Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-06-24
Liahts Of New York
BY L. [. STEVENSON

GU INV q ohASoO VII "SSe
third street. . A crowd watching
men working in a hole in Fifth ave-
nue. A goggle-eyed throng peer
ing at one of those silt walkers,
who, sitting on top a sedan on Mas
sau street, is adjusting his long legs
for his days work. A crowd IN
front of the windows of a Broadway
cut-rate bookstore. Always hur-
rying New York! A legless
woman beggar, sitting on her little
cart, enjoying a piece of pie and a
cup of coffee in one of those open
faced roadway establishments.
Pitiful. =. That open space beside a
bank on Eighth avenue, just off For
ty-second street. Where pitch
men held forth for so long. Sell
ing everything from electric belts
to body builders. f.. Now protected
by a wire fence. and turned into
a parking space for buses.
Midtown Mirror: Phil Spitalny
exiting from Dawes Blue Room ac-
companied by is damsels. . He's
not the great lover. But is the
leader of an all-girl orchestra.
Arthur Godfrey, ex-coast guards
man who turned radio announcer,
chatting with a sergeant on recruit
ing duty in Times Square. Ted
Collins grinning as he stands in a
music store listening to a record
ing. He should, since the song
is by Kate Smith whom he man.
ages. Lanny Ross coming out of
Steinway hall where his office is To-
Gated. Deanne Durbin, Eddie
Cantor's young singing protege, at
Grand Central terminal escorted by
no less a person than Leopold Sto-
kowski. :. They came east to make
recordings for their new picture. :.
Carmen Lombardo, songsmith in his
WI right, at a Broadway publish
er's, tapping an appreciative toe to
a new tune by an unknown.
A pushcart man selling "coconut
Juice. With coconuts as a deco
ration, of course. A pushcart on
Ninth avenue where only caps are
sold. Something I just learned:
Each New Yorker used five gallons
more water last year than ever be-
fore. . Maybe because popcorn
appears on so many bars. A
hardware store window full of CAD
gets. Could spend a half hour
just looking. If I had time, of
course. Reminds me that that
combination of thermometer, ba-
rometer and hydrometer Jim Dalton
gave me is a peach. . Don't have
to read weather reports any more
Looks nice on the chifforobe
too. =. Renting agents busy again.
... This is the month when lease
signers are supposed to give notice
if they intend to renew. and the
leases don't expire until the last
day of September.
Down to the Chelsea piers with
sailing friends. Walter O'Keefe
saying good-by to Morton Downey
on his way to Ireland. A seller of
American flags looking for business
-. Flower vendors on the job also
Messenger boys rushing around
with kilograms. . and messenger
boys with long boxes of flowers.
Ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship con
versations increasing the general
babble. Visitors paying 10 cents
each as they board the ship. . .
Those dimes help care for sick and
destitute seamen.
Back in Times Square. :. Morton
Bowe, who suggests this theme for
drama critics, "Why Was I Bored?"
-. and Peter Van Steeden who tells
Of the song writer who was so deep
ly touched by "Song My Mother
Taught Me" that he went ahead and
rewrote them under different titles
Two taxicab drivers engaged in
an argument. With a cop stand
ing by just in case. A woman
sandwichman and a male sandwich
man strolling Broadway together. 4.
The oma advertising a tea room
=. . and the man a beauty parlor.
Gentlemen do not always prefer
blondes, according to Manhattan
college students. In fact, the year
book reveals that the young men
If that university have a preference
for brunettes. Their ideal girl has
lark brown hair and eyes, sincerity
and marked femininity; she can
cook, dance. talk intelligently about
sports, and understands the golden
quality of silence. The opinion was
hat a college education might in
crease a girls attractiveness but
was not a necessity.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.