The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-24

funnier shows The Mems Bar
IN the waldorf, where women try
70 crash ~ Just To boast about L
SO James Montgomery F1aggt
fancy sarnovar, he keeps 10 near
his easel 50, that he and his lovely
models can relax by slipping tea
The dog soap called ''shampooch"
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Joe, the shubert Alley hootblack,
who throws In q rich vo-dvil act
with every shine says his act
has pollsh-ahem The female
house detective In the Hotel Me-
Alpin, the only such, they say, In
town i, The cable address Of q hair
and scalp firm In the 40's--"B Badly
The Coney Island clatter In
the 42nd Street hurly-burly Of high
noon That Negro Church In
Brooklyn which Is called The Glori-
Gus pentecostal True Holiness Assn
The 1--WE Have Settled with
the Union" sign on the closed UP
hand laundry ., The cahbie whose
name Is actually Peter Pansky.
West street, which was once UNI
der water, where some Of the prop
erty Is valued OF $4,000 an acre
=. Broadway and 6Bth Street where
O deposit OF precious stones was
found In 1883 Nearly every
where In New York, precious stones
may still be found II you can get
permish TO dig that deep The
Palisades, which are made Of cooled
volcanic rock-ahout 1000 feet thick
There are more trees In town
than buildings. Over one million
The city's only real rnosque--oa Pow.
Street, Brooklyn, where the devout
Mohammedans worship The desk
In the Mayors car.
The dope-peddlers' favorlte rem.
devious on 47th street In the
shade of the worlds brightest lights
Tho Hack License Bureau
which for some reason we dunno
also issues licenses for night clubs
Radio Cty's broadcastIng stu
dos, which are built like boxes In
boxes, raised from the floors by steel
springs covered with felt The
best view Of Radio Clty-by stand-
ing In front Of Saks Roxy's fa-
nous apartment In the Muse Hall
now the private preview and lounge
rooms for the eXecs The one
time secret hideaways hundreds OF
them) in Chinatown-now deserted
Bedloe's Island, the home OF Miss
Liberty. Once owned by the Bed
loe family, then the Netherlands,
England, New York city, N. Y, state
and now by Uncle Samson
The little island around Manhattan
named Mill Rock which Historians
allege) never felt the foot Of q wo-
man The old cemetery at Chat
ham Square, the resting place for
the Jewish soldiers who fought with
washington IN the Revolutionary
War The Savoy Ballroom In
Harlem and Roseland on Broadway
where the official language Is 1--WE
talk. Best places to hear and learn
It George, the most appealing
hotel steward In town, at the 81
Moritz The Globe Theater's Ut.
tractlve foyer.
The Empire State building foun-
dalton, which weighs three-quarters
as much as the edifice itself
The WoolWorth skyscraper, which
was built for spite. A mighty irsur-
ance firm once refused TO give
Frank Frank Woolworth o loan
One day he saw o picture postcard
OF the firms building, describing II
as the tallest In the world WOOL
worth then saved his coin and built
his monument The taxicabbies'
own slanguage. @ csnpany inspec.
tors are "canarles", Cops are beef
steaks" The Broadway lights,
which have never been dimmed, ex-
cept for O brief period during the
last war.
o. J. Guide, the advertising genius,
who Is credited with naming 1t The
Great White Way The Bowery,
once the scene OF the best theaterS
. Underground New York Is an.
other city. You can live UNDER
ground az the Commodore hotel,
dine at tho Cafe sayarin, shop at
Bloomingdale's, swim In the indoor
pool at the 81. George hotel, Brook
Ign, see O move at the Rialto, and
get married In the Municipal Bldg.