The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-21
In
New York
NV PAUL HARRISON


New York So All around tbs
town: You can have no end OF
fun with silver dollar In New
York-nnd not even spend u
subway change men are openly
suspicious, and most OF tho tho'
ater and restaurant cashiers have
never even seen u western cart
Wheel.
On bench IN Battery Park
saw u florists messenger d0Slng--
and elutehing u wreath on when
was lottered; Rest In Pence -.
There arc ebIntz curtains IN u con-
struction shack beside mn exeavn'
ton on Ninth avenue,,,.
Around the southern end ol
| Central Park works u sidewalk ar.
list named John PAWS. Likenoss Of
Unrb0 for 8 cents. Portrait Of Mac
West, 40 cents, takes moro chalk
In tho garment section there
n fellow who ought 10 BIO pro-
fegsiOnal yes.maB; his name ID /
Agree.
In Dark About Daylight.
New Workers quickly became
accustomed 10 daylight SAVING
time. Half OF thom believe I'VE ~
hour earlier than standard time
and the other half aro certain ~
m hour later "A musician toll
mo the profession ID FeBentful DO
cause many wealthy mon have
bought rare old vi0lins and put
them In glass cases. This forces w
tho market price oil along the line
and nobody gets u play the stradi'
varl....
I'm told there's mn underworld
ors around tho city TO select cor
tain ears 70 DO stolen. Delivery y
40 hours Ben Hecht, still hold
ing out against Hollywood, plan,
to produce movies IN New YORK.
Social Lights, EO0tIights.
The rialto's youngest produeerl
are social registerItoB--- Mnleo IN
Pearson and Donald Bnruch, lat
ter u nephew Of Bernard M -. Bit
cabin cruisers nre beginning u
gcoot down tho Hudson and alonl
the Sound these wealth,
] men communiting to their Offices.
| A fellow once asked ). y. Morgan
what II cost to operate u yacht
said he'd been wondering whether
he could afford one. Nobody car
afford yncht," snapped Morgan
"who even has to ask about the
cost OF running one" 80.
For ~ years there has been u
Statute Of Liberty % feet tall
with pedestal, standing on ware
house on West G4th street. It's al
exact replica Of the original, and
shipwreck Kelly used 10 paint u
regularly.
A Look Backward.
Yes, times change. In 1850 there
was q hotel on Firth avenue which
charged cents for q nights lodg'
ing and requested patrons to re-
move there boots before--retirinr
-. Three years later the city'i
police were insulted by being fore.
ed into uniforms. But their feel.
ings were assunged by swallow.
tailed coats and gray pantal0ons /.
There Is still u law prohibiting the
sale OF liquor to indians L0 and
his brethren used 10 call the island
Mana ha TIA, meaning 1.-THE place vi
drunkenness" Long Island WA
Gawanasekeh which actually meant
"a long island" The Atlantic Ocean
was Ojikhadagega, which Ii just
the way many people feel when
they're on 1t.
Getting the Gate.
1t used to be considered smart
(and not SO long ago, at that) Ia
give q gate to Central Park when
you couldn't think of anything
else do with your money. Along
with this went the privilege OF
naming the gate, and you could
designate 1t for the passage Of
anything from lovers to one-eyed
Cinnamon.
incidentally, there Ii no Lovers
Gate, but there's one for practi-
cally everybody else--miners. en-
gineers, farmers, strangers. boys,
girls. and even inventors. Dan
Beard gave Woodmen's Gate:
Lindley Garrison Warriors Gate
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt
provided a Hunters Gate, William
A. Hartman one for mariners. and
Bishop william T. Manning q
elseProphets' Gate -. The trouble
Is that these entrances, aren't In.
beled, SO II you are q prophet and
wish to enter the park properly
you'll have 10 consult a map n
the commissioners office. Or cal
RiahOn Manning