Abstract

In the Driftway

The New York subway, this person learns, will shortly be less crowded in the non-rush hours; and the cause of this reform is that certain official photographers solemnly produced pictures to show that overcrowding exists during rush hours. Which somehow recalls the conclusion of the his friend, the porter that the moon is of more use than the sun because the sun shines in the daytime when it is light anyway, whereas the moon contributes light at a time when it would otherwise be dark. This person one day sitting next to a dignified and portly business man who had just finished reading the morning paper. Next to him in turn was an extremely portly lady who had not been long in the U.S., judging by her ruddy health, the shawl over her head, the large, curiously wrought gold ring on her right middle finger, and by the air of friendliness and curiosity with which she looked about her.