rriving at romantic Chambers St. they should change
at once to a Bronx Park Express which will speedily whizz them past 18th
St., 23rd St. and 28th St. to the Pennsylvania Station where they can
again transfer, this time to a Broadway Local. In a jiffy and two winks
of an eye they will be at Times Square, the heart of the "Great White
Way" (that Mecca of pleasure seekers and excitement lovers) where they
can either change to a Broadway Express, journeying under Broadway
to historic Columbia University and Harlem, or they can take the
busy little "shuttle" which will hurry them over to the Grand Central
Station. There they can board the aristocratic East Side Subway, either
"up" or "down" town. The trip "up town" (Lexington Ave. Express) passes
under some of the better class residential districts, but the journey
in the other direction is perhaps more interesting, including as it does
such stops as 14th St., Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Wall Street (the
financial center) etc., not to mention a delightful passage under the
East River to Brooklyn, the city of homes and churches. Thus without
getting out of their seats the happy pair can be transported from
one fascinating end of the great city to the other and when they have
exhausted the possibilities of a honeymoon in the Interborough they can
change, with the additional cost of only a few cents apiece, to the B.
R. T. or the Hudson Tubes which will gladly carry them to a thousand new
and interesting places--a veritable Aladdin's lamp on rails.
TRAVELLING UNDER STEAM
And now we come to that most complex form of travel--the railroad
journey. Let us suppose that instead of attempting to walk to New York
you have elected to go on the "train." On the day of your departure you
should carefully pack your bag or suitcase, taking care to strap and
lock it securely. You can then immediately unstrap and unlock it in
order to put in the tooth paste and shaving brush which you forgot to
bring from the bathroom.
Arriving at the station promptly on the time scheduled for the train
to depart you will find that because of "daylight saving time" you
have exactly an hour to wait. The time, however, can be amusingly and
economically spent in the station as follows: 11 weighing machines
@.01 =.11; 3 weighing machines @.05 =.15; 1 weighing machine (out
of order).09; 17 slot machines (chocolate and gum) @.01 =.17. Total
cost--.50, unless, of course, you eat the chocolate.
Upon th
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