Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-04-02
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about Ne,U York:
Wall Street begins with a grave
yard, ends in a river and once was
sheep pasture Make your own
wisecrack One of the best food
spots is the Telephone Company's
cafeteria on West Street. For the
convenience of phone workers, but
common folks like the rest of us are
admitted For a Whit of Brit
ish atmosphere take walk along
Thames Street. 1t is where ye olde
chop houses and taverns are locat-
ed, as well as architecture patterned
after London's side streets. (And
don't forget to bring your monocle,
MIR. JesseD The green door
at the top of the left-hand stairway
on the mezZanine in Madison Square
Garden leads to the most exclusive
club in town-for the Gardens own
ers, stockholders and friends
1t also has library, taproom and
a cocktail lounge . The large
pew in St. Paul's Church on lower
Broadway has the coat of arms of
the U. s., because it once was occu-
pied by General Washington and his
family. But you may sit in it.
Our town doesn't produce one
thing to feed, clothe or warm us.
Everything we use is shipped in .
You can get the best view of tine
majestic steel poetry of the G. Wash
ington Bridge from the Cloisters at
Fort Tryon along the Drive Leaves
you breathless. (You must see it,
Cong. Hoffman) Pitman's,
pub on South Street, contains all the
lusty flavor that you see in Western
movies A New Yorker need not
travel far to find natural wonders.
He may enjoy them by Simply walk
ing along the Hudson-more beau
tiful, we are told, than the Rhine
or Danube The clientele at the
Hotel Taft is so cosmopolitan, many
of the maids and clerks there are
required to speak several languages
The false walls to be found in
Chinatown cellars were erected tc
mark dividing lines between differ
ent longs.
en- are admitted to the mems bar at
the Plaza only after the Stock Ex-
change closes . . Those caves in
Central Park were once homes of
Indians Some of the most valu-
able property in town is in Harlem,
where poverty is king ]. P.
Morgan buys his coffee on Maiden
Lane, with his ration card, of course
He prefers the green bean and
roasts it himself The Bowery
Jewel Market (near Canal and Hes
teri resells gems containing loving
inscriptions. Mementoes of dead TO-
mances The Siamese Consul
late has the softest snap. Never has
to take care of more than a half
dozen Siamese nationals The
Hapsburg Restaurant on 55th Street,
until recently, featured a hat-check
girl who gave you dime with your
hat It's an interesting city, Our
Town Which out-of-towners al
lege is a nice place to visit, but
not to live in But more people
live in New York City than any
where in the world.
1t happened during the recent FBl
raid on Tough Touhy and Basil
Banghart in Chicago John Ed
gar Hoover, leading the raid in the
pitch black night, gun in hand, acct
dentally stepped on sleeping cat
The GMan's surprise-you can
well imaglne-was as startling as
the pussy's.
But what we started out to report
was comment of Banghart, who
said: MIR. Hoover, please send me
to Alcatraz. l hate where l wasI"
Mr.. Hoover asked: whats
wrong with it? 1t has a nice, big,
stone wall, to keep out the riff-raf."
To which Banghart whined:
Il don't like it there. Too many
thieves Thnv arc thn