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THE SUN, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1915.
QUEENSBORO MARKET A STUDY IN FOREIGN
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The wife of the laborer and the bride who comes in her own limousine ar . v qually keen as bargain hunters.
Every Type in Cosmopolitan New York
to Be Found There on a
Busy Morning
ANT on who wishes to wo plo
tiircx(U 11e no loiiRcr need to
Ko abroad to tint) it. Here In
New York city, riKht under the very
nosea of persons who are- continually
talking of the delights of foreign
travel and the picturesque things to
be Been on the other side, aro to bo
found every lilt as Interesting and pic
turesque scenes.
When the Queenshoro rtridge was
ilrst opened It was a. plctureMii
ight In Itself. The constant proces
sion, the never ending stream of
vehicles of nil kinds, gavo a bewilder
ing display of life that was fascinat
ing and this xamo wonderful pano
rama that still is going on all the
time cannot be equalled anywhere elso
in the world. Thero may bo n, certain
crudness, a lack of the tlnlsh, softness
and mellowness that only ago can be
stow and which Queensboro Iiridgo
certainly lacks, but probably nowhere,
cls In the world can be found such
variety of types of people as well ns
vehicles, while the stir and bustle of
life are almost too exciting and ex
hilarating In their ceaseless rush.
Hut there nre other things besides
the ceaseless stream over the bridge
that nre interesting and picturesque.
In the extreme and the procession
that kocs along the side of the bridge
toward what Is known as the open
market must delight the soul of any
artist or student of human nature.
In Kid weather and In tine weather,
on the coldest days asi well as the
mildest days, are to il fvn the very
best type of our American housewives
on their way to stock the family
larder. There Is no distinction of
class or of age. Hich and poor alike
sally forth to replenish their larders
and to Kirg.iin In thoroughly foreign
fashion for the meats and vegetables
and fruit that are displayed along the
pavement as well ns In the stalls
under the bridge itself.
Long lines of miitors surround the
market stieets, while footmen are seen
carrying bundles and packages and
baskets of every kind and descrlpt.on
luck to the motors, where the super
cilious chauffeurs reluctantly try to
make room for them. Apparently the
footmen enter more Into the amuse
ment of the thing, and quite enjoy
standing by while my l.ady makes her
purchases, going from stall to stall
and from sale-man to salesman, to
tlnd caullllowers, potatoes, artichokes
anil vegetables of nil kinds for a cent
or two less from one dealer than from
another. Those purchasers not blessed
with footmen and motors all carry
the market bag, whu'i is qu.te the In
signia of the good housekeeper, lly the
way, the. dealer in these sam market
bags must have reaped a harvest this
winter from their sale, as so many
have been disposed of, while there is
always a largo pile of them to be had.
They are nude of Knek learner, with
large handles, t'hat can be swung over
the arm, and are large enough to
carry meat and vegetables enough for
nt least one day for a family of
ordinary size.
Then there are the tall baskets which
are borne alvut by the boys and men.
who are waiting to make a few pennies
by delivering the provisions brought
to the home of the purchaser. The
high basket of ijueensboro llrlilgc
nurket tilled with meat, poultry,
vegetables and topped off with grape
fruit, oranges and apples, lias Just as
many good color points as were ever
seen In the markets of llurope.
Most of the dealers are foreigners,
twth Italians apparently In the me
Joiity. As the popularity ( the mar
ket grows they ate taking more
trouble to show their wares to better
advantage, and whereverr possible, are
Introducing oior Minnies In fruits
and vegetables as deeorat.on. On
fi'.od Friday the whole market was
abloom with plants, for all of the
dealers anticipated a wonderful run
on Kaster Ilowers. Unfortunately t"ieir
hopes were dashed by the storm of
April 3. Automobiles wen- on hind,
but, as the bargaining f r goods ha
to go on In the open, those who went
to market In motors were almost as
badly off as tho-c who attempted to
walk, and the most successful bar
gainer 1' st courage In the face of
Mich odds. .After Mister the sellers
took courage again, and now the mar
ket is hlos.'oiulng once more, although
It Is not In any sense .1 Mower mirket.
When the market llrst opened It
was recognized hn a great convenience-
whereby the producer and the
purchaser could meet without the
agency of tile middleman. From the
tlrst It has proved a success In cut
ting the cost of living for the average
housekeeper.
As mure ond more housekeepers of
more than the average means have
found out the possibilities thenltenilanco
lias stead. ly grown until going to
market has become quite a social
alTair. and ftiturd.iy morning a list of
"among those present" is quite the
same as the list of those at the opera
the evenlrg before. There is not much
time to talk.
"I found the most wonderful oranges
Rich and Poor Alike Elbow Each Other
in a Ceaseless Stream of
Bargain Hunting
over there." can be lourd. "Do you
know that you can tlnd the most
extraordinary mushrooms for siuli a
price, one-third of what Is asked at
my grocer's." It may be questioned
when all I- nddvil up In dollars and
cents as to who has come out ahead,
but there has been the delightful
.-use of competition and of hnvlng
secured a bargain, than which there
is no pleasuie more keen.
The market is well worth visiting if
one Is on the outlook for types that
are Intensely interesting and de
lightfully foreign. The old women
with their shawls over their holds are
quite as much Interested in the f.ish
tollable who are shopping Inside
1 hem as in getting their own pro
Mslons, but they aii- keen bargainers,
these same old womo . w.th the most
picturesque ttow of langiuive. The
Wife of some well to do tllf. '
1' seen feeling the brtast '
11 pulling tin wings 111
rapid calculations a 10 w:.
daily menu cannot be imp
made more attractive.
It has betome til. f.i-hl .n :
and bridegrooms ..f ;e
classes to lslt the mark-1 .
day morn ngs. If a tup to tl-.
is planned the mark-1 I- '
and the motor kept wait.nj
brldo finds sh t.m .m .
cints on the day'.- outlay T
oung husband' cai r ing t'n
torts her liaclt to the motor
start off more than v fii
life and Its pi.ssll.il ties, -have
savid 15 cents. W'm w
a thought to the gasoline
In comparison with bi ing - !
ml manngi rs?
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BASEBALL PLAYED ON A VACANT FIFTH AVENUE LOT BY NEW YORK BUSINESS IVIKN
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CoptrlKlit American 1'rcen Ansoclutlon
BASIlllAl.h in winter in New
York city by an organiza
tion exclusive, but with all the
enthusiasm and Interest that
attends any ()f Km famous games; and
thl in the very heart of tile city and
played on a vacant lot on Firth avenue.
Can such a thing bo In this suppos
edly effete town? It can be, and It
Is. and every Saturday afternoon nil
winter lung these game have been
Played behind the high board fence
unmanned with wire netting on Fifth
-'"l' rttllit Aiiicrlnm I'rrns A null illnn
Three critical periods in a hotly contested game between the Calumet Club and the Racquet and Tennis Club.
avenue, on tint block between Sev-enty-llrst
and Seventy-second streets,
This fence luusi been nil winter the iJb
Ject of much Interest to thosis who
hnvu not known what wn going on
behind it and to those keenly excited
passengers on the tj of the Fifth
avenue buses who have caught 11
glimpse of the Held from time to tlmo
and heard shouts of enrourageinent
from iwhat were nsuredy rooters.
TI10 Intcrcluh League was started
three years ago by .liistlco Oirr.'gim of
tile Calumet Club and Justice Ker
nochan of the Knickerbocker Club.
TI10 'llrst gume.i ivvero played In a va
cant lot at Thirtieth street. Now tint
organization Is well estubllMhed and
most successful and consists of llvo
clubs tile KiilckerlsK'ker, the Calu
met, tlie I'nlon, tlio University and thu
Kucquct mid tlie olllcersof tliti Twelfth
Iteglment, N. (1. N. Y. When the
weather and the ground make 'It an
absolute impossibility to pluy in till)
lb-Id tint gumu takes place in the
Twelfth Iteglment Armory; but never
11 week goes by without one. being
played. There 1st a grand stand of the
most primitive kind on the ball held
and the ihenchcM are always lllled with
most Interested spectators, men and
women, who apparently llml baseball
games quite, as exciting as their fore
fathers found the old village game of
"rounders." Any one iwho says that
New Yorkers cannot enjoy the nlmpln
life Khoiild take an uftcrnoon off and
Kit on thiamine grand stand, where ho
will tlnd hlnirelf surrounded by rep
rcsentatlves of tlie beat kiimvn New
York families, who nro having "the
time of their lives" and whoso excite
ment over tho game never falters,
There Is a blind door In tlie fence,
guarded by a man In khaki, one of the
Twelfth Iteglment men, and there nro
one or two other men In the same uni
form on the Held. Altogether there
Is a cei'taln air of mystery along that
part of the avenue, but New Yorkers
become uccustumed to everything, few
take more than a passing interest.
The men who play are In the prime
of life. There are few If any of
them under 'X and from 30 to 10 seems
to be the average age. Many of the
players have gained renown at school
or college on baseball teams, and they
seem to lind just as much pleasure
and excitement in the game us they
did when they were schoolbo.s hie
hears so much of the great love of
spoit in llurope, and so much is con
stantly being said and written as to
the delight t ti.it fi ii
pie pleasures ,il win . V
would scolf. Could .in : 1
simpler tliiiu mii li .1 1
Could anything he "
siirioiiiidlngs'.' And 1' -of
ground siiiToiindi iM s t
men worth many mil -Central
i'ark at its 111. -location,
while tlie nu n w
must Without cvepti..n
means at their couim.i.nl
of spurt they may d in .