New York's "Lost Souls."

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 10 July 1914, Page 8

New York's "Lost Souls."

New York is exasperatingly expensive ; there are no two questions about it, writes Mary Macdonald Brown in the "Daily News." Your hand is in your pocket, as the phrase goes, all day and every day. To make matters worse, a spirit of prodigality is in the air. To economise in New York is almost an impossibility. Everything is done on such . a large scale there.

. . And yet, paradoxical though it may seem, in some respects it is cheaper than London. This is the case, for instance, if you want to travel a long distance by 'bus or tram, or underground. The fare is exactly the same—five cents, (two-pence-half-penny)—for tram, tube, and elevated railway, and ten cents for the select Fifth-avenue 'bus —whether you merely go from one street to

another, or whether you travel the 14 odd miles of Broadway.

Of all the methods of transit in New York, the writer preferred the 'bus and train, taxis, costing a small fortune, being outside the pale