Abstract

In the Driftway

The article presents various reports of political issues. From a correspondent in New Jersey the Drifter is taken to task for his yearnings for the quiet country, in contrast to the noisy, disorganized city. The Drifter is willing to draw two conclusions from his letter, both favorites with him. One is that a great city is all things to all men, or anything that any one of its citizens desires it to be in New York or London, one may find the village, friends from home, small-town shops, curb markets, neighbors saluting each other from window to street and back again; one may find the foreign shore, Naples, the Ghetto, the black belt, Syria, Shantytown; one may find the metropolis theaters, music, jewels, elegantly dressed men and women, the lobbies of grand hotels; one may find the machine age at its crown, skyscrapers, miracles in steel, miles of ducks, the world's largest liners, fastest airplanes, most costly motors.