The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-02
In New York
nv PAUL HARRIsON

New York.--A good many Green-
 wich Villagers who are not utterly
 intolerant of commercialism get
 jobs in the big department stores during the shopping rush. Some
 competent painters may be found daubing in the art supplies depart
 ments, painting lamp shades, max ing metal knicknacks, and the ike. I've just heard about young
 sculptor hired to boost the sales or
 modelling clay for children. m
 New York's Bohemia he is well
 known as paclfist; always Wrii- ing articles and talking bitterly about armament races, nnnitionb scandals and military training Day before Christmas he was busy with a little figure of Christ when
 woman among the crowd Of on-
 lockers asked him where the tcy
 soldiers were to be found. Guns, tanks, battieships, soi-
 dicrs and other toys which will help to train children in the ideas of wholesale murder and destruc- ton are sold at the end of this aisle, madam" said he.
 Scarlet and furious, she bustledr away and reported him. He was fired. too. but not before he had
 delivered n little speech about peace-on earth to the remaining bystandcrs. Seemed quite happy as he doffed his smock and started
 back to his village studio.
 Linitatiops
 The holidays were raw and chll- Iy in Gotham, and what with the great bursts of merrymaking along Broadway must have been cspc- cinlly depressing to the shiyering, hungry, joblcss actors who gath cred ns usual on the sidewalks of 1ongacre Square. In front or Q group of them the other day II traffic jam brought to halt q very grand limousine complete with chauffeur, pretty girl wear ing mink and orchidg, and a SIX hated, happy young man. The stage folk looked on and made comments. A beautiful girl, all right. Coat must have cost five grand. Swell car, too. And the mar-apparently nothing to do but go places, have fun and clip
 coupons.
 "Aw, you guys don't know when you're well off," said the gnunt- est, most thinly clad of the on- lockers. That poor fcllah can't actw
 Armament
 In one of Broadway's many taxi dance halls works (and 1t is workl | n young lady (and she is n lady)
 who pointedly rejects all attentions of customers in her off hours. | Won't go 10 dinner with them;
 won't allow anyone to take her | home.
 Her greatest admirer has been il gentleman (and apparently he's | really n gentleman) Of middle age and shy demeanor. She dances with him because that's her job, but at q. m., they're strangers | again, and she goes home alone.
 He worried about that; even of- | fered to send his chauffeur and car
 every night. She refused. He said ho'd hire q private detective to bc
 sure she got home safely. Nothing | doing.
 He learned her address somo-
 how, and on Christmas she re- ceived package. The wrappings and box were 6t for pearl neck lace. Inside was the man's card; below it, with engraved silver
 handle, was q small blackjack.
 Hollywood Miracle
 Norman Krasn1, the ex-0hice
 boy who turned playwright and sconarist, didn't get back to Broad- way for the holidays aB he had expected. The movie concern for
 which be works had planned to
 Scnd him, but it changed it's mind. | heeng that this company had bought n New York molOdramn GhlIod Small Miraclo". bought jt but had trouble adapting t for | tho Hcroon. MT KraBnn was called
 in and asked to help with the Job,
 and ono Of the executives thought
 it would be \ good plan first to
 send him to Manhattan and aeG | just how the thing was being done
 on tho stnRe. Probably he'd get a lot of valuable pointers md better
 understand the Idea of the story. KrnaDa was nll ready to stnrt
 whom h0 got A curt order 10 cans
 eel his raaorvatioDs. Somebody et
 Inc studio had just discovered that Mr Krasnn wnH the author Of
 "Hmnll Mlrnale." assIsted at re- heargais, and had witnessed its