Twin-City herald., 1940-07-20
Liahts ofNewHrk
By LII. STEVENSON

mentS most eff1c1ent and valued
scouts dropped into Henry Rocano's
sporting goods store up at Danbury,
Conn.,, and in the course of a friend
ly conversation casually inquired if
he'd had any demand for rifles or
shotguns on the part of customers
who wished to be ready in case any
German parachute troops landed in
their vicinity. Rocano replied that
an aged and quite wealthy woman
who lives in the neighborhood had
bought rifle and large supply Of
ammunition because of the possibil-
ity that Nazis might land in Connect
icut. He didn't want to give her
name because it might embarrass
her but added that if any Nazis did
pick her property for descent, they
would meet with warm reception.
Somehow the vision of a grayheaded
woman on guard gives one warm
and comforting feeling about Amer
lea.
Fame: Nineteen-year-old Carol
Bruce, who until the debut of the
new musical comedy hit, 'Louisi-
ana Purchase" was merely another
struggling young singer, now finds
herself the center of attention Of
velvet-voiced venders who besiege
her with wares and suggestions as
to how she should dress and make
up in BETTING manner for her
new importance. Here are some
samples of advice she has received
from those who would part her from
her money:
Don't be prosaic. Try panther
lap robe for afternoon motoring, a
laprobe of silver foxes for evening.
This is the season for whopping
big jewels. Six bracelets on wrist,
a pin as big as powder puff, an
emerald necklace with a clasp the
size of a doorknob.
For afternoon wear, one pink. one
blue glove.
And so on and on and on.
Street Scene: An old man with
a long white beard peacefully slum-
bering on a Central Park West
bench A ragged colored man
going along slowly and stopping to
swiftly retrieve cigar butt of con-
siderable length Ragamufins
scaling the park rocks like young
goats A pretty nursemaid push
ing perambulator with her eyes
apparently demurely on the side
walk Yet taking notice of a
big truck driver who is waiting for
the light to change An enor-
mously fat woman with one of those
tin-cup size hats perched jauntily
over her left ear Boys and
girls on bicycles zig-zagging through
the traffic A vender of ice
cream stopping to ring his bell :.
and the sleeper jumping to his feet
and scuttling away muttering.
Ethics: Now that golfers are out
in full force, a New Yorker who
spent several months in the Florida
winter belt recalled an incident at
one of the stylish clubs where the
caddies are all colored. While play
ing with his daughter one afternoon,
he knocked the ball into the rough.
AS he approached it, he noticed
that the caddy was teeing it up.
Somewhat sharply, he ordered him
not to do that as it was against the
rules. The caddy looked at him
amazed and replied, ''Well, mister,
I've been a caddy for this club two
or three years and some of the
members like to have their ball set
up and some don't but mostly they
do" And that, the New Yorker
holds, is tip-off on honesty.
Advice: Sometime ago, in this
space cure for tired feet was men
toned. j A Baror of Harrisville,
Mich, holds that I should have ad-
vised that when drying the feet, they
shouldn't be sawed with the towel
but dried by standing on it else
there might be needle corns"
which feel like a red-hot needle be-
ing driven into the sole of the foot.
AS for needle corns," he says to
draw about three inches of cold wa
ter, not ice water, into the tub and
soak the feet for 20 minutes. Then
stand on the bath mat or towel. He
doesn't know how long it takes for
a cure but declares that his method
finally brings results.
Panhandling: Noted a panhandler
at work His clothes indicated that
he had slept in park all night and
his step was unsteady. But SEEM
ingly he was a shrewd judge of hui
man nature as almost every man
he tackled, instead of shaking his
head, dug into his pocket. After
plying his trade vigorously for pos
sib1y a half hour, the moocher
walked away rapidly and, screened
from the view of his customers,
counted his take. Evidently satis-
fed, he lighted cigar butt and
strobe away rapidly in the general
direction of the nearest filling sta