The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-15

own nervous Dreakd0WnS . The antique jewelry shop in the century old, ramshackle building on W. 4th St. in the Village, where the latest model limousines drive up with wealthy bargain hunters. A page from Dickens come to life with Faith Baldwin characters The mixed tumble of jargon coming from the telephone booths in the chain drug stores--telephonetics Kings Highway, over in Brooklyn. between Ocean and Coney Island Ayes, where Q future grid star can get good practice in broken field running just trying to walk along the promenade during mid-day when the street is choked with young mothers airing their kiddies in their carts.
 Sammy's Dellcatessen on Madison Avenue and 59th St. where the drlv- CTS of the hanson cabs gather in the empty hours of the morning, af- ter an almost empty night fo duty, to relive the memories of gilded generations |. The kids on the West Side raising hoopla with their stickball games-Spring spraining. -. The worldly wise look on the faces of the bell hops in the third rate hotels . The ladies along Madison avenue dressed in Rus sian sable, Arabian style turbans and trilling in French The weary working girls on the subways increasing the boredom of the monotonous ride home as they let their hair down (so that their nudge door neighbor can hear) about their intimate boy friend troubles.
 The teen age jitterbugs crowding the streets on Saturday afternoons outside the theaters featuring dance bands. They fall in line to follow the Tired Pipers of Swing The expensively robed ladies at the Madison Avenue drugstore counters munching @ luncheon mink and mullins The tall Texans from the circus who look as though they could play leap frog with the city's skyscrapers If they wished to--lanky Yankees The playboys mak- ing another effort at capturing the same brand of charm they broke in too many years ago. They want to eat their pie and have their crust, too.
 The swap shops down on tba Bowery near Chinatown where the derelicts trade in their Winter fashion overcoats for a new Spring style .. The prim, matronly look ing women working in the different Bundles for Britain offices about town. Many of them look as though this is the first time they ever did any bundllng .. The intelligent looking, smartiy- men wandering In the Fifties In afternoon wearing sprig of cornflower in their lapel and q vinegar visage--- fugitives from Don Wahn ballad -. The shy rustic of Spring slip- ping into something cool at night, as every breeze seems to be whis- pering telephone numbers.
 Georges nltery in the Village which was once a dining car and which is now an incubator for new swing stars. The headliners of the music business meet there and dis cover new talent as they play on their stomping grounds The frisky salves of the Borden electric sign on 42nd St. competeing for al, audience with the weary calves of the Burlesque girls down the street .... The small -boy-look of pleasure on the faces of the business men getting away from 1t all for a day as they leave for fishing trip on one of the boats in Sheepshead Bay Mrs. Vanderbilts old-fashioned snub-nosed Rolls-Royce standing aloof outside Its owners Fifth ave- nue mansion, as speedy six cylinders streamline past.
 The balconies around the sky scrapers used by the fluttering pigeons as their own private pent- houses - putting into practice the philosophy of Every Mans a King The English sailors trying to crowd years gayety into their 24-hour leave on these peaceful shores -- Pagliaccis from the Pima fore The woman's girdle that the stable boy of one of the riding academies uses as a saddle for his horse .. Night putting the day to sleep The cars that whizz through Central Park never slowing down to sniff the scenery The Sixth Avenue auctioneers who talk as though they never listen to what they say . The sinsational photos in front of the girlesk houses on Forty -Second-rate St. that display more than you can see inside Clouds brushing the skyscrapers' fingertips ... The sidewalk cafes beginning to blossom-New York with a ribbon in It's hair.