Show 1 I- I In IP New N ew York Yolk k lf ll A p tell me that NEW EW YORK YORK They They broken b butterflies grow scarcer tj and scarcer on Broadway each year yui I Not so long hong ago one could eX expect ex- ex J peel pct a i a br broken ken butte butterfly fly to to a appear appear ap- ap j t pe pear r in hi a suicide attempt a a ava vagrancy va va-i grancy charge or a a shooting affray at least once a a. month The The butterflies that wing their way tay to Manhattan these days ar arnot are not so fragile it woud seem eem as their sisters of yesteryear They seem more more capable of ot standing th the th hard knocks I 1 ani am told that this this' is th the result of th that hardening hu pr process cess cess in the younger oung n. n that one oe much about In Innocent rn- rn no ent maidenhood no rio longer go goes 3 blithely out of Main Street to land lanil land against the stern realities of Broad of-Broad- Broad way a ion Disillusion is still there of ot I 1 course and so are heart aches But Buta a new new capacity for taking th tha th blows 05 seems to have hare been achieved The butterfly who once singed her wings woul 1 be found be-found found with the gas Aas turned on on in a hall ball bedroom 1 They rhey still singe their wi wings gs but bOt they flit to other othe flowers and learn that this is not a one man word The process of setting getting hard boiled seems to begin gin long before they have arrived d on the str street t of the bright lights And with witha a a shell sielI developed the failures s and l 1 L dj to new endeavors 0 C S At this moment we lm know w of or at least thirty pretty maid maids Wh who came cam cameto to to to- this town to crash the musical comedy stage Not one caught on on But since extra are are- in in demand demand demand de- de mand due to the Christmas rush rush the they have taken jobs In the department department depart- depart ment stores Eventually perhaps 1 the they may get pet their chance In the thai th meantime the they will ill at least feast eat I 1 And if ir they are so so 50 disposed they 1 will n always find young men who will help them drink r l and be merr merry i iThe C SC The village blacksmith 0 ot oe f j Christopher street tells tens me t that t 1 within another year year ha will have to to- give up tl the gh ghost st and no rio longer will I awal awaken ento to the pungent aroma of hot irons burning against hoofs hoots l' l lof For three years ears the grand old trade has been gradually slipping Year b by year fewer and fewer ew r horses are brought to be sh shod d. d Business in this industry thrives S' S only around the waterfront where where- horse horse- trucking is still indulged in ip But the horse fast disappears from the neighborhoods C C C Visitors to to M Manhattan ire are in invariably in variably surprised d at the number umber of ot village the they come upon Somehow So the they do not asso asso- elate the heart of New York York- nit The clang of Qt an an anvil seems about the strangest music musio one could hear hearin in the shadow of aSk a a. Sk skyscraper per Yet the followers followers followers' ot of of this r romantic mantic rural art have clung year after year yea refusing to ur- ur render |