Arkansas State press., 1945-06-01

Lights Of NewXork
by |. L. STEVENSON

Courtesy: A diminutive. gray
woman, clad in true mid-Victorian
style, was making her way slowly
out OF the New York Times build
ing with the aid OF two crutehes.
A large. pleasant faced man. noting
that she was further handicapped
by handbag In one hand and bum
die OF papers under her other arm.
stepped forward and gave her as
sistance for which she thanked him
very prettily. The street door be-
Ing rather hard to open, especial
ly when there is a breeze, he per-
formed that service for her and
then stood aside so that she might
descend the one step Instead of de-
seending. the lady stopped and in
formed the one who had aided her
that 1t was indeed a pleasure to
meet real gentleman" at last.
With that. she extended a closed
hand and into the hand OF the man,
dropped dime, The gentleman"
who returned the dime with a blush,
was Henry M. Snevily, general man.
ager OF the Bell Syndicate.
Hi-Jackers: A New York. bound
freight train. to let a passenger
train pass. pulled into a siding
short distance upstate the other eve-
ming, the siding being the usual
meeting place for the two trains.
The track clear, the freight pulled
out onto the main line and started
on its way. At the next town, the
station master signaled that some.
thing was wrong. A stop was made
and the doors Of four refrigerator
cars. loaded with beef were found
wide open. Inspection showed that
all the meat within easy reaching
distance had disappeared. Detec.
tives discovered that trucks had
been waiting at the siding where
the stop was made. The thieves
evidently had made a close study
OF the whole situation and thus had
been able to time their movements
with such exactness that they OBJ
tanned their loot and got away In
the short space the freight stood ON
the siding.
Signs: For some time, high class
furniture store occupied a corner on
Bergenline avenue in Jersey City
Over the windows on each side was
4 large sign in gold letters, read
Ing, Buy for cash and save halt"
Some time ago. the furniture store
moved away and about six months
ago another store moved In. There
was different policy, however, the
new owners selling on the install
ment plan. So now there are signs
In the windows, which still contain
furniture displays, Your credit IL
good. Only S. down" But those
large gold signs. Buy for cash and
save half" are still In their Gus
tomary places. Whether or not they
affect the business Of the credit con-
Germ this departments informant
could not say since he, having read
the signs, passed on without max
ing any inquiries.
Oasis: New York bar and grill
owners complain over the curfew-
skip this paragraph if there Is no
curfew by the time this gets into
print-Which compels them to stop
selling liquor on the stroke Of mid
night Bar and grill owners over in
New Jersey, however, aren't doing
so much complaining. They close
at midnight, of course, but they do
not suffer any great loss in reve-
nue. The reason Is that while New
York dispensaries are permitted by
state law to sell hard liquor only
by the drink, in New Jersey, the
saloon men can sell 1t by the bot.
tie. So when midnight comes, the
thirsty purchase a bottle or SO to
take home with them. Also, bottles
of liquor with price tags now form
window displays for New Jersey
bars and grills. In New York, such
displays are usually merely paste.
board and with no prices.
Enlightenment: For some time,
Joy Hodges was puzzled by the
steady stream Of mail she received
from companies offering her special
rates on revolvers, blackjacks,
handouts and other extremely un.
usual implements for singing star.
Not until recently did she learn
why she was the recipient of such
advertising. II seems that while she
was with Universal, she had been
made police chief Of Universal
City. Her name, therefore, got on
mailing lists Of those who supply
tools for officers Of the law.
End Piece: Joan Edwards
dropped Is pounds during her re-
cent engagement at the Roxy the
alter without resortlng to any re-
ducing diet. Her loss Of weight was
brought about by hard work. In ad-
dition to 4 stage performances each
dnv che did 40 hrnod r etc a,,J on