The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-26
Workers
Labeled as
Provincial
Villages Making Up City
Each Possessed Of
Local Characters.
BY HELEN WORDEN
Times Special Writer

- EW 1Ohh, June Zo.-N6" VI
' is nothing more than a series
Of villages. Each one has its local
characters. shops, restaurants and
parties. New Workers are the most
provincial persons in the world, as
far as their own villages go.
Take the Ghetto. for instance. the
section that runs from E l4th-st
Down to Grand. The character of
that part of town is Alexandroff, the
letter writer. Everybody in the
neighborhood knows him The
neighbors come to him to write their
| letters, give them advice about poll
tics and settle their love affairs. He
is Russian great big man with
high cheek-boneS and a long, ed
beard. and he uses an old type
writer that has Russian characters
on it. He lives in back of a little
shop. The only sign on the VIM
dows is the word Information"
In the last month or two he's
given up any active part in writing
love letters. He says love causes
too much fighting. No matter what
happens, the couples always blame
him.
Little Hungary, the old cafe where
Theodore Roosevelt used to 60 at
l43 Houston-st, is near Alexandroff
The building is there, but it is only
used for weddings and banquetS
now. Max Schwartz, the old pro-
prietor, still owns it. But ne is sell
dom here. If you want to gee it,,
there is some man to take you
through. show you the corner where
Roosevelt sat and the full-length
portrait of him that hangs in the
main lobby.
Yorkville for GOuIash
If you want goulash, try Yorkville
for it, Not the big restaurants on
E. 86th-st, but the smaller ones off
on the side streets. I know of one
near E. 95th-st on Madison-av,
where you have to telephone before
hand to order the dinner. Chicken.
paprika and goulash is the speciality.
1t costs IS cents.
The Brewery Restaurant. 407 F.
55th-st, is a famous spot, not only
for local color, but good food and
fashionable patronage.
They have swell hors d'ouvreS at
the Swedish Rathskeller in the cell
lar on the northeast corner of SIND
st and 3rd-av. Smorgasbord, I
think they call them in Swedish.
III tell you another place I like
lot. It's over on 36th-St across from
Keen's Chop House. They give you
so many hors d'ouvres to eat that
you haven't room for anything else.
There is a little bit Of every ma
tionality in Chelsea. When Paisley
shawlS were in fashion, a lot of
Scotch weavers settled on w. 18th
st. They still call the block they
lived on Weaver's Row.
ArtistS-of Politics
To the south of Chelsea, on the
edge Of Greenwich Village. is a
Spanish section. One of the most
interesting Spanish delicatesSens in
the city is on 14th-st close to 9TH
av. AS the street nearS the river, it
turns Portuguese. If you branch off
CT CharleS-st, you'll run into any
mber of Portuguese restaurants
and shops.
There are few artists left In
Greenwich Village. but you can still
find plenty of politicians-Alderman
Sullivan and Sheriff Culkine. The
character is Teddy RoXbury, ward
boss Of the district. He was born in
the village and brought up on
CharleS-St AS a little boy he played
in CHARLES Lancer Pig Alley, as he
called it, because an old woman who
owned pigs lived on it,
Teddy'S great friend is Buck Nc
Neil. the volunteer life saver of the
Battery. He's saved something like
$50 lives. Buck is so accustomed 10
diving off the Battery wall to rescue
some one that he hardly stops TO
take off his coat. The last time he
jumped in, he was smoking his pipe.
When he hauled his man ashore, he
was still smoking his pipe. Buck has
a truckful of medals.
Bill Quigley, the Battery boatman,
also is Irish. He was born and
brought up in New York and, outside
of rowing around the bay in his
boat. he's never been off Manhattan
Island. once some friends tried to
persuade him to take a trip to New
Jersey But he backed out at the
last minute 1t was too far.
Mrs. Morris Corbin, 727 Fairfield
av. will entertain members of Phi
Theta Delta Sorority tonight at her
home.