Evening star., 1932-09-02
WALKER IS KNOWN
ALL OVER WORLD
Debonair New Yorker Has
Become "Jimmy" to Le-
gion of Admirers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September flames
John Walker. as mayor of New York,
became Jimmy" to large part Of the
world
His travels and his fare for attract
,, ing headlines have made him one of the
best known Americans-both here and
abroad
Like all men in the public eye, many
half-tr,rths have grown UP around him
that he is a mold Of fashion, that
he is a perennial wit, that he Is in
variably late.
Walker is ST and could pass for 40.
He stands about feet 8-lean ana
slim m-waisted. He weighs less than lao.
His temperament is nervous and dy-
mamie.
Served in Assembly.
He was born In slurn section Of
Greenwich Village. the SON of Irish i'm
migrants. He went to the public schools
and spent more time chasing flies in the
outf1eld or running signals at quarter
back than he spent on his lessons.
He chose to study law, that hfghroad
to political preferment, and gained the
bar. He married his schoolboy sweet
heart. Janet Allen.
Along with q host of outside ac-
tivities he was IS yesrs IN the State
Legislature, in the Assembly and 10
In the Senate
There he became the spearhead Of
his later success. In 1925 he was
elected mayor of New York City on the
slogan Of The Man Of the Hour" He
has been mayor ever Since-until last
night.
When he was young man Walker
earned reputation as a bon vivant he
has never been able to shake. There
was time when he was the life of
every party and folks refuse to see him
in any other part.
Two Of his greatest interests are
sports and the theater. His friends are
innumerable. He has no children. He
and his wife keep separate domiciles.
He smokes necessarily. He likes serious
books. He has written several songs.
including the well known will You
Love Me In December as You Do in
May?"
His suits. shoes. hats and walking
sticks have been numbered in the scores
they probably are exaggerated.
| His choice of clothes runs to the
English: Form fitting, pointed lapels,
pleated trousers.
He likes shirts in pastel shades, white
, fedora hats, q peeping handkerchief.
Some one has said his only sartorial sin
was a too tightly tied neektie-wont I
let the blood up or down.
OF his fame as wit. he once said !:
One wisecrack often dooms q serious
minded man eternal1y to wear the cap
and bells" A perfectly sober remark
OF his will start an audience snieker-
ing. A quip viii send them into roll
ing gusts Of laughter.
Actually Rarely Late.
He Is at his best on such impremptu
occasions as hanquets. With his eye
brows rising auizzicallv. his forefinger
waegling and every feature mobile. he
carries his hearers along on q wave Of
psychology. But he has his serious
moments and he can become sorely
yexed--as he showed In the progress
OF his removal case.
Contrary to public belief. Walker is
rarely late to state appointments Week
after week he opened board of esti-
mate meetings on the dot. The pie
thora Of engagements made for him
often rendered 1t physically impossible
for him to be on time.
Dame rumor, ever mindful Of his
versatility, has cast him for many roles.
A. one time or another he has been
mentioned for the vice presidency Of
the United states, for czar Of the base
ball world. for United States Senator.
for king-pin of Hollywood, for dictator
Of Cuba, for arbiter of the dress in
dustry.