Show Friendship Marred by Distance in N New ewo Y York o oIn In New York city It Is possible to know an nn Infinite variety of good citi cm zens You may scrape up an acquaIntance acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- with showgirls professors sors of applied therapeutics novelists novelists novel novel- pugilists Hindu swamIs tabloid reporters toe dancers and captains of South American banana boats You may even become warm friends of ot a or a Hoboken bartender bar bar- tender But what good will they do you on If It you lIve in the Bronx your best friends Invariably live c In Flatbush and If you live on City Island the boon companions you arc are Just d dying to see nh n always s 's reside In Jamaica or Jersey City So that If It you are projecting an hours hour's friendly call you jou ou have to travel on the sub a subways s 's two hours you ou are mauled by the theater crowd and manhandled b by the d downtown warehouse watchmen goIng goIng goIng go- go Ing uptown to sleep and the uptown swells going downtown to pin play And Anti when you arrive e at Vat your friends friend's house at 10 1000 00 p p. p m. m limp and shopworn you find of ot course that he the has quit waiting for you yon and has gone to a Rumanian fish house three blocks from your jour home which you left two hours ago li Friendship In New York becomes too often orten a terrific chore It Is far I easier to be content wIth Ith the casual folk you rub against where your our I business or your thirst takes you As a rule therefore the people to your taste are not to your our taste In any deeper spiritual sense but the they simply frequent the same resort or restaurant you do and are tolerable only because they can speak your our Jargon of art or business and do not attempt to assault you jOU with beer mugs Ernest Ernest L. L Meyer Mejer In Jn the Forum For For- Forum um urn and Century |