Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-07
Lishts Of NewXork
BY L. L. STEVENSON

For a birthday celebration, he took
his best girl to one of those big
dine, dance and see-a-show places.
That doesn't lift him out OF the av-
erage class-many New Workers. do
the same thing. To continue: Left
witch budgeted his expedition care
fully. Advertisements stated there
was no cover charge, but for each
person a minimum of $3.50 was ex-
pected. So Leftwich figured the cost
of food and drink that wouldn't
exceed five bucks. He also allowed
dollar tip for the waiter, and with
Sc in the treasury, entered the cab
aret. After he had been seated,
he was informed that there was a
location charge" of so cents per-
son for that particular table. Since
the extra complicated matters, he
asked about tables without "loca-
ton charges" and was informed
there were none available. The up
shot was that Leftwich and his girl
friend dined and drank and the
waiter didn't get tipped.
Now here is what sets Leftwich
apart from his fellow citizens. New
Workers who have encountered hid
den surtaxes sometimes kick bit.
Mostly they have grumbled and
paid up. But Leftwich didn't act
like that. He made a complaint
to the police department. The de-
partment was interested and called
on the owners to show cause why
the license of the place shouldn't be
revoked because regulations had
been violated. There was hearing
and the cabaret owners succeeded
in showing that the location
charge wasn't a violation despite
the. fact that it hadn't been men
toned in the advertising. Never
thelesS, Leftwich came out of the
affair with some satisfaction.
AS a result of the hearing, the
regulations have been completely
rewritten. Cabarets that advertise
must set forth the various charges
that a guest will encounter. Also
they must post them at the en-
frances to their places and an
nounce them on table cards. Fur
thermore, the news must be broken
orally to the patron Immediately on
arrival. And thus Leftwich not only
proved himself different but brought
about protection for the stay-out-
lates of the big town.
The meekness of the New Yorker
isn't confined merely to enduring
gypping without doing anything
about it. The other afternoon in the
subway, I listened to a $3-a-day
guard bawl out a gentleman who
hadn't understood reply to the
question. The one who listened to
the trade, without uttering word
of protest and without taking the
guards number and writing to the
company, is a professional man
whose income tax is far larger than
the yearly salary of that guard.
Reports one of my spies: "Pass-
ing through Columbus circle at l
a. m, crowd, grouped in the
shadow of the monument to Ameri-
cas- discoverer, attracted my at
tention. 1t being too late for soap
box orators, I made an inveStiga-
ton. Behind the fence, a stately,
white-haired dowager, wearing a
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and back, and with sparklers on her
fingers, was doing muscle dance.
Much to the edification of all be-
holders, she kept it up until cop
came along and induced her to 60
with him. P. S.-The grand dame
was tight"
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare are
telling this one on themselves. On
their way back from a police bene-
fit over in Jersey, cop stopped
them for speeding and Hare tried
to talk him out of it.
''We're friends of the officers over
here" he said. "Fact is, we've
just played a police benefit. You
know uS-we're the Happiness Boys.
Haven't you heard us on the air?"
81 have" retorted the cop. "And
aren't you turrible."
Jones and Hare departed with a
ticket.
Scotch jokes as a rule do not find
favor with this department. But a
scout reports seeing in a Glasgow
paper one day story to the effect
that a gold piece had been found in
herring off the east coast of Scot
land. And the next day, the same
paper had a story that the Scotch
fishing fleet had moved from the
west to the east coast.
Bustop eavesdropping: "She tries
to talk to me about art and know
she goes around with fellow that
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