Show i I. I Walls I By y DR FRANK CRANE Yi ViCtor tor Hugo somewhere says S that there is nothIng nothing noth- noth Ing in the world so Interesting as something that tal takes es place behind a a. wan wall over oyer which we cannot see That is one ot of the things that makes a. a big city interesting If Ie you ou live JI In the countrY you know just about how one everyone lives There may be a a. big red redbrick brick house In the suburbs where the village rich man lives Jives with a a. certain amount of ciC mystery clinging to It but La the main everyone lives the same sort of at life you lead They an all make their living Jiving doing tasks similar to yours Jours There are aloe no mysterious classes of people present to whom romance clings But Dut in a large city there are a thousand and one activities going on behind the scenes something which fillips your our imagination but something you Jou cannot describe It is this app al to the imagination that fascinates the average person It Is mystery and curiosity that constantly male make for tor the growth ot of cities and the depopulation of the country You soon get tired ot of a place where here you JOU know all about the people In It So there is a a. countrywide Interest In whatever tales takes place In New York The root case of all this is that New York Is a a city of infinite walls Everywhere little groups ot of I people are doing interesting things of which you cannot can can- cani i not know Every night thousands are entertained at the theatres theatres the the- atres but how many know what is going on behind the scenes A story or play of life lite behind the scenes Is always Interesting The dall daily papers Influence millions and they seem to lay the private lives of everybody e bare but only a handful produce them and know how the wheels go round High society owes its attractions to the fact fac tat It is exclusive It contains only a a. small group ot of people peo- peo pie and the rest ot of the populace are ou of the wall fascinated by tales taJes of wha what is ig going on Inside The mainspring of oC human Interest will always be curiosity with a pressure ot of the unknown and it is In a a. big city that the unknown 15 constantly forced upon us One reason why life UCe after death is so Intriguing Is that It goes boes on behind a closed wall No one has ever looked over It and no one knows what is going on behind the barrier ban Copyright 1929 by 1 re Newspaper Syndicate |