Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-04-15
Lights Of New York
by LII. STEVENSON

Present and Past: Every day at
noon, a small, very gray man,
usually wearing gray suit, ac-
is stone deaf, walks up Broadway to
the Astor. None of the hurrying
main aisle crowds pay the slightest
attention to either one. When the
two old men enter the hotel, every
thing changes. Greetings fly thick
| and fast and when they are seated,
many come to their table to ex-
change few words. That monday
| Broadway stroll dates back Is
years. When it was new, many spoke
to the two men, many turned to
stare after them. The smaller one
| is Joe Webber, of the famous COM
edy team of Weber and Fields.
His companion is his brother Mark.
Elusive Winter: Jane Froman was
chosen queen of the winter sports
carnival at Lake Placid. At her
coronation, New Years day, there
wasn't even a snowflake on the
ground so her swagger ski equip
ment went begging. A short time
ago, she received an invitation to
return to Lake Placid. Use for her
skiing outfit was promised since
there was plenty of snow. Delay
ensued before Miss Froman re-
ceived the invitation as it had to
be forwarded to her. She was down
in Florida basking in the warm sum
shine.
City Scene: An old law tenement
being remodeled to comply with
fire laws Mortar being mixed
in a basement Colored hod-
carriers YEARLY Flooding their way
up stone steps, their backs bowling
with their burdens One, darker
than his companions, grinning as he
follows the line On his right
shoulder, heavy bod On his
left, little black kitten.
Cow Hands: Recently, there was
reference to a job in early youth
one that ended with being fired after
80 days. Writes H. T. NJ, Dallas:
Gas kid, my first job was driving
a COW from town to pasture. The
pay was so cents a month and I
worked one month. But there the
parallel ends. I didn't get fred-I
quit. New York is one of my dream
cities. London is the other. I have
never visited either but hope to
some day." And I'd like to be down
in Dallas enjoying Texas spring.
Committing Joys: After a long
hard day in the office, Mamaro-
neck resident stopped for a few
revivers before boarding his train.
The car was hot and he promptly
dropped off to sleep. The next thing
he knew, he was in Stamford, Conn.
Annoyed no end, he boarded the
next train back, only to go to sleep
again and slumber until he reached
Grand Central. Fortunately, he
didn't have to wait long for another
train. Once more he fell asleep and
when he awakened, the train was
just about to leave what he thought
was his station. After he hit the
platform, he discovered that he was
in New Rochelle. He gave up then
and took a taxi.
Moving Trees: Hundreds of trees
within a hundred miles of New York
have been photographed and care
fully catalogued. The Worlds Fair
is the reason. Recently bids were
opened for 500 large trees to be
moved to the site of the fair. In
cluded are American elms with
trunks Is inches in diameter and
heights of from 48 to IS feet, with
a branch spread of from "a to 40
feet. Since the requisition calls for
earth balls of unusual size to pro-
tect the roots, the total weight of
some of the larger specimens will
run up to Is tons each. The big
fellows will come to the fair on flat
cars and barges. Others will be
transported by trucks at hours when
traffic is extra light
NlSIlC A1dTIIl. "A lesser Known sing
Ell who aspires to the heights sud-
denly lost his voice. Try as he
would, he could not make sound.
Gripped with horror, he summoned
all his energies and endeavored to
burst into a mighty yell. At that
moment, a loud knocking caused
him to leap from bed and rush to
the door. Outside, he found COM
pany of excited neighbors. Then he
learned that in his nightmare, he
had been screaming like a siren.
Looking much like a clothing ad,
] he stood at Forty-second and Broad
way waiting for the traffic signal
/ to change. A sudden gust of wind
whisked his stylish soft hat from
his head, carried it high in the air
and laid it right in the path of a
crosstown trolley car. With wave
of gray-gloved hand and smile,
he turned into the nearest mems