Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-26
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New York, Oct. 26.-This is the
| kind of letter every scribl,er on the
towns cuff likes to get. It's from a
lass who signs herself "Tillie the
TOiler," of La renee Massachusetts:
After all tie years I've read your
column why didn't I know that in
New York odd streets are one-way
west and even streets one-way east
=. That there is a Soldiers and Sail
ors Monument of very impressive di-
mansions on Riverside Drive, as well
as Grants Tomb That the display
in street markets extends all the way
from underwear and stockings to fish
as we'll as the fruits and vegetables
they might reasonably be expected to
offer. :. That Thursday you pay to
see the Bronx Zoo and the Metropoli-
tan Museum collects on Fridays (Yup!
It's just our sort of luck to go to
| them in that ORDERLY =. that some
! monkeys will fight for bananas and
others have to be coaxed to allow any
to lie in their cage to be picked up
afterwards.
THAT so much brasswork with
such a beautiful polish on it is to be
found near the sidewalks on all the
important-looking buildings. that
the puclicised plight of New York
children is cheat, if the number of
amusements, parks, Fairgrounds, and
play streets, with their hordes of hap
py, active youngsters, is any criterion
-. that so few celebrities are bounc-
ing around in the open that the only
one we could even imagine we saw
To n1y
to adjust a window in the rear of his
place. :. that there is so much color
in the Times Square signs.
THAT taking a drink at soft drink
stand is apt to put you in the au-
dience of beaming Edwin Arnold
appearing gent running down all the
well-known brands of soap and try
ing to sell you his own brand which
nobody ever heard of. that Rockefel-
Ter Center is so chaste and ornamen-
tai in appearance, and SO plentiful
and varied in it's attractions. that
so many things could be under. con-
struction or out of repair as there was
in the Museum of Science and Indus
try just after Labor Day-that such
wealth of material as was in that
place should be hampered with an
| inefficient administration, as evidenc-
ed by the loud and public arguments
of the attendants over the timing of
, the different lectures.
''That if you drive into Central
Fark at 81st street on Central Park
West you'll only succeed in crossin s
it in short and disappointing man
ner. that if you come down the
escalator in the Chrysler Building to
| the revolving center Of the display
! window, and keep your eye directed
near the floor, you will receive the
| impression that you are standing still
, and the whole Manhattan is revolving
around you. that the Catholic High
i school is the most beautiful point on
| the midtown night skyline with it's
| red blinller behind mulliOned win
dows
THAT on the Empire State Elevator
your ear-drums feel as if they had
i allooned inside and crossed in your
| throat. that the guide on that OBJ
J servation tower would take delight in
designating an apparently stationary
! object in the path before the Little
| Church Around the Corner as a cou-
pie walking up and down trying to
decide whether to get married or not
. that anyone is clever enough to
figure out such a system of ramp;
and entrances as controls traffic or
, the Trio-Borough Bridge. that Bruno
Hauptman's Bronx is called "The
Borough of Universities" and lives
up to the name, if you wouldn't think
| so at 134th Street!
"Well, why didn't I know all this?
I dunno; unless it's because my pro-