The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

I strange birds hang around New Yorks hotel lobbies, but I never had seen on eagle pass the desk clerk until I wandered into the Gotham the other day.
 It was not the Blue Eagle, but Q genuinee British Hawk eagle who answers to the name of MT. Ram shaw, Is from scotland's deepest wilds and gets around the globe e good deal with his friend and owner, Captain Q. w. R. Knight, M. O., F.R.P.S. and F.Z.S. (De- spite the Alphabetical appendage, I give you my word again that the Blue Eagle has nothing to do with it.)
 Anyway, MT. Ramshaw took the elevator with his guardian; I foi- lowed and my original intent of stopping ct Tallulah Eankhead's in the Gotham was forgotten. (After oil, Scottish Hawk eagles don't check Into Manhattan hos- telfies every day In the week, al- though the late Harry Reichen- bach once moved in with Q iion,) We three were hurtled up to the 0otham's roof and the Captain deposited the spread eagle in a corner of the solarium for c sun. bath and outdoor meditation. Then he explained why he travels with Q rara avis aS c companion on his many journeys.
 Pays His Way
 Captain Knight, Q British army omeer, Is on eagle fancier by pro- fession. He once travelled 4,O00 miles up country from Capetown, South Africa, to capture Q Black Martial Hawk Eagle whom he later named James Steyn and who is now stopping at the London Zoo, indefi- nitely. MT. Ramshaw, however, Is his particular palsy -walsy; besides, he has Q steadier stomach for trav- cling than Jimmy and has crossed the ocean Il times with his proprie- tor, taking to sea voyages as Q duck takes to water.
 vicious9 Not ct oil. Although monarch of the air on his home grounds, Mfr. Ramshaw behaves like Q true British gentleman when he's with the Captain. He positively does not bite and is genial, I can vouch, to strangers. But there is nothing he can do about his claws SO that the cap- tain must handle him with heavy, protective kid gloves. Tn inclem- ent weath, Mir. Ramshaw comes In out of the storm from the Gotham roof and spends the night in the captains apartment, where he dozes of on the chaise lounge. For nourishment, he favors the white meat of turkey and little green salad, afterward. But he has not much taste for deini- -tasse. On his meanderings around the universe, the eagle earns his board and keep by showing off while the captain is .lecturing in various town halls on African ad- venture. MT. Ramshaw doesn't mind; just perches himself on the speakers table and minds his own business while the captain fires away. And he's never made any attempt to escape.
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 Rising Anger
 Visitors back from Washington are complaining because "The Star Spangled Banner" is played in cap- ital night clubs as Q means of forc- ing patrons to abandon their drinks while they stand. So that walters may remove them and thus enforce the new midnight curfew law when the hour is late.
 "It is uniting and improper" 1" the returning visitors wall, sto play the national anthem in such an atmosphere.
 Stepping the Show
 Hecklers are the bane Of any per- formers life. Out in the glare Of the spotlight, the entertainer gets the worst of it when . pest in the audience becomes helllcose.
 Harry Richman got 6 sample Of such the other night when he made his debut at the Versailles club. Halfway through his aet, 6 lady, d6cOllets and drunk, kept up . yell for half an hour, eofl- nlanding Riehman to sing s9tormy Weather. Although ig- |noFed, she refused to shut up Ylnally, in disgust. Rlehnan ah- FuptIy wheeled about end left thf li00F. And refused to SO on Witk me aet until the nuisance he'd been senliy elected from ths lDEemleeg.