The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-09
Lights Of NewXork
bYl. SIEXENSON

Ramblings and Examinations:
Tricksters on Forty-second street,
showing how to manipulate various
gambling games A mounted
Policeman watching attentively +. /.
But apparently his interest is mere
~ curiosity as he doesn't do any,
thing about it A peddler in
Times square doing brisk business
In alleged risque booklets Adj
vlses patrons not to open them i'm
mediately . When they do they
find only blank pages Wise
old New York! A bevy of
pretty girls wolfing hot dogs at one
OF those stand-up counters and
using plenty of mustard "A sad
faced elderly man leading a pretty
young girl Her uncertain foot
steps tell that she is blind :. :.
Tragedy q. Wise guys clotted near
the New Amsterdam theater
Exchanging race information ;. :.
The enterprising juice-stand man
ager at Forty-third and Broadway
shouting: Right here today-the big
orange!"
A trembling, pallid, old woman,
a shawl over her head, extending
a claw-like hand to Broadway pass
ers-by Report has it that she
has a wealthy son Who has
tried every means he could devise
to stop her from begging The
colored doorman of a dance hall
at Fiftieth and Broadway handing.
Morton Downey a free entrance
pass" and candid camera
artist swapping Downey's picture
and handing him a numbered tick
ct Fire apparatus tearing
through Forty-fourth street . ST.,
rens going full blast and d
Broadway traffic officer waving
open a lane. Sure would hate
to try to drive a hook and ladder,
through one of New York's narrow,
congested cross streets But the
regulars do it day after day !.
and night after night A woman,
with jewels flashing on her fingers,
trying to give mounted cops horse
an orange and horse shaking
Its glossy head.
Will Hays, boss of the motion pic
lures, on his way to his office
Nice to meet Miss Fay Emerson
and George Putnam of San Diego
and to learn that they are
readers of this department -.
Adrian Bollini whose trio is now
playing at the Piccadilly Circus bar
and whose Scotch ballads APP
peal to my ear and when it
comes to swing! Capt William
Won Hoffman who knows all about
the Lala tribe and has pictures
to back up his knowledge :. =
Among other things those abort
gines feed their children to croco-
dies as sacrifices to their gods :. .
A gray-haired woman nonchalantly
threading her way through Fifth
avenue traffic and giving lot
of drivers the jitters.
A Chambers street pitchman, sell
ing diving dolls, who looks like
reincarnation of Mark Twain
Recently acquired knowledge bit: In
the first five years of its operation
the municipal subway carried 1,095
million passengers and what
column that would be if all those
nickels were piled one on another
Judging by the number Of
bench occupants in City Hall park,
the city must have considerable
leisure class and judging by
the number of lads with shine
boxes, seeking business in that vi
cinity, large bootblack population
Motor cars darling into the
dark approach to Brooklyn bridge
A young woman with three Pekes
having leash trouble in Herald
square shopping crowds A de-
termined looking woman haggling
over prices with a razor-blade ped
dler Cigarette buyers still
grumbling over that new one-cent a
pack tax Commuters now
stock up before coming to town /.
and bring cartons for friends
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., who is aid
ing in rolling up those millions for
the Greater New York fund An
ambulance, siren screaming, speed
ing across town With a white
clad inferno hanging on the back,
his medicine case tucked under his
arm