The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-27
In New York
ny GEORGE ROSS

city is still without c theme song and will continue to be without one until early in 1887 which is when the contest for Q suitable town tune oiilcially closes.
 So far, 1t is estimated, 900 lyrical ei2uslons have been entered in re- sponse Go our good mayors public advertisement that ran as fellows:
 wanted: A bard to turn
 out Q 'snappy' march song typical of our city, creating
 piece of work that will last
 forever"
 "New York.
 "Eiorello II. La 0uardia,
 Mayor"
 And tho Qershwlns, Herlins. Cole Porters and Carmichaels got to work.
 Those 200 tunes that are already in the safe box arc said to Do chiefly tho work of amateurs and they all await the decision Of the committed Ok 200 that will convene in June to m their ears with municipal ans thoMs. A widely selected jury 1t is, too, what with Deems Taylor, Paul Whiteman, Justice Mo0oldrick, Rudy vailee,' Professor Wilkins smith and Bandmastor Fred Waring among these ifnpanelled. The win- ner of their partiality has . cash award of 92000 ahead Of him end possible immortality as tho head iminnesinger of Manhattan.
 Thus fer, no ditty hos been sub- mitted by James J. Walker, although it is recolleeted that once HizzoneE thought of composing tho city's song and entltling it, "dive tho Old Town . Hand". He never acted on tho thought, however.
 Medicine Show Man
 Any time the familiar cry of "fS there c doctor In the houses" goes up in c Broadway theater, they gem orally send out for pr. Harry A Coveier. Docs busiest hours iie be- tween 0:30 and ii;30 ?. la., or be- tween the time the curtain goes ur and comes down. Although he practices In the bustiing Timei Square sector, where specialists art the vogue, he conducts virtually ( country doctors medical practice He has been called In, between the first and second acts, to supervise at maternity preliminaries, to rusi' q pleygoer to the hospital for c hasty appendeetoiny, to alleviate stoInaehache and to administer as' pirin.
 10 has also arrived just in time te find Q playgoer dead in his sect from c sudden heart attack. lr which case, he hos rushed tho corpse out of the theater before tho rest of the audience could Do dis | turbed. C..
 Mystery plays bring tho doctor out with the greatest frequency. During the run of that super thriller "Drac' ula", he spent most of his evening" l there, reviving ladies who had fal. | lon into c faint. Comedies doia'' get his attention much, although there have been ono or two cases ol oyer. .hysteria. "3 Men on HcTSo' roquired his attention for such or emergency not 60 long ago. tAdvt) Racy Story
 Add to the duinh-helle (a ll Oracle Allon) tales: A comedy weEicf visiting the race.track for the first time. The horses sailed in, spatetred with mud on c wet track, atid the jcckeys looked as though they hac just clambered through Ethiopian swainps. The young lady yawned Dear, dear" ahe eufgled, "after al the expense they went to iil putting | up this swell place, you'd think that at least they would have paved the track" \, 'sneies.i Big Radio Name
 Legai note, to be stored away if granite coFnerstoFo and exhiiiiet q hundred years from nov: MT Harry Einstein, of the Eddie can tor hour, applied, to the court ' order to have his name Legally changed to parkyarkakaus. The pe' titlon was denied. h
 Ol6vernmsnt CFlSls
 | Those WpA plays that the gov Il ernnont puts On ip New York hay produced their quota Of dizzy ateflll When the show. American Heli day," was done here, it seems tha everything was taken care of ~ tn isst moment, except the printing 2 tickets, xt aIso seems ttat the VIZ! chiefs here had no federal appEopsi i ationg for the sasne. WeiL wnat '
 Tinaiiy, the crisis was avoided ? selling tfie program concession ' afi Ollsider who, iii Fetufii, steed tll eKpeneo Of nlanufaet,iEine the all l cals. Anyway, lt cot the severn