New Britain herald., 1930-09-12

NC" I OIk, oepl. lG Iuou6Alo while strolling: Gentle ladies in black whosit quietluy feeding pigeons in library park. B. A. Rolfe plays trunes l like. Those out-doorsey men with springy walks. Nobody wears sport shirt like John Barrymore. Or a dinner suit like Jack Buchanon.
 Arthur McKeogh, a Troy, N. Y, boy who made good in the city. Clouds like torn wool tipped with fluffs of pink. Wonder what would happen to Lillian Gish in wind storm N Busses to the right, autos to the left and trolleys in front but here I go like cutter in the wind. And I made it.
 splotched geometrical canvases galleries kid us it art, the leases! Never heard anyone use acerbity in conversation. And Rupert Hughes is the only person I ever heard use deracinate. I could follow those fas- cinating Albino twins all day. Turn over collars with square corners again.
 John W. Thomaston, Jr., the writing, fighting marine. And he sketches, too. A new and 10 l have not prowled through. Fred and Betsy Drake. The hat makers better do something about the bare headed business. Howard Acton and Julius Tanner look alike. Wish I could run across yellow tomato pre- serves.
 Moneta, who runs the Italian cafe in Mulberry street. Where judges and lawyers go. And who looks like an E. Phillips Openheim count. People from South Africa interest me. But I'm surprised when they don't carry spears. Whatever be- came of handpainted coal vases?
 Timid tenement totS-alliteration without a struggle-who drag kind ling wagons across town. The eagle. like gaze of Max Steur, the criminal lawyer Those alert, freshly shaven Mannies with mama compleXes but quick on a speakeasy draw. Flora abelle, Raymond Hitchcock's widow.
 Never knew man to pass an open coal hole without peering down. Ask somebody: What is a spiral stair. way?" They'll do it every time. Benny Leonard grows chubby. too. The Caledonia on 26th street where o. Henry lived In Europe they would buy the Site and erect mon- ument.
 T1o lat speakeasy cocktails comes from the East eos, called "The Number" - meaning it makes you numb.
 The new Waldorf whose riveting across the way still has me nose thumbing it in spare time, will fea- ture "boudoir baths"-boths o5 feet square. equipped like a miniature gymnasium.
 A sixth avenue bird store has-or had-a bright freckle-faced pea shooter who arrived early the other morning. Deciding, as the front door was locked, 1t would be innocen. diversion to give the birds freedom of the store, he did. Someone open cd the door in midst of the fun and 200 birds winged out and upward. A window card heralds: Boy Wanted"
 frequent day dream is buying a dog shop and giving each dog a swell home away from auction block stuffiness. inquired the cost of all dogs in shop on 18th street, was told 1t totaled $l4,320. waved to an imaginary acquaintance outside and oippety hoped to greet him.
 I am an occasional patron of an Armenian restaurant on Washington street-reveling in native dishes. The other night passing the Kitchen I reeked in for & glimpse of the cook, expecting a figure in a fez with per- haps rug over his arm. Instead I saw a fat American Negress with a red bandanna around her neck, perspiring over an old fashioned