Show Take My Word i By Frank Colby L Laurel lurel Ive I've just dust Ju t finished reading a book about New NewYork NewYork NewYork York in which numerous allusions allusions allusions allu allu- are made to Gotham and Inri the Tenderloin Why is New York City called Gotham Goth am and why should a particular lar Jar section be referred to as Tenderloin F. Tenderloin O. O Answer First question first The terms Gotham and Goth Goth- were given to New York and its people m jn 1817 by Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Irving in the magazine Salmagundi It was a satirical reference to The Mad Men of Gotham a legent of old Eng Eng- land One day rJay word came to th the pleasant village e of Gotham that Kin King John planned to build a I country palace near ner by and that his architects already were en route to Gotham to select the site The hatched a R plot to discourage the choice of Gotham Soon the messengers arrived and dismounted at the I village green and looked about aboul them in amazement A group of villagers were wading in the pond with an eel tied to a string They explainer explained that they were teaching the creature to swim Other Goth- Goth amile were rolling rollin cheeses and loaves downhill as as the quickest quick quick- j est wa way of oC getting them to mar mar- ket Three fat Cat men were solemnly trying to squeeze themselves into a tub in which they would voyage to unknown lands Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral people were frantically planting a hedge around a athorn athorn athorn thorn bush in which a cuckoo perched This they said sard was to prevent the birds bird's flying away Imbecility was on every hand Shaking their heads heds the archi- archi |