The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
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 Ihafe are sllnptuous penthouses atop the Capitol and Roxy movie temples The Radio City prop- ertZ was originally purchased Co build an opera house. Now 1t has everything but that .aAt one Swenk midtown place headwaiters ara instructed never co bow to . patron if he Is with Q beautiful wo. mafir-who isn't bis wife !. Those drnb buildings along the Bowery co0taan secret passages where criminals used to hide Tn case you think there is something Rlam. member thatt he MacLougal Alley art studios In Greenwich Village were once stables Most of the Chinese in New York do not live anl Chinatown .r. Editorialists Without foresight aren't anything new. When the subway was being dug many of them yelled 1t was a waste of money as people would not ride in Q hole"
 
 The, Mayor has Q punching bag in City Hall, where, it is presumed, he gets himself into condition for his daily bouts with newspapermen .'. Although he is drenched with energy, the Mayor likes nothing bet ter than sitting in an easy chair at his home, smoking @ nickel cigar .. One of the nations greatest physi. clans has Q private fire alarm box iYaka11afl (V1 Iata ala hannkA hav,aa l,a the 70s. He adores going to fires ; . Incidentally, every fire house has Q Dalmatian dog because 1t is Q tradition" Aside to those who are always boasting about ancestors coming over on the Mayflower: sta. tistics reveal that in our city foreign born persons commit considerably fewer crimes than 100 per cent Yan- kee Doodlers,
 There are natural sprngs behind walls of the subway station ct Canal and Lafayette streets. Gust call me Walter Columbus) =. Brooklyn was once Q city. And now looka It was along early Broadway that a courier dashed shouting the news of the Battle of Lexington If you see Q house with two east iron lamps on the front (that are always lighted) 1t means New York mayor was born there--or dwells in 1t, or something :. Tot tenville, Staten Island, is as hicky us any country burg, yet 1t is a part of The Biggest City in the World .. ,&. The longest run shows are held at little Mulberry Street theater. A puppet show. The plays are part of early Italian history; each ats traction runs six months-serially.
 If you really want to see Q hip In action go to the San Jose Theater on Frawley Square Where's that? 10th Street and 9th Ave. nue. Cuhans do their unexpur- gated rhumbas there. No English spoken One of the most color. ful restaurants In Greenwich Village Is an ale house (MeSorleys). The owner doesn't believe In cash regis- ters. Customers drop their money In an earthenware saucer on the counter. That dusty tablet on tho wall of Q movie house on i2th Street and 7th Avenue (which few bother to notlce) tells of Q French schoolhouse that once was on that site, and the name of Q youthful professor who taught there: Cleyn- erceAii .. For some strange reason N. Y.'S only Finnish sector Is 10. cated right In the middle of Harlem ... The next time you hear Q crack pot-rab abble-rouser say the "InternA- tional Bankers are the Jews, who have all the money, invite him to the Ghetto slums ito see all their Castlesl" pttJ'
 Wall Street begins with Q grave- yard, ends in a river and once was q 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 Q whiff of British atmosphere take a5 walk along Thas,es Street. It Is where ye olde chop houses and tayerns are located, as well as architecture patterned after LoTdon's side streets. (And don't forget to bring your monocie, MT. JesseO .,.. 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
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