The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-05
BY PAUL HARRIsON

Miami, Fla The pockets of by linen suits and dinner jacket yield all sorts of random notes. un-
 used. as l begin to assemble my belongings for the trek back to
 Manhattan. Probably mostly trivia, but let's see:
 IS. end M. B. coney." Oh, yes. l meant to say that the south q J of Miami Beach is q transp.ant. d Concy Island corn games, sida- sfowks. refreshment stands. Baia-
 CTS and concessionaires who frl- low the sun. Coney in the sum
 mer, Florida in the winter. fairs and carnivals in spring and ,fnll
 This is the place where touriyts arrived in 1928 flivvers find their grant, than the wealthy folk ut other beaches who are sated with costly pleasures and obscssed by the surging social urge.
 "WVK's Jack, says another
 note. It means that William k. Vanderbilt sent his macaw Jack" to Don Dickcrmans Pirates Den" before he sailed for South America. Jack is beautiful bird, with honey of temper. ] of- tered him a tidbit and nearly lost finger.
 Scotching q RuMor
 "Ms wall" That means that a certain, hotel ma nbcgged me to write in this column that hoteis
 and apartment buildings here
 about aren't overcrowded, and that prices are no higher than last season. z He says Il lot of false t,-., !, the country to the effect that the height of the Florida season is very high indeed
 "Stall alarm. Bud May" Secms
 I had intended to comment on the elaborate precautionS taken at Hialeah Park to prevent tampor- | ing with race horses. Joseph l.. W.dcncr's veteran trainer. Bud May, has invented an. alarm sys- tenn. with red lights and sirei.s which tell when anybody enters q stable. This and the English sad ding stalls where spectators may watch the nags for half an hour before post time. are very reas- surfing to the bcttors.
 "Race nudie." A memo remind | ing me to comment on the out
 ,andish and skinny costumes ! 6 fellow q few days ago who was
 held tn. while returning from the
 race track and robbed of car, l money and clothes everything but q pair of shorts. He walked six miles back to his hotel with
 out attracting my attention. In fact, without being able to attract | any attention.
 | Ed Leedskalnin Y stone" That
 is q jot on siibarbanite who
 came here 20 years ago and Is still
 waiting for the sweetheart he left
 In Sweden. Meanwhile he has hew-
 cd stone house for her, with fur | niturc ali of solid stone. Some of the chairs weigh two tons. I think
 1t Is time somebody broke the news | to MT Leedskalnfn, as gently as
 possible. that no women ;, IS going
 to move into q house where she won't be able to rearrange the
 furniture every now and then.
 Gambling Dilemma
 | "Downs killing. gam. ban" = 1 q notation on the local gambling
 situation. With the exception of | wagering on horse and dog races, 1 games of chance are not legal past
 times here. Yet in past seasons gambling has been abandoned by Dade county authorities when and if they are convinced that 1t Is to
 be conducted with reasonable hon. esty.
 At this. writing. officials remain unconvinced. Consequently there
 is no gambling. Entrepreneurs of
 the hot-spots have been enduring
 profitless nights and sleepless days.
 Frequently they stroll into their
 game rooms and gaze sadly at the
 covered tables and the empty
 chairs of the coupiers.
 Not until ''the word" comes to
 them by grapevine, however. will they turn wheel for it is well
 known that there are some skilled axmen among local Cracker, depu-
 ties. and that these fellows. given a, Title provocatioh, can whittle q $50 O,000 night club into 8 very good likeness of a shambles.