The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1920, Page 21

“a 2 To the Chorus of reakind In resect tee 4 cording to the recital of Mil- dred E. Phillips. Hor experience will appear on this page to-morrow, | in imitable, funny style of Neal O'Hara on this page to-morrow, © Greenwich Village Life Primitive -in Old Days, ; Says John R. Voorhis, 92-Year-Old Resident “The Village Doey Not Exist Bast of Sixth The Streets Were Lighted With Oil Lamps; a No Illumination on Moonlight Nights; Pig 1 Avenue” —Liberty Poles Were a Feature Alley and Weehawh Market Rich in of the Early Days. : Tradition. Storv and Pictures by Will B. Johnstone NORTHERN DISPENSARY, ar) OLD CLAM Brom HOUSE seers 2° fy x F + GREENWICH VILLAGE GLocrs) a LANOMARIC SINCE 1931 : * eee *. By Maurice Ketten | THAT'S Bun PAPER | HATE IT! / «yy, THE ONLY + ‘DOLLARS EEWHIZ! Ff Soop PERIN ry Pog PaBER COSTS 74 HE WHOLE Book : MONEY, pelo hd bd Huth > inl im RR. VOORHIS <O\ Years O10) PRES. GOARD OF CLECTIONS ‘T takes « real old timer to remember real village life in New York City. The old timer is Johw R. Voorhis and the village ts celebrated Greon- wich Village. John R. Voorhis, born in 1829, will be ninety-two years old next July 27. He is probably the oldest active man in New York (ity to-day, At the advanoed age of ninety-one he ts President of the Board of Klections, a ‘Nighly responsible city department with nearly a Moor of offices in the Mu- alcipal Bullding. Born in Pompton Plains, N. J., he moved to New York City ninety years ago, and after ten years at No. 64 Sullivan Street lived Practically the balance of the time in the vicinity of No. 786 Greenwich Street, corner of Bethune, Greenwich Village, bis present home. “More a patriot than a politician,” he had beon Commissioner of Excise, ‘ Police, Docks, Elections, Police Justice and Superintendent of Publie. Bulld- ngs, werving under Mayors Havemeyer, 1876; Cooper, 1880, Grace, 1886, " Hewitt, 1887; Grant, 1859; Gilroy, 1893; Strong, 15 Van Wyok, 1898; Low, 1902; McClellan, 1904; President Ahearn, 1910; Goy. Dix, 1911, and Board of Aldermen to-day. He knows all the city streets by their last names and some in the village by their first, “Greenwich Village does not ex- tend east of Sixth Avenue,” said Used to mand dn front of Riley's Hotel, Jadge Voorhla when he took me Strecia “Tt war nin ron tt, Boatord @round the old place, thus divureing fete days the voluntesr fire come Washington Square. Daniew used to compete to sue which “Late was very primitive ‘here in Sine could play the highest stream ~~ over the pole. A 90-foot polo stoo fovt of Gansevoort Street, but it 1 r may youth. The houses were all front of the Northern Exchanee Ne, Nardly a success frame with merely brick fronts thea, cker Stroct. Another stood at, "The salt water pumping station ts Vai Wy} ‘with stables and wood sheds in the Ignatius Fiynn's Porter House, as there tov, That pio coms tial + onde y Be al ‘THE BOYS HAD HOOP RACES IN THe OLD VILLAGE DAYS LET's PuT THIS ON THE WALL ITS VERY Goad PAPER D AND VERY’ ¢ ECORATIVE » ci ——%,, LOOKING THROUGH FROM WEST TO WASHINGTON STREET sins. We had io. waler, Fs they called them then, or fires, w salt svi ulned “Tammany Society revived tb. More goods than it saved Din» 0 heat or sewers. All garbage wedidn't erty Lole custom In 11h wed reed Among the notauies Greenwich we ¢ mau, feed the horses, cows or chickens was one in Union Square, ile around i was Capt at oie ! By “Here is whi the state jam Bensel, eximept jensel wD Seer Sapoeited In the gutter aBd PORES od rior to 1800," eald Crore was famous ag ball pi 6EZACER Wille wants a wircloss Digs acted as scavengers. tood on the corner of Weat torn Aitckerbocker Clu h telograph outfit,” remarked “Zt's againet the law to keep chick- and Washington Streets, “On the Played amateur games in Hoboken, * Mrs. Jarr, “Some boys he r He lived in Morton 8 EY in are. northeast corner here used to be a ie oh accrtan Rt and KRows have them, and aince that 1001 ; Hall, M. D., was in pot ties then n Our only fires were sheet tron Stlvon where the prisoucrs always lige’ is rite it, Pel tien then an have been a love match. She first went OA ba HE sig betel news of the sunken submarine was swood stoves and candles the only tl- m Anmed ‘Liberte Hehe ni. Way up countr Ont yen ont first picked up by « private wirolons oeS a WOMan be ong 0 y oun ry met von Sternburg of an ocesa liter, Propriately named ‘Liberty Hall.’ It Tumination until olf lamps came in. developed into a brewery, which now [Owl house at ‘We had lamps for street lights then, stands. 143th Street outfit all the boya are anxious to have pou tora Fe eee cane , ‘e 5 them,” ies » & ie Pi “Thi vot betwes P, Dayid M. Earl, provision merohant, E t th 1 d f H H tP * can remember the lamp lighter With oy dieg, OWaahington RS wnt and W iam Molt, jeweller, were alas’ “D6. you' know. what it will cost. Xce (4 an 0 er ear cromed on the sume ship with him. $ * - day. ‘ . , ‘ . : : A . ‘ ‘ London, althou Srocicn oo ba wouldi’e Tigts we on. te of Kastucty Hail’ (ne es Weis Yan (Dam street between Huson eet a huednee aay ariréions out- This Question Suggested by the Engagement of the Former in’shts countey nnd apending mach AVE you sen the knee Sin headquarters, ~ And Greenwich, was with the elder cost a hundred and Atty dollars!” - : 7 aconiit nights or would stay up v0 Hoan Party thea, ne Tae 00 Repu Havomeyor, He sold sweet cane “Well, you needn't bite my imag Beautiful Lily Langham (Baroness Speck von Sternburg) timo with ner uncle, Arthur Lane: To. be sure they are only ‘ jampe at 1 A. M. wi "A t sugar (powder and loaf), also in solid oft! d ani, &@ Kentucky business man an = 5 ' ape Bee Aha AR bs bane Wan bY PO Benne stta ams remand ones, fambilar to all old-timers, “We ofti" ald Mra, Jarr, setting her teeth and Adolf Pavenstedt, a New York Banker. en he wibiging aa ca ee hoy Ghee! | rove * paid three and four cents a pound for ‘8 . - c re " honest graft. Streste ete eee belt, as the Reet taken three Prscminy be Hapa oo omnes puddenly her expresuion By Marguerite Dean. The marriage coukl not take phio® chant declares he is selling them } x water supply was rain from [Mansion stood on the pines J to-day to eal the sweotness of tho ct all etl mabe noftly Coprriabs, 1990, by the Press Wubliahlog Oo, (The New York Keeniug Weald dempite the desires of the young »©- oxpecty to renew bis ordere ice old product. ¢ fhe roafs drained into cisterns. The “Womhawhes Market waa tamoug en ee te i ten had large hence more in the old days. ‘he butidings atill rilah 3 h Cunusuat fore hebaiaaal ‘gst Lisigelnton mostly #tand here betwoen Christopher, 10th, M476 common last) was a builder water. Their cisterns ¥ Went and Weehawken Streets, The And crected tho first modern apari used for fires. old Clam Broth House te still here Ment house (still standing) on the ry and fifteen dolls wiutLaberty poles were a feature of on tie Weehawken Street side, The Southwest corner of Fifth Avenue “i. o nd f n are, you anf ed dur- Village used to patronize the market 47d N nth Street. James and Alfred “es Waa the samo, ‘ay day. They were erect largely and also the old Oyster Basin Hoe were also butidern who put up MI. Jarr. "But people have such unity except the niry of the heart? ple, until the Kaiser's consent had ight for A woman, is It nul | which been obtained; as Yon Sternbur® wii! by no meane be invisible It w foven then was in the diplomatic H ny some of the ultra fashionable tions have been asked betore, but they are sugdvsted again DY service, Finally the All- Highest gave oder t Just made of the enwagement and forthcoming marriage him permission, and afterward the With the madern diapbanous bau oh von Sternburg, American born widow of the former Ger. beautiful and winning American dressoa, 7 Of courre, made ate : i bad ne den that the De & woman belung to any ¢ along. They ure jowelled aftaire UEtAte were ny If love and nationalism t Pavonatadt, former banker of thia city, who Woman became a great favorita with etme \ : ideas these daye—and . h » alte ho the imperial family Since sasher are required to Ing the Revolution in tront of patriot ("ine river side between 10th and most of the downtown stores on sy#—and even more fool- during the war was interned a4 4 dangerous enemy allen and who has DT ait Ganuian sat headquarters and supported flags perry. Oyster barges docked there, Leonard and Franklin Streets. There '#h onen, Why is meat dear? o- heen described ar Hola Pasha'n paymaster Tintern Hooravelve” etennig UD the sombre dress tones thas fi rt. timents. One The big market to-day is up at the Were no building strikew then, And CAUus® Billy’ American mothers don't N. t ater uRneneeaeN _ - + ey ly HOW decrees the shops are dis (emblematic of liberty sen "* they only got 10 shillings a day—a1.28, want {helt children to be butchera! gin ines os ed rtp ytd 08 name eyes are dark ee eon SE ery g bewildering assortenent of ham “ “Btate Senator James W. Booth, hy ie bre lear? Because it isn’t a 7 = * accordin a description LPR: J . rofined to bi 1) land than the Baroness von stern and played tennis with the ribbons. Sashes are made up of i Sr ntes un te renesn. Grave aie any other fine a and hin wife made one of wide td very gorgeous ribbon. ‘Th 4 ive Printed not long after her marriage, . Chrtstoper. He was a reapected Re. | At any other time Mra. Jarr would Pa yung, went to Cermany ta tie reed by lone biack. Taser, and publican. and people came from great have taken Mr. Jarr to task for im- wan there when the war broke out. ber hale 'n dark brown with « tinge distances to consult him on questions Piying she wanted her boy to row in) Hat loon tase e yhu Matt broke oul. Dee r a a M- he fy of policy 4 gilded loafer, But she smiled pa- 5 sailing trom ¢ " By Martusrite Moown “Under the nidewalk on the sovth- tly and sald: Nf M ‘n most popular are loosely twisted about the hii es > marriage of the youn which is the present rt from whowe waistiine-—-and tied ot the left side for New wed, York told indent, sops and flowing ends, i Perwing W , 5 oe 1 Now, Etwerd, you tn't h . Grk, she told a one in 1904, at th rman i 1880, ty the Preae Publishing Co, (The New York Beruing Wort, east corner of Bethune and Greenwich 4 You musto't take on A : , “5 Coprrtah:. 1920. Btreete, acréne from my home, ts tho %: Um eure our Willie in ambitious my In the capital, an 1 was on: The tams made of narrow white old vault for the elevated cable. When Anyway, we can walt tii! next Christ molal events of the sea M ribbon Have been very popular yap stores, could not get along M ARRIAGE, like the department 4 Uy PMAAwin Aire’ fe would makes Wireless OUiAt—ond thes thn mg Cl Haronens also. unvetted th ner headgear and they @Fe cl fenl Mi atalid gall Ba ET HICIn BtCese 1 Woah JaBNe: © ce eee Surat ne then Shay InAs be bronee tin of Fredorick the Great ng followed by the same eo! > nowaday humming nolee warning you of its ap- Cheaper. I'm Nike Mrs. eT, WHER ihe home of her youngest ainter, th presented “In 1904 to the American jols made up in colored 4 Change privilege Proueh.” Mr, Voorhia then took mae her husband lont xo much money i wite ot tie French ma ukl Count de people by the Kalser ; hE a ee The girl with golden curle and a over to the rated Northern Dir- Wall Street during the mlump, Blo Paramond de hater lial Sean 4 Bhe could not leave (ermany during ribbon adged with gold tee wore ‘pink and white complexion t# any penaary, Waverley Place and Chriato- toll me sho was content with e wet oe fe 4 de Lafarjoin. she will again ote m5 ribbon : man's idea of an angel-eyen If she pher Street, of which he 14 head trus- Imitation pear earrings. You cot ii wile of @ native of th , jt 1, cold tee, The butiding datos back to 1821 hardly tell them th fn at war, And her prospective Oorich (6 seen everywhere now Dae, & RASS GAUET RAE SSNS and it haw a noble recom of free medi- Pearl atude Mr. Stryver t wece husband. Adolf Puvenstedt, adays, even in the library or on “when wlan 143 Pad Hub!" sniffed the still unmoliifiod was interned at Fort Oslethorpe, Gu. writing table in milady’s boudetr, ih Wate Doel: Weneiée satwieg | Wh “In 1837 Edgar Allan Poe dropped tn y didn't he hav after We entered the ostrich plume haa taken the place erty and union, one and dacperable to get something for p sot ataten sarcinas and we his wif, the goose quill as a penholder, ~ : reoord, not ata t he got sia ahat he was not thinking of the matrt- its rd, not atatine: wha 4 Are being red in colors to mate! with the desk sete and long bafore the f."" she added. . — mn 1851 Jenny Lind, the, Bwedich and | wouldn't have Mierhtineale, became a aubscriber, giv- Potten any thanks for tt, either!” tng $250," tea tan” Ways an unselfish dear yontal union. How in tho world did « “sun. abe was born in Ca State of lovely ware " q " " ston Ww. D ka, brother dare. “But, then, Tt and, before ber “and T hardly feve ar them The ostrich wool sweater is Kissed” summer girl ever transform parcny hk Gearde Luke nuppose Mra. Siryver thought, us all in jentucky, are hetter off than T fast entirely new. One model Se If into 4 ballroom beauty before tendent nnd could write Rood wives thinks she appreciated the fo its American belles. decent drem T have ts th lam © te-back effect and either jong he wrt of make-np reached the pres- the odd cases and types th It, NOt Che cost OF the mitt.” She assuredly was one of theni- weering now quarter length sleeves le at- W tiecclaswostitan wane? i tuft!” sald My, Jarr. “Dian't ent miracle-wo age? duapansery from Gre '- angle buy his wife a mahogany ies, Willan May Langham, to give her room set for Christmas jast year? = = Mince that time, It was ald as tate tractive, The ostrich effect Ja in the An Inet April, the Aa svery wife with a grouch can ae ones* has form of an edging around the evr lp by reflecting that the sort Tose Pastor Stokes, wociaiivt under Wy vantwes hob ee lat. 4 tically ilved on the charity cuffs and botiom of sweater, ‘Mheg “py never makes her happy Street, lowe by: Georg: Middleton, ino or wad lo 4 » could Rentl hought you'd want hough ahe had property he i — rie playwright Ives at No. 138 Chriat. {he IWAIE COMIGOTALET CE at WORE ta Hone leans ean at something i!ke $180,000, Bat in the The new bandbags bear almost No man ever falls in love with his opher Street, Senator La Wolietle'a women are alike!" he could tix the electric iighte an routine of Government policy thiy hibitive pore tage. However, stenographer—he falls in love with taughter, Kola, former morn iM «Mrs, Range wae only joking,” re- mend the plumbing and everything aclneg and turned over to the cust are beautiful and we must be : the “understanding little pal" he nis wife. ter Haims and pijed Mra. Jo Well, now you put it that wa: ¢ the Allen Property Custodian, by so what matters the pric thinks she is. : George Arilea alo rowided ¢ ‘ the it very much leva ket him « toy plumbing outfit ould Not be restored without velvet bag seome to be the Now that women have wou votes, perhaps an occasional vaitant soul Old villagers are prouder of (ay old of her mahogany bedre suggeuted Mr. Jarr. “Maybe ‘ may be allowed an !dea of her own, man is around, duys th a the, new. _ The Gaye vhs 1, the 4 KrOW Up to be @ tireleas plumber in- of 4 a thor petite and Pips Paar ban Daves : imto the ¢ ‘ a. Foe Mahe is suspicious: If YOU (Hasehail), #kated on dummod up gut- living. I's extravagance that dave te But Mra. Jure wld never mind: it white streaks now in the beautiful of lo@ing her American citlseuship. wonder the price ia high, wey you 4 % why you should adopt (hat attitude! fers or watchod Chris Gwyer icitl and nothing elae—wasteful extrava- was bad enough to have & plumber in hair, but she ié still & charming and And atill she now returns to a forvign to be the momt in den It you want (o tell the age of @ horse, look in ite mouth: if you waat eattio, winding them to wlaughter gance!” the house; #be didn't want one in the. aitractive woman, land, to marry again « man of foreign probably due to the iknow whether « woman i» old, look at her handa. Ca | wind lane “Why, my dear, 1 had mo idea of family. dior first marriage i# admitted to birth, atghe call of her ( { dint Si al ~t sais - a bene Sel enw momen teas bend MG ll y -