Show limi OLD LA Y A if IV L H GETZ new york worships in twenty ot of the thirty live five tongues spoken on her streets more than ot of her churches belong to those who stul still cherish the ties bics ot of the land from which they sprang new york eats more pork than beet beef more beet beef than poultry more poultry than fish ash more fish than veal mutton and lamb the banana Is the cites most pop popular ular fruit with oranges second and ana apples appia third did you ever hear ot of dinner shopping every evening between 6 and 8 hundreds go shopping in the west forties between fifth and sixth avenues and broadway for dinner along this series ot of streets area arc a nock flock ot of restaurants which paste menus on their windows and hundreds n night after night go from one restaurant to another to see which otters offers the most tor for the least money 41 W 10 there Is a tobacco prescription shop in the city A man goes into this shop tells what hat brands he likes and Is given a m mixture in a tin box with his name typewritten written on the label together with a number it if he returns with the report that the tobacco Is too strong he Is given another mixture and a new number after he has found what he likes he I 1 orders by number the dealer knows that I 1 some men like to be able to say that they smoke tobacco especially mixed tor for them without shame new york may accept the tha title ot of the foremost nickel grabbing city in the world since nickel grabbing Is done under pressure ot of necessity much tune time in the city Is spent going after nickels where nothing but nickels will do nickels are needed for the telephone the new yorker does not like to part with his nickel with a single one in his pocket he will pay tor for his paper with a dime so that he may have an extra one on hand c getting etting a reserve fund of nickels is a naver ending game in new york W W the great heart ot of the police force was again demonstrated recently A policeman rounding the corner comer at fifth avenue and east street early one morning surprised a woman digging with a childs sand shovel in st patricks cathedral lawn about to reprimand her he discovered she was in the act of burying her pet canary which lay dead ln in a cardboard box at her side go ahead he said but hurry we wont want to be caught 0 0 ab wall street received its name from the stockade or wall erected I 1 in a 1653 by the last of the dutch governors at first 9 this was merely a cattle guard formed of tolled felled trees with their roots all lying in one direction to prevent cattle straying because of 0 indian troubles disputes with the english and forages ot of wild animals it ada decided to make this barrier ol of considerable strength so a stockade ot of stout timbers was erected with a gate at broadway roadway li another at the east river this barrier which stood lor for about half bait a cen q tury was finally removed frequent reference by the people to the wan wall re rc in that permanent name lor for the street |