| Show Hi Ef L In New York I 5 NEW EW YORK YORK NOw New w Yorks York's China China- has long Jong since c ceased ased to towe we eppi supply sinister snatches of ot melo- melo J drama m If A demonstration of ot Young Toting parading pennants tl it express their opinions of political cv In the homeland horneland Is the most exciting tiring tiling t to ha happen pen inmany a a month The Tho color spice spica and Uon of ot th the district Is b best st rev revealed aled z Jon on certain holiday hollday wl when n the thc old m world customs are are- drag dragged ed from th their lr hiding places places' and staged in an Incongruous n ba background of or Orion Orion- wearing knickers and panamas w Tong guns gather rust in back Brooms rooms and killers ha have 6 had to go goe goto e to work Irk Chinatown learned that e tong long wars vars are not good for business Such sporadic outbursts as may have baye threatened were soon stilled ns as as the m merchants merchants' organizations In- In jot Fi sited ted upon pon peace Threats of boycotts boyl boy- boy l cotts colts against potential warriors lra have vc ha ha 4 J U ir effect Also peace parleys have haJ b en introduced plainclothes plain plain- 4 clothes detectives who once went about spotting trouble now spend not of their time scrutinizing the of ot suspicious ious characters as asHI HI they th drift Into frito the Bowery Tho The t man of old is a curiosity rind and his hatchets ha have vo been peddled to curio seekers ers me The Americanization of ot tho thc inis- inis H scenes PlO progresses lesses yearly TIre The I chop sue suey restaurants cater to the of oC the tourist and jazz tunes tinkle in their phonographs and automatic pianos JIt C. C Around the corner from ChI Chin Chiha- town to the peddlers' peddlers markets flour- flour i th h Up and down tho UlO blowsy side side- are rows tows of cellars cellar's lined with pa Ins slightly patched 2 shoes s. s sOn On COn On the the ground round floor are the theca ca clothing Here the persistent stent barkers larkers me literally rally grab their customers from tho streets The Tio wandering sailor has small chance chanco of or escape The b are driven hard and fast For POl a few dollars it is possible to take home amil a a. asuit suit mil of clothes which may have lave passed assed through a dozen hands before before be be- be- be fore reaching this final junk heaD of apparel Every known device for camouflaging w wear r and tear ear has been Applied 4 s c salesmen of this belt bot apply o sense of discrimination Jimmy Walker himself walking past in all 11 ll his Ills sartorial splendor would be Called and ana urged to toY buy a a. suit cast castoff castorr oft off ma mayhap hap by a member l' l of his lila tret treet cleaning department nt I C Chinatown reflects most of of- its color colo through its children The oung ers still stin wear the gay and decorative costumes of the home home- land la Now ow and then a Chinese woman woman wo- wo man patters past in a costume of aill pants and mandarin coat coak tj- tj I. I Slowly the city begins to edge In Inn Inen 4 en n this qU quarter The number of or tour tour- buses increases annually Th The of lower lowe Manhattan comes tes Only a few blocks blocks- ot of tawdry of-tawdry tawdry tenements and the shops of of the tho Bowery Bowdry ry now protect it from Invasion It 4 S S C Not Noted d in passing PhiladelPhia Philadel Philadel- 1 phia Jack OBrien O'Brien the Ute pug ex entering en- en a broa broadcasting station in n the early morning to recite his routine of or setting up l' l exercises A mother molher bird teaching her young to fly Jy iy from front a nest the d tracks George George- Gershwin th the Br Bl Brooklyn oklyn n bo boy who still cashes calies in Jn on his Rhapsody in Blue They Th y say the tho talking movies have offered Mm him for its use Tex Guinan's mother a shopping bag as- as asunder Under inder her her urn arm leaving the Guinan Guinan Gui Gui- nan menage in tho the heart of Green- Green Greenwich ivich Village A mothball ped- ped dIer And the the- fellow who ped- ped dies strings of dried herring V GILBERT SWAN Copyright c 1928 NEA Service Sel IndI Ind |