Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-01
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"a Town


as the outlanderS say, "a great
place to visit but / wouldn't
want to live there" j"
New York is a city of dizzy
heights and diZzier people. 1t
is also the stomping ground OF
one Dizzy Gillespie, the person
ification of Bebop. 1t is light
hearted, bright-hearted and
fabulous place which lives in
your eyes as we'll as your
mind.
Don't come to New York for
a rest. This is the place of
pleasant exhaustion - of that
tired but happy feeling. A fair
ly accurate account of a big
visit would read something
like this:
Breakfast at the Automat
shop the windows until noon.
and then a whopping roast
beef sandwich at Shines, just
across from the Statler and al
most next door to Penn sta
ton. Next, Radio City's famed
Music Hall for a movie and a
really extravagant stage pres
entation which makes you
wish all your friends were
along with you. And then to
the Rainbow Room atop Ra-
dio City a cocktail TO
music 65 stories straight up
and, when the sun goes down,
you conclude that maybe this
is as close to heaven as you'll
ever get! Back to your hotel
md a quick change for dinner
at the Roosevelt with dancing
to Guy Lombardo & his Royal
(yea, loyal Canadians. Next
to a late club such as the Cop
acabana and then back to your
hotel and pleasant dreamS-if
anyl
Late to bed and late to rise
makes a man unhealthy,
poor and so wise! So what of
a million things to do? Well,
try shopping at Macy's or
Gimbels in the morning after
you've had breakfast in any
place that looks good. At y
take luncheon at the Cross
roads, Broadway at 42nd. Eat
and watch the millions. After
lunch a visit to the Metropoll-
tan Museum for that full feel
ing. 1t is now about $50 and
this time you go for cocktails
at any of the hotels on Central
Park. Dress for evening and
dine to the music of Dick Jur-
gems at the famous Cafe Rouge
at the Statler. Then to the
theatre to see that play. Flop
into bed saying to yourself,
"All this and l haven's even
started!"
Yes, New York is really
something but you can have a
wonderful time - no matter
how much your purse contains.
The best times l ever had here
happened when l had first lib
erty after 16 weeks of boot
training at Sheepshead Bay
Maritime Training S alton
during the war. / found out
then that you can have a great
time here with very little OF
the filthy stuff. Incidentally,
Sheepshead is now an Air
Force base and the old Man
haitian Beach Coast Guard Sta"
ton is no more.
Interesting sidelight TO our
own trip here came when Nick
di FREDERICK, a relative OF
London's Mancini family and
one of the managers of the
wonderful Copacabana show
club, helped us get a table at
the opening of Sammy Davis,
Jr. Nick is known to many
Londoners and has been kind
and courteous to them all. This
fellow Sammy Davis is an alb
solute genius among show peo-
pie. Sitting with a lot of over
stuffed people in an overstuf-
fed mite club is very much akin
to being a sardine although |
must say there were some
very pretty sardines aboard.
One such pretty sardine was
the late Marilyn Monroe. / say
late" because it is rumored
that she never comes out be-
fore 1900. She was resplend-
ent in the hair-do of an albino
fuzzy-wuzzy and very little
else. Marilyn takes a lot OF
meows from the cats. | was
asked what in the world | saw
in her and, beating a hasty
mental retreat, / replied that
she had a very pretty smile
and let it go at that.
But getting back to Sammy
Davis-this fellow can do
everything but fly around the
room under his own power. He
dances, sings, plays, initiates
and just plain vows EN-. Eddie
Fisher and his ever loving you
-know-who got oohs and aahs
as did many another. The only
thing in which we personally
took part happened after the