New Britain herald., 1930-03-25

New York, March "o.-Chlna- town with the passing of Charlie Boston, is without self appointed Mayor for the first time in many years. It is probable, too, that there will never be another ruler in the queer medley of twisted streets spraying off Chatham Square.
 Tho Chincsl quarter is no longe" a transplantcd bit of Orient. With it's almost complete Amelicaniza- ton it has bowed 10 the laws of its adopted country. Sawed off shot guns do not run the streets red with blood. Tong battles are becoming memories.
 Slip stopping sandals. knives strapped inside kimonoed sleeves and such have vanished with queues. Charlie Boston symbolized the change. He had taken a Western name and a Western religion. Al though he founded On Leon Tong. he was, in the sunset of life, a peace maker.
 A Chinese Presbyterian minister officiated at the funeral and Charlie was buried in a tight-fittins dinner coat and his ankles were ir- cascd in fawn spats. The only con- fession to the religion of his fore. fathers was a sheaf of wheat in bis coffin for the spirits"
 The half-lidded Indifference ah1 aura of mysticism once characterize ing Chinatown have given way to q new world alertness and a glassy glitter in cafes and shops. Very few tradesmen have living quarters there any more. It subsists almost entirely upon patronage of sight- sccrs.
 Indeed. many believe Chinatown squalor is doomed. A real estate de- velopmcnt is in the making which may transform it's diney novels and underground catacombs into q pub lie square around which will arl SC model and sanitary tenemcnts.
 In the past ten years, Chinese have displayed an amazing aptitude for Occidental business methods With few exceptions, all the big restaurants on Broadway are Chi nese. In greater New York there arc 9SS Chinese eating places. Fifth avenue has six imposing stores giv- en over to Chinese importations.
 Indeed, so swift is the trans formation that 9 Chinese art store las g Chinese clerk with a monocle and an ONonion accent. And in the dancing naunts there is Chi nese gigolo.
 A wealthy New Yorker five years ago gave his son $200 upon gradua- tion from college and told him 10 shift for himself. The father refused even to assist in securing the boy position. Last week the lad was made vice president of an industrial concern at 5000 a year. Buts dr- spite his success refuses to speak to his father.
 He is the sort of pessimist. writes a lady of hor husband. who takes ar. Unholy delight in the discovery that when the figures of 1930 are added together they make thirteen.
 4 hetcl in the Grand Central zone has specialized for some time n breakfasts Of sage tangy county sausage and buckwhcat cakes. They attribute a 75 per cent increase Lp breakfast patronage to the menu.
 George White is in the box office O. his theater every night selling tickets to his show. It is his rclaNa- tion--like a business mans gol'. Whites life is drama of the metro rolitan sidewalks. Broadway of this generation remembers when he was swiftly. the messenger boy" buskins along the curDs. His showmanShip was whettcd on the city's flagstonas to a keenness that has made him one Of tho foremost American pr0- ducers And his hat fits him still.