what kind of people lived in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century? Are New Yorkers different now from a hundred years ago? Cities grow bigger with the years,new buildings are put up and old building are pulled down,horses are replaced by cars and buses,fashions change.The New Yorkers in these stories are very different from each other, but the hopes of a tramp are as important as he hopes of a lawyer; the love of a waitress is as exciting as the love of an actress. And we see that people's hopes and fears and dreams do not change with the years.