The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-02
-In- t Mezg York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York-.Yes, sir, that's the Brooklyn bridge down there No, ma'am, you're perfectly safe here: the building doesn't sway No, never feel an urge to jump off Sure, sonny, you're | a thousand feet up in the air Yes, sir, I've noticed that too people certainly look small down on the sidewalks That open space is Central Park, miss All day long, old Tom Shana- han talks like that. He has the highest job in New York-inform- ant and yes-man for the hundreds of thousands who visit the top of the Empire State building observ- atory. Phenomenal eyesight and an amazing knowledge of the city and its environs for DO miles around put him where he IS today. For about 40 years he worked in New York hotels and learned about people and politeness. Hard times forced him into a watch mans job at the Empire Statc when the building was being con- structed. From there, he says, ne worked up-102 stories.
 Lots of people ask about oid
  "Of course, can remember way back-when there was saloon where the world building now stands. and how everybody laughed at the idea of trying to put up a 26-story skyscraper there; when Tiffany's stood on Union Square; when the Flatfron hrilding was the tallest in town; when Mark Twain lived right down there at No. 21 Fifth Ave- "No madam, the building doesn't sway at all: that was the wind guage you were looking as. Yes, guess see most or the celebrities that visit New York. The one who was the most impress sed was King of Siam .. Say mister. it's against the rules to write your name on the walls up here Those are mountains i'll Pennsylvania you see in the dis tance, madam What's that sir? You want me to point out q good speakeasy? Well, I'm afraid you'd never find it again. once you got down on the ground
 Pebbles of the Famed Meanderings: The tiniest or prima donnas, Lily Pons, is cur r-razy about animals. owns a Jas- uar cub, and spends much of her spare time in the Central Park Zoo. George Gershwin (born Brushkin in Brooklyn) has com
 plete gymnasium in his Riverside Drive penthouse F1fth Ave nue jewelry house offers a huge
 solid gold cocktail shaker for $2, S00-and cups at sl,2oo the ron has a massive shaker ground from solid rock crystal-so heavy that two servants have to take turns agitating it {. Lloyd Nolan, seen in "One Sunday Afternoon" ia the most bashful of matinee idols. He'd rather talk about his college athletic record. and how he was kicked out of Stanford
 Another matinee hero, Francis Lederer, of Autumn Crocus." will be Hollywood-bound in May. Harry Payne Whitney is the clubbiest New Yorker. He belongs to sixteen exclusive organizations. Broadway femininity is bcgin- ming to wear beauty spots cut in the shapes of animals s
 Right or the Boat
 A common form of swindling IS for a bootlegger to scan the lists of newly y-arriving ship passengers. call them by telephone and intro duce himself as steward on their boat. 1T managed to get case of Scotch off the ship" he'll say.
 "And I thought of you at once;
 that you might like to buy it." If the deal is made, the liquor of course tuNns out to be spurious. Such bootlegger called an in- tended victim the other day.
 You'd better grab this.' he said.
 "because I'm going out on the Leviathan this afternoon"
 "You'll have to swim fast, then" replied the man on the other end of the wire. I'm an executive of the United Statei Lines, and happen to know ths Leviathan has already sailed"