The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-13
-L- NezC York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York.-Odds and ends. mostly ends: Every afternoon on his way down to Wall street, Q shabby old derelict stops at a newsstand in City Hall Park and asks how the markets going. Then he shuffles off to the district where, 1t fs said, he used to be a plunging operator. He doesn't beg as he moves through the familiar cam yons; his panhandling is done over on the east side. But he says he does hope he'll meet two former associates, both still prosperous. who owe him $S,000 each
 There are more than Q dozen deaf mutes who run newsstands in New York, but the best known of them all is George Sherman, at Herald Square. His stand has be- come a meeting place for others So afflicted, and after 5 o'clock most of the mutes for many blocks around come there to chat in the manual language with flying fng- CTS. Home-bound workers, nerves frayed by the din of traffic and the elevated overhead, must envy these people their sanctuary from the harsh voice of the city
 
 The goose, as well as the turkey, hangs high these pre-Thanksgiving days, but there are lot of other birds that come still higher. Down in Washington market a brisk de- mand is reported for pheasants from England, at $2.50 each, par tridges from Russia at $2.50 the pair, and for Scotch grouse which come from the bonnie moors of South America and bring $2 each. Swanky clubs and hotels buy most of these delicacies. But some ind their way to taxidermists to be mounetd for the trophy rooms of unlucky sportsmen returning from abroad.
 While others are relying on al- manacs and the length of the new crop of hair on the yaks in the Bronx Zoo for congratulations of the coming season, we turned to the Manhattan telephone direc- tory. It looks like long, cold winter. There are, in fact, ex- actly 102 Winters in the book, to- gether with 23 Storms, 34 Shows and 3 BlizZards. There also is a Jonas Wind, a Jefferson Hail, 8 Harry Chill and Gladys Sleet And if you don't mind another ref erence to the Big, Bad Wolf, there are 12 Huffs, 1 Puff, and Blows. And 357 Wolfs. Or is it Wolves? The police arc making
 things pretty hot for the pushcart rilen, vendors of 1 fruits, ncckties, nuts, dusty candies. suspenders and the like. But they actually wel- S,, cd section of the city-the where progress along the i jammed sidewalks is almost
 impossible anyway, pushcarts fill the side streets at every
 intersection. "Thcy help keep l down riOts," a cop explained. | "AgitatOrs arc always trying | to make trouble here, but the | carts take up so much room
 that crowds can't gather at
 the corners"
 GREAT SHAKES | A story about a little girl in the big city concerns the naive daughter of wealthy Nevada l family who came here, after com pleting a costly art education, to | become a costume designer. In no time at all she had been turned down by all the prominent pros- poets. Being a determined sort, though, she finally went to big burlesque office.
 The man she saw was faintly interested. With no chorus girls available at the moment, he sug- gested she model few of the cos. tunes. A little worried, but still game, she stepped into the next room. locked the door securely, and changed. Then she found she couldn't open the door, All her mothers warnings rose up in her mind in dire reproach. She beat on the door. She screamed. The man outside chuckled. It sound ed like an omipous chuckle.
 When he finally opened the door she realized that the lock had stuck, and that she really hadn't been in the slightest danger. But she found herself still trembling with fright as she emerged in the skimpy ballet costume.
 The man stared at her critical ly, finally said: 'The costume? Well, I don't want to hurt your feelings, sister, but it ain't so hot. But if you can keep on shakin' like that I'll put you in the show at thirty bucks week."