The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-20
In New York

New York-Sleeping in an aerial Pullman is fun. At least it's fun to be in an aerial Pullman the first trip, even if one doesn't get much sleep. The novelty of the thing is demoraliZing to compos- ure.
 The American Airlines invited a dozen newspapermen to help iIi- augurate, with snores, the first fiying-sleeper service between New York and Chicago. So we were taken out to Newark airport the other midnight, and there were in- troduced to, handsome big Cur tiss Condor plane and a couple of handsome big pilots. There also was a handsome little stewardess named Marian McMichael.
 Pretty soon we were streaking across calm, clear sky. The berths hadn't ben made up be- cause we wanted to see how it was done. The interior of the ship looked like a midget Pullman car, with rows of single seats on each side of the aisle. Nobody yawned, so we decided to sit up until we stopped at Buffalo. After all, it seemed a little too incongruous to celebrate an event by going to sleep.
 Airy Bedrooms.
 When the lights of Buffalo were vanishing in the purple night, Miss McMichael began making up berths. The gadgets were intrigu- ing. She pushed buttons, turned chromium bolts, unfolded seats. attached rods to sockets, dropped the uppers into positions, unrolled bedding, let down familiar look ing green curtains. Most of us tried to help and the patient stewardess didn't once remind us that we were only in her way.
 Some of the passengers donned pajamas in the dressing room. Amateur contortionists undressed in the berths. One of the first things we discovered was that an upper is preferable to lower in an airplane because the top berths have more window space. In a way, though, this is not an advan- tage, because if you have win down you are likely to spend an hou or two inspecting the cosmic
 majesty of starlit night, with orphan cloud wraiths streaking past.
 There are other things to think about, too. You experiment with the ventilating device which will turn streams of fresh or warmed air in any direction. You consider the anomaly of being held in bed by a safety belt. You wonder
 where the stewardess spends the night (She sits bolt upright in a little jump seat in the vestibule) You wonder what city that is be- low. You wonder whether any of the passengers are scared-prob- ably that fellow in No. II is des- perately counting sheep ... He ought to be counting cows jump ing over the moon You dis cover that the sound of the motors has become a lulling hum You doze, and awaken to hear the stew ardess saying. Here's some or ange juice and coffee. We land at Chicago in twenty minutes" On the way back to New York next night, we tumbled in, yanked down the window shades, judi ciously adjusted the fresh air streams, and slept like sixty. 
 A Fair View.
 The day in Chicago was about what you'd expect of a day in Chicago. A lot of people are still going to the fair, still milling a. round the papier mache villages Inspecting exhibits, gawking al nudity.
 Mrs Roosevelt attended that day, but cancelled part of her schedule because she was bothered by peo- pie who wanted her to pose Tor pictures in front of almost every exhibit. I've never seen her exas- perated before, nor did I ever see | her receive such inconsiderable treatment Samuel Insull has
 been going alone to some of the beer gardens Sally Rand bud ble- dances for the general-admis- sion customers of the Italian (of l all things) Village, fan-dances for en extra tariff in the cabaret there Faith Bacon does ''gardenia dance''--fans by special request l at the horticultural show.
 year under a edict for modesty. The exposition reopened this They even put red flannel plus- fours on the rickshaw boys, who used to wear shorts. Sideshows were purified to such an extent that visitors began. finding their night life fun in the towns honky- tonk taverns and the ten burles que shows on, South State street. Fair business suffered to 1~lch an extent that the Century of Pro- gress finally did right-about- face.