Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-21

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New York, Aug 2O.-Randomusing
To an old-fashioned Greenwich Viii
lage shindig the other night, but the
guests were sad-eyed and lacking in
zip. MOT smock appeared on a
lady artist and none of the gentle
men wore boards. The quota of "in-
teresting characters was not present
as of yore-remenlber the poet twas
it Max Bodenheim) who recited from
his works while standing on his head
or the pink-cheeked lad who wore one
of Pancho Villas gold teeth for a
watch fob?.. No, the gathering was
sedate and heavy with economic pro
nouncements from the lips of folk
who had never been, able to order
their own economy very successfully
However, one odd personality or
rather a practitioner of an odd pro-
fession-did show up. 4 only talked
to him briefly but I discovered that
he was from out of town and con-
nected with what believed he called
a skip catcher" service. His firm
undertakes to locate fly-by-nights
! who forget to pay hotel bills or for
get that they are married. The
quarry nearly always is brought to
heel . The hardest town in which to
locate shippers is New York. ). Once
a husband and wife quarreled and
both ran out of the house simultan-
eously to head for far places be-
fore long each had employed the skip
catching bureau to locate the other.
:. .Taturally, that case was a cinch.
Most peoplL who are unfamiliar
with the penalties of city life would
be amused and amazed to see that
huge truck of the Parks Department
which goes about the city showing the
citizens what a country garden looks
like The garden is an elaborate
affair and convincing even to folks
from the 'tater selt. Although it.
dc es seem odd to watch a garden row.
ing around MI .,hattan. :. There the
standard garde" decorations mari
Colds and fuch5;as and black-eyed
susans; roses, mint, thyme and for4
get-me-nots Also sprigs of peanut
vines, tobacco plants beans, corn and
other vegetables. The humorous
note is the sample of .ragweed EN-
closed in cellorhane-so residents in
the Bowery won't get hay fever. =.
- ike IuG .1Ld1ldu 1l1dSC, sONclt
the St. George in Brooklyn, as =, GOOD
example of the honey ;.nd informal
quality that is creeping into. The "a
barets of the town. "A few year:
back the trend was toward puttin.
On the ritz in the stiffest and mos
depressing fashion. Now it's to-
ward comfort and very few of The
bottles require evening rig, even il
winter = The aforementioned resort
is one of the few Brooklyn rendezvous
(what is the plural of that word?}
that manages to draw custom away
from Broadway itself. =. The maste;
of ceremonies asks the customers tc
add verses to an endless and nicely
naughty song that is sung every nigh
land those who are fortunate enough
to have contributions accepted are
rewarded with bottle of champagne.
A lifeguard at one Of the Dig
beaches tells me that the sun must
he hotter around New York than eve;
before-at least in The five FEARS If
his duty guarding swimmers from
| their own foolishness. ;. He lays ne
spends more time treating people FOR
sunburn than in rescuing them from
drowning - And sunburn can be as
| fatal as deep water, TOO.