The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-13
In New York
Ry PAUL HARRISON

New York-Meandering MO- where else on earth, surely, does life gyrate in such a dizzy dither of grab-and hurry as it does Tn Gotham. Nobody knows what the rush is all about, or even takes time to think about it..
 Every city overtone is a jittery inn perative. "Step lively!" yell the subway guards. Hurry it up!" shout the traffic cops. Jump or get killed." snarl the taxi horns Walk fast, talk fast, bounce on vacant car seat and don't worry about old ladies, and blind men. Don't lay aside your evening newspaper in a train or station un- less you've finished reading it.. SomebodyIl have it in a trice, or even a good deal less than trice. New York is snatchtown.
 Watch a crowd of women at a bargain counter. Observe a lot of stenographers lined three-deep be- fore a soda fountain at lunch time. Their hands are quicker than your eye {. See the restaurants adver- Using "A Meal Minute" Notice busboys grabbing dishes from un- der the nose of any patron who dares lapse into a 30-second rev. erie. Some cafes and most cafeter- jas, technically known as fast houses," forbid smoking. This Is because a cigaret might induse a contemplative mood and slow things up Even Gotham jar- gon reflects the lust for speed. People talk about diving into clothes. gulping a bite, hooking cocktail, nabbing date, making snappy conversation and pulling fast ones. Evenings, they grab a cab snatch a ticket. catch show. Manhattan Flashes
 One of the tallest Broadwaymen is the theatrical revivalist named O.. E. Wee Amelia Earhart, talk ing a flyer at clothes designing. now has a Katharine Hepburn bob and looks like an elder sister of the &C., tress It's taps for two more of the. towns most famous ex-gay spots-Jim Moriarty's and the Elm bassN club, closed after the deser- tion of the prodigal spenders.
 Early evening is bartering time backstage at the Follies. Some of the youngsters came an hour be- fore the show, and you can find Ina Ray. the tap dancer, trading tricks with the Strauss ballet gals; and gangling Betzi Beaton learning acrobatics from little June Preis- ser; and chorus beauties with dra- matic ambitions practicing diction Marina Yurlova, the girl who fought with the Russian army through the World war and wrote book about it, is afraid to ride in New York taxicabs
 Most confusing play title
 since "MOurning Becomes FL
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 changed the name. Now it's just "BrOOmsticks".
 Dragons Nest
 New York has had it's sea-ser- pent stories too. Back about 1880 everybody was convinced that a
 
 der the cliffs along the Hudson. |. After an eight weeks rest in the Bahamas. Irving Berlin has re- turned with the score of new musical show and new song, 'Butterfngers," which you'll be hearing soon
 Hostess" at La Perroquet, a French restaurant, Is Laura, a South American parrot with vo- cabulary of 50 words and a pen chant for lump sugar soaked in brandy Hermann Oelrichs. the socialite, makes a hobby of magic. And Myron c. Taylor. the steel man, goes in for genealogy, tracing the family trees of any friends who are willing A Portland, Me, correspondent re- ports the incident of the prominent attorney who was called upon by an automobile salesman. but who closed the interview by selling the salesman his saddle horse.