Smyrna times., 1933-04-19
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By Walter Trumbull in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

was induced to write a book from
il. The book was illustrated by Ar
thur William Brown, and Winchell
Smith induced Barrymore to pose
for some of the Illustrations. The
other day a young man came to. Mr..
Browns studio. He brought him a
battered copy of "The Fortune
Hunter" which he said he had
picked up in a Chinese book shop
in Shanghai; said he thought the
illustrator might like to have it. His
reason for bringing the book to Mr..
Brown was that he had always
liked his illustrations.
But there was more to it than
that. In the back of the book was
pasted a label which read: Amer
lean Library association. Overseas
Service" AS further proof that this
particular book had been through
the war was list of those who
apparently had taken it from the
library. They ranged all the way
from corporals to cOlonels. And
the pages had many names and com
ments scribbled on the margin. On
one page had been penciled a quota
tion from "Alice in Wonderland"
The name written below it was that
of an Englishman. It was Rupert
Brooke.
Norman Dodd was at Yale with
Sam Pryor, Jr. When he came out,
he went into a bank and did very
well there. But one day he decided
that he did not wish to spend his
life in the banking business. SO
he left, gathered five other Yale
men and, merely dropping a letter
from banking, went into the baking
business. He makes some sort of
cranberry health bread and is do
ing well again.
Several big industrialists are in
terested in a research body, which
they call the National Committee
for Rebuilding Purchasing Power
and Prices" The research part Of
il consists in trying to find out how
TO do the rebuilding.
Many do not appear to know that
Franklin d. Roosevelt had a half
brother. The President-Elect's moth
er was Sara Delano, but his fathers
first wife was Helen AstOr. Their
son was James Roosevelt Roosevelt,
once secretary to the embassy id
London, Who died only a few years
ago. He was known to his intimates
as ''Rosy" Roosevelt.
One of the most beautiful moving
pictures ever saw is a series Of
storm shots on a square-rigger off
Cape Horn. The man who took the
first Of these pictures was washed
overheard and lost.
A charitable organization appealed
to a New York woman for a dona-
tion Of clothes. she went To a re
pOsitOry where her husband kept
cherished relics Of the past and
selected d frock coat, which he had
not worn Tor many years, a pair
of pin stripe. lavender trousers,
from the same epoch, and a tall,
silk hat, which had seen better days.
These she contributed to the cause
and it was not long before she re-
ceived a warm note Of thanks.
you will be happy to learn" it
read, that the clothes you SO kind
ly sent Us were the cause Of our
being able to get a man unemployed
almost immediate work. He is now
greatly encouraged. as he has Sc
cured a job driving a hearse."
A rich man of Manhattan had a
portrait Of his wife, an exceedingly
plain woman, done by a fashionable
painter. 1t pleased her greatly, as
the painter reduced her weight and
vastly improved both her form and
features. The Manhattanite showed
the picture to a candid friend
asked his opinion; got it.
"Ah," said the friend, Every clev-
erl But an appreciation, not a like
ness"
Spring finds Sinclair Lewis and
his wife in Vienna, where Mr.. Lewis
is working on another book. 1t usu-
ally takes the author of main
Street" two years to complete a
novel.
Frank Wykoff and Emmett Top
pino, two Of the greatest young
sprinters in this age Of speed, have
been seeing New York together re-
Gently in the daytime and racing
against each other on Saturday eve
nings. They met at the Olympic
games and became fast friends.
g. Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.