The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
In New York
nY PAUL IIAlllsIGON

New YOrk.---There's nothing 10 tawdry aB a night club in the nf- ternoOn. The flatuient foyer. The man changing dead lights on the tin marquee, which will blaze glam- orously in the darkness. Tho pio- ture displays of nearly naked charmefs, looking vulgar In the hard light,
 The gloomy stairs. which have never seen the sun Tho check booths, as empty aB the thank.you of the girl who gets your quarter. Chairs piled on tables. SGrubbers and sweepers removing the pre- vious evenings litter. A man with can of gilt paint rofurniBhing some decorations. Windows are open, but, the place remains red. 0lcnt of sour, stale smoke. 4 Negro moves about, lnnEuidiy operating a hand spray filled with some scented stun.
 Terrific scene
 straw hated, shirt-sleeved and porspiring, . thin man rattlcs \ thin tune on tho plano while two girls, probably sisters, prac- tice . dance routine. They wear rolled stockings and dusty romp. or suits, and their hair is stringy In moist disarray. Tho smaller prettier one haits fn tho middle of . measure and swoaFs savagoly at the pianist. Tho latter only grins in response.
 At . table near the door lounge thpee men, Broadwayish, blue- JowleG, tired.i0oking. one says: ''Al calls me up and says the teams terrific, and ] says l don't soc nnything 50 terrific about 'em. But Al comes right back and says, 70 In the show, see. An don't yGd stie sSi sSionds %Ss' Ain. 2ss tsrr,fie9 .S s9s
 "ysah, that's terrific," agree the two listeners, shifting their cigars and cycling tho little blonde A Club Changes Its Spots
 A girl comes in from the street, smiles at the three men and asks ono of them: Did you want to sec ""Yoah, kid. You're fired. Drop in for your dough Friday" "Ohw She giances at the rompored dancers. They got my "Yeah. they got your spot. They're tergifIc."
 Says who?"
 'says AL"
 "Oh!" She smiled n kind of one.sided smile and goes! back down the stairs and out Into the crowd pausing | moment to watch tho man changing tho names on the marquee. Menndcrings
 Sign in a sixth Avenue cigar shop window: "WATCH THESE GIRLS STRiE--leaf tobacco'' {. A few doors away gypsy girl, member of ono of those fortune telling families who 1.-Two in vacant stores, sits in the show window and carefully makes up her face. Lip- stick, eyebrow pencil, rouge, pow der. And pays not the slightest attention to an amused circle of at least half q hundred spectators :. An old sandwich man with q long stubble of beard shnffles past. His signs advertise Blenhcim's Bar Der Shop.
 BIRD LIEE
 City bred sparrows loiter around the elevated stations, and watch closely when anyone puts Q penny In the peanut vending machipes. occasionally somebody will seat ter Q few nuts on the platform. City pigeons know about his game, too, but they're not very success ful. Too slow
 After wondering, about how men in lonely subway change booths pass their time I've found out about one of them. Some frolicsome people going home late the other night were trying out a dance step on q station platform, and whisfling the rhythm. Sud- denly came the resonant twang- ing of is banjo, playing the carl oca. It was the money-chaneer.