Show W OLD NA L 1 GETZ there are nervous residents in manhattan who entertain fears ears that some day the island will sink from rom the weight of 0 hundreds of lofty bull buildings dings the truth is 18 that the buildings on the island weigh a great deal less than the mate ilal ital removed to accommodate the foundations the visitor to new york should by all means see the new george washington memorial bridge which spans the hudson river and connects manhattan island with new jersey the bridge was built pt cost ot of four and a hauf hail years were required to build it the main span Is teet feet long there are more than a million radio sets in new york city more than half ot of the families lles here have sets seen on a moving van on sixth avenue here comes seigler Sel gler not a scratch in a van load the police report that more than lesl leste dents lents of 0 new york vho aho ha own motor cars pay no garage re rent nt they park their cars on the street all night new york tobacco shop owners are w worried orr le d because so io many cigarette amok e era have taken to the practice of rolling their own I 1 tho the other night a well oiled new york c lubman clubman wandered into a new mew york ma atlon picture theatre to tee see a midnight performance lie he took a seat near the rear or the house at a particularly dra nit eftie I 1 e point in the picture he acobe to hla hia feet and shouted Is 18 there a doctor in the house A man inan abose in the third row and replied im a doctor L whereupon ahe up the clubman waved his bis arm and shouted ted back hoare you doc i there is a tobacco shop at the comer of 0 birtil avenue and street one ot of the famous street intersections in the world this shop reports that 40 per ceat of its sales are to women 0 0 noise dolse hampers the work of 44 per cent of the cites schools and a third of them have some classrooms absolutely useless 0 0 new york libraries arl report an unusual demand tor for cook books evidently more women are cooking at home the restaurant owners here know all about this 0 0 0 new york Is the terminal of 89 navigation companies and nine railroads an average ot of car loads ot of freight arrive in the city every day there Is a company in new mew york which furnishes firewood to houses and apartments me n ts on manhattan wand island equipped with wit h wood burning fireplaces when th a company was organized many years aa agu there were 61 64 woodwards wood yards in the city te tc day there are re but three and all report that business la is very good |