Smyrna times., 1934-07-12
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By L. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES


ing Fifth avenue. Their snap
ping black eyes seem to take in
every detail of the glittering win
dows. ;. A man with long gray
hair threading the dense traffic
and giving a lot of drivers
heart failure. Maybe some
day I will fall I. and buy one of
those S14-shirts or a S5-pair
Of socks. The flash of the sun
on the chromium final of the
Chrysler building. Always do
get a bit of a thrill out of that.
-. The Grand Central procession
of taxicabs with eager red
caps ready to pounce on their prey.
A postcard peddler whisper
ing his filthy wares. A recent
confscation caused a shortage of
books that come under the ban Of
the law. A discharged printer
told. Razor blade peddlers
even on side streets now. :.
West Forty-second street still the
happy hunting ground of pitchmen.
Two detectives watching an out
of-town newspaper stand. Z.
Crooks buy papers to read about
their crimes in other cities. E.
Missing persons also purchase home
town newspapers. =. So the vigi-
lance is constant. Forty-sev-
enth street with its many restau-
rants. Am invited to that new
Chinese place that's moved up
town. Real Chinese food. :.
Not the American kind and
there's a difference. !. Wonder
what's become of all those vaude-
Williams that used to loaf in the vi
cinity of the Palace? Idiers
there now seem to be mostly un-
employed musicians. +. John Null
holland, the magician, who is editor
of the publication of his craft :.
and worries whenever he finds a
magician out Of a job. Was
that Sinclair Lewis? At any
rate, I like work of Art" :.
almost as much as "Babbit"
Daniel Frohman smiling at
group of friends. .. He and Oliver
Herford seem to be the last Broad
way adherents of the choker collar.
Sparrows hopping about in
Times square. Wonder if the
redbird returned. +. Calves liver,
GA cents a pound. Used to be
a dollar. /. But that was when
liver diets were popular Amer
ican Legion men collecting sigma
lures for some kind of petition.
5. Armistice day is now a legal
holiday in this state. Those
uniforms make me think of Paris
Ia years ago. :. When everybody
was trying to get home. Now
a lot of folks wish they could go
to Paris. Can name at least
one newspaper man. Drug
store crowds lined up waiting for a
chance to pay telephone booths
:. and woman in each oneI
John McElligott, fire commission
er and fire chief. Still has his
headquarters down at Great Jones
street. Spent $1,000 of his
own money to fit up living quar-
ters there. :. The city pays him
S11 900 year and he has to
work only "a hours a day
seven days a week Usual
ly is up and around until midnight
and rolls out to early morn
ing alarms. Under the Tam
many regime, the fire commission
er drew S13,39O a year and
the chief S11.365 so under the
present arrangement, the city saves
S13,655 and John Kenlon. the
retired chief, draws a pension of
$4,000 q year. What a curl
Gus accent that blond young wom-
an has. She's an Icelander,
the first I've ever seen or heard.
Miss Mary Toylar, whom Elsa
Maxwell, the social arbiter, has pro-
nounced New York's most beautiful
girl. Dull gold hair, challeng-
ing gray eyes and a sensitive face
Busy selling tickets for that
benefit for the Body and Mind
foundation. She's studying for
the stage and hopes some day
to be seen on Broadway. Real
ly a serious matter with her.
Has refused a Hollywood contract.
Because she wants to get by
on ability and not mere beauty.
a. Bell syndicaes-wNU Services.