Banbridge lies near enough to the great City to perceive after nightfall, along the southern horizon, the amalgamated glow of its multitudinous eyes of electric fire.

In the daytime the smoke of its mighty breathing, in its race of progress and civilization, darkens the southern sky.

The trains of great railroad systems speed between Banbridge and the City.

Half the male population of Banbridge and a goodly proportion of the female have for years wrestled for their daily bread in the City, which the little village has long echoed, more or less feebly, though still quite accurately, with its own particular little suburban note.
Banbridge had its own "season," beginning shortly after Thanksgiving, and warming gradually until about two weeks before Lent, when it reached its high-water mark.

All winter long there were luncheons and teas and dances.