The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-26
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON
o io3s NEA

marriage--as some marriages will went on the shoals of separation recently. And the fellow was oblig- ed to put notices in some of the newspapers; you know After this date I shall not be responsible for debts of my wife, Sally Glisp :" Up to that time he had no idea how many people were interested in the tribulations of unhappy husband. But during the ensu- ing few days he found out. He got letters from moving and stor- age companies, seven of them. He got letters from the agents of Mexican divorce mills explaining how cheaply and quickly one can secure one's freedom just by catch ing southbound plane.
 Circulars arrived from steam ship companies implying that a cruise would be just the thing for his frazzled nerves. Two private detective agencies wrote to him, one coming right out with the in- formation that 1t specialized in shadowing people and collecting divorce evidence. Two hotels, off, fering all the comforts of home, dispatched little notes. Advertise mepts came from thre laundries specializing in bachelor work. Also there were two long letters from ladies, each describing herself as young, beautiful. lonely, domesti- cally inclined and sympathetic.
 Whats in Names?
 Stro1lers on mid-Fifth Avenue are likely to notice a rug emporium named Barkis Willing & Co.,, and to wonder whether 1t has anything to do with the always-willing Mr. Barkis in David Copperfield." It has.
 The place is owned by a group of importers and wholesalcrs; so many. in fact. that all their names couldn't possibly be used over this esta blishment. At the organization meeting there was good deal of talk about what to call the store. and one of the partners said he had an uncle with good, agreeable sort of Willing. Another partner, an admirer of Dickens, said how about "Barkis Willing ?" That drew a laugh, but everyone agreed to 1t.
 Record Workout
 New York has a public Musical Library on 58th street where mu- sic lovers, mostly students, check out records and play them in a glass; nclosed auditor room. Oth- 1ns n fhnVn n- lected recordings of several sym phonies, and finally had his turn at tho photograph. He took off his coat, unrolled a little package and removed a baton, started one of the symphonies and began to conduct 1t. He worked furiously, now cautioning the brasses, now bringing up the violins. waving his arms and perspiring.
 Quite a crowd had collected at the windows by the time he fin ished the third selection. wrapped up the baton, donned his coat. emerged grinning Sheeplshly, and took & bow.
 Sitting Pretty
 AuCLlOH 5hlcb III ANcW LOiht SVVh the ones of expensive objects of art. draw q good many curiosity seekers and art lovers without money. So many, in fact, that potential cash customers would be unable to at- tend--if 1t were not for the prac- tice of hiring sitters-in.
 That's why, when an auction be- gins you're likely to find seats oc- cupied by & hundred or more young men recruited from some nearby Y. M. C. A. They're paid dollar q head to hold the choice places, surrcndering them only to the right people. This scheme provides q good source of income because the collectors also tip generously when they come in. Clarence Mackay. who attends a lot of auctions, usual ly gives the lucky occupant of his seat $20 bill.
 Sucker Center
 Gothamites allow themselves to be swindled by street peddlers, taxi drivers who pretend never to have change for a dollar, gyp auc- tionccrs, beggars who obviously are undeserving and night club wait CTS. They sit in awe of walters who happen to know . few words of French, but derive no comfort from being able to speak better
 English than the men who serve them.
 Your typical New Yorker per-
 mits himself to be rnaulcd and
 bullied unmerclfuliy by subway guards. Sometimes he feels like mutiny against the harsh routine of metropolitan living, but he never deserts. He hasn't . vegtigc of civic pride, and IA perfectly wii- ling to agree with any critic that