The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-04
In New York
RY PAuL HARRIsON

New YOrk.--Of course there's good deal of substance to the old bromide about newspapermen meet ing lot of interesting people. A lot of highly unusual people, too, with novel missions, in life.
 There is Mir F. M. Wilkesbnrr, for example. who goes about lec- turing on neo-determinism. A commanding personality, he an- nounces that he is fro mthe Insti- ute of Supermanity, England, and Is president of the Society of So- ciai Supercrats. He tells people that the molecule of mirth has set out to murder the microbe Of misery, while the menbofd of en- ergy gaZes upon the slightly scene with ecstacy and eclat." MT Wilkesbarr does very well, finan- ciaily with his featuring.
 Then there is MT Joseph A.. Vogelmann, q former broker who has been overtaken by an inspira- ton to do some prophcsying for the world. He discovers every thing in mathematics, and says that in Q couple of years he will be more famous than Einstein. Some of the things his calcuia- tions have revealed thus far, he declares, are the esotericism Of the Statute of Liberty, the secrets of the Great Pyramid, and the facts about the sea of glas sWhich Is mentioned in the Book of Reye- iations. =.
 People are silly to plan
 rocket flights to the planets.
 according to MT VogeImann.
 who says anyone can leave the
 earth plane simply by propcct-
 ing his consciousness.
 A Word About Dom
 Of men who have acquired dl- vine missions of one sort or an- other, New York never can for get that coiorful fellow. Dom the Omnipotent, Loving Guru of the Tanriks.
 His career of mysticism began in Chicago more than 20 years ago; then he came to New York and numbered many wealthy wo- men among his followers. At his country place he kept elephants. went about in robes and turbans, and spoke in Sanskrit Dom has gone q long way since that time. As plain Dr Pierre A.. Bernard, of Nyack, N. Y,. he Is president of two banks and say- ings and loan association. Last summer he built a sports stadium. presented. 1t to the community, and invited President Roosevelt 70 the opening. Postmaster General Farley attended Dr Bernard still gives lectures on Orientalism, but he doesn't go in for mystic rites any more.
 RacISeteers Of "NOte"
 For years one of New YOrk's most persistent minor rackets has been the street peddiiDg of large printed sheets containing the words of all the current popu- lar songs, These lyrics are copy righted, of course and such unau- thorized sales naturally hurt the sheet music business. The Ameri. can Society of Composers and Publishers has spent fortunes fighting the practice, but is mak- ing little headway, As fast as peddlers are arrested, others take their places; and no one seems able to track down the sources of the Illicit sheets.
 Sometimes, too, the peddiers i themselves arc not even punished. A dereliet who said his name was Frogey was dragged into court the other day for selling song sheets. They looked ID his record and found he had been in trouble many times before. "six months" said Magistrarte Louis Brodsisy. Just then q lawyer came for- ward and begged the courts indul- gence for a moment. "burely Your Honor would not Jail man for promoting patriotism" he said. He held ID one of the pink sheets. "Hee--among these songs are "Tha Gtar-Bpangled Banner and My Country, Iris Of Thee. The Court will grant, am sure. that there is nothing eeDsurabIe in the act of p0pulnrizing the words Of our national anthem. l doubt that there ia person in this courtroom, with the possible exception of the prisoner, who knows the verses Of the Star HpanGiad Banner Does Your Honor know the vevsesf"
 His Honor started reciting, got | 10 ths middle Of the second verse, and stopped. uanely hs tried he said. "sentonee suspendad."