The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-28
THE BIG CITY

eAAEy HUH COIllCT IO New York servicemen Gust back from overseas) Strolling along Bright Light Lane and warming their spirits over familiar sights The sunrise festival of vivid hues celebrating the birth of a new day Broadway's visual poetry punctuated by skyscraper exclama- tlon points Hot-dawg addicts Rulping tfe delicacy as if it was the last h. d. on earth The numh- Ing surgery of comedy waitress
 sharp glare cutting off a Romeo's spiel Cabbies bullying their way through traffic A beanery with a caviar tag: Rendezvous de Leon Film box-offices grow ing tails of waiting patrons blocks long Shadows Scribbling gro- teSque muralS across the street.
 The furry waves of mink-coated
 first-nighters drowning a theater in luxury Side-street hotels bruised with age, where misery goes F to find company Vain Stem theSpians basking in the spotlight of their bragging tongues |. Weary night-workers squatting on the masses throne-a subway seat. Their cob-webbed orbs peer at each other as if they weren't there |. The well-heeled set pulling them selves up by their own booty , ,. |. SeleSgals tucking the frayed edges of their patience under a smile and pinnnig 1t with 8 dimple The rainbow glint of jewelry on a Money Lisa. Her diamonds are campaign stars for bou6oir battles A deep, blue-eyed noon sky
 twinkling with sunshine, scarcely noticed by lunch-hourites.
 Morning stripping the Big Alley of it's sparkling fig leaves while the sun exposes its nude uglineSs. Shooting galleries recruiting custom CTS by playing martial music |. Dusk proving about the horizon as The Street puts on its mazda apron and goes to work imprmeSSing pass erSby Professional mendicants who are skilled window -dressers of their sympathy display Five ayem, when Broadway'S raucous roar subsidies into a comforting purr The Saturday evening jubi- Ice spree, when Neon Valley is packed to the brim with humanity attempting to smuggle a little amusement into their harried lives Midtown's paralytic traffic snailing its way forward Tin Pan Alleys jittery etmpo striking up an overture for songwriters' in- somnia.
 The hum of crisp breezes serving as background music for Autumn Recordings spilling out of music shop loudspeakers into a noisy inferno Pushcart peddlerse taking up the shabby threads of their existence and waeving a tapes try of loneliness :. Grimy alley ways leading to stage doors, where the theater's glamour rep is buried in a dusty corner .. A traf1lc cop power-diving on clumsy mo- torist who lit he fuse of his tenn per Broadway going to sleep light by light, until only the dim glow of all-night eateries squtnts in the darkness A flea circus barker setting off vocal fireworks by rocketing adjectives Mar quee-deep in lights, the electric con- flagration hides natures Great White Star Way =. A tiny, white puppy dg-Zagging thorugh the hu- man maZe-probably lost.
 The forlorn characters blabbing thev are on the verge of success, but they never get off that precari- ous perch The latest cellulold rave barging into Lindy's with a fighter escort of press agents :. Mobs oozing out of theaters at shoW-break time The sidewalk philosopher believing: How can anyone be an egotist? There are more stars in the sky than people , on earth and the earth IS only one small starl" slick chick { putting wolf back in his cage with the finality of dropped egg .. The quilted softness of silence blanketing the the Grandest Can yon at dawn-as welcome as a { baby's hushed cry .. Deity curved female torsos browsing along. . eager to take a mans present and give him past.
 The beautifools who would rather be looked up to. They have memo rized all the words of love but have seldom enjoyed its music .. A hu- man etcetera shouting: T am not a bum; I am a vagabond" .. Newsstands generating explosive . black headlines Ugly whispers crouching in the minds of Broad wayites ready to bounce on anyone who clicks Chorines headed for home during the early ayem hours, , escorted by fatigue A visiting movie actress lassoing stares as she , cruises along on 8 wave of perfume Honky-tonk penny arcades flushed with excitement and bub- bling with activity The silly symphony of Big Apple sounds reaching a crescendo at midnight F