The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1920, Page 29

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1920 of Charles Dana Gibson’ early advice to . Reminiscences young students to-day—on this page tomorrow. student life and his Old New York as Seen Through Young Washington Heights, a Magic City f y Scene of a Battle on Outcorne of Site of Alexander Hamilton's Which Rested the Fate of the Country Seat—Burial Ground American Revolution. of Many Noted Ones. Population To-Day, 300,000; Twenty Years Ago, 10,000. YSN UMEL MANSION EDGECOMBE Au LAST OF OLD HARLEM SHACKS ~ ON “AMSTERDAM AVE. NEAR [Got ST, GeNU FS, GEORGE WASHING TONS HEADQUARTERS DURING GATTLE FOR THE HEIQUTS WRIOMT GILLIES. h BROS, 1607" ST. [ie IMREE “GENERATIONS OLD Ee COMMUTING GY BOAT A TRAM FROM ise Sr. TO me ‘City. FIFTY YEARS AGO - (FRom RARE PRINT) CooRWAY WwW JUMEL MANSION AMSTERDAM AVE. y 4 itd hes HAMILTON GRANGE LOOKING EAST aT SHING TON sHTS can a Re OWES ie 1a7 sr be called the 40 » my 19BT (ERO OLD PuoTo) city in. the pms a steel, stone and. mortar mush- _—— an room." in less than twenty years * oe the “primeval forest” above 126th ; Street has grown from some 10,000 pointed he* com- le up in t to around 300,000 inhabitants. @prung, " stones. of which were from tteréd estates und shanty- jerusalem. ; E vovered rocks (to say nothing of the " yany notables rest Aaron Shee fy ceresiously gregarious goats) to a y.” suid Nelson SUBEL Manca Adensely sardined section of apatt- s ( ment mansions U at T € ment started in 1658 at " 125th Street and Harlem F villag New Harlem—so {t seems (We the firsi two hundred years were the Pettus re r hardest When old New Yorks Om June) 1 n Ss T spending the summer in the “moj y nt “ " ains” nt neant Washington ‘p, y, wit 1 En ae jue ji Des Across: Arr jam A eights front Fitty years ago the first city com- ¢ ; ow : } muting habit was ed around ! 3 : ? this section. hattan sub- M bs ( urbanites we o the pler at ‘dum Avenue ° 1, and Amster ; i Almmom fit tm owned ol o h Strect and cateh the almost fifty. y¢ u ' | the foot f 1 Street and catch Harlem flat 1 Nort 8.15 bo e Jenny Lind—or 1 stood on Ar H the short Hne steam train tha > flow that trie 2X down to the city along the Hud: The train connected at 30th for downtown Later came the cable cars connect- Amsierdam Avenu the pity, ! d and the subway, d was over. { mes an ele peanut Raymond, O} the heights and our coun- n the elevat and rural life c Wh valley one r ts us It was in 6, when Wa. on held the Brit sh at bay long enough to save his tween outn ed army and himseid from thereby saving the c nendence and our om and pursuit tay, Was know! that ta and He r Park were na subway « Cemever unning tro} m Avenue to the river be 1 and th Streets, w Bet ; to be a suspension bridge over I oheieeipat a : way where the street cuts t a ven a the cemete It was torn down in ed aanans ‘ LLL to make wa Lis new Chapel A Westa Adoea ag of the Intercessior tp Al FM Actua Rey. Gouvernew and wives, Nathan Hale, Sache We inspect ; [fk wao beautiful chapel TALKS TOOMUCH <= . 1an whom he eene a and 1 dow na proy 7 F ‘ J s trying t 1. The ¢ Bat eOuble. aw ie f ; tha ey keep 5 that t ne out y : , t buy th ’ i 1 6 of 4 4 1 M1 Joy a {now know w 1 ‘ th The y = 1 e sell, He hau a : ‘ , wversold it. ‘ talked 1 Ae, when to’ ; om miu T deh a r : thing as tryin nt that the thing ti thet De made me think there must be | or exunpl a 0 1 Stee ial cinshce® enee, | @ man, who took me for a Very deligt v into something the matter with tt’ He ou drive where there was some won 1 in fF jon't tulic hy Was too anxious to have me take it. derful scenery. This, woman was so much, especiaily if you want ty in "Kh believe mow that it is all right, enthralled with the views 1 rata terect otbera. 1 4 ' st [HERE'S 4) oe , [LUXURIOUS NE jSILKO {E YOUR S ISA SIGHT! / Ca BATHROBE.) HERE ISA Goon > OTTON ONE FoR J SHOW ME OMETHING oe THURSDAY. DEC troublea—Diagnostician tells on this WHAT CAN | Do For Yu / HERE ISA NEAR-WOOL FOR Why Housewives EMBER 9, 1920 and how they can overcome their are sometimes nervous page to-morrow. HAVEN 'T YOU SONETHING NIFTIER 7) IT'S FOR XMAS ABLES #27ine PAIR 9222s 2 Praas Pubilahing ¢ The New York Eventug World. was a HEEN she ttle girl She chew ed her curls, Consulted her mother ane er teacher Counted her pennies Thought feverishly, frantically, femi ly what she should give Father ‘or Chri netimes ehe worked him slippers, o un initte e corner white handkerehtet 0 de him a Mitle box of stiff vaper for his collar buttons And wore, or curried, or used her AKL a Week A ) persons in skirt 1 1 Chyistinas pre "i y few “ hi € t back, ¢ ne nd never to do ard ome youth telling an- e had received six of Kipiing’s poems in Oue of the six came from her. she never would have admitted ft, bul she became an October bride In order not to crack under the strain of selecting another Christ- mas present for her fiance— he simply couldn't think what to give him Alas! she had only shifted one bur- en for another! The honeymoon was seurcely over when Duty whispered low, “Thou must ‘ Buy a Christmas present for thy husband,” Since then She has bought every brand of non- smokable cigars, Every mechanical invention for hold- ing them, cutting them, lighting thom, taking care of their remains, Pour pairs of slippers, ni twenty-nine handkerehiefs TAK JA ce woo ls » neckties, 4 tae N Mr. J u 1 w mt yi e ed Mrs. J M : Will ( y \ ny Iren,” sald Mr. J i “ ' " ny replied Mr J And when Taren will jue toward you ‘But we'll ge e things for Christmas, won't we?” asked the boy “Yen,” replied Mr Ja ou are as good every day Ull Christmas us you. have been to-day, I know Santa Claus will bring you some thing nice.” “There ain't no Banta Claus,” the young eceptic. “Banta ¢ comes down the chimneys, and there's only one chim in this house, and if Fanta Claus went down eat wa @ into Lhe furnace tn the A velvet house-coat, a leather collars box, A set of nineteen desk furnishings, ‘which lack only printed instrue tlons as to how to use them; For all of which be has thanked her tenderly For all of which he has manifested after a,week of polite use—the same tnvineible distaste. And to her, as to every other woman, the saddest words of tongue or pen Are these: “What can I give HIM* (father, flance or husband) “for Christmas That he will really lke? R FAMILY » OE CARDELL ¢ “ Thy New York Bvening Wortd.) A d the janitor would burs 1 At t ombustion of the good Hiday saint little Emma Jarre ‘bee nu ulk that way, Willie” Jarr. “There ts a wu wring things to chil- en who believe In him, but if they nim he doesn’t bring Santa Claus!” erted gin, “and I want him to Jol! house and a new doth srriage and a set of dishes aad x dol] and a jot of little dolls and «ime more dolls, and lots and lots of Santa Claus if he Fs at T want," said the i a ‘| Master Jarr. “I want utomebiie and an electric train ot nee, and 1 won't belleve in eve in if I don’t get them aus.” But you must nus, whether you traditions 1 Row to want and appreciate practical gifts. Santa jaus ts going to bring you an overe and & new suit of clothes * This measage of practical gifts had no appeal for Master Jarr “Oh, don't take the Joy of life: from the children,” said Mra. Jarr. “f£ wuevs Santa Claus will take care of them, things are getting cheap in the stores.” Rel'ewed at fue good news, the children went in to supper dee haved like little angela at the tater wy wy tie eel iemot F Rie Veeeensanoe a ee