Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-30

By L. L. STEVENSON
Economics: A diner at one of
those snooty and expensive West
chester roadhouses told the waiter
to serve two orders of fresh shrimps
with his dinner. Instead of eating
them, the diner waited until the
waiter turned his back. Then he
wrapped the shrimps in a napkin
and slowed them away in his pock-
ct. A scout for this department,
who happened to be present, made
inquiries and learned from the diner
that he has dozen small turtles
which he cherishes highly. Turtles
tire of diet of ant eggs and are
especially fond of shrimps. So in
his pocket was a big meal for his
pets. The scout did bit of fgur-
ing. At that eating place, shrimps
are rs cents an order, which con-
sists of six-and small turtles re.
tail at dime each.
Ingenuity: Two small boys,
equipped with a pole on the end of
which was piece of chewing gum,
were fishing for quarter through
the subway grating in front of one
of those old brownstone tenements
on Central Park West. The janitor
came out and chased them. When
the lads had vanished, the janitor
came up from the basement with
a big hook and short ladder. Re-
moving section of the grating
with the hook, he descended by
means of the ladder, pocketed the
quarter, came up, replaced the graf
ing and returned the ladder to the
basement. Then he resumed his
business of polishing brass ratings.
Tops: More fat women ride the
Brighton local of the B. M. T. sub
way than any other line g. More
bundles and packages are carried
aboard the Interborough subway
trains at Fourteenth street than any
where else along the whole system
More newspapers are read on
Washington Heights trains
More books and magazines are read
on Bronx expresses The great
est mob scenes are at the Grand
Central end of the Times Square
shuttle during rush hours The
deepest subway station is at One
Hundred and Eighty-first street :.
| The highest elevated station is at
One Hundred and Tenth street on
the Sixth and Ninth avenue lines
The coolest station is the lower
level of the Fifth avenue stop of the
Independent system The long
est subway station in the world is
the Forty-second street station of
that same line.
Brief: New York's shortest street
is Edgar street, which starts at 20
Trinity place and runs through to
Greenwich street. Its length is only
about 40 feet and it is possibly a
dozen feet wide. So short is it that
a sandwich shop runs the entire
length of the downtown side, with
entrances on Greenwich street and
Trinity place. On the uptown cor
ner on the Greenwich end is another
sandwich shop and on the Trinity
place end there's a store dealing in
hosiery and other articles for wom-
en-. But despite it's brevity, Edgar
street has sign at each end. And
when inspected by this correspond
ent, there was sign on the Trinity
place side which announced that
it was closed to through traffic
Starts: Nadine Conner first lured
fame across the footlights as con-
cert pianist. Severe stomach trou-
BILE convinced her she should sing
to strengthen the abdominal mus
cles. So she renowned the piano
and entered on a new career as a
soprano /. Barry Mckinley, bari
tone, got his start on the air as
soprano. He sang falsetto as a sub
stitute for one of the NORM sisters
who was taken ill during broad
cast And the station put him
on as a staff vocalist Jolly Co.
burn is Radio Rows representative
of the United States Naval acade-
my Jerry Cooper was steve
dore on the New Orleans docks. In
spare time, he was shortstop for the
New Orleans Orioles, a semi-pro
baseball team.
Information: Dorothea Lawrence
likes to pull this one at house par
ties: "Who's the treasurer of the
United States?" Eight of ten usu-
ally answer "Morgenthau" The
correct reply is w. A. Julien, whose
name graces the nations currency,
g Bell Syndcate.-WNU Service