The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-14
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 |MezC York
Nv PAUL HARRISON

| New York-It's against the law to roiIer-skate in Central Park. Yet, by grace of special police per- init. spring arrived on ball-bcarings the other afternoon, ushered In by some three dozen young socialites, skating on the Mall ... people like ] Ethel Barrymore Colt, Rosalind Kress and Carl Triest ... Crowds of strilIers lined the broad walk, whispered about the blue-bloods, Uttered when they fell, murmured sympathetically when Ethel Barry more's daughter tumbled and bark ed her shins .. Youngsters stared enviously, wished they could get in there and show those high hats a thing or two 2. Photographers who must have police permits to take pictures in Central Park, re- corded the cavortings And at dusk the skaters all repaired to Central Park Casino for a supper dance. The music played there nightly also Is by special permits sion of the police.
 There are lot of other pecu- liar ordinances governing the mid | city playground. For instance, if you're an artist, you can't stroll up there on q sunny Sunday ana make a sketch or splash a water color--without permit You can't legally walk or ride in the park with gardenia in the but ton hole or an orchid in your hand. This rule against bringing in How CTS "or newly plucked parts there of" doubtless Is to guard against theft of the city's blooms. And of course the park policemen can't be concerned with technicalities such as the fact that neither gardenias nor orchids grow there
 Check Your Bean Bags
 Except in specially designated fields and plots, 1t is forbidden any person to throw, cast or catch any ball, stone or bean-bag Nor shall any bean shooter or other instrument be used by. any person flor throwing stones or beans ,l If you have a cannon that is small Ter than a four-pounder. and also have some reason for wanting to shoot 1t, you may be able to get a permit from the Mayor together with proper supervision z. .. If you want to go boating on the la goon, be sure that you don't stand up in the boat, or pass another boat while standing or rock any boat-or you'll be fair game for some aquatic traffic cop.
 Movie compaines hereabout nat urally have occasion to take lot of pictures in Central Park. But they pay and pay for the privilege. One operator. with camera: $5. One actor: $5; two actors. $1O; but special rates for large casts. For every automobile used: $5; for every horse or dog: $1. Cats free.
 As for vehicles, you can't, as be- fore stated, roller-skate. Nor can you ride in a pushmobile, or enter the premises in q balloon. Even if you're over the city in an air you're liable to a'summons If you land without having had tho fore- sight of first securing a permit You mustn't play any musical in- strument in the park, or carry or display any sign, flag, banner or Itarget You are not permitted to take up, remove, twist off, wrench loose or otherwise detach any gutter stones, tree boxes, rail- ings, soil or foliage. Nor may you carry away any fixture or build- ing, wholly or in part.
 Batting the Cops
 Only once have the park police tried to invoke the last men, toned clause, and It provcd highiy embarrassing. It seems that a couple of young blades, who must have been hard-put for diversion, went to carpenter and ordered an exact replica of q Central park bench. This was duly made, paint ed, smtggled in at night by auto- mo mobile, and placed beside one of the lesser frequented walks near the reservoir. Next day the young men went there, sat on the bench awhile, then started to carry 1t away.
 An officer stopped them. They i, argued heatedly that 1t was their bench, their own particular, pri- vate bench, and that they were go- . ing to tote 1t home and nobody had picked up psychopathic cases before, so he called for help and talked soothingly to the mad-men until the wagon arrived. At the station, as they were about to be booked, the prisoners decided the thing had gone far enough and produced the carpenters bill of sale for his flandiwork. After that they went back to the park and. with an escort of glowering cops, carried their bench out of the park.
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 Whenever Mary Pickford pops into town by train or Atlantic liner, the first thing she says Is: Where's Philip?"
 She asked that the other day : as she came down the gangplank of the Rex, and later when she left her hotel to catch the Century for California. As the taxi line in front of the hotel leaped for ward, Miss Pickford bit her lip in that characteristic sign of dts pleasure. "No, want Philip" she told the bewildered doorman. "Isn't Philip here?"
 Just then big gray cab zoomed around the others and stopped pre- cisely before the little movie star. Out scrambled the driver, n tallish, black haired man of about 40, with a lot of white teeth revealed in delightful grin.
 Miss Pickford smiled too. "'Oh. here you are, Philip. did hope you hadn't forgotten me-"
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