Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-29 | Page 4 | Where They Swelter

WHERE THEY SWELTER SW E Li ER New York City In warm w weather eather Is no place for comfort When it becomes sweltering hot bot the city in in- inflicts theta hardships What life In Sn that large center of population with Its buildings of concrete and steel to hold bold the heat beat means to many is told old by an observer er who says Over on the East Side the youngsters follow the tho water carts as the tho children of Hamlin followed the tho pled pied piper They roll In the street when firemen turn on the water mains and they sail little boats down the gutters At night there is the great adventure ad of sleeping on the fire escape or the roof Tough on the tho old folks yes jes es I and on the adolescents but the kids Oh boy They signal from fire escape to fire tire escape from roof to room They rhey get cuffs cufIs and slaps and finally as the th humidity en el envelops envelops ops them they fall tall into a stupor and sleep There is little rest for forthe fora a the grownups They sit all night up upon on the roof root tops or in the streets The tenements are emptied and the tho streets are a flood of people all seeking a vagrant breath of air And babies Where bere do they all como come from t so 60 o hot bot and restless and Ill m tempered Many tenement dwellers nee flee to tho the Battery BaHery or to the th tb beaches The long day beside I the pushcarts has bas been too much for them They must get away ny or perish All AH- Allday day long they seem caught in a kettle which fairly boils bolls their pushcart wares Old men women standing in tho the sun standing and sitting bargaining and bickering Old men long Ion past their fourscore Standing uncomplaining uncomplaIning mopping their brows While all the city cit steams and com plains What iron is in their veins reins What Infinite capacity for tor discomfort fort and resistance Standing throughout the day to building up tIP their little fortunes And the heat beat closing In damper d hotter bolter No r wonder Now York York- tourists i when they reach roach Ogden on their Journey west est feel refreshed and get enjoyment out ot of the cool air lr cur cur- currents currents rents the of-the of the night The climate of New York has has never ne been a big factor in building that city of or mil lions