Smyrna times., 1938-10-20
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
olu Dy T. y. stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

INTERESTING SKETCHES
Competition: Almost daily here
is a meeting Of the South Wind GLIB
in the roof garden Of prominent
hotel Membership IS composed of
men who have had adventures an
over the world. One member bears
the name Harold Dove. Once upon.
time the man with the name Of the
symbol of peace deliberately walked
into an ambush Of African spear
men and wiped them out single-
handed. Two members constitute
a quorum. Sessions are informal.
The members merely talk Of gun
running for some banana republic
or Of other periIous pastimes. The
South Wind club has been in exist
ence for some time. Last fail 4
group of women who came to New
York with their husbands from
small towns organized a sewing
circle which meets at the same ho-
tel. Now the sewing circle has
transferred its meeting place to the
roof. AS the women sew they talk.
And won't it be fun when the sew
ing circle and the South Wind ses-
SiGnS haDpen t0 coincide.
Contrast: On lower Broadway a
weil-dressed young man stood be-
side one Of those corner trash bas-
kets. He was eating bananas. Evi-
IDENTIFY he is a person Of considera-
ton as instead Of throwing the skins
on the sidewalk he carefully tossed
them into the basket. And on the
other side of the basket was a hol-
low-eyed derelict who, as the skins
went into the basket, fshed out
pieces of tinfoiI and other bits Of
salvage which, if he found enough,
might have a value Of a few cents.
Recession: For years a legless
man has been selling shoe laces in
Exchange place. His place Of bust
ness is a wheel chair. During the
business upturn last year he invest
ed portion Of his savings in
chair electrically propelled. He
used that every day until recently.
Now he is back to the old chair,
which he propeis with his hands.
Interludes: Xavier Cugat. when
not swinging a baton. does carica-
lures for class magazines Sam
my Kaye still owns Varsity inn,
Ohio university campus rendezvous,
which he took over in his under
grad days Frank Daley, an
other orchestra man, owns
swanky Long Island night spot
Gene Krupa studies the history Of
drumming and writes books on the
subject Bunny Berigan col
Iects batons though he never CON
ducts with one Kate Smith
owns professional basketball team
Songwriter Benny Davis IS IN
the wholesale meat business
Abe Lyman owns a string Of res
taurants in California Alfred
w. Mccain, Jr., food commentator,
takes pictures Of hegiras, his photo
graphic feat being recording an
Alaska salmon run from beginning
to end Tommy Dorsey spends
his spare hours with miniature
railroad in the attic Of his home.
Manhattan Crowds: Of musicians
gathering during the matinee hours
on the pavements about 1900 Broad
way and Sixth avenue and FIFTEEN
street where the union offices are
Of high-school students meet
ing in the lobby Of the Paramount
OF -towners using the
Rockefeller Center fountain to start
their Manhattan tours VI COZ.
legians in the Astor lobby VI
time-wasters circling about trick
ster venders on Forty-second street
OF large-eyed wonder seekers
jamming pedestrian traffic in Times
square Of uniformed police-
men on Fifth avenue who spend part
of their noon-hour gestculating Pc
side st. Patrick's cathedral u
musicians living in Kew Gardens
and Forest Hills who use the las'
car of Eighth avenue subway trans
as their private club car.
Finale: Andre Kostelanetz re-
ceived letter from Philadelpnla
resident applying for the JOB q slga.
ing the Kostelanetz name to plo'o
graphs sent to fans. The applicant
was sure he could hold down tns m
Job because he had just comple'e"
his second term for forgery.
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