The Omaha morning bee., 1924-07-19
NeU York
DAY by Day.
Nv q. O. M'INTYRE.

New York, July 19.-Ine Autoindt
is almost as much of an institution
along Broadway as Times Square.
No revut or variety show Is complete
without its quip about this famous
nicke1-in-the slot eating place, nara
by the Globe theater.
1t swirls with the froth of Broad
vav life-the perlpatetic ads of the
one flight tailors, the rah. rah boys
tic chorus girls, scrapping newsboys,
leading men, visiting school teachers
gamblers, ladies of the evening and
hard boiled gents.
. No great gulf yawns between the
Automat and the smart cafe. After
the theater one secs silk hats there
. al well as cleaning white shoulders.
! 1t is one of the melting pots of Broad
way, where all castes rub elbows and
. carry their food to marble topped
: tables.
!. The Automat is something like the
: chafing dish-a frying pan crashing
: into the upper circles. The cashiers
: with their mountainous high pile of
: nickels. exchange them for bills and
: the customer goes from slot to slot
: inspecting the sample enclosed in
glass.
, What he desires is magically shot
cut of a receptacle in exchange for a
? nickel These are carried to the table
s. he selects 1t is food on the fly and
: obeys the New York impulse
: Hurry At noon and at midnight the
. Automat bubbles with life.
There is something engaging about
: the coffee spigot. The nickel is in.
serted, the cup held under the spigot
and the button pressed. squirt OF
sesffee fills the cup nearly to the brim
and then maglcally turns 10 cream.
The cup is never overflowing.
No walters are standing about The
only employees are the bus boys who
remove the dishes. The menu at the
Automat includes almost everything
from flannel cakes and smoked sau-
sage to cream puffs and Welsh rare
hit.
Red Gallagher, for % years a bill
poster with Barnum and Bailey's cir
cus, appeared on Broadway the other
day. Red was not supreme In his
art. He was more a dauber than an
experienced eight-sheet man. yet ne
managed to hold his Job. Friends
who saw him in the midst of the circus
season were surprised at his being in
the city.
What are you doing In town." n
friend inquired.
"They got smart with me-" he said,
land I left Barnum and Bailey flat
in Des Moines."
The best dressed men in New York
are to be found In Gasoline Alley
that rechrlstened Broadway mile of
automobile salesmon. They are au-
tomobile salesmen. Brahmins In the
temple may cry: "Clothes don't sell
carsr yet no prospective patron can
help but be impressed by the sarto-
rial grandeur of the auto salesmen.
There is a splendid background for
them with the Louis something or
other thrones, luxuriant groves of
palms. indirect lighting and plush
curtains. II Is fit setting for
monogrammed handkerchief, robin s
egg blue ties and delicately striped
shirts.
THE narcotic squad reports an In
crease Of victims in the Tenderloln OF
fhe "black smolke"-the White Way
term for opium smoking. Three song
writer's are reported TO be confirmed
addicts. One leading lady has been
able TO hold her Job only few weeks
at time due TO her craving or YEN
for the pipe. Opium parlors are not
m Chinatown's eheaf of crooked
streets. They are 10 be found In
smart apartment houses. Two we're
recently raided on Central Park West.
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