Show i By L. L L. L STEVENSON Brick concrete and steel have largely displaced trees in New York The last tree vanished from Times Para Para square years ago when hen the Paramount mount building was erected Fifth avenue didn't have any trees until elms were planted recently In front of Rockefeller Center with other trees around the development Then came more elms In front of St. St Pat Pat- Patrick's Patricks Patricks Patrick's Patricks Patrick's ricks rick's cathedral and maples on FI- FI Fiftieth street Indications arc are that there will be many more Fifth ave ave- avenue avenue nue plantings Also there Is the pos pos- possibility possibility posy that Sixth avenue from which the old elevated has vanished in time will become a tree bordered thoroughfare Down on the lower East Side where in the not so past many a youngster never saw sawa a tree unless he was taken or went to a park there are now playgrounds play play- playgrounds playgrounds grounds with trees Trees have also made their appearance on other streets that formerly were bare One Hundred and Sixth street Is Isone Isone isone one of the latest thoroughfares to get trees When the planting is completed there will be in all alland alland alland and they will extend from the Har Har- Harlem Harlem Harlem lem to the Hudson river The trees are oriental planes New Yorks York's sulphuric acid and soot laden at- at atmosphere atmosphere at isn't good for trees In fact it is so bad that as has been b en stated in this space previously a afew afew afew few years ago there was fear that Central park was about to become treeless Tree surgery scientific methods and the expenditure of considerable money saved most of the parks park's trees The plane tree has been found to stand city hard bard hardships hardships ships very well in fact much bet bet- better better better ter than most other varieties For that reason many have been planted and many more will be That's a safe sate assertion because within thelast the thelast thelast last few years New York has be be- become become become come tree conscious For such property such property owners as de desire de- de desire sire trees the city will supply them and see that they are planted cor cor- correctly for tor 50 each During the first year the owner must look after his hix own trees After Atter that the city takes them over if 11 they are in good condition con con- condition condition and thus he is relieved of responsibility and expense With planted city trees the loss has been extremely small only two out of every hundred having failed to sur sur- vive The usual cause of death has been failure on the part of the prop prop- property property erty owner to supply enough water Thanksgiving day day both both of them them them- this year belongs to the past but comes to mind a story told during his recent visit to New York by Albert A. A chain restaurant owner of Denver and newly elect elect- elected elected ed president of the National Restaurant Restaurant rant association Before going into the restaurant business he was in inthe Inthe inthe the show shot business a taffy tally pulling cowboy an amusement park concessionaire con con- concessionaire concessionaire and the manager of a traveling show troupe Back in 1907 he and his company became stranded in Grand Island Neb and when Thanksgiving day came Mr 1 found his pockets entirely empty diligent search failing to re re- reveal reveal re- re reveal veal so much as a single copper Just about the time Grand Island families were sitting silting down to turkey mince pie and all aU that goes with a Thanksgiving feast Mr encountered an acquaintance and md succeeded in negotiating a loan of 15 cents The borrowed money went into a Thanksgiving dinner dinner- doughnuts and coffee As he laid his dime on the counter he vowed As long as I live to remember the mess Im I'm now in I will eat a doughnut a day Hes He's kept that vow for 32 years which means about doughnuts Also that I Thanksgiving day back in 1907 has also also meant some of the greatest feasts ever known by Denver's poor And Mr 1 still stroll likes dough nuts Maybe its it's my face Maybe its it's the way I dress But at any rate another one of those salesmen of watches supposed to have been stolen slipped up to me as I was looking into a Q window on Eighth avenue and tried to put over a deal The watch he furtively exhibited looked mighty good But just then thena a cop I knew latew stopped to exchange the time of day and the timepiece salesman vanished before he had even made a quotation At the mo mo- moment moment moment ment Im I'm wondering where I can get made up to look like a city slicker sUcker Bell BeD Syndicate Service |