Smyrna times., 1933-02-01
SOME SIDE LIGHTS
OF NEW YORK CITY
Told By Walter Trumbull in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

An actress, who lives in an old
house which has been converted
into apartments, was annoyed by
blasting and other construction ac-
tivities in the lot next door. Ex-
plOsiOns shook the place where she
lived and finally she registered a
complaint with the city authorities.
One day a stranger appeared and
asked whether she had made a com
plaint. Delighted at the prospect
Of some action in the matter, she
said she had. He told her he was
an investigator and asked to be
taken around the apartment to see
whether any damage had been done
the walls. He looked inside and
put his head through windows and
looked outside. The thing appeared
to strike him as pretty serious.
Finally he asked the actress to 90
into another room and pound on the
wall. She pounded to the best Of
her ability. Then she went to see
what the investigator thought about
it. She couldn't find him. Neither
could she find her jewelry or other
valuables. Then she called the DO
lice. They told her she was the
victim Of a not uncommon racket.
The thief had assumed that persons
in that house would be annoyed by
the blasting and that the chances
We're they had registered a com
plant.
People III New York think that
business Is picking tip bit. Taxi
drivers say that the going isn't quite
50 hard rs usual and a lumber
agent tells me that he has just re-
ceived his first real orders in over
year. An advertising illustrator
says that from no work at all, he
suddenly has been given enough to
keep him busy for a couple Of
months.
The natural growth on the far
end of Long Island is pine and scrub
oak, but the village of Amagansett
has main street absolutely arched
with magnificent old elms. Every
one exclaims over them, but few
know how they came to be there
The story goes that many years
ago a ship, bound for New York,
was wrecked. The cargo happened
to be young elm trees, intended for
Central Park They floated ashore.
In those days. land transportation
of freight was so difficult that
finally the people of the little town
collected some money and planted
I the trees. You will find some of
them at East Hampton, but that
street at Amagansett is the most
/ glorious of all.
Since John J. McGraw retired as
a baseball manager, he has been
having grand time. Still vice pres
ident of the New York Giants, he
went almost every morning to the
office and transacted various busi-
ness matters, but instead Of spend
ing the afternoons directing ball
players. he sometimes didn't even
go to the Polo grounds. For the
/ first time in many years he was
able to spend late summer and au-
tumn afternoons as his fancy die
tated. That it was a great relief
was shown by his appearance For
the first few months, McGraw has
looked steadily younger and certain
ly has regained his health.
Diana ThOrne, animal artist, some
times has troubles with her mod
els. She wanted a cat TO pose for
some Illustrations. She saw just
the feline in a butcher shop on Sixth
avenue. The butcher said she could
borrow it, If she could catch it. Miss
Thorne got a gunny sack and started
in. The cat retreated to a dark cell
lar and the hunt was on. with no
more trouble than she might have
had in trapping a tiger, Miss Thorne
captured the cat. 1t took her two
days to tame it. She did such a
good job that it took her two weeks
to get rid of II.
q. 1882, Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.