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Show Lights of New ' YorkLyL York SL LyL STEVENSON LSTEVENSON STEVBNSON , Four hundred and fifty Ofty tniusandpersons tu)11'llnd tu11llnd tniusand tu)11'llndpersons tuo'i&andpersons tuoiandpersons , ) ' & : ' persons personsnU \ walk \\nU nU , daily dally on Forty 'orty orty [ ' second secondstreet secondstreet secondstreet street , according to a bulletin Issued IssuedrecentJy issuedrecently Issuedrecently recentJy recently by the l'ort3 lort3 I'orty Iorty Fort ' } second Street StreetProperty Streel1'iopcrty Streel1iopcrty treel treelPloperty Ploperty Property ' Owners ' nnd and Merchants Ierthnnts ' asso- asso assocl'1tJon associltion asso-cntion asso cntion - - cl'1tJon cl1tJon ciltion ' Those Thobe who ho \ walk \ all . on mid midto midtown's midtown's midtowns to\\ to ton's town's towns \ n's ns ' principal east nnd and west artery arterydo arterydo arterydo do so f1 tiom from om choice , ho\\ ho hoe however honeser \ \ e\ e eer \ er . . Twenty Twentyseven Twentyseven Twentyseven seven thousand vehicles vehlcles tm\ tm travel tmel trawl \ el It each I day It Is cros&ed crosed cros.ed crossed & : . by seven sub\\ sub subay subnay subnaylines subwaylines \ \ ay I Ilines lines , four elevated lines , . five bus buslines buslines i hnes lines , ele\ ele eleven eleen elesen \ en surface surfnce Ines and oni onare onare on onare i are four railroad stations At the west westI westend westend westend I end it Is possible posslbie to tike t\he t he ' \ Hudson r1\ r1 r1er riser riserand riverand \ er erand and Sandy Hook Hool . boats and excurslon excursion excurslonboats excursionboats excursionboats boats to almost anJ any anywhere where , as well as asthe asthe asthe the Weeliawken Weehawken ferry fcrry It even c\en c en esen \ has a asub asubnay asubway sub\\ sub subay subnay \ \ ay of its own , the shuttle line con connectIng connetting connecting nectIng netting Grand Cential CentInl and Tlmeq Times TlmeqSquare TimesSquare Time"Square TimeSquare " Square , \ which hleh carries hundreds hundreas huadreas of ofthous'1nds ofthous'inds ofthousinds thous'1nds thous1nds thous'inds thousinds ' ' of passengers passcngers cich e'1ch e1ch e'ich eich ' ' day ne Re nepeatcdly Repeatedly Repeatedly peatcdly peatedly plans ha\ ha have hae hase \ e been submitted submittedfor submittedfor submittedfor for a mo\ mo coos moving momg \ mg ing sidewilk sldew'1lk sldew1lk sidew'tlk sidewtlk ' ' bet\\ bet beta between beteen \ \ een those thosetwo thosetwo thosetwo two points Still , the 450000 150 000 daily dally dallyssotkers dailyotl dallywoikers \\otl otl ssotkers \ ers are nre a mere handful In 'he he 'lie lie 'hespace 'liespace 'hespace hespace ' space of 12 months , the association associationreports associationreports associationreports reports , 212 2122 212230,244 212230244 O,244 O244 2,244 2244 , tickets for busses bussesbOJts bussesbolts bussesboats bOJts bolts , trolleys trolleJ S , subwiys subw'1Ys subw1Ys subwzys ' and eleulted elesated eleultedlines elesatedtines elevatedlines lines tines were sold on Forty rorty second street . t . i * . iA A million persons , the association associationfiures associationfigures associationfigures fiures figures . ; , 11\ 11 ls live 11e \ [ e w \ within \ IUlIn ltlun walking dlstance distance distanceof dlstanceof of Forty rorty second street Counting those thosen thosewho thosewho n who ho get there by b . } cars and busses , the thetotal thetotal thetotal total Is 1'3 13 ' 2500 2500000 000 Within a r\ r ndlus rlus ridlus ' \ lus of of100 100 miles , the population Is Js 12000000 12000000rIft 12 12000000Fiftj 000 000 000fifty rIft fifty . } t\\ t two t0 \ 0 thousand persons are em empIo employ cmplowed pIo ploy . } cd ed on t [ Forty 'orty orty ' second street and 5 5,000000 5000000 , 000 000 persons are fed red tliere there f'a fa each eachyear ' eachiear h hJ J year car rort Forti Forty . } second street merchants merchantssell merchantssell merchantssell sell almost anJ any an ; thing lort Forti Forty . } se- se seand se sc - " md and mdstreet andstreet > ndstreet street Is ls only a about out 10 10500 500 feet longbut long longbut longbut but It connects dew ew Jer Jersey : > cy and Long LongIs1'1nd Longisl'ind LongIslind Is1'1nd Is11nd isl'ind islind ' ' ' Tiking T'lJng TlJng 'riling riling ' . ! It nil nll all In all , it's its It ' ; , quite quiteaD quitean quitean aD an Important street , . , ! In n the eyes of the theassocIation theassociation theassociation assocIation , at least le1st le'tst letst ' . . . r * e * e . ehere's Hel Heie's Heies here's heres e's es ' ' " where "here here I score n a c.coop ccoop scoop : . < ; coop on the theassoctatlonat theassociationat theassociation assoctatlon-at assoctatlon at association-at association - at least no mcrtlon mertlon was wasIll'lde wasmule wasmide Ill'lde Illlde mule ' of or It In the bulletin bulletln On rorty Forty rortysecond Fortysecond Fortysecond second street are a num number er of thea then theaters thenters thenters ters Business usmess being beJng whit wh'1t wh1t ' It 1'1 11 is l ' own crs us are turnln turning a tidy penny by rent rentIng renting rentIng Ing the lobbies lobb1es to pitchmen pltchmen The Therentals Therentals Therentals rentals , according to my Informant Informantrun , run from $300 300 $ to ? $ " )00 00 jOO i00 ) a month 'orty- 'orty orty Forty 'ortysecond Fortysecond [ ' Forty-second Forty second - second street attracts a lot of Idlers IdlersPitchmen idlersPitchmen idlersPitchmen Pitchmen do the rest . . 1 i . They hey "ad ad work " norkhardand . hard hardand hardand and fast , , , since a 3 rental of Q500 ; : 500 OO a amonth amonth amonth month necessitates a big take U L'xperts Lxperts L'xpertsall Cxpertaall ' erts ertsal1 al1 all of them . , If there is a dime In a apochet apocket apocket pochet pocket , . , It lt usually usual1y can be extractede extracted e * . e * . e * . eLike Like to listen to a high pitch A AhIgb Ahigh Ahigh hIgb high pitch , as explained explamed by my guide guideIs , Is one where the pitchman gives a amore amore amore more or less leirned le'1rned le1rned learned ' lecture of more morethan morethan morethan than the usual length The high pitches pitchesIndicate pitchesindicate pitchesIndicate Indicate considerable education , ac- ac acquired acquired ac acquired - - quired possibly not In ln colleges col1eges but In 1n 1none Inone Inone one way or another Anyway , they theysound theysound theysound sound learned Words are cleverly cleverlyused cleverlyused cleverlyused used and the art of suggestion Is most mosthIghly mosthighly mosthighly hIghly developed A touch of or mystery mysteryIs Is added to the most piosiac ploslae pioslac subject subject.The subjectThe . . The high pitchmen pltchmen are expert psy psy- psychologIsts psy- psy psychologists psychologists - - chologists also They can size up a acrowd acrowd ncrowd crowd In an Instant lnstant and rarely make mahe a amistake amistake amistake mistake So dimes come e es eicn , en from fromun fromunwilling fromunwilling un unwilling " llUng pockets , the rent Is made made.and madeand . , Dnd and so are proOts profits * . e . e . eFor For some reason reaSOD or other otber , the rortv Foty rortvsecond Fotysecond Fortysecond second street Property Owners and andMerchants andMerchants andMerchants Merchants ' a--sociahon-I'm a sociahon I'm Im association-I'm association association - - ' I'm Im ' glad I'mnot I'm Im I'mnot ' I'mnot Imnot ' not a contr1butln contributing . ; member mgmber m mber becruse becpuse itwould It Itwould would \ ould be such a chore to make out outth outthe outthe th the chl'clts-also chl'clts chlclts also checks-also checks checks ' - also omitted Joe the Rat- Rat Rattle.nke Rat-tiebnike Rat tiebnike - . tle.n\ke tle.nke tle.n tlen ke tlesn'ike tlesnike : . ' ' \ Mm Mtn hn Joe works In ln a coop coopwhich , which 1 I full of I lattlers attlers rattlers Snakes are aretatooed aretatooed aretatooed tatooed on his cheeks cheehs and his body Is Iscovered iscovered Iscovered covered with bites He lie doesn't doesnt ' have haveto haveto haveto to make a ball ballyhoo-hls ballyhoo hls ballyhoo . } hoC-bis hoC bis } - - his snakes snal.es snales . do dolt doit doIt lt it for him \ with Ith their continuous rat rat- rattUng rattling - . tling tUng His wife is ls a midget who singse sings e * . e . e . eAnother Another statistical note : An aver average average average age of 6000 6 C 000 persons a week pay a dol dot dollar dotlar dollar lar each to be hoisted to the top of oftbe ofthe ofthe tbe the Empire Bmplre State building tower . a * . e . . * In Irs Irvin In S Cobb obb was talking with a agentleman agentleman agentleman gentleman whose name Is ls n \ well e1l ell known knownand knownand knownand and " who "ho ho is also well wen known hnown as a talk talkere talker talker ere ere"Is er . . "Is Is " your son going gomg to follow in ln the themouth themouth themouth mouth prints of his father father7 ? " asked askedCobb askedCobb askedCobb Cobb And the reply Is not a matter matterof matterof matterof of record .C C ( . ) ( 1333 In3 1933 Bell Syndlca.toWNU syndicateWNU Syndicate Syndlca.to Syndlcato . -WNU WNU - WNU Sorvtct ServIce |