Show t 1 L r rl Y MARY GRAI CO 1 MORE SIGHT SEEING Far down In the city Uncle John took Douglas and Dorothy one day We are going to see ee a elt city market he told them They did not quite know how a n city market would be different from a n country market marlet for they were quite sure Bure the village store not far from their home borne in the country countr had hud been pretty will wUl filled with meats ments and ve vegetables vegetables and fruits I But Dut they had never ne Imagined a n market market mar mar- ket could be like the one the they at nt last saw Such quantities of ot things 1 l How lIow could there be enough people to eat ent them all alii I I 1 should hould Imagine said Dorothy that thel there would be n R great deal left let leftover leftover over at the end of f each day There couldn't be enough people shopping to buy all nil these things And there are arc areso and so ninny many vegetables and meats ments provisions pro which should be bought fa- fa to to- day Well said Douglas after a moment moment mo ment I dont don't wonder Dorothy Is Interested In In- in this market I 1 have have never neverseen sc seen en anything like It I was was so busy before watching the We c chickens kel s and arid turkeys turkeys tur tur- keys kes for tor sale that I hadn't half loo looted looked ed about me Gracious what an nn enormous enor- enor noN place I Anti An how y Jo different It ItIs Is from a country market even even- If It these things come from the country Yes es said sah Dorothy Doroth they sn say now In the country that they can cant can't t get all nil the best things because so many must mint come to the city It funny said Douglas that In the Won Wonder tier City even e the country things come here too like litre the vegetables vegetables bles and the turkeys and the chickens chickens chick chick- ens And even eyen like Douglas and Doroth Dorothy Dorothy Doro Doro- th thy laughed Uncle John They came n e from the country to the city Both the children Inn laughed hed and as ns the they left et the huge market Dorothy said Wont mother be surprised when we write her and ond tell her of ot the size of ot this city elty market Un Uncle Je John took them for foj- quite n Ii n sight seeing trip that da day He lIe took them to Irving place and Gramercy park In or order er to see some of the older TI L t Fir G I a an n There Was Was' a Stove tov spots But they had not gone far tar when whenn a n young man rushed by them and then suddenly turned around for he knew Uncle John you like to bring the dren to see the great electrical building build build- Ing ng he lie asked Wo Would d you i he added turning to them hem em Would we wel I exclaimed Douglas How exciting said Dorothy We never quite know v what Is going to happen hap- hap pen en she added In this city We think we are to have a n quiet walk and then a n wonder pops right up it seems They looked then about the building which was like a u magic place to the children Everything was cooked made lighted by electricity It seemed as ns If It all rill one had to do was to press Pless pressa Plessa a button bulton say lorum cock cock a or orsome orsome some orae mn magic lc word and something happened happened hap hap- as If It in a dream There was a n stove stoe which cooked delicious do- do clous licious things to eat by electricity There were Irons to dry clothes in the same same ame way uy and electricity for tor sw sweep el lug heating Ing ug heating heating everything lighting everything e of ot which one could think It appeared I Later when It grew v dark they saw the he building lighted up Hew unreal It t all ail seemed 1 I IAtter After Atter they had left and were on ou their heir way along the street they passed the he home of or Washington Irving who Irving who wrote of ot th the days when New York was young and und there still were fields and rough roads roads and and no shiny pave pave- and crow crowed crowded ed streets Isis Ills home home- home so o quaint standing there In the half darkness gave l Douglas a 0 queer reel feel Ing ng Do you IOU know I J feel teel like Rip flip Van Winkle he said I l 1 feel teel as os If It I l lad gait ladeen aW been een asleep for twenty years and hud had just awakened to see Bce all nil these won wonderful wonderful things things electrIc electric lights tall buildings and subways You see sec explained Uncle T John hn for or Dorothy looked puzzled Hip tip Van was a character In a n story by whose Irving Irving whose bouse house we Ve have hc been u looking at Old flip went to sleep for tor twenty wenty years and Douglas feels feela as us If It Ithe he hind had been asleep that tint Ion long So once again Dorothy Doroth pinch Douglas until he squealed to show him that be he was still wide awake I 1 |