The evening world. Newspaper, July 28, 1921, Page 17

' | omes in Manhattan “Below 59th Street In Next 10 Years? ° 260,000 Population Decrease in Last ‘Decade Only Beginning of Exodus, Ys 1AM GOING] | GO RIGHT IN AND TS CUBA LIVE LOOK AROUND Sour FLAT IS FOR RENT > Ytartling Analysis Shows. \ Former Residents, ‘Crowded Out,’ Are Moving | to Brooklyn, the Bronx and Even to New . Jersey; “Uptown” Districts Showing Only Population Gains, and These - Less Than Downtown Losses. prepuied for The Kvening Wortd by Major Joseph Caccavajo, C.K. DS. who has made an exhaustive study of conditions in this city Be building, population ave among the subierts to which he will bring @ vast array of figures in comparison The facts he will present every New Yorker should know rst of an interesting sertes of articles on New York ness, amusements, finance ’ By Major Joseph Caccavajo, C. E., D by the Presx Publishing Co, (The New York Eveniny ilation on Manhattan Island below 59th Street dur. + rt ntire country and exc je@rease in por n the increase in population in ded the ¢. the lust ten years was gre any but n in wree cities in the any One of thirty-six ‘The combined population of the Boroughs of Bronx and Richmond ir 14y0"Wis not equal to the loss in lower Manhattan in the last decade. With- cn the lifetime of many men now living the entire population of the old Citytor New York was loos than the loss below Columbus Circle since 1910, tes. Los Angele increased 3 in & ‘ re ten years, over 211 per cent,, and now ee yen Ie tise of American }POPULATION, BOROU cities ‘The 1820 consus shows 260,000 % OF MANHATTAN, CENS less population on Manhattan Island OF 1920. aot. Street than were living Paci titag \ 10. The sovereign State of smeaiany ae DanuiRA than 80,000 popula- ty give some idea of which the exodus from h district, Population. per acte 113,008 iy if anhattan med $4,980 Only a few years ago many more 105,166 dan ordinarily well informed New 90,165, Yorkers took violent exception to the statement that Manhattan would one day be the leas populated borou far d€ the census ficures would show, and fhat eventually that section of the ity of Ne York, popularly re- ferrod-to as tile Old New York,” will Pe comparable to the Old City of London, ruled over by the bewigged ng Lord Mayor, where 000 people reside, though 18S 40 DIDYOU SEE THE CLOSET DID I MISS, 140 101 the Byisiness hours find millions doing a busigess ther 'h Nearly thirteen years ago, in Octo- Al! ove ay ibs YPHS—(1) ine Governor's Inland, Hedioo's Imand, 11 acres, and 10 acres, ube Blackwell's Inland, 124 acres, Park, Sch to 97th ber, 1908, the writer of this article in an address before real estate men, stated: The time is fast approachins Nae when Manhattan Island will have (3) 4n reached the limit of its population, in fact as,business buildings crowd out 3 ¥ HBL the residences on their rapid mares ( uptown, the population will rather de- 3, creasé than increase, On account of MM its proximity to the business sections UBB oof Maphattan, we may look forward to see Brooklyn within a very few to 110th inehiates Want’s Islared Randall's Telan: Meadowr, incliales Ma tk areas teen det per acre world bem torially HOW TEN YEARS SHIFTED MANHA TTAN’S POPULATION } TOTAL POPULATION, 1910, 2,331,542; 1920, 2,284,103; DECREASE, 47,439. years greatly outnumber Manhattan in population.” ' This was before the census of 1910 was taken, ‘The results gave Man- Mattan an increase Of nearly half a \illion over 1200, but the inevitadlo As gome to pass even sooner than 1920 GS0,000 predicted. Manhattan Borough, y 1910 SSO 000 hich showed an increase of nearly s INCREASE 100.000 f.a million between 1900 and 1910, 4 nearly 50,000 between 1910 By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyright, 1921, by the, Pre Publishing Co, of (we New Yoru "kana, World MAN writes me in answer to an article that appeared in these columns the substance of which was you cannot reform a man by marrying him, He wants to know if T feel the same about women, that you cannot reform a woman by urrying her. Why not ask himself the question, He goes on to explain that he has "© matter what this woman done Iped a woman who had been Jead- /n the past, since she shows a desire 1920 240,000 1910 120;000 unhappiness in the domestic soheme. At any rate, who is this man that he cannot forget and forgive anything the woman has done? T yenture to say, if th told, he has probably dor times: wor “The extension of the subway to Harlem, Washington Heights and the Fort George sections caused great developinents of these territories and provided homes for many residents of Lower Manhattan who were driven 5 mareh 0} ress and of the last deca i 8 “ * c e struction of r buildings in The Jarr Fa il ‘undertook to rescue her from the 1#t him look his own past squarely “As. the terrigry in Upper Mam pooikivn, Queens and Richmond deptha! tn the face and see what kind of By Roy L. McCardell trath were nd 550.200° 590.000 DECREASE “-O,000 a tho hettan and the other aA pad beara, there is every reason to He says that she has exp a reflection it gtves to him of his own well as in nearby New Jersey, be- believe that many more of the ole Laie sy ‘comes more ait populated, the de- type tenements in Manhattan would desire to live down the past and «tart deeda, or rather misdeeds. Just how - build. Bave been demolished to make way .new, far will he measure up to thts “mod mand for additional business for modern business buildings and ‘Alm, he i in love with her and em Magdalen"? Angs to house the workers during that the loss in residential popula- wants to marry her, bis friendabip It stckens me to death to have men question whether women are good trike asi we are no better off thun we were the section of the city. of 2 oar purchasers’ TY re and l only know that Mrs. His query is to the effect that he enough for them because somewhere eee e Gemand, the rents neces- ‘The Next ten years should witness walkout,” said Mr. Jarr, look- Stryver said her husband was 8° imight be unwise to marry her be- in their early lives they had made heres Tuaintain property in Lower the demolition or conversion of tens ™& up from his newspaper, “but I discouraged at how dull things Were (use of her iedataicen gi the called Meee an niil make residence there of thousands of out-of-date tenement know business ts dull all over the nm Wall Street this summer that he “ee oo val BS Sees Ayn a ee a om . wl buildings, and in addition many of just cave up and went with his wif T" e sountry— tmpossfble. ‘The exodus will become piilldines. and) if on MANY SE Goun but then tt generally is this {)°' {UAV° UP Me wee tht when he would not ask this question He But the men who ao atong this Kreater each year. ad ae new law time of year. 2 Ls : ay ba ements are sure to make way for I guess things will be Mrs. Stryver showed me all the new ld act tipon tris feeling for her psn Te eon sore ted oa oe Commercial structures because they Dooming along in September. Henry summer things she had bought 1 suid ea A * ee ee pasisd ae Se eerie 6,000,000 persona, Stand in districts rapidly being de- Ford says sa” to her, ‘Well, if you can get clothes There eee coo) out ot town, Yeloped into business areas. “On, that's aM right for nim to say, ) KG. that jour huguand. oe ter Oe Jove he thinks Le has wel nat ° pee os . _ That section known as Greenwich Nn + makin ean only say I wis jast. peapie tn Ney. Lore ep Aad Oa Village may hold as a semis iden- When he’s been camping out with my hu amt making as much iS thse coat tacemte sages enpplbe districts. In addition to tial district for some years, and piob- President Harding and Mr. Edison and ae . if py apie! rans whos SANE take hs sige dead A nthe waren a 7 § vat ing ably for all time there will be a few other ric! ” acre. vusband made when he was mak- can mak fhe resident population, those ComInE Sid" comers and nearatties WhCTe sat no act pene teen mice if they hed tet ask the woman to marry him and not >» nearby con Were cha to the there will be people entitled to class ~ would have been nice if they ha “What did she say to that™ asked be ¢uy prepared to forget the past an See Rees ox érom Hae Mtoe Saher tay day fication as residents, but there have invited you to go along—tut then, they Mr. Jarr. forever and ever, (Teo New York Bvening Ward) fess sections a 4Y been many encroachments into the have their friends and we have our “She said #he wasn’t worried about eee anetico cf the day are written No. 5—SWAYING BALANCE STEP vesent 5 per cent, of the entiro wvinage” by business buildings. The what. other women's husbands weren't epulation of the forty-eight States, ee eee time the fiends, and I suppose that makes a Ti! TOT thought it @ must about the couples who have marnea — WITH UPWARD STRETCH. ONE! Clasp hands over owded for many hours each day into New York Central Terminal on Park 4ifteren selfish remark!" replied Mrs, Jarr. 4 are forever throwing up the past \ area of less than twenty-two Avenue where so many of the reat “I can hardly see what that has ° T up, little one!” said the in- “nd ane forum UP The PASS coma fect and rise on tocs. uare miles. As a matter of fa and palatial apartment houses | ft at y quoting Mr. Ford's curab! 5 No matter what to each ott . e‘wajority of this immense popu- been erected in recent yet got todo with my quoting Mr. Ford's sort has it ian't enough, and no ‘This is one of the biggest olementa TWO! Gway the body toward the Copyright, 1921. by the Prens Publishing Co. (The New York Hvening World ) business hours becomes more urgent, tion would have been even greater a | DON"? know whether It's abuy- We contract in the hud times, and TA Cs into thin atate, and as the value of real estate, as than it actually was in the lower everything else, depends upon head fa my be found during business probably retain their residential char- OPtimistic remarks," said Mr. Jar voter what we have it's too little Tight from the waist. #¥ in a territory covering les8 acter for a long time, especially since “He paid off over ninety millions, or jut we get along, and that remind. THREE! Sway the body toward pe eight. square mi between the the courts have sustained the restrie- was it seventy million dollar’— me I must get along, too. I can only GOING DOWN! the left from the waist ry and 59th Stree tions preventing the erection of busi- two ae ROD ER NP PERE that smod times are coming, an Reze . e Reartrending delays in the con- ness buildings ih the Madison Avenue ‘Womty millions — Reronen) r thay come or not we Will —- fe Unerons feet Haste «Son tion of the much needed sub- sectionjof Murray Hill. s decision, “doesn't matter, of cours: >» he has what we've always had. [ WAR EMPLOYER: The § FP" ar ’-and rapid transit lines which however, was made upon the basis of cause to be mistic. F D ican deiaiware/ deh bor This vpward movement of the arma, ila have beon built and in opera- the city's zoning ordinances and not “y should say he hus!” Mrs. Jarr “Maybe you won't find that you eS for your { UY Musing the centre of gravity, in | {goon after the census of 1910 on the private restrictions which have setorted. “Amd old Mr. Rockefeller have what you always had to-da SARS COP pas NOE Pe crewes the difficulty of maintaining » 3 tAken—the handicaps occasioned been in the courts for interpretation ‘ Ane or ete x wid Ma, Jay Mat + $ mistakes se # by the outbreak of the war in for many years : says he is going to live to be a hun- Sd Mra, date, ak burther, he le paving yor to % te equilibrium, expeciiliy on ao nar- rope, secondly by the active en- — qt will take some time of course be- dred that's because he doesn't have jnorning, tak iD AURA te not the time to ¢ TOW & biwr. Fance of the United States Into the fore the number of buildings which to wr ry like we have to. I'd be on, money when you mself. He never would To-day’s group lesson will be bound Juropean ynflict—the failure tO ean be c din other sections timist* and I'd live that Ic t eee Si OAEY e a SF ms mane G a mild regidence buildings due to the of the five hs will be mifficient J had plenty of money. And I'd give ; * re you if he conld get along $ 1° afford you @ grat amount of m igh gost of building material and to accom the annual increase others ad to be opti and 1 alar noth without vou. [tls Just as sensi riment as wel as great benefit, In carcity of available labor, all have in population and take care of the Ity and not to worry foliar nie for-you to talk back to him the mation the ex ad important bearing upon the 800,000 or 900,000 people who now live Well, let us be thrif r vr thy + et «wiv, but when you start to perform overgeit of resident population jn old law tenements .n Lower Man- worry,” Mr, Jurr sed his hand r to try to argue with him, as Ee ae within the city limits. It is @ pretty hattan, but the exodus will continue, myself that tnusin $f t” Toh t would be for him to try to $ the exercise you will find that % ta well established axiom that improved and unless all present sisms fail the better and we'll have better jollar Lpaiiar Gr tad eck Wachinaal’ dificult, doubly #0 because you roust yranatt facilities do not renrerially day will come in the lifetime of oe “What good will it dow Mrs. he smiled and Stop arg The boss is and on your toes with your feet nerease population in a city ike New majority of those now living when Jarr inquired. “If times are bad we you had found girly Desig : 1” - od The w orkr ipes merely, relocate i. If the population on Manhattan Island get atong till times are better. and while you were ALWAYS right romsed. The upwani stretch of the e transl! fictlities had been further wil) be less than that of any one of then we pay out ofthe surplus mone “Oh an optin siways sa } ALFALFA SMTTH armas tmoreases the Mficulty of mata progrfesed during the early yeare the other four boroughs, we get in the good limes the debu things like tha! said Mrs, Jarr, owen ss tiining your balance; then the bent- re Just Remember, Neighbor, It Nothing to Smile Annual Dentist's Signs of Hope Cheer Up! Nothing Is So Bad That It Couldn’t Be Worse! Costs Except the Semi- Bill: You By Neal R. O'Hara ‘Conyabt 1921, by the Prva Publiahing Co, (The New ¥: PTIMISM should be the song O title of our country ‘tis of thee, ‘The dollar-a-year men have all gone home. Stocks have weathered the cold spell and are get- ting above zero, The necessaries of life have come down with a thud— you can get ‘em cheaper if you're a wholesaler, Every one should be merrier than a Christmas in Mon treal, ‘The bluebird has chased the raven that croaks. The dove of peace ne tes in Columbia's coiffure, The par- rots are getting full rations of crack- ers and the cuckoos are working fuli time again, with extra chirps on the balf hour Shippi Board deficits make our aircraft programime look like a grand success. Dollarsa-year guys save us airships that wouldn't fly and steam- ships that wouldn't float. Goes to show that the old adage is correct you can't have everything. When the eight-bits-a-year boys loped into Washington they claimed they gave up everything. Now we know they were telling the truth. They rave up everything that wasn’t nailed down. Columbus discovered America, but those guys auctioned it off. Bat still there is hope. The Pan- ama Canal cost $600,000,000. If Eu- rope pays us the interest she owes us we can bulld another canal from Sandy Hook to San Diego. It looks like the war was fought C. 0. D. We delivered in haste and collect at leis- Europe's leisure. If we don’t have the next war till this one is paid for it looks like we're going to have permanent peace. This is a rich country. What we ur Fremiog World) spend on bathing suits alone would clothe all the cannibals in the world. Our resources are boundless. We raise enough veal to supply the world with chicken sandwiches. We yield enough petroleum to supply the Standard Oil Company with extra nck dividends. But we are a waste- ful Nation, too, We raise a billion dollar crop of wheat and make it into breakfast food. And yet we are happy. We coula lose a constitutional amendment or two and still maintain our happy mien. Nothing is eo bad that it couldn't be worse. Except hdm> stewed hooch That conidn't be worse without exploding. But there are stil oodles of things to enthuse the populace. Suppose that woman had been fashioned from the hip of man instead of from his rib. Sup- pose this country annexed Canada and there wasn't any border Itne Suppose the bootleggers went out on strike and the Copper Trust quit making copper coils. ‘There are worse things in this world than the laws Congress has passed. It's hara to think of ‘em offhand, but we're sure that there are worse things. Don't listen to chimes that the an- vil swingers play. There are other things to cheer you up. Motor car prices are dropping like stitches in a $2 stocking. Automobiles are now within reach of the auto thieves. Au- thors are putting more pep tn their mixed metaphors, and the landlords are writing some great mystery stuff in the form of October leases, You don’t have to worry about the land lord. For the more he gets the les- see pays, So cheer up, neighbor. Ir ‘osts you nothing to smile except the semi-annual dentist's bill Courtship and Marriage By Betty Vincent pyright, 1921,,by the Press Publishing Co. os AR MISS VINCENT: In about a week | am going out West on a long pleasure trip. A young man whom | have known for several years deolared his love, desiring me to answer ‘yes’ im mediately. | accepted his offer, 4 The Good Man and the Bad Woman ne path do not look upon it as wrong at all, and there is where we rot a dual standards Besides, the big men of to-day, the n who rise to big moments and big tion whether they mah. mi actions, never qu are worthy of a ow ‘They take the chance that often leads to happiness. The man who stops to think t he 14 40 much better than a woman and hag not the courage to take this chanee is a “weak ister,” in my homtle Judgment. A man who honestly loves 1 woman will never think of her past mistakes and how they will affect him, but always seek to have her forget them, and to think only the best of her. I would reiterate that this man who professes to love this woman and agks the question, “Should I marry her?” han no love for the woman; or if he has, he lacks the stamina of which real men are made. the chance (Tho New York Kvening World) but cannot have a wedding on account of the recent death of my mother. Don't you think we ought to be married before | leave for my trip? M.L. G.” 1 think it would be rather stra for you to marcy and then take w# trip like that alene Unless your mi pRroom can afford to go with you 1 should advise you to take your trip first and wed when you return, “Dear Miss Vincent: Would like to know if it 1s customary for a young man to present a gift to a young girl who is about to take a trip. If so, would you please suggest something appro- priate? IN DOUBT.” Yes, indeed, it is proper, provided you use good taste, A’ carefully selected bouauet, « choice box of chocolates. or bonbons, a basket of fruit, a box of writing paper, with the suggestion that she write, a well known , a hatch of marazin any little gift which is girlish wo be appropriate, Never give a young Wotan you know but slightly jewe ry or anything to wear “Dear Miss Vincent: 1 am Seventeen years old and have been going with a chap ten years my senior. His manner” and speech toward me are perfectly charming and he takes me out to all sorts of amus ints and parti However, he avoids dancing with me and, although | have plenty of partners, this wor ries me a great deal, | know al! the modern dances and | am cer tain he likes me, for he has told me so many times. Could you tell me what to do? Y. LL” Verhaps he likes you too well to dance with you! But sertously, [ shoudd advise you to speak to him about this, Tell him you wou much prefer him for a partner. Group Exercises for Summer Health Specially Arranged by Doris Doscher ing from sid to side ts the severest test et alt. Lane up Number off your group. Have the even numbers sway n the gpposite direction to the odd numbers, to give variety. Ralance and poise are the founda- tions of @race wo [ know you will all be Interested tn thia lesson, There te no better way to gain a finn carriage \ of the body or @ gmeefil w »y learning how to baianer ¢ of the body, The first attempts ma be ludicrous, but this exer quored will do much to gtye olasticity of step which you the athlote or danear Anothor exorcise wil! be given 8: vnday