It was not the daytime crowd, this, whose footsteps pressed the pavements.

The careworn faces of the money-seekers had vanished.

The men and women to whom life was something of a struggle had sought their homes--resting, perhaps, before they took up their labors again.

Every moment taxicabs and motor-cars whirled by, flashing upon the night a momentary impression of men in evening dress, of women in soft garments with jewels in their hair.

The spirit of pleasure seemed to have crept into the atmosphere.