Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 30 | In New York

r In New York I IS I S XE rv YORK YORK YORK-A A few fe f Still t are Me to sing the songs ind md tell ten the the stories of or Greenwich Vil lage before it went commercial 4 A few ew there are ne to tell tel you of the triE when hen the village was trul truly n A few remain who ho remember remember hen T he P S 1 nt tearooms from little o toji p boxes boxt grew gew and when these could be rented for 20 or so o a month Today speak sPeak-eules and wine dinner resorts put mr these thes in high rent class cas A A- A Afew few there are who still sti can an tell tel you ou u where to find ni Dick with wih his hiss s steel cl g guitar lar and his Indian songs of f thi the southwest they C can 1 tell tel you ou where Bobble Edwards yodels rodels his old village ballads for handouts they tey can cn point out where Trilby's Triby's used to be bE with that dark slick slick- haired siren who finally naly found her herway herway herway way to t the position of ot one of Man Man- hattan's most exclusive models they can recall renI when Romany Mane wat was Oil on Christopher Chrstopher street treEt and told fortunes in teacups they can an re remember remember remember re- re member the te marrying girls of the Inn and Tiny TIm Tim rim with wih his packages of Jove ove candy candy They heY v where whee Edna spun her erse verse and where FoYd Floyd D Dell I became th S of the clan can Lw New e 5 the seI self appointed m mayor or will wn inform you that Dick Dic the Ule halfbreed Indian n. n ran up a consi considerable con con- si erable fortune out out of a few ew soap SO 1 boxes and an trick beverages He re- re paled the visitors to the village with wih an assortment of what he pleased ai to call cl Indian beverages be They were nonalcoholic but their designations nations were ere ee certain to lure trade Toda Today with th the bootleg booties competition competition tion ton they might not not get to base There was for instance a mixture mixture mix mix- mixture ture of sars parla and ginger Inger ale which h hs called Sioux A Itt littiA and l lemon ion juice turned this into an Iro ois' ois and some ginger or 01 cinnamon created cinnamon created an Osage Oae It I was vas as a grand gani racket while the going Was as good god and Dick provided tunes end songs But them days have gone for- for ever ever ver Today roday innumerable sucker resorts flourish most of h are night fly night f-b-night and many of ot which trade tade on the notion nolon that artists Ind poets mets pets gather As a matter of fact act a couple of poets poet and near near- poets have oJe learned ned to get et a meal Jeal ticket by appearing with wih their gang cang at at certin certain places on certain poet pet nights nights The old bas basement tearooms in order to s survive must now have regular turnover trade S S S Which Which reminds me me-In me in the ve very heart of 01 the old oM village there re recently recently re- re sprung sprung up an nn organization determined determine to to live Ive in New Nev York I I pretty retty much as they would if I they Were down on the farm They pooled their capital and d purchased land in New Jersey where they raise nise their own ve vegetables and have them shipped to th their Ir community tabla each night since night since they are vegetarian tran On Sundays they all al adjourn to the thA farm arm and get iret et some husky truck gardening to achieved achieved to say nothing of ot adding a bit of tan in inthe inthe Inthe the warn war weather They get eggs from their own chickens and one day day will wI have vo milk from their their own cows They all al dine in n their community com corn dining room and while dwelling in the heart of ot the city they are arc able to cat eat fresh farmyard foods t t And LAnd And of or sue such paradoxes is Manhattan Manhattan Man Mn- hattan nattan i r GILBERT SWAN SW X Copyright p rl h 19 1927 7 NE E. Service In Inc