Laurel outlook., 1945-08-01

Ramblings and Nominations: An
ancient dame leading an ancient
pug along Park avenue May
be it's due to years of association
but they look much alike in face, up
holstery and walk. Park ave-
u divided into two parts at 46th
street by the New York Central
building. With traffic darling
through the two openings and
with two pedestrian lanes which are
lined with shops of various kinds.
In the window of a jewelry
store, a chronometer by which l
always check my watch on the way
back to the office from the Dutch
Treat club on Tuesdays. Can't
place any reliance in those street
clocks. D.. . At Park and 47th, a
navy captain, though built along
beamy lines, agilely lodging a taxi
and muttering angrily, "He should
have blown a passing signal" -. A
w~ell-dressed young Chinese with an
American flag pin in his button hole,
the stars of which glisten like real
diamonds.
Waiting for the light change at
Broadway and 46th street, a plumb
er's helper with an extremely heavy
box of tools on his shoulder. 81
should have taken up piccolo play
ing for a steady job" he means to
a companion. Three iaunty
British fiers accompanied by three
more than passingly pretty Ameri-
can girls-hands across the sea or
lend-lease. . A display of melons
in the window of a restaurant.
But my favorite fruit has not yet
reached that degree of sweetness
that makes me wish Times Square
were a cantaloupe and I had to eat
my way out. Youths wearing
those open collar sports shirts and
thus exposing prominent Adams
apples to the sunshine and wind. $50.
Couples keeping dates on the steps
of the Astor. One taxi driver
talking to another, 'They give Goer-
ing a chicken dinner - brother, are
you eatin' chicken"
Servicemen wearing Pacific cam
paign ribbons inspecting the Rosen-
thai fiag-raising picture replica in
Times Square and in front OF
the nearby Statue of Liberty rep
lea, one woman telling another,
my soldier son sent home a real
souvenir - a new German vacuum
cleaner complete even with spare
parts" . Her companion, after
a couple of 'tsks," remarking,
"My son sent me only perfume"
then adding hastily, is if she
didn't want to seem ungrateful,
"But it's awful good - and high
priced" Those fat pigeons on
43rd street that are too lazy to get
out of the way of pedestrians and
take wing only when menaced by
hand or foot.
Bobbysoxers hanging around the
stage door of a movie palace - they
are lying in wait for a well-known
band leader whose name slips my
mind. A good-looking lad in
uniform making his way up Broad
way on crutches, his companion an
attractive brown-eyed girl and their
conversation dealing with the posi-
of finding an apartment
he is discharged and they are
married. Small boys scuttling
here and there looking for bond
buyers. . . One lad in an uptown
school sold $1,000 worth in
one day, his customers, his father
and two uncles. A bevy OF
good-looking army nurses wearing
heir uniforms for the first time-in-
picked up by eavesdrop-
ping as they talk with a nurse not
yet in uniform but who soon will be
f they have their way.
The ancient Metropolitan Opera
house which looks more like a loft
building than the home of the
worlds highest priced noise. . . .
if there will be a new opera
lOuSe dlIcl Tic wal. = . . Ivy OSOQlo
aiding an extremely important sal
rage campaign - they are gather
ng waste paper. . Kids playing
marbles in a Ninth venue vacant
OF Just as we used to do on the
grounds when l was a young
ter. Windowbox gardens in
enement homes. Thought:
all but one of the elevated
ines have gone, there T no more
into the second and third
loor dwellings of the poor. A
Whole flock of feminine needle work.
rs heading for the nearest Red
ross blood bank. Union Square
where soapboxers used to spout al
most continuously. None in
light now though numerous lit
lie groups are busily discussing