Show v f t y lr s sIn In New ew York J I NEW YORK YORK The The street fakers of o of Manhattan are polishing up on their mob mob psychology They are threatening to get as modern s ErS the younger generation or furniture The he old card tricks and sleight sleight-of- l nd feats are being discarded l in inayo J ayo y t oft subtler subtler methods of ol crowd They have found out W t very New Yorker knows knows knows-It It requires no more than a man fixing hl Iris collar button to draw a throng on n a Manhattan street corner 5 The other other da day for instance I saw aw awa sawa a aman man stop just outside tho subway turnstiles In Penns Pennsylvania station and and begin fumbling with a knotted piece of ot string For some minutes he made mado awkward a efforts at It winding wind wind- ing log the string about a large pack pack- age When he looked up at least t cn twenty fit j fhe e people we wera J standing ar around und watching him h he halted his clumsy efforts suddenly sud sud- denly opened the package and began some somo trick hat hangers that drat t C can ln be stuck on a wall waIl by y flans m jans ns n's of a 3 vacuum And nd an hour lau later l tr I came upon 11 a man man at the tho apex of the Times building triangle who was engrossed sed serious business of ot unstrap- unstrap ping a suitcase After Arter ho had wrestled ar around und with It for a few and a a. crowd had ha-d begun to collect olle t a a. capper appeared The two two- argued on methods of oC unstrap unstrap- ping the suitcase and as the argument argument ment waxed warm warm tho the crowd tl increased in- in in creased When the throng readied reached I a 11 proper size the tae suitcase was vas opened without any difficulty and the tile pI pitchman for pitchman for suph ho he was was was- be- be began to announce announce a fine line line of ot watches for four bits apiece Thus an old order Beware of taxi drivers who len you U are in New York agree to take You ou to some somo joy palace A definite H up DOW now exists between a certain t type pe of speakeasy gyp joint and a B. certain group of taxi drivers Ohe drivers get a a. large Jarge percentage of the ine h house use income from tho the victim What is more these drivers now new bravo bate a a. a neat little trick of ot keeping their taxis cIs waiting outside the he cafe caCe VIM wIth meters running When the bill has run Iun up to several dollars the driver suddenly and dem demands his pay The The cuckoo clock has generally been teen associated with grandpas grandpa's old farmhouse and the da days s 's Wn when n. n And New ew York Is generally with alarm clocks r Yet such are the incongruities of ot life tire that Ural grandpa is very likely to awaken t to the clanging of the alarm whereas whereas where where- as as New York has gone In for the old-fashioned old cuckoo Two Swiss cl clock ck emporiums now operate in fu t the tUp Times square belt belt and and turn out nothing but cuckoo clocks tf cf c f every I size shape and vintage Theres There's no way of ot telling Just what will wUl bring you ou fame in the bright light belt Whereas some become o famed as great actors some ome as' as great dancers others as singers pr oi comedians or wits th-er th theres there's s 's been a a cute youngster at Tex Tax Guinan's who has Jias won a certain amount amount of tame fame ame is as as the worlds world's dumbest dumbest- blonde Night after atter night nighter ever er a ap p Period of ot years ears Texas has stepped this s. s girl into the spotlight and nd shouted Folks I want you to meet neet laura she's Wilkerson-she's Wilkerson she's the worlds world's dumbest blonde She's so dumb she slie Ii iF thinks thInks' willows pussy-willows eat at n and d have 11 e kittens Give girl a tand I And pow pots theres there's an argument OJ on because a girlie at the h tins has s come corns forth with the claim dalm of ot being belLg still dumber Which of ot course isn't such u-ch a a dumb stunt GILBERT SW SWAN A Cop Copyright 1928 NEA A Service Inc |