The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Lishts Of Newyork
by IL. STEVENSON

| OF Twenty-thlrd street. PennSylvani;
trains didn't run into New Yorl
then. passengers crossing the Hud
son by ferry. When the tunnel!
were completed and the new station
was opened at 33rd street in 1910
Mabry moved uptown. He has M
idea as to how many bags he ha.
carried in all those years or of how
many miles he has walked to ant
from trains. But he is proud of the
fact that there isn't even one black
mark on his record.
Mabry has carried and still car
ries the bags Of many prominent
people. They are merely q part oi
his every day existence. He give,
well knowns the best possible serv'
ice, the same as he does anyone
else. Remains in memory a prom
inent visitor Of many years ago
Queen Victoria's son." The prince
Of Wales. who was to become king
Of England after the death Of his
mother. had plenty of baggage.
New York has a hotel room black
market, racketeers being quick to
capitalize on the lack Of accommo.
dations for hordes of travellers. II
works like this: The racketeer waits
until he sees q hotel guest check
out. Then he hurriedly registers for
the room just vacated. In the eve.
ming when would-be guests find there
are no accommodations. the racket
eer comes up with the statement
that he has q desirable room which
he win be glad to turn over for q
consideration. Nine times out of
ten. the traveller. rather than seek
farther. Il willing to pay double or
more for . place to lay his head.
House detectives. managers and
others keep q sharp lookout for the
racketeers but they shift from hotel
to hotel and there Is demand for
rooms at all hours Of the day.
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During a recent hot spell. a young
mother up at Pleasantville noticed
that her baby was suffering from a
rash. Thinking the trouble was
prickly heat. the mother carefully
busted the infant with powder. The
treatment seemed to bring relief
at least the baby became quiet and
remained that way. The mother
went about her household chores but
now and then gave her child
glance. Finally, she discovered that
instead Of sleeping, It was wide
awake and was making attempts to
lick its hands. Investigation dis
closed the fact that she had busted
the infant with powdered sugar.
The other morning, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Julius Holland was
examining prospective jurors for q
murder trial. A number had been
excused because Of their convictions
in regard to the death penalty when
Abram M. Morrell was called.
'Have you any prejudice against
capital punishment" Holland asked.
mo-" was the answer In a tone
Of absolute sincerity.
What Is your business?" contin-
ued the assistant district attorney.
Salesman Of tombstones and
mausoleums." replied Morrell.
P.S. He was excused.
Isabel Hewson Manning and
''Dickie" King were discussing
strange wedding customs at the
Stork Club the other afternoon. II is
Miss Manning's belief that oldest
prevails among the Bugis tribesmen
Of the Celebes In the Dutch East
Indies. For three days before her
the feet Of the bride-to-be
must not come In contact with the
ground. So during this period, she
is under the influence of drugs ad.
to her as she is carried
about on the shoulders Of members
of her family.
Manhattan librarians have devel-
oped an odd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
unintelligible letters received by rel
atives from loved ones on fighting
fronts. These missives contain lar
gon, foreign phrases and even pidgin
English. Prize Of the lot was a let
ter declaring the writer had won a
'Sancho Pedro" =. Turned out to
be card game. not an award
Before departing for lover there"
many a married service man buys
4 wedding ring for himself. It's q
symbol of what he's fighting for-for
his home So eager is Dinah
Shore to entertain the service men
abroad she signed for only FIVE
weeks on the new summer program |
replacing Edgar Bergen Charlie
Mccarthy. ~
Bell Syndicate.-wNu Features.
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