The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-29

-. Claus double, except that, In
o ...d Of fur-trimmed red suit, he
s clothes that might have been
s..carded by a tramp, searching
.s,o,,pb trash basket at 46th and
n.o.dway until he finds long piece
.,rine which he smoothes out
: folds neatly and places in
.ocket Then he goes on
=. nav with an expression of salts
s.ction on his scanned face :. A
.,;r, dark woman, with long jet ear
.;nas an orchid and the bearing of
member of nobility, stopping at
I.th street to retrieve a pin from the
sidewalk An English sailor 60
no IN to a taxi driver and asking
how to get to Grand Central
and the driver walking to the next
corner to head him in the proper
direction =. II got kid in Eng
land" he explains to another cabby
;, he resumes his seat, land if he
sets lost in london, hope someone
sives him the right steer"
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A mousy-looking man with badly
blackened eye, being jerked along
Nv woman who resembles tug
boat and who is evidently his wife
Wonder if she handed him that
elmer Two chorus girls stop
ming at 5Oth street for a chat, the
theme of which seems to be moan
because there are so few lads around
the stage doors these nights -. A
uell.to-do woman, who lives in a
midtown hotel, who instead Of using
sugar used to hoard the Jumps and
sell them, wandering along Broad
way and looking as mournful as If
she had lost her best friend
Chambermaids from a midtown ho-
tel, stopping in a hole-in-the-wall
restaurant for a cup Of coffee and
much gossip concerning those who
register in and out Girls wear
ing cotton stockings Of gay design. ,
Fifth avenue bus conductors tip
ping their hats as they pass st. Pat
rick's cathedral {. A somewhat
elderly man solemnly pedaling tri-
cycle, such as used by little girls
when was kid, UP the avenue
=. Well, that's one way to solve
transportation problems (. :. !. The
sun having a lot of fun with the
Museum of Modern Art which is al
most all glass . A couple of visit
ing camera enthusiasts making
shots of the Promethus fountain in
Rockefeller Center .-. Don't be-
lieve I've ever walked that plaza
without seeing at least one
Radio entertainers stopping for a
bite to eat and a chat with their
fellows in drugstore before going
on to the studios :. Music Hall
Rockettes, out for a bit of sunshine
between shows and seemingly NOV
ing in precision even as they wan
der here and there. S
A blind man in Foley square Of
fering picture postcards for sale
Usually it's chewing gum or
lead pencils With now and then
a vender of shoe strings though
they have become scarce in the last
few years Attorneys coming
out of the country courts building
still arguing their cases "Glad
was well down on the calendar
today" remarks one. That Judge
always blows off steam on the first
lew cases. -. Pearl street which
goes meandering down town so
erookedly that it almost crosses it
self /. The two winged Municipal
building, which family reminds me
Of a mother with outstretched arms,
where couples seeking marriage Ii
censes gather Vehicles enter
ing the cavern in which is the Man.
haitian entrance to the venerable
Brooklyn bridge.
The Woolworth building tower
which in the past attracted throngs
Oh visitors who wished to get a high
Up view OF the city Nowadays,
ue slghtseers choose the much tall
e Empire State and RCA buildings
-. Away back in the early days
VI New York, the tower Of Trinity
church was the spot for those who
Slsned to see the town from the
ueisnts and now office work
ess look down on that same tower
Not one pitchman in the block
~ chambers street between Broad
way and Church street Maybe
se war has made it impossible for
~s'n 10 get stocks of saleable goods
whenever I pass $50 Broad
say, l think Of Bob Davis and that
say ne bought my first novel l.
sua mad dreams of some day be-
.0mlng great author Maiden
-ane with its jewelry establishments
- and diamond merchants who
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