New Britain herald., 1930-02-14

New York, Feb. 14-Thoughts while strolling: Who remembers when the word ''louscy" was whis
 percd even around the livery sta
 bIc" Columbus Circle soap box
 prophets warning again Of the end
 Of the world. Frederick Dorr
 Steele. the artist, who created Shcr-
 lock Holmes in black and white. A rubbcrnecll wagon mcgaphon- ist calls out Tine home of David Belasco" while passing the Hotel Marie Antoinette But it isn't. Der narr Macfadden on the long daily hike to his office. Never see any body in those Drive Your OWn-Car
 places. The chatter and bang at 66th street and Broadway,
 The artist colony on West 67th
 strcet-Flagg, Brinkorhotf, Christy, Fisher and scores of top notchcrs. Apartments over stables. The Hotel des Artistcs. Fanny Hurst with her portable Pom, The fresh air addicts who sit on the park wall benches reading. Glenn Hunter.
 Big John, the traffic ccp at 72d street. Croncs with gunny sacks who pick mp dry twigs and waste paper. Children with their nurses on The Mall. The amazing changes in the Fifth Avenue skyline, With Million aires Row now only memory. Col.
 Frank Knox, a Boston, Mass, boy who made gDod in the city.
 The exclusive Metropolitan Club And the thicket of hotels around the Plaza fountain. TuXedoed clerks in the sherry Netherland. And the very British "Very good sir" tlunkics at the Savoy Plaza. Elmer Rice, the playwright. White shaggy dogs that
 An ancient cabby shouts: 'I used to drive President RoosevClt.' .ou Tcllegcns rakish velour People who ask you how you are and don't give a hoot. Bus riders who lift hats passing the cathedral. The modernistic window craze seems dy- ing out.
 Limousincs at the and los,
 Ladies who parade their beauty as something apart-marketablc The 1 parvenu with rummaging eyes and a lapel nOscgay. And the protcs-
 sional poor who slink along mumb- 1 ling snecrs. Aged clubmcn with
 white side whiskers, rcddcncd noses and gold headed canes.
 The white of an egG as q tenn porarN face lift was a discovery in stage make up. It is now featured
 in beauty parlors and ono specials; is doing q land office business at SS q treatment. The egg is smoothed 1 over the face, after q brisk massage, and permitted to dry. Then it is spongcd with cold water and with l the contraction all wrinkles disap- pear for four or five hours. | X policeman near an entrance to | Central Park tells mo Of seeing d hyoung girl enter the park after dusk l the other evening, glance around | furtivcly and hurl something away. She then hurried on. The next morning he hunted in the area and 1 found a wedding ring. That eve ming the girl returned and began to search. Presenting his find, she | explained: We quarrelcd but made up"
 The same policeman told of
 the moonlight walkers" When the
 moon is full there are q dozen regu-
 lars who come to the park for a
 walk around the gravel path of the
 reservoir. He gays to all appear
 anccs they arc not acquainted but
 seem merely to find odd fascination in promenading at such a time. All he said, appear to be completely
 lost in meditation.
 In my ncighborhood is a pricstly
 looking gentleman l often sec on q
 certain street when taking my dog
 for a midnight stroll. He walks
 slowly with arms folded behind and
 head barcd-mumbling words with
 Mickey (Himself) N