New Walks in Old Ways 



favor with the crawling, creeping deni- 

 zens of the underworld through which 

 it passes. It was a real board walk 

 in the early days, but the dampness 

 of the ground beneath and round 

 about soon rotted the sills, and it was 

 long ago replaced with concrete. To 

 that extent it is more up-to-date than 

 its Jersey contemporary. It is used 

 by those who apparently consider 

 that it was built for their especial 

 benefit, for the same purpose as At- 

 lantic City's gay wide way. Ants of 

 all shapes and various breeds — big and 

 little, black, brown and red and small 

 spiders — make up perhaps the major- 

 ity of those who use it during the 

 heated term. It is not popular with 

 these people, however, from Novem- 

 ber to May. 



It seems perfectly apparent that 

 most of them are simply out for the air; 

 out to see and be seen; out to dis- 

 play their various graces of gait or 

 figure; out to visit and gossip — all 



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