Show The Mississippi of Streets A street is like Jlko a river with its human human human hu hu- man current carrying carr all manner of between its banks of residences o or shops on either side A id td d if this simile be appropriate then Broadway s1 it is the Mississippi of streets Probably Probably Probably ably no other avenue in tho the world pr presents so many contrasts in the f flot flo flotsam or sam and jetsam it carries from Harlem Harlem Harlem Har Har- lem to the Batter Battery Every cry type of humanity hu hu- manity uprooted manity-uprooted uprooted saplings from farms and aUlt orchards proud hulled craft in silks and satins satins may may be he descried in inthe inthe the surging mass Banker and bootblack bootblack bootblack boot boot- I black the swa swaggering ering sw swell ll and the draggled derelict walk shoulder to shoulder shoulder rush rush rather for Bro Broadway is a maelstrom the embodiment of ot New Yorks York's 8 bustle and hurry the place where nothing can stand still Richard Harding Hardin Davis once said that everybody seems to be trying tr-im to reach the bank to have a a. cheak chok cashed cashed cash cash- cash I ed before three I |