We discovered the New World by our-
selves. We learned the difference between
uptown and downtown. We found out
that museums and galleries could be visit-
ed free of charge. We discovered the
vast possibilities in a drug store, where
on a Sunday when everything else was
closed, you could buy anything from pen-
cils and stationery to hot-water bottles,
alarm clocks and jewellery of any kind
and description. We learned to sit at
the counter with poise and order in the
tone of an old-timer : “ Ham on rye,”
or “Two soft-boiled medium.”