Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-05-06
Lights Of NewXork
by L. L. STEVENSO ON

ored man leading a goat along low
er Broadway. and pedestrians in
collisions because of turned heads.
-. Windows of steamship agencies
decorated with cruise advertise
ments. Busy custom house coun-
tiers where pier pass applications
are made out. Bootblacks hust-
ling for business in Battery park. ;.
Old salts, sprawling on benches and
gazing wistfully out to sea. /. The
sun flashing on the red brick build
ings of Ellis island. The Statue
of Liberty great green lady stand
ing guard over the harbor. !. The
funny little Governors island ferry
nosing out into East river traffic. :.
A little tug throwing spray high as
it rushes past the lower end Of
Manhattan. Those rope tenders
on the bows of tugs make them look
like kin of the walrus. The barge
office, which, as viewed from the
bay, resembles an immense fire
house. The dark Ellis island
ferry pulling into its slip. . F. An
odor of salt water and rotting wood.
Traffic disappearing into the cav
ernous depths of the Manhattan APP
proach to the Brooklyn bridge. :.
The cop on traffic duty on that post
doesn't have any cinch. :. City Hall
bootblacks alert for customers. :.
Sparrows wrangling with pigeons
over food provided by the kind
hearted. Bob Davis who bought
my first novel. Now all he has
to do is travel here and there. :.
and write whatever he feels like. :.
He used to stride up and down
and shake his fist while suggesting
plot changes. :. Many writer now
famous owes his start to him. :.
City Hall reporters assembled on
the front porch. If ! could spot
Barney Mullady would ask him
what it's all about. ;. A panhandler
beating a hasty retreat at the sight
of cop. Police Commissioner
Lewis ]. Valentine going in for
call on the mayor.
A motor car with Philippine island
license plates. 9. the first I've spot
ted from that far away. Though
the other day there was a car in
Times Square with Polish plates.
Burgess Meredith, who, when he
isn't playing in "High Tor" is
busy getting a 40-acre farm ready
for spring planting. and when
he has nothing else to do, he writes
poetry. b. Stanley Walker, former
ly city editor, now editor of
woman's magazine. 4. Dick Merrill
who wants to fly to the coronation.
Because he gets seasick when
he's liner passenger. A pallid
Broadway keyhole columnist greet
ing a competitor with a grin. :.
Maybe he thought of something
mean to say about him. H. T.
Webster, whose Caspar Milquetoast
has become an international figure.
+. H. I. Phillips, who spends his
summers in Connecticut and his
winters in Florida.
The queer dumping of a milk
wagon horse that has lost one of it's
rubber shoes. Rubber ash cans
help a lot in reducing noise in the
ig-Town-on-the-H Kath-
arine Cornell slipping into the En-
pire theater. A wild-eyed, beard
ed man blowing through Seventh
avenue traffic. and holding an
excited conversation with himself.
A lot of self-talkers in New
York. Said to get that way
through loneliness. Deep-throated
whistle blasts from a departing
liner. Why did I read that West
. Indies cruise itinerary?
Magistrate Louis Brodsky, who
recently fined a doorman So for call
ing non-tipper names. !. and sug-
gested that 200-pounder should be
doing real work instead of merely
opening taxicab doors. Kay
George, singer and dancer, who re-
Gently was. given screen test. :.
AS Coincidence! 4. A window
full of pocket lighters. If I don't
hurry on I'll add another to an al
ready large collection. Peddlers
of spring blooms scattered all over
town. A dime buys a lot of
flowers nowadays. But they don't
last long.
She Would: Oracle Allen notes
that the Optimists' club in St. Louis
is organizing special service for
absent-minded husbands, which will
remind them when a wedding ami
versary arrives. Now, observes
Oracle, all they need is a service
to remind some husbands that they
are married.
Last Lines: Morton Downey be-
lieves that as far as Tin Pan Alley
songs are concerned, "dissonance
lends enchantment." And as for
the influx of foreign stars it would
seem that "accents make the heart
grow fonder."
9 Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.