New Britain herald., 1930-04-08

office of a bachelor worldling into which I had dropped for a brief chat. He was a mixture of a Good Time Charlie and hard hearted executive-the type that plays when he plays and works when he works.
 His secretary announced a visitor and at his acquiescent nod l arose to go. Wait a minute,' he insisted. There swept into the room a gor- geously gowned lady with kalso mined cheeks and an Ethel Barry more tilt to her head. She greeted him effusively and glanced at me hesitatingly.
 She had come to see him on a very personal mission and again looked at me. This" said the gen. tleman in mock gravity lowing toward me, 'is my attorney. have no secrets whatever from him. Feel perfectly free to discuss whatever is on your mind"
 It developed the lady was of the musical stage, a show girl, and had reached an impasse in her financial affairs. Her 'income" had sudden ly stopped, the show was closing. and she found herself deeply in debt with a possible eviction from her apartment in the offing.
 Unless I raise $500 by Ii o'clock she said, T will be out on the streets with everything l possess attached , The bachelor had nodded sympa- thetically until the mention of $500, and then there was a glint-a glint of clear ice--in his eyes.
 If you have to raise $500 by II o'clock" he said, Tt will be ungal- lant of me to dettain you. You have only few moments left And he arose as a very certain indication the interview had come to a sudden end.
 The lady moved to the door with panther strides and threw it open for all the world like one of Mrs. Leslie Carters last act farewells. Poising for a moment on well balanced toe, she murmurcd through tight lips: You arc lousey cheapskatc" and bestowing a whitening look at me inquired: And who is your funny friend with the giraffe neck ?'-and was gone. New York!
 Down by dock warehouses at nightfall gather human hotsam and jetsam a great city beaches on friendless shoals. They light fires, cook Mulligan stews, suck at stub pipes-and stare. Later they stretch out under the open sky and cover themselves with newspapers. With dawn. like bad dream. they vanish. The police know them as "waterfronters' ''-harmless drifters who bother no one.
 A certain family in New York has moved s times in ? months be- cause of being unable to find an apartment house that was neighbor- ly. In desperation the husband has sold his business and is returning to a town of 10000 in Illinois. where they formerly lived in great happi- ness.
 I have lived in one hotel in New York for nine years and have slight holding acquaintance with only two families living there. And they don't seem so eager about it.
 William A. Brady has won and lost more fortunes than any other entertainment promoter on Broad way. His latest million is from his play, Street Scene" or at least will reach that figure by midsummer. Among potential millions he was offered but rejected were the plays Within the Law" Rain and Is' Broadway"
 Brady is said to be the heaviest cigar smoker in town. He often goes to sleep puffing on one and upon awakening his first act is tc | light up. Save when he is eating there is scarcely a moment he is without his torch.