Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-22
Lights Of NewXork
by L. L. STEVENSON

Down on Cedar street, housed in
a three-story, slant-roofed building,
is restaurant that dates back to
an era when New York was really
new. 1t was in 1900 that an English
man by the name of Porter began
business in that same building and
on that same site, Cedar street
then being known as Queen street.
Three other owners followed him
and then came Harry Kramer, the
present proprietor, who has been
there for years and years. The cash
register has been there even longer.
It bears the serial number 1000
and was purchased 81 years ago.
The employees also have had long
terms of service. Lizzie Dohrman,
a waitress, has been there 81 years.
The cobwebs that hung from the
rafters, Kramer AYERS, are the
same that served as decorations
when John Paine boarded h e
back in 1902.
Each day little coterie of men
prominent in Wall street gather at
a SCARED and bare table in the old
restaurant. Should they desire to
communicate with their offices,
they do so by means of a private
telephone hidden under the table.
]. Pierpont Morgan, the elder, was
steady customer. For many years
women were not served, which
probably was just as well since
bellies of other days might have
been shocked by the quaint place
where their husbands took their
lunches. But for prohibition, there
might still be barriers. Because
Kramer observed the law strictly,
his business suffered to such an
extent that to keep going he had to
permit feminine trade. Now ladies
are welcome and the little old res
taurant is still going strong after
1877 years.
No New York policeman wears
badge No. /. The reason is that
policemen's badges are reassigned
when the wearer dies, retires or
leaves the force, and are continued
in use until they wear out. The last
wearer of shield No. l was Walter
w. Barry, who retired in 1888 and
who now lives in Los Angeles.
Badge No. 2 was assigned to Ray
mond A. Adams, then a pro-
stationary officer, last March. Po-
icemen are superstitious concern
ing their badge numbers. No. 2 was
worn for IL years by Edward M.
Barry, no relation to the Barry of
badge No. 1, who is now sergeant,
and who holds that the number is
lucky. No. 10 is considered lucky by
its wearer, Robey R. Boothby,
while Philip P. Dampman, Jr., who
wears 1913, never thinks about it
so long as his pay comes regularly.
Broadway's newest free show is a
big electric sign. 1t is a different
kind of electric sign since instead
of simply showing or flashing a
scene, it gives complete show
which runs about 10 minutes. Two
thousand electric lights are used.
If the advertiser so desires, the
show can be changed daily. Three
writer's are employed to prepare
scenarios for the sign.
Over on Sixth avenue, there's a
big establishment crowded with all
kinds of gadgets connected with
housekeeping. It's one store I do
not like to enter for the simple
reason that usually I come out
broke. Looking in the windows costs
nothing, however.
Sometimes I wonder what Clar-
ence Muse does with all his spare
time. Since the first of the year
he has played in three motion pic
lures, has had starring roles in
two radio programs, and has given
a concert in the Philharmonic au-
ditorium in Los Angeles. And it
hustled me today to get this one
chore done.
Subway eavesdropping: 'He calls
her his dear wife - he'd oughter.
She costs him all he makes"
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service,