of the best advertised sections of ourlittle community mid displays almost as much skillin getting on the front page as Colonel the Hew Yorker it is mther a pleasant retreat,altogether too far downtown for residential purposes,hence abandoned to those queer people who like togo around in sculptors aprons, long hair and softslouch hats, or none at all. It prides itself uponits Bohemianism, its art and its general
. New York of to-day . ns well as the religious columns in theSaturday evening papers, which contain all thelatest church news. CHAPTJili vin GREENWICH VILLAGE This is ono of the best advertised sections of ourlittle community mid displays almost as much skillin getting on the front page as Colonel the Hew Yorker it is mther a pleasant retreat,altogether too far downtown for residential purposes,hence abandoned to those queer people who like togo around in sculptors aprons, long hair and softslouch hats, or none at all. It prides itself uponits Bohemianism, its art and its general superiorityto the average citizen. To the credit of GreenwichVillage, however, let it be said that it doca not takeitself half so seriously as the rest of the city thinksit docs. There are quite, a number of creditableperformers in the art line in their midst, and pub-licity never did an artist any harm in the the suceession of fakirs balls, costume par-ties, etc., are to a certain extent strictly NEW YORK OF TO-DAY 133 They are accorded much valuable space in Hie dailiesand everybodys name who is at all well known issure to be included among those present. They area harmless lot, and the city reads of their prankswith a smile of indulgence. The village, however, is, or at least was, a genuinepure-enough village at one time, and commencedits separate existence almost contemporary with NewYork itself. Tt vvas originally an Indian village,through which flowed a very pretty stream calledMinetta Water. This brook had its riso nearTwenty-first Street on Tifth Avenue, flowed south-erly to about Washington Square {the heart ofGreenwich Village) and then westerly to the Hud-son. Its sandy soil seemed to give it immunity fromyellow fever, the scourge of New York in early days,in consequence of which large migrations to thevillage from New York were made in times of avisitation of this dreaded disease. The beginning of the village as an English, settle-ment dates p
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