Smyrna times., 1942-03-05
By L. L. STEVENSON

By L. L. STEVENSON
Faces g. Figures: Al Smith, hale,
hearty and gray. being greeted by
throng as he enters a Forty-ffth
street theater :. +. Horace Heidi
buying one of those golf clubs that
can be adjusted into anything from
driver to putter F. and remark
ing, 'It should save wear and tear
on the caddie" "Hellzapoppin"
Olson letting two Seventh avenue
bootblacks shine his shoes at once
Because he doesn't want to
show partially Don Voorhees,
stopping before Forty-eighth street
pet shop window and a kibitzer start
ing to tell him 'an about Scotties"
The loquacious one does not
know of course that Voorhees, is an
expert on the breed and frequently
is judge at dog shows s. Peter
Arno, cartoonist and 'best dressed
gent" falling easy prey to Forty
second street panhandler who begs
a dollar for necktie."
A Broadway street corner presti-
digitator. while battling spectators
with his thimblerig and sleight Of
hand, sighting an approaching Of
ficer and remarking, Watch me do
q Houdini" and In an instant,
he's gone Lyn Murray, choral
expert, hurrying to the Battery to
see the old Aquarium before Park
Commissioner Moses has it torn
down A friend asks him If he
is sentimental about it because Jen-
ny Lind once sang there . and
Lyn replying, mo, l just like to
look at fish" A decrepit Model
T coughing past stalled, sleek,
chauffeured limousine on Fifty-sev-
enth street =. and the driver Of
the ancient vehicle sticking his head
out of the window and shouting tri-
umphantly, age before beauty -.
/ Waiting for the light at Broadway
and Forty-ffth street to change in
her favor, songstress Jean Filing
ton, wary canary.
Passing on Fifty-seventh street,
Edward johnson, Metropolitan i'm
presario, and Basil Ruysdael, radio
commentator Ruysdael was a
leading basso for the Metropolitan
Opera company for eight years !.
DR.. Hereward Darlington, spook
hunter, going in for some spirit
gazing at a spectacular whisky sign
on Broadway Queried on the
possibilities of real, honest-to-good-
ness ghosts, he shrugs his Shout
ders and replies, who knows?"
Claudia Morgan (Ralph's daughter)
and Monty (''The Man Who Came to
Dinner'o Wooley. watching Gen.
trail park marble game Miss
Morgan joining in and displaying
prowess with an "aggie" Olga
Baclanova slipping tea from glass
in Russian tearoom and speaking
nothing but English to her compan-
ions.
That white-thatched perennial
playboy, Tommy Manville, display.
ing novel conception Of spring
styles by walking into a Cafe SUIT.
ton wearing blue dinner jacket, In.
verness cape and peaked cameps.
hair cap Ted Collins radio pro.
Queer, window shopping at Fifth
avenue sporting goods establishment
e. Collins is one of the country s
greatest sports enthusiasts He
will travel hundreds, even thousands
of miles, just to witness some out.
standing event A common say.
ing among his contemporaries is
that it is easier to do business with
him at a sporting event than in his
lavishly appointed offices on Colum.
bus circle.
A young man darting across traffic
burdened Broadway and narrowly
escaping being struck While ar
irate motorist yells, Hey, don't for
get your country needs YOU
Madeline Gray, entrepreneur of the
bright Idea Club" for kids, getting
vocalizing offers from bandsmen
Because there is another Madeline
Gray who sings for Nal Hallett's ORR
:. Thoughtfulness: While down Ii
Florida as her New York friend.
were shivering in the recent cole
snap, Bess johnson sent postcard.
NOT showing palm trees and silvery
sands but New England winter
scenes.
A midtown traffic cop used to b.
a taxi driver and SO had 10 TAX,
the same orders he now dishes ou
:. Tommy Dorsey demonstrating
to draftees that bugle calls can b,
blown on trombone At Fiftl
avenue and Fiftieth street, Lowell,
looking blonde staring aghast at an
other girl wearing an identical out
fit Her scowling face Indicate
disaster for some saleslady in tn,
immediate future.
(Bell Syndicate-WNU Servics.)
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