New Britain herald., 1930-01-10

New York, Jan. 1o.-Thoughts while strolling: The filling station fashioned to resemble the leaning tower of Pisa. Ben Bernie's London togs. The glitter in the Broadway credit jewelry shops. The quick jumps and blanched faces after tire blow out. Martha Wilchinshi, press agent and poet.
 Bob Sherwood. one Of the old Bar mum clowns. Charles ButterWorth suggests Norman Iapgood. It's about time for Bruce Reynolds to bust out in another globe trot A one eyed bulldog with patch over his eye. Two Broadway characters known as Legs" and "Fcet.'
 Will Irwin, an Oneida, \. Y, boy, who made good in the city. John Murray Anderson, who started out to be a Canadian politician. And be- came a producer of musical reVues. George White and Flo Ziegfeld pass each other without noddlng. Eugene kelcey Aliens broad smile.
 
 der puffs. The contemplative, in credibly informed old men who make a rite of dropping into their club every afternoon, lowing stffly and burying their faces in financial pages. Elihu Root. Spry at S4. A modernistic cookie shop. Will H. Hays wears derby.
 That romantic hour DctwiXt tWi- light and dark. When the avenue fills with shadows-like drifting feathers. And the gleaming neck lace of lights stretching through the park. The forlorn, eerie cry or swans on the lake. And the sudden blaze of checkered light in the Plaza hotel zone.
 An old cabbie calls out: It's a owing night, sir" And motions | hopefully to his hanson. A quick 1 lunch called: "I5ite- and Beat-1t.' i Gilbert Seldes is growing stout. The 1 shawled old lady with her fortune telling parrots. The before closing I sales in florist shops.
 | Central Park West in the throes of i feverish building And the complete | commercialization of once dgnified and stately West 72d street. A hurry ing passer-by mutters 10 himself: 1 I'm coward." The electrical geometrics along tho Jersey shore. And the lonely sailors huddled on 1 Riverside benches.
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 Vilhjalmur Steffansson, the cx- 1 plorer. recently was introduced 10 a little boy who was also hopeful Of i achieving fame in the field of eX- ploration.
 How are you going to become an explorer?" Steffansson inquired.
 'I am going to buy an aeroplane and fly over something,' he replied with easy Indifference.
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 Mr. Steffansson, it is noticed, con tinues to walk New York streets hat less in the chilliest weather
 A stage director until recently did the entire job of rehearsing a must cal show. He taught the steps. the "business,' the dialogue and right or down to the aloof bow of naughty stage buffers. But now musical pro auctions employ the highly special. ized dance directors who train fee to an expert nimblencss and arc otherwise responsible for fast step. ping. In these days a chorus ol dance number often becomes tn, big feature of a performance. Hence the care in their presentation. Int dance director in instances receives higher pay than the regular stagc director. As a rule he has been al expert dancer himself but his biz job is to originate something neV and when he does is able to ask hi price.
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 Fourteen Polar Bear clubs ar, carrying on around New York bath ing beaches this winter while mos of us hover around the radiator These are the hardy men and wom en who br-r-r-r, take dip eacl morning during the winter season.