Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-29

BY L. l.. STEVENSON
Children now play where once the
wealthy and the Broadway crowd
made merry. Two acres of play
ground mark the site of the Central
Park Casino. The Casino was built
back in 1864 But not until 1929 did
it really become prominent. Then,
at an expenditure of about $500, 900,
a corporation, with number Of the
towns well-knowns as contributing
members, transformed it into what
might have been called a monument
of the Gilded age. Then it became
the rendezvous of those who could
pay for their fun. New Years res
ervations were SIS each and includ-
ed only a place at table, some
thing to eat and foolish favors. Gin
ger ale, sparkling water, etc., came
extra-plenty extra. At other times,
prices were in keeping. Many an
innocent visitor, thinking the Casino
merely a restaurant in public
park, was much embarrassed by
his check for sandwich and cof-
fee, and some were unable to pay.
Park Commissioner Moses holds the
view that the city's parks are for
all the people and not merely for
the elect. So the Casino came down.
And now kids play on it's site. Suits
me. Play places for the rich and
powerful don't belong in parks-un-
less they can be shared by others
with nothing in their pockets.
Discovery of what is held to be
the smallest livable house in New
York was made recently during
garden tour conducted for the bene-
fit of Greenwich Village settlement
house. 1t is on Jones street in the
rear of a cooperative apartment
building with an entrance through an
underground passage at No. %. The
little brick house stands in the midst
of beautiful garden and is itself
decorative. Its two stories extend
upward 18 feet and it is 20 feet
wide and 10 feet deep. Each floor
is one room. The occupant of the
city's smallest house is a young
Wellesley graduate who lives alone
and calls herself a recluse. Tradi-
ton has it that the little house was
once a "slave house." There are
many legends concerning it but its
real history seems somewhat OBJ
scure. Seems as if it would be fun
dwelling in a place like that.
A clipping, which first appeared
about so years ago and which lately
made its appearance in slightly
modified form to fit the times, was
sent to me by Mrs. Helen Hawkins,
Piney Fork, Ohio. It gave me
chuckle so I'm passing it along.
CATER Jessie had been at board
ing school few weeks, she began
signing her letters home, "Jessica."
Brother Tom thought he would give
her little dig about it so he wrote:
"Dear Jessica: Dadica and Nom
lea have gone to visit Aunt Lizzica.
Uncle Samica is talking of buying
a new machinica but he doesn't
know whether to get F'ordica or
Chevica. The old cowica has had
a calfica. I was going to call it
Nellica, but changed it to Jimica
because it was bullica. Your af-
fectionate brother, Tomica."
Writes E. l.. from Chicago: Elm
a restaurant near Times Square
last week, some one traded hats
with me. AS far as appearances
went, I lost money because my hat
was new and the one I received in
exchange had undergone long and
arduous usage. However, in search
ing for initials or other marks that
might lead to Identification of the
snapper, I found a ten-dollar bill
beneath the sweat band. AS I had
paid Loop store $3.50 for my kelly,
I take the viewpoint that some
smart New Yorker paid me $3.50 for
wearing it to your town."
Friends of Frank Black have no
ticed that he never becomes enthu-
siastic over a piece of music until
he finds out who composed it. 1t
seems that the prolific Black has
been embarrassed no end on several
occasions by expressing complete
approval of song or an arrange
ment only to discover later that he
had written it himself several years
before.
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
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