Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By L. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES


ben, the restaurateur, came across
a bit of sure-fire panhandling the
other afternoon. He was entering
his East Fifty-eighth street dining
place when he noticed an old man
who was squatting near the door
step and engaged in polishing set
of false teeth with his handker-
chief.
''Nice and shiny, amt they, bud
dy?" the old man asked as Reuben
stopped to watch him.
Eyes. I guess they are" was the
puzzled reply.
WELL" remarked the old man
significantly, that's because they
haven't been used in two days"
Naturally, Reuben took the gaffer
inside and those false teeth did more
work than they'd had in month
Police Have to Peek: One of the
big motor car companies made
sale of considerable size to a nation
overseas. Events over which tn e
gentleman who placed the order had
absolutely no control, occurred and
as a result, the order had to be
cancelled. In the meantime, the
cars had been built and thus the
company had them on its hands.
Since that particular car is in heavy
demand, that wasn't so bad but all
the cars, being built for foreign
trade, were right-hand drive. Final
ly, a deal was made with the New
York state police and to conform
to American conditions, the drive
was changed from right to left.
It was a shift excellent in every
way except for one trifiing omission
everything was changed except
the windshield wiper. The result is
that the cops using those particular
cars have to do lot of neck twist
ing in rainy weather.
Out in the Open: In these days,
new designs in trolley cars are a
bit rare. However, over in Brook
lyn, some Of the patrons of the
surface lines are really riding on
rubber, the Brooklyn Queens
Transit company having put 100
cars of new design into service re-
Gently. Not only do they have rub
Der springs but the wheels also are
rubber-cushioned Those who have
tried them out say there is a Pull
man effect, which seems strange
in street transportation. The cars
are streamlined and look much like
busses. Also. when he wants to
put on brakes, the motorman uses
a foot pedal instead of a hand
gadget. The first fare on the first
car was collected by Mayor La
Guardia and was paid by William
S. Menden, president of the E. M. T.
and the B. Q. T. And to those who
joshed the mayor about taking
money from traction interests, Mr..
LaGuardia replied it was all right
if done in public.
No Audiences: Helen Hayes con-
sented to go back ON the radio only
on the promise that there would be
no studio audiences. The reason
for that is that the first lady of
the theater, accustomed to playing
in theaters filled from front to back
and from top to bottom, is abashed
in studio because she has to let
down her visible audience to play
up to a microphone.
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 gold piece had been found in
a herring off the east coast of Scot +
land. And the next day, the same
paper had a story that the Scotch I
fishing fleet had moved from the I
west to the east coast.
Bustop eavesdropping: ''She tries !
to talk to me about art and 1 know
she goes around with a fellow that /
eats garlic"
g Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service