The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-24
In New York
csysiAhs Mss. NEA
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, March 24-Signs of Sn' ing: The newly painted tables at all sidewalk cafes. Signs in the ele- V ed railway stations: Baseball Today at the Yankee Stadium" ," Subway trains jaInmed every Sun- day with hikers bound for Van Cortland Park instead of ski fans heading for Grand Central Station.
 The first bootleg hurdy-gurdy The rotogravures showing chor- ines from Broadway night club blinking in the midday sun while posing in the Rock Garden atop Radio City.
 White-clad ice-cream hawkers weaving in and out of parked cars on congested streets. The expected arrival of the United States Navy in the Hudson River. The carbon- monoxide in the air, with every thing on four wheels hauled out of winter storage. Wall street workers sn -ozing in the noon-day sun on Trinity Churchyard's benches.
 
 Staging a Welcome
 The difficulty of securing seat cil any Fifth Avenue bus top at any time of the day. The first bathing suit windows in the shop ping sector on Thirty-fourth street. The elaborate plans of the summer theaters overflowing the drama page5. The sudden decrease of fifty tiny air-proof night clubs. Book beer signs in every barrooin window from the Battery to the Bronx. Politi- clans sponsoring May parties on the green at Central Park for constitu- ents' progeny.
 At least twenty new vegetarian restaurants. New straw hats on al: the wholesale butchers along West street. Oyster bars sud. denly converted into clam-chow- der stands. Tops removed from most taxis. Crowds in front of all the fishing tackle stores along Chambers street. The first heart- br ,ken chorus girl fired because of sunburn.
 The re-appearance of Planters Punch on the hotel wine lists. T'c smart shops shuttered on Sat- urday. Racetrack bookies working out isl the open again. Golfers, on their way to the municipal links, sitting sleepily in the subways at six a. m. on Sundays.
 Darkened theaters in the forties. The three sheets in front of the Metropolitan Opera House announce ing next seasons schedule-which begins in December. Sailors rowing once more on the lake in Central Park. The annual open-air are ex- hibit in Greenwich Village. Steam ship folders becoming the best sell- ing literature. Fishermen filling all the Sheepshead Bay-bound trains. Tho substitution of green shutters for brown ones on all the FHth avenue mansions.
 Airing Views, Too
 Columbus Circle crowded once again wit.l u; nightly collection of Soapbox orators. Open-air street cars. Mayor LaGuardia opening an- other playground. The garlands of freJh garlic strung across the carts on Pearl street. The sudden popu- larity of people who live in pent- houses. Two circuses. The pun gent aroma Of fresh roasted cof- fee in the vicinity of Hudson street.
 White-clad Porto Ricans who ply cricket every Sunday in Var Cortland Park. Children cavort. in, at "potzy", defacing the side. walks. Roller skaters on the Mall The increase of hansoms and oper victorias in the square facing tht Plaza. Excursion boats plying uI and down the Hudson. Sixty-eighl II W orange drink stands on Broad. way between 42nd and 59th streets Flowers in commuters buttonhole: early in the morning near Grant Central and Pennsylvania Stations Fewei photos of society fclk seat. ed ct night club tables. The Spring Meeting at the Belmont Park race tract.
 Apartment dwellers homewart b0unl with seed catalogues undel thsir arms. The disappearance ci th ice-slgatlng rink in Rocke. fcller Plaza. The bright greer lawn on either side oE st. Pat. ricks Cathedral. The auctioneerl in the fradulent midtown auc' tisn parlors cronklng away iT tleir shirtsleeves. Office coats or the lax. drivers. ehipwreck Kcl. iy sitting on q fiagpoles somewhere "TFnu" pushers.