Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-19

| elusive is direct descendant, topo-
graphically speaking. of the Bowery
The Bowery ends at Cooper square
where it changes it's name to Fourth
avenue. At 34th street, it becomes
Park avenue.
Among the darkest streets in New
York is Division street, running away
from Chatham square, on the out
! skirts of Chinatown. On Division
street the elevated tracks almost
touch the fire escapes on the tene-
ments lining both sides of the street,
and sunlight cannot penetrate to the
sidewalks below.
mo Parking" rules are impressed
upon automobile owners in a memory
stimulating manner in the narrow one
way streets that give passage into
the theatrical district. Some traffic
policemen mark the windshields ana
rear windows of parked cars with
crayon: mo Parking" The owner
has the job of removing the crayon
Two other patrolmen, however, doubt
ed the success of the idea. See how
few cars are parked in our block.
We give them something more to
read--a ticket"
Clocks came back on the square
this season, as one of the special
features in holiday gift-suggestion
counters. In multi-colored French
enamels, they are defying the laws
of geometry by appearing in great
numbers as squares rather than cir
from a four or five-inch velvet rip-.
bon that matches or contrasts with
the enamel are very popular.
Among other fast disappearing Gus
toms on the lower East Side are
those of the Orthodox Russian Jews.
Believing that the sins of their ch:l>
dren are passed on to the parents
until they are 13 years old, and thar
it is wicked to carry anything but
clothing en- the Sabbath, they used
to make their children carry the
RibleS to the synagogue for Them,
0llu WO0AN even VIC lHCti
chiefs about their necks as articles
clothing rather than carry them.
If cleanliness is an Indication of
goodness, New York is approaching
a celestial status. Comparative sta
tistics show that the consumption of
water daily per Individual has risen
from AZ gallons in 1870 to 127 gall
Ions in 1925.
Glassware is increasingly popular
for gifts this year. Fifth avenue shop
pers are selecting bowls, lamps, can
dlesticks, ash receivers and table,
ware. new idea is found in
lamp which has bowl of clear cry-
stal to be filled with water colored
to blend with shade or furnishings.
Next to the vogue for glass comes
the choice of old maps. They are
illuminated with quaint serpents, In
dians, animals, ships. men and legends
in the script of their age and eoun-
try. At Christmas they will appear
on lamp-shades. fire screens and scrap
baskets, and in frames for wall dec
orations. s
Cartoonists may be the women's
clothes designers of the future. A
large Fifth avenue shop has intro
duced the latest novelty, American
prints or dresses on which leading
'caricaturists have drawn funny pic
lures. High-hatted gentlemen pre-
ferring blondes is the contribution
of Ralph Barton, and John Held has
Offered a loose LEGGED collegian dane
ing the Charleston.
New York "sees it, with difficulty.
at times. A reporter Who paused ah-
sent -mindedly before fashionable
shop while he jotted down a note
or two, got peremptory orders to
move on from the watchman who
Informed him that I'VE DON'T allow
no shoppers to copy our designs or
show cards.
The hiking season is on. Enthusi-
astic pedestrians have wide variety
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