The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
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that alteration would require at
least two weeks for completion. I
asked the clerk why it took so long
for simple operations such as
shortening pants or letting out the
waist, etc. He said it was because
of a current shortage of tailors here,
then added that these men were not
trained in the Unietd States but
practically all of them come from
Europe. Now that they have almost
stopped migrating to this country,
the stores are alarmingly short of
tailors-and that if women didn't
start doing this work, we men might
have to alter our own clothes.
People here have had a good
chance to see If they really are as
busy as bees. Several swarms OF
little honey-makers have decided to
try the big city life, and lighted
right in the middle of Manhattan.
One swarm lighed on a door ledge
Of a big building. causing a COM
motion and the calling of the police
who of course didn't know what
to do about IL. Another bunch OF
the buzzers settled on he corner OF
a candy store, and still another
batch came to a cluustered rest in
the window of an ambulance COM
pany. New Workers. ran for cover,
shouted epithets al usual but did
nothing. The curator of the Bronx
Zoo said it was the hot, humid
weather. Needless to say, the e
soon unfolded their wings and took
off for more rural areas.
Broadway's best news is that Bob
by Clark is coming back. He is now
acknowledged to be the countrys
funniest comedian, since his big sue
cess in the musical comedy, sweet
hearts, which played to full houses
all last season and now is rocking
The West Coast with laughter. Next
fall, Bobby is due back as the nus
band of a woman President Oh .ne
limited States in a play entitled. a
the Girls Go" We are assuredly IN
for another session of hearty laughs
7 don't suppose there are many
of lis who have not read the comic
ssToonerville Trolley" that lovaple
cartoon which shows hilarious cna-
racters-yet amazingly true to ire.
who live along the shortest funniest
railroad in he world, drawn by fon,
taine Fox. The man who operated
the original ~rrolley" and who gave
Fox the idea, Edward c. Chaser
died in suburban Mount Vernon
here at the age Of II, last week. he
once operated a two-mile single
track line between two III
here. his trolley being noted Tor It's
Ilrchinps, BOOKINGS and swayings.
Fox rode it once-and soon began
b;s cartoon, "Toonerville Trolley"
Bill Murphy is the shoe man IN
the lobby of a big building on 9TH
Avenue. He is a friendly fellow ana
T often chat with him as he rubs on
NV shoes. For some time ! had no.
ticed a picture of two handsome
policemen which always hangs just
above the seat of his shine booth.
One dav I asked him who they were,
and taking time out, smiling a big
smile, he revealed that they were
his sons. "Both were in the war,
made fine records and now are back
on their beats" he said proudly.
eBoth of 'em got a house full o
kids, too-and I'm their granpa," he
added as he gave an extra big
florish to the shoes. Bill is a happy
man. He has little responsibility,
his sons help him financially, he
takes a day off when he pleases,
and is more secure and SATISFIED
than a lot of big executives | know.
Joe Smith thought he was pay
ing a compliment to his friend, the
manager of the RKO movie thea
ter at 58th Street and Bird Avenue
when he told him that he always
liked to go there; that here were
always plenty of seats. To which
the movie mar rejoined that empty
seats were not much of a compli-
ment to any show manager
but he did admit that
because of the size of the big theater
and its location, one is most apt to
find a seat there at most hours than
in the buster midtown houses.
Ex-service men and others here
mourned deeply the loss of General
John j. Pershing, the only man
since George Washington to hold the
rank of General of the Armies.
Highest generals of the last war
ranked below him because of special
act of Congress. With the passing of
"Black Jack" Pershing went the
symbol of an era, a time of a real
whoop-it-up war which introduced
great songs like "Over There" and
5th Avenue parades of the good old
time variety. Many an American
Legionaire sighed with real regret
when they heard the news. 'There
was a real soldier" was their high