New Britain herald., 1930-12-11

! New York, Dec. 1l.-TenemeAt mothers are facing an increasing i problem in combating the swarms l Of gim- crack hawkers who infcst 1 the poorer districts. Settlement work | crs, too, have discovered that such 1 peddlers arc large contributors to ] juvenile delinquencies.
 In the crowded Ghetto, aside from the hodge podge of corner
 candy stores, are the roaming apostles of indigestion with baskets and portable carts aswirl with lolli- pops, dabs of ice cream, hokey- pokey, candied apples, sugared
 fruits, salted pretzels. And so on. These salesmen are shrewd in their grasp of child psychology. They know how to appeal not only
 10 palates but to vanity. The child who spends the most pennies be- comes hero of the block. He is
 praised and fIattered and shown especial Iavors.
 Many receive suggestions to steal
 pennies with which to buy goodies. Thus harassed parents find off
 springs purloining from their say ing banks and stealing things in the neighborhood to exchange for con-
 fections. Later they are likely 10 fall into hands of Fagins and be- come accomplished thieves.
 Pick pockets and other petty thieves are recruited from side walks in congested areas. They be- gin sneak thieving at the suggestion Of constituencies rascals. In this way the notorious Lefty Louie, Gyp the Blood, Dago Frank and Whitey Lewis began their infamous careers
 Children who should be reading story books or playing healthful games enjoy following the peddlers around and quite d number gradu- ate from cigarettes to heroin. 1t is but fair to say all vendors do not belong to this category. There are some trying only to make decent living.
 There is for instance Old Push kin. d hunch- back with pawky nose and indigo stippled chin, who brides himself on his clean and sanitary odbles. He gathers the children on street corners and tells them ancient Russian fables that point out worthy morals.
 The new Waldorf will house .o00 patrons There will be BIO rooms and floor clerks and more than 600 bell boys. Already the rivcting has ceased, tra, Ia, tra la
 A Fifth avenue window reveals q life like dummy of q collar ad gen tleman in iull evening dress, reach ing for his hat. stick and gloves on a table Silhouettcd through door which d suff-neched butler holds open is the hood of d limousine. l went on wondering how such al scene offered sales suggestion. Yet when | got home took q peek at my dress suit to sec if it was not about ripe for the ash can. Slick, the window dressers,
 f jt were not for Fannie Hurst's inevitable red tam, few would recognize the novelist today From q genial 'plumpness she has all of q sudden grown astonishingly thin. ! Long walks and careful diet brought the change.
 He is the regal NiZier Of ono Of the towns smartest restaurants, the sort decorated with French Aca- demic Palma for his culinary knoWl- edge. He rushes here and there greeting pew arrivals with heel 1 clicking bows and lifting silver lids Of dishes with grandiose bother. Yet after midnight the other morn- ing I saw him drop into d ride-the- i pony lunchroOm. prop his tabloid 1 against gumnly-necked Catsup 1 bottle and cry: one up on black i java and 2 raw meat twister." And 1 did he eat.