The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-14
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By PAUL HARRISON

New York-Meandering Some
of the more genteel bootlesgers
about town ar making arrange
ments to obtain minor jobs In ie-
Ultimate businesses shortly before
prohibition repeal goes through.
And not because they intend to
keep those jobe, either. It's
scheme whereby, when the time
comes for them to apply Tor IL
censes to sellp liquor, they can
More-or-less truthfully report their
previous occupations ar realtors,
bond statesmen and the like -.
Meanwhile, there IL truly desper-
ate competition among the wet
goods vendors. Bootleggers are
hard-pressed because the big syn
dicates supplying the best stun
have agreed an q code calling Tor
an advance in prices and hnal
clean-up before the apparently In"
vitable sarch Of their industry
The city's thousands of cordial
shops, on the other hand, have
gone to al-time lows in price,
cutting-and highs in liquor cut
ting, since they mix their noxious
synthetics in their own back
rooms. In addition to open, over
the-counter sales, many of them
post clerks on the sidewalks to
pass out gin-and-whisky price lists
to passersby And some drug
stores, with bonded stock in their
vaults, now hire young doctors to
sit in adjoining "offices" and write
prescriptions for tipping custom
ers.
Hyde Park Night Life
For motorists intent on look at
the rather scattered scene Of Pres
ident Roosevelt's vacation, there's
q roadhouse near the Hyde Park
estate, on the Albany Post Road,
that is recommended for its food,
fun and fairly famous folk. It is
Fritz Singers place, and the. rotund
Fritz is always glad-handing peo-
pie such as AL Smith, William F.
Kenney, members Of the presi-
dents party, one or another Of the
presidents distinguished guests,
Broadway celebrities, and large
and gay parties of newspaper cor
respondents $3.50. One Of these cor
respondents is always being mis-
taken for James Roosevelt by Gag
err sightseers. He seldom disillus,
ions them, except when pressed
=
The other evening, after five plead
ing notes had been sent to his
table bl two determined, elderly
ladies, he wrote, in desperation,
his own name and occupation. A
sixth note soon came back. "Many
thanks, Mr.. Roosevelt. And have
no fear that we might betray your
incognito =. :"
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''Tiger'sn lair
The real throne OF Gotham's
potent Tammany isn't in Tam
many Hall, but on the thir-
ty-seventh floor Of a skyscraper at
20 Pine street, in the financial dis
trict. It's the insurance brokerage
Office of John p. Curry, Tiger
chieftain,- who holds conferences
there and visits the hall only
about once a week =. y The city
commissioner of water. gas and
electricity, Mr. John ) Dietz, has
a license plate on his car that's
numbered "H o. Visiting ce-
lebritfes turned out for. the opening
Of a new show on the Pennsylvania
roof Wiley Post and Jimmy Mat
tern were there, talked about their
glQbe-circling luck. And Eleanor
Holm, trim vosion in blue; and
Jeanette Mao Donald, just back
from abroad and frankly disap-
pointed by the dullness of the
town; and Paul Whiteman,, just
q shadow OF his former self, with
Margaret Livingstone. his wife,
who has written book about how
the monstrous maestro reduced;
and Buddy Rogers and Claire
Windsor, whose names are being
linked by the local gossipers -.
Post, Mattern and Miss Holm.
by the way, are appearing in
vaudeville hereabout. A few weeks
ago Primo Camera was packing
them into q Broadway theater.
Previously the fake "Prince Mike
Romanoff" had his assumed name
up in lights. And vaudeville offers
were sent to Mrs. Jessie Costello
during her trial after the poisining
of her husband =. The vaudeville
game has reached suchs.a pass, it
seems, that anybody in the head
lines can be a headliner