The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-26
In NeW York

New York.-New York's gypsy col
ony is taking the road again. It is fol-
lowing the sunshine trail of the open
highway.
After wintering in she empty store
rooms of lower Fourth avenue and
Avenue A along the waterfront, the
descendants of Romany hit the trail
with the first breath of summer.
Gay in garb and as picturesque and
mysterious as of yore, the gypsies form
an interesting colony in New York
each winter.
Arranging vacant rooms of any type
after the fashion of the ancient COW
cred wagon, with colorful hangings,
pots; pans and whatnot cluttered about
walls and ceilings, they pass the cold
months. ''''f -
The men do nothing-as usual, while
the women tell fortunes for the dis
turbed of New York
Luxurious limousines line up before
the gypsy novels each day and expen-
sively garmented women hear their
future unveiled. a..
The gypsy women earn from $50 to
500 per day, reading the wrinkled
and bleached palms of guillible New
Workers.
The gypsy travel season was delayed
this year, not alone because of the
weather, but because business was so
good.
Gypsy men, known for centuries as
horse traders, have forsaken Old Dob
bin and gone in, for more modern bar
tering. Starting their yearly pilgrim
age back to nature in ram-shackle
automobile, they trade their mechani-
cal steeds as many as 20 times before
they return to their winter home in
New York.
Two outstanding features Of a me-
diocre boxing program the other eve
ming are unusual.
The only disturbance noted in the
audience was created by woman. She
was not satisfied with her ringside van
tage point and told the $4,000 assem-
bled people about it.
The other was that fighter named
Clarence won.
An amateur artist with a sense of
humor and few well-stroked crayon
lines created a laughable moment for
hundreds of passengers on suburban
train this morning.
He changed the insipid face of
collar ad model to character of which
any comic strip might we'll be proud.
BY drawing horn-rimmed spectacles,
a mustache in need of cultivation, and
an upturned nose that only circus
clown could tolerate, the artist made
an unconscious suggestion that col
lar manufacturers could follow to ad-
vantage.
Anybody who could make collar
that would Offset the handicap the ar
fist gave this card model would be ac-
complishing noble act.
A middle-aged man wearing his first
pair of latest style broad-bottomed
trousers suggests that he will sign up
with any ocean-going boat crew for
six months to learn how to navigate
in the fullAfashioned styles.
"One-Eyed" Connolly, famous gate
crashing character of the sporting
world, is ready to go to work.
After 80 years Of roaming the world,
outwitting promoters Of sporting
events out of admission fees, railroad
companies of fares and cafe owners Of
food, he is ready to nuit-the recog
nized champion of his art.
He had one dollar-less the price of
a package of cigarets when 1 talked
with him yesterday.
James-for that is his name-is az
years old and was born in lowell, Mass.
His left eye was put out with the
strings of boxing glove, when. as a
boy, he was performing as a. prelimin-
ary fighter. He is single.
Connolly has made eight trips to
Europe, two to Australia, 90 to the
Pacific coast, eight to New Orleans and
two to Cuba. His journeys haven't
cost him a cent. He rode "13t inches
below the floor of Pullmans" on boards,
placed on the car rods, and did odd
jobs on steamers.
"But what has it gotten Ihe?" he
pleaded. pages of publicity an in
ternational qIaintanceship,i fund
of romantic experience-butII can't
sell them for dime"