Show friendship marred by distance in new Y york rk in new york city it to s possibly pos possible to know an infinite varlet variety v of goo good d c catl I 1 if zens you may scrape up an acquaintance c with showgirls show girls probes tora bors of applied therapeutics novelists pugilists hindu tabloid reporters toe dancers and captains of south american banana boats you may even become warm friends of a ill or a hoboken bartender but what good will they do you it if you live in the bronx your best friends invariably live in flatbush and it if you live on city island the boon companions you are just dying to see always reside in jamaica or jersey city so that if you are projecting an hours friendly call you have to travel on the subways two hours you are mauled hauled by tile the theater crowd and manhandled man handled by the downtown warehouse watchmen going uptown to slee sleep p and tile the uptown swells going downtown to play and when you arrive at your friends house at 1000 p in limp and shopworn you find of course that lie he has quit walting for you and bas baa gone to a rumanian fesh house three blocks from your home which you left two hours ago friendship in new york becomes too often a terrific chore it Is far easier to be content with the alie casual folk you rub against where your business or your thirst takes you As a rule there therefore fore the people to yourt your taste astell are not to your your taste in tiny deeper spiritual sense but they dimply frequent the same resort or restaurant you do and are tolerable only because they can speak your jargon of art or business and do not attempt to assault you with beer mugs ernest L meyer in the forum and century |