Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-03-06
LIGHTS By 6 6sxoE
Of NEW YORK
Severe Te.t

oeVcro Ae3t
One more towering hotel is near
Ing completion in the nelghbOrhood Of
Pennsylvania station, and the work Of
training tho staff has begun. At the
moment telephone operators are being
chosen. An applicant is asked II she
Is courteous at oil times, and If 1t
appears that she is, she gets proba'
tlonary employment. Then q profess
sional ann0yer goes to work.
For days he hounds the operator,
calling from various rooms and max.
Ing absurd and ill-mannered demands.
He will ask for Circle 1920, get his
connection, and then angrlly fash the
hotel operator. "Havlng good time
talking to tho boy friend?" he will
roar. "Why don't you keep your wits
on your job? told you to get me
Circle 5023.'
II the operator replies, "You did
not. You asked for Circle 1920" she
is discharged. But II she's meek and
pleasant, she keeps her job.
Cops College
New York will soon dedicate the
only college Of its kind In the world
"a police college. Not only the sci.
ences, but also the arts, will be taught
to criminal catchers. Fifty men, from
universities as well as the police ranks,
will form the faculty. The theory
method. long the pet Of writer's of de-
tective fiction, will not be taught. In.
stead, detectives will be instructed In
correlatlng known facts. One wag In.
slsts that the students will be taught
coptic. New York, by the way, WIS
the first city in the country to organ.
lie real police force, having organ.
lied day force in 1926.
Kitchen Aid
The traffic control lights, up to now
utterly useless except as a source Of
annoyance to pedestrians and motor.
lists alike, have at last been put to
practical employment. A certain
young housewife who, although she
lives on Park avenue, gets her hus-
bands breakfast in the morning, has
discovered that the lights are perfect
for timing the eggs. Two green and
three red flashes add up to just the
right time to make hubby's eggs medi
UNI soft boiled.
Unkind
One Of the kindest Of all theatrical
criticisms that have come to my knowl-
edge is an opinion Of certain actress
ability that was written by a man who
Is now, fortunately or unfortunately
out Of the profession. The actress
was playing in a drama which involved
the theft Of a pearl necklace. "They
spent three acts looking for the
pearls" he wrote, land from the way
Miss Blank acted, suspected all along
that they were hidden In her mouth"
Busybody
Late one evening woman and her
escort were taking stroll along Fifth
avenue, and they came upon private
policeman assigned to guard the var!,
GUS exclusive stores on the block. Tin
many sections CT the city, merchants
feel safer If they hire their own police
force.) The private Waterman stepped
up to an ornate entrance. grasped the
door and shook 1t vigorously, to deter.
mine that the lock hadn't been tam
pered with. His actions were puzzllng
to the woman stroller.
"Hey." she heyed In well modu.
lated voice, "You can't get In there.
It's after hours and it's locked"
Squelched
Out of desperation n certain young
woman has evolved what appears to
be the perfect way to cope With song
writer who lives in the apartment
above. This gentleman is not usually
noisy, but he's annoying even when
he's quiet. He will strike a, chord,
think for ten minutes, and then strike
another chord almost, but not quite,
like the first one. Occasionally he will
play a whole piece--a classic. usually.
he is looking for passage which can
be turned into good popular tune.
The other afternoon he played n
Grieg sonata. 1t was very badly done,
and the exasperated young woman be-
low dashed to her plano to play the
same plece-just to show how 1t should
be done
Then, to rub It In, she selected Ger.
tain melodlous passages and jnzzed
them. also to show the song writer
how 1t should be done. he didn't
strike another chord all afternoon.
"a by the Bell Syndicate. Ine)
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