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Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-12 | Page 8 | A New Yorker at Large

Type issue
Date 1930-12-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title A New Yorker at Large
Type article
Date 1930-12-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 8
OCR Text I iC r r I. I 5 A. A t t rn EW I K KJ J t. t T i rU ARGE I j iD c. c 12 Th Tho No commission Blon appointed p I d by New v NewYork York to ways WIlYS v ys of t keeping the tho Jt tTo front going more gO ga gag ga-ga than r they tho already are rE h biL has s s to touch eli upon S s 's some 0 m In e excellent If sll slightly Impractical Im practical t l l rem remedies edies Ifor i n s t n nIce cc S th they y suggest ther the theS S 4 r removal in val 0 of ot t. t e c ole left re- re ft vat d. d t trails traina r aI That's all al 1 V very 0 ory veil Nell ell But it will f bo to tough UI h on Jn n S. S such uch t folk lk as as' m myself my m- mI I self seH who so fr frequently fre tre- I Qu have to fall faU back on good I old color bes such as in inthe inthe Inthe the sullen ullen shad tho the un une log elevated tracks Or sun e escaped ca ed through the th imprisoning bars bars of of th the tho elevated atc 1 tracks ts running freely Creely over tho the sidewalks sidewalks' a and m ment Dt le leaving a modernistic tic tic- cubes and angles S S I However r one suggestion of this c committee has already been put Into nto effect I the traffic policemen are aro rc not supposed d to blow whistles Th They y are aro presumed d t to function ac according aC- aC cording to to the best rules of ot the books Which means that they hey exercise variously variously- their their- right and I left tt arms Unfortunately some of them still sun go goin go In for tot two finger at nt which they are not Dot so expert Mea Meanwhile th the Island d of ot Manhattan Manhat- Manhat t- t tan an spends sp thousand dollars to o find find- out that noises s are caused b by auto Rut h horns tr truck ck ch T. T horses' horses Hoofs on cobblestones nc skilled workmen 1 driving driving- rivets and ard such like hike dl- dl Any of us who live IIvo here havo been glad to contribute t his Is information tion free treo gratis and for nothing I S S Unfortunately Unfortunate the committee did didlot not lot call on me for tOl expert opinion My Iy ry first recommendation would betor be bo boor for tor or the elimination of ot neighbors I Since the Coolidge Idea of ot two two ga ga- ga I rages ages rages to a homo home has t fallen flat nat my ny particular neighbors neIghbors' appear to have gone In for tor t two radios to a a. S But g glancing over o their report 00 o finds that th the tho river boats l hajo hai agreed to ito mute their sirens to o some extent t. t They must pick i gertain l hours ours since they still sun in- in with wit my typing at at- three Inthe in inthe the he morning In fact I shall miss them hem Any poor mortal who does a consid considerable rable amount of his his- work at at- early hours of the morning l likes kes to believe that there are are other saps doing the same thing A blast from froma a a. atu tu tug or br river boat boat contained a gesture of companionship Nor am I completely in favor of ot noiseless t rn subway eta sta- lons Hons Just a a. few tew months month ago a a. movie concern was looking around with O. O for tor a atypical atypical typical voice of the th cit city And they hey picked on the click click- Ing ng If It there were only some way to o get air into h humid subways s In hot lot weather eath r. r it would s seem cm to us us ot of f Infinitely gr greater Import Theres There's Theresa a 3 certain rhythmic quality qualify in the licking clicking i g. g got of ot tu turnstiles which seems as s music by contrast to the gosh- gosh awful wul noise of the subway itself S S 0 Our final imil commentary lies In the report th that Good G d Pr pro progress rif sO Is made mad In that other noise n nuisance also complained of the loudspeaker loudspeaker loud speaker c Well We'll believe t hat only when the he last last- Chinese ro s tau r n t. t on tr Broadway is gone and nd the last store on n radio radl r row r o w has lias ios surrendered r o 0 elto el d I Ito to o th the sheriff sheriff- I S However r thero there theros Is s some sonie atlon cation In knowing t 11 hat a t the tho c early a I y Greeks were annoyed annoyed an nn noyed by chariots passing on their way vay to tho the races and th that t a a. certain Sybarite of Roman days complained corn com because petals petaL crumpled In his his ils bed of ot roso rose leaves s and disturbed dis- dis I bed tm-bed his sleep GILBERT SWAN NEA EA Service Inc
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