The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-07
In New York
DY PAUL HARRISON

pleAbufob, thebeb monshb0uta Bfouus way. ingenious pastlmos that show c kinship with tho blades who spend thoir afternoons at tho Hound Cornor Drug Store in Blk Corners, Kansas. Inexpensive pleasures, too, because standing room is free on Broadway, and q glass of beer iB good for a reserved seat In | restaurant,
 | Standing around iB tho outdoor sport nidulRed In by the RrenteBt number. lt never IA identified that way, though, because each or tho gtandorB.around will tell you thart he is on his way to see nli agent about q contract which VIII put him in tho big money. or else he ia on his way Co music house with 6 tune or some lyrics which the concern IA anxious to buy.
 "St0ek" on the Curb
 "f have written something about tho musicians who gather on ono corner of Longaere Square (which roally Is Just a continua. . ton of Times bquaro), and about the vaudeville people who fore. gather in front of the Palace theater. Tho Palace long since has abandoned It's Btral ght vaudo: Vile policy, but it ronnlhs as good . place aB any to stand Tn front of'
 Thon thoro arc the Legitimate actors and uetrehBeB---Btoek eoms pany players, most of t,<lm, un. known Co New York theuterg oers. They assemble on tho northeast corner of Forty.fifth street and Droadway and talk about tho jobs they hafa Just tui hed down. Also about tho number of timou they have been stranded in Altoona. Now and then ono of them will launch into c eraekpot speech, Hp- Darently for practice in dramatic expression. They draw good aus dienees, too.
 Burns lem Up
 | All Of these people seem Co bc In good spirits, and every now and then somebody gets off q gag which Is ...I conceded by one ana aii a.l iiko to play Is called "hot.foot'' ness of inserting a lighted paper HihteH tH thu b"sn, ""nS tue sole of m unknownins vietim's momentG before tho leather bo. comes very suddenly and very painfully hot Neither tho shoe nor tho foot is really burned, but tho iaomentary diseomfIturo of tho victim occasions grent morriment.
 "tIot.f foot" IA q fino gam6 to play when everybody is sitting around Indoors, bec1use tho ap. proach iH eaGlor and there arc greater silonces to Do shattered by tho cries of tho pergceuted. The | other evening, in a hlght.apot call cd 1i Morocco, Robert Benehloy | took hIa shoes off to foil n joke. ster wh had boon creeping around under tho tables in . sinister mhn- ncr.
 Can't Take It, Els?
 Ribbing' Is dandy sport, too, This Is simply the passing of Har' donic remarks, but tho cumulative effect is colossal" when several ae. complishod rIbbers get the Insult. Ing q common victim. Object of the game is to mako the victim ans gry and If he gets nngry he is known contomptuously thereafter as guy who can't take it." Of course, ribbinR Is not always SO hea eavy.handod. It may involve somc really choice mots, or prae- ticai jokes that are genuinely fun. ny. For example, Jefferson Mach. amer, the artist, recently fell to ribbing the proprietor of justly famous eating place about the food hc served. The proprietor said he served swell food, but if Mir Machamer didn't like It he could take his blankety- blank fastidiousness somewhere else. Mir Machamer decided he would do betetr than that. He went to the telephone, caleld up Tony's, chicken Tetraxlnni. Quite a while later q waiter from Tony's walked into the rival restaurant carrying covered tray. He went to Mir Machamer's table, served the chicken and fixings. waited until the dishes were empty and took them away with him.
 Bets on Broadway
 The bout Broadway do not do much gambling. Except those Of course, who happen to be professional gamblers, and they do not try to prey on recog- nixed citizens of the big street. Show folk seem to enjoy studying the racing form and figuring out how much they would have lost if they had played their selections of the pro 1iouH day. They seldom actually go Co the races. afraid i they might miss something more a4cItina on x3foadwAys