The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-08-06
Liqhts Of NewXork
by L. L. STEVENSON

the world strolling Broadway
Between Forty-second street and
Fiftieth, lads from Canada, Austria
liza. New Zealand, Scotland, Nor
way and some from England whose
speech is the broad dialect of York
shire All clear-eyed, upstand-
ine alert and remarkably
well behaved Junior officers
of the merchant marine, their blue
uniforms somewhat worn, also tax
inc in the sights Sef-consclous-
looking men and women going into
the subways and boarding busses
with their arms burdened with hoes,
rakes and other garden implements
Almost everyone with bit OF
a yard will have vegetable garden
this year Even penthouse dwell
ers But their beans, beets,
onions. lettuce and few stalks OF
corn of course will have border of
flowers.
A chewing gum peddlcr at Forty
sixth street looking astonished as
the woman who drops nickel into
the box actually takes a package
Victor Moore and William Gax-
ton. again in vaudeville, walking
along jauntily with grins and hand
waves for friends School girls
searching trash baskets for discard
ed cigarette packages from which
they carefully remove the tinfoil /.
Dazzling show girls. engaged in get
ting war work contributions, stop
ping strangers and seldom
being turned down =. A panhan-
dler watching enviously and NUT
tering his disapproval of such COM
petition Katharine Cornell
crossing Broadway at Forty-fourth
street unrecognized by those hurry
ing along, fearful that the light will
change before they reach safety :.
Everyone always in hurry.
A soldier collapsing on Forty
fourth street So many Red
Cross trained actresses rushing to
| his assistance from the Stage Door
canteen that cops have to hold the
crowds back The soldier. hav-
ing been revived, gets up, looks at
his lovely rescuers and almost
/ passes out again But he recov-
ers and hurries away as If ashamed
Of all the attention he has attracted
Tall movie ushers, all six feet
or more in altitude, hurriedly
pressed into service to restore order
among lines of youngsters impatient
~ waiting to be admitted. The kids,
impressed by size, tame suddenly
and do nothing more than wriggle
little instead of pushing and shout
ing A dashing blonde being
towed through the throngs by a police
doc which looks and acts as If quite
well satisfied with its job A
doggone good ioh.
A junk collector, the c. bells
on his wagon sounding as tn n a
herd was homeward bound at II
light. larruping his ancient horse -
a traffic officer motions for him to
get across Fifth avenue without de.
lay A grand dame of the ole
school, assisted by a footman, 9
doorman, her chauffeur and gold
headed cane, getting out OF an an
cient but still glittering Limousine
and a messenger girl, whose
uniform appears to have been made
for someone twice her size, watching
, as if fascinated Maybe She!
: dreaming of some day being grea
lady herself But probably hop
ing there won't be SO many physlca
infirmities A rubicund-facet
doorman, with tufts Of gray escap
ing from under his cap, joking witt
! friend about being caught by tn
draft.
) Sign in Forty-second street stor
window. Candy Mailed to Eng
land" A crowd surrounding
pitchman demonstrating com
!. pound for cleaning eyeglasses
!. Anv kind of free show interest
: SOPHISTICATED New Workers . tn
green of Bryant park bit OF mic
town eye relief Sixth avenu
now showing no signs that it under
went d major operation when sui
way was dug beneath it G
: that it was not SO long ago Owe
:. Swallowed by an elevated line
Motorists swerving suddenly
= avoid two sparrows battling in tn
middle Of the street !. and tt
city-trained birds flying away whe
! q traffic officer leaves his post ar
: comes toward them.
It Red Ears: Recently a woman ar
r her very young daughter were spe
:, tators at rehearsal OF "inn'
= Sanctum Mysteries" The scri
!, called for one of the actors to
q slapped by b feminine member
n the cast who was to walk aWi
N from the microphone after she hi
at done the Shaping. All went VIZ
lie until the actor actually was slappe
Is The little girl visitor looked on wi
startled eyes, then said in sta
g whisper. Mama, why doesn't