Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-05-11
So This Is
NewYork
BY NORTH CALLAHAN


ais the end OF . Presidential
press conference by saying
Thank you. Mr.. President"
told . group of US that Ike
plays less gold than did some
other occupants of the office.
Smith said he himself was
mindful OF the criticism Ike
gets for chasing that little ball
around SO much, SO did some
research and came up with the
fact that President Woodrow
Wilson played golf three times
= week, while Ike, Smith says,
plays only once weekly-out-
side Of Augusta, Ga. The veter-
An UP reporter also said, In
regard to the recent incident Of
banishinE the squirrels from
the White House lawn because
they were interfering with
Ike's golf, that President Hard
Ing similarly deported sheep
and President Truman dogs.
Smoth added that Mrs. Essen
hower's health has been bad
for years. and said that he
knew for . fact that Il was
mainly = respiratory ailment,
not something else, Is rumors
often have Il.
A man was to speak here be-
fore . large audience some
time ago. 1 am told, and those
In charge Of the program had
been informed that the speaker
was sort of stiff at first, and
perhaps needed limbering up.
Accordingly. they took him a
cross the street to a bar and
proceeded to administer limb
ering-up medicine; too much,
in fact. When they returned to
the packed auditorium, the
presiding officer introduced the
speaker with long and windy
words. Following which, the
speaker staggered out on the
stage, waved his hand and said,
You have been a grand audi
ence"'
Whether they are based on
the fact that SO many more,
people are here trying TO make I.
good, than anywhere else, II
don't know but there are more
failures in New York than sue
cesseS. One out-of- town news
paper girl has been coming
here for years each summer
trying to get job on the New
York Times. The other day, a
wellknown disc jockey - al
though he called himself a
commentator" and once told
me he was determined to make
his name a by-word in the
American home" left his job
and went back to Texas. We
hear of the boy or girl who
makes good; what goes usually
unnoticed is the horde who try
for the big-time and then in
quiet desperation, see that the
competition is so inhumanly
big and tough, that they go
back home to uncle's bank or
Pops drugstore or the family
farm-where they are no doubt
happier. At least. they know
they tried-and New York can
be a valuable experience.
In the Grand Central Oyster
Bar, / was astonished when In
stead OF :he familiar big bowl
Of soup crackers which they
have been dishing out there for
years, i was given one small
cellophane-wrapped package Of
Just a few OF these deIicacies
with my oyster stew. After Ill
had recovered from the sur
prise-crackers are . favorite
food with mel asked the
walter what had happened to
the cracker bowls. He explain
ed they had made the change
for reasons Of sanitation. That
people stuck their hands In the
bowls. grabbed up the crack
ers, then often some one else
would be eating from the same
bowl. He didn't mention that
more crackers were available
the old way. But you can have
more" he assured me. Where
upon. he whisked out another
Of the little envelopes, and I
noticed that every time ate
up the crackers, a new enve-
lope full appeared right at my
elbow. p. S. I still like the old
bowls.
MA local student was asked
what city Is next TO the largest
In the country. He replied,
"Yonkers. because IL Is in the
edge of New York City" Back
in the old vaudeville days, they
had a standard wise-crack a.
bout IL: What are Yonkers?"
Actually. II Is much like any
other Dutch-named town - II
got Its name after an early
farmer - but with much mod
ern industry moving away
from II, lately some of its own
residents are asking themselves