Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-01
By L. L. STEVENSON

By l.. l.. STEVENSON
Meanderings and meditations: A
wagon filled with bright-colored pot
ted plants drawn by pony trotting
down Eighth avenue. Possibly
those plants will tighten the gloom
of tenements. Over on Seventh
avenue, wagonload of those foolish
little evergreens. That maybe
will last out the summer in boxes
in front of apartment houses. :.
Youngsters clinging to the back Of
a broadway bus. Risking their
lives for a brief thrill. Or to save
a few blocks walk. Greenwich
Village mothers lowering over their
broods on front steps. An Eighth
street ice peddler Transporting his
wares on the chassis of an old baby
carriage A peddler decked with
brushes large and small, ringing a
bell and looking at windows hope
fully as he plods along Tenth street
-. Pretty girls smiling at passen-
gers in Sixth avenue elevated trains
which pass the lofts where they are
busy making artificial flowers.
Youngsters sailing toy boats in
Conservatory lake in Central park
A lot of them are experts.
and may grow up to be sea cap
tains. or captains of industry. :.
An umbrella member asleep on a
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York in many day. s. Wonder
what's become of Pittsburgh Phil
Who used to visit our town
every spring. and whose most
cherished possession was the handle
of an umbrella once carried by Will
liam Mckinley. Sub-debs doing
bit of roller skating on the Mall. :.
Along with youngsters from East
Side tenements. the place where
the Casino used to stand. Where
Jimmy Walker and other celebs
gathered. and where cuppa
cawfee cost a half a buck. A
couple of young lovers holding
hands. and probably wishing
there weren't so many motor cars
and pedestrians.
Alexander Woollcott strolling Fifth
avenue. He's still my favorite
ether story teller. Dudley Field
Malone who is my idea of how the
well-dressed man should look. A
"Public Notice" that sticks in my
mind: "Bro. come home. Nom sick.
Sis" Il. Tragedy in six words. :.
Dorothy Fox window shopping along
Fifth avenue. She's president of
the Ziegfeld Girls club. . which
helps out those who were once "glo-
rifed" but who have been getting
bad breaks. Paul Jonas, once
of the Museum of Natural History
Now in business up in Mt.
Vernon. Makes animals correct
in every detail. But only one
tenth natural size. One of his
patrons is an Indian maharajah. {.
The calm dignity of that statue of
Father Duffey. Set amid the false
glitter of Broadway. and many
a former doughboy salutes the
bronze of the famous chaplain Of
the old Sixty-ninth.
The old Constable home on
Eighty-third street, just off Fifth
avenue. A white wooden house .
With stables behind it. Typical of
New York. and now for SALE :.
The ivory Furnishing Eddy Duchin
standing in front of one of those 25-
cents a lesson music schools at
Eighty-first and Broadway. Lis
tening to some youngster playing a
la Eddy Duchin. The fiery Jalna,
who dances with Georges in the Wal
dorf. Who is called 'tSenorita". {.
In her veins flow Indian, Scotch,
English, Irish and bit of German
blood. But no Spanish. One
thing to be thankful for: With the
ceremonies over, there'Il be no
more Coronation cocktails"
A well-dressed gentleman, with
morning coat and topper, stepping
out of sedan at Columbus circle.
With a carnaticn on one lapel
and the red button of Commu-
nism on the other . Frank Kobe,
now big railroad man, entering
General Motors building where his
offices are located. Newsboys
pitching pennies at the base of the
Maine memorial. q. and soap-box
orator holding forth in the shadow
of the Columbus statue.
Now for the mail. Thanks to Miss
H. S., Plymouth. and to "Wise
Old Owl, of Tulsa" Got laugh out
of that note" But the yarn won't
do. f. A nod to Miss E. S. L., Chi
cago. and the end of another
day among The Seven Millions.
Bustop eavesdropping: ."She
thinks she's economizing when she
feeds her family chuck steak and
then spends two dollars and a half
for a facial"
g Bell Syndicate. -WNU Service.