The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
Walter WiracIaeIl
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The kids call themselves The Re-
vuers," and they are heartless, but
clever in their fun-poking
Their rise has been phenomenal
AS a matter Of fact, 68 stories high
{. From The Village Vanguard
cellar toe the 65th story Of Radio
City's Rainbow Room.
The editors on the papers, per-
haps, viii do something about it.
A better reporter than this i cub
could at least get his name !.
We heard about him on the hurry
as we motored lazily along the wa
terfront-waitin for sleep to sig
nal He had rescued an aged
man, who had fallen or jumped into
the Hudson But he won't talk
about it, it seems 49, : All we could
gather is that he works as watch
man for the United States Truck
ing Corporation at the foot of 18th
Avenue and Gansevoort street
It is common gossip among the mar
keters there; who know, that he has
saved the lives of about thirty peo-
pie, many of whom attempted sui
eide u. Harry Bernard of the s..
ST New Yorker, who told us about
it, doesn't know any more -. We
wish some of the reporters in town,
who get UP in the daytime, would
find out more about this unsung
hero, who not only saves lives but
makes a habit of it.
The wife of a pretty we'll known
orchestra leader recently learned
that local playgirl was consuming
most OF his spare time !. The wife
decided to meet the lass and have
heart-to-heartt ak with her :.
She invited the Broadwayward one
to visit her apartment. 'You won't
regret coming" the wife said pleas
antly over the phone :. The inter-
view was brief -. The bandsman's
bride told the girl how much her
marriage meant to her and that her
husband had wasted the time of
some other girls around otwn, and
VIII ydidn't she forget all about him
before he forgot all about her, ETC.
- The gal said she didn't care
about him, anyway, and promised
never to encourage him again ]. /. !.
The wife then was summoned to
the phone two rooms away
When she came back, the girl had
gone So had her new and
costly fur piece The next day
the girl telephoned "You still
have him and he has you," she said
before hanging up, "all got out OF
it was your neckpiece. Thanks"
He was a small time racketeer
who operated in Harlem He
wasn't the tough variety of thug.
but one of the real misguided, who
knew no other way of making a
living Raised in the gutter, he
employed foul methods to make
money There was a desire,
however, to elevate himself and live
decently He opened small
restaurant in the lower East Side,
and although he struggled, he man.
aged to get along Often his
former cronies would patronize his
place, They would try to in
suit him by leaving $40 tips, but in
stead of making him want to re-
turn to their gang, it made him re-
solve to stay straight !. :. District
Attorney Dewey, the racket-smasher,
cleaned up Harlem not long ago and
all Our HERDS henchmen are now
In Sing Sing -. I. On his first visit
to his old pals-he gave them each
$40 bill.
In our town there Is an enderly
gentleman, who started running
around with a girl from the chorus
few years ago, as sometimes hap
pens in our feverish midst His
relatives were furious, because he
hada lot of money, and they feared
the sinful siren from Broadway
might snare 1t before he could die
and leave it to them "She's
only going with you for your money!!
they warned him, when he persisted
with the romance Well, what
happened? This is what hap
pened /. He plunged heavily in
the market sometime ago and
guessed wrong And now his
kinfolk don't even want him around
But the chlorine does S..
She gets $40 a week And they
live on that.