them Marie Dressier and Elsie Janis—gave performances
in the Alley theatre.

Perhaps the best part of the Festa is its results. It
was produced for the benefit of the Red Cross and Allied
War Relief funds and in this particular was a great suc¬
cess, something like $100,000 having been made for these
charities. The sale of Liberty Bonds was also a feature
and these were taken to the amount of over half a million.
The art colony of New York have done their bit—and
done it well.

Early Population Figures

In 1656, the population o£ the city was 1,000; in 1664, 1,500;
in 1673, 2,500; in 1690, 4,302; in 1731, 8,628; in 1771, 21,163;
in 1773, 21,876; in 1786, 23,614; in 1790, 33,121; in 1800; 60,489.

In 1683, the city consisted of 6 wards; in 1806, 10.

New York's Most American Borough

The proportion of Aliens to American-born is given below:

Queens               11.1   percent,   of   Aliens

Richmond          13.1       "           "       "

Brooklyn            19.3

Bronx                 19.8

Manhattan         31.1

Queens is therefore   the most American borough and the
question arises why?
 

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