Show KNew In New York 1 y- y SEW EW y A TORK-A A great Feat army of and women nomen shuffle acro across s i men r imen m O pattern of Manhat- Manhat life 1 th them m hanging hangin wearily You meet straps fore dawn carrying scrub js Wand and bro brooms ms to their scenes tor for fetor You Tau meet them at the rolt news stands huddled in ine e swats als You meet them ambling 1 Ind hod d. d doun down the crowded streets I n ich signs upon their lr 3 B I. I Wherever and however you s t m m. m You are likely to say to asel Old man and old olds wom worn wombat bat gat at are You jou ou doing here How s is happen that you are caught raty a 1 ty that has ha has little place for fort fora t a old and aad broken Why dont don't donta a Tj j pt t away to d More fore the question is framed n tI there is no answer answer er there might be can tread din in their faces Watching v as I have watched them you jou e rem reminded of old dray as IKS' IKS being whipped down the ld ltd d streets old dray horses gam anil and tug and plod along ra if slowly Watching them as W lire watched matched them you sense a f. f a blank weariness a alion aI I lion on hopelessness a a. human ij bg within a a. shell and looking out without much interest J l th less hope k ti uld be pleasant to find de- de In ln those faces too But they yond Ond despair Despair writes thing Ing dramatic upon the faces Use it haunts The army o of i h hen men n and women omen are beyond ex- ex irl n. n The They look blankly dully ad nl upon the life spectacle pass- pass l Before ore them Life has bas become I routine of rising tg and retiring Only I shell r remains remains' mains d m ew m Y York rk there Is also an an ll of old m men and women who f the ease and luxury that Is isi at ts t i se 8 in all the metropolis i Is isi i rt groomed mod and attended od le e old men are aro handsome fig ig- f ts they step spryly up the avena ave- ave na Sunday morning Their hair is set off by the of tall taU top hats their B are ruddy and round their b right r and their theil carriage U uh I They jauntily swing gold oed Abed ed canes They have the confute con con- fute the of success and prosperity aVe a certain ease o of manner worldlY assurance t ride In modish ven by liveried chauffeurs white hair bail is bobbed J attire of the latest Paris Parise v be e f again they reflect the tho aris- aris iy 7 1 of or the naughty nineties Wig Fifth avenue the club wini winal win- win i ereal eal al groups of white haired r n natty afternoon attire lUn comfortably in easy ij as aa they scan the Wall street streetor or Pr you'll meet them in heart of or the Wall str street t belt ally swinging into office build build- it h b U New York Tork there Is no Olar r contrast than that between ij folk who are poor and arid the the i k who are arc rich ember one day coming upon 4 of nt and broken sandwich men mood in mumbling con conversa- a ore the window of a smart Avenue tit venue club And in Jn tho the win win- a frock coated old man I a gold knife in his hand laing out at them as if it fas- fas by contemplation of their h I me d to me that he n must saYing to himself e but for or the grace of God GILBERT SWAN 1928 NEA Service Inc |