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L S1EVENSON S'IEVENSON SIEVENSON 8'1 81 S'IEVENSONFree S1EVENSONFree ' ' EVENSON Free ride to the graveyard A Acompan Acompany Acompany compan company , ) selling cemetery lots has hashIt hashit hashit hIt on a new scheme to increase increasesales increasesales increasesales sales Women's Womens ' organizations organIz'ltIons organIzltIons organizvtrons ' are areapproached areapproached areapproached approached and a fund raising plan planlaId planlaid planlaid laId before them It If they will ob obtaIn obtam obtain taIn tam 36 women milling willing \ \ Illmg to travel to tothe tothe tothe the property in m a bus , the company companywIll companywill companywill wIll pay into the organIzatIon's organIzatIons organIzatIon'streasury organization'streasury organization'streasury organizationstreasury ' treasury , the sum of 35 cents a ahead ahead ahead head As a further turtb"r turtbr " inducement for fora fora fora a large turnout refreshments are areserved areserved areserved served at the cemetery Thus the theorganIzation theorganization theorganization organIzation is ahead $12 12 $ 70 and andfree andfree andfree free meals for members who at- at attend attend at attend - tend As for the company , the hIgh hIghpressure highpressure highpressure pressure salesmen calesmen ; who make theIr theIrappearance theirappearance theirappearance appearance after the luncheon , look lookafter lookafter lookafter after its interests mterests The scheme must mustbe mustbe mustbe be profitable since smce it has been m moperatIon moperation inoperation operatIon for some time . . . Seeing sights At that large dress dressestablIshment dressestablishment dressestablishment establIshment in m Union Square Squarewhere Squarewhere Squarewhere where customers w wait ut on them them- themselves themselves themselves - selves , the mirrors in m the room for forthe forthe torthe the try ons are slanted and gIrls gIrlsslttmg girlssitting girlssitting slttmg sitting on high stools are thus able ableto ableto ableto to watch everything everythmg that takes takesplace takesplace takesplace place Thus it is extremely diffi dIffi- dIfficult diffi- diffi difficult difficult - - cult tor for a dishonest female to make makea a successful getaway with any ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the store's stores ' property Store detec detec- detectives detectives detectives - tives are arc also on constant patrol patrolthroughout patrolthroughout patrolthroughout throughout . the place Inddentally Incidentally Incidentallysuburban , suburban housewives never visIt visItthe visitthe visitthe the establishment estflbllshment on Thursdays Thursdays.If ThursdaysIf . It If they did dfd they would meet the1 their theirmaids theirmaids % ' maIds because Thursday is the serv serv- servants serv- serv servants servants - - . ants ants ' day out For that reason reasonalso , also , most of ot the Wesfchester Wesfch6ter clubs clubswith , WIth family memberships , have havet1telr havetleir havetheir t1telr tleir } big meal on Thursday nsteisl instead insteajiof , , , ' of Sunday night mght . , . fJ.oJ fJoJ a . ; " rt r _ . > -t t - ' . . . . , < + ' - fj "J J fjHard " Hard heartedcNew hettrtedNewtyotk- hettrtedNewtyotk hettrtedNewtyotkFor he&rted herted & : NewYork ' York * - For sev- sev several several sev several - - eral years1 fears years , : , ' ayoung a -young young youngman - young man manias manhas ( has been beenselling beenselling beenselling selling applh apples applhand apples and oranges ranges at EIghth EIghthI EIghthavenue Eighthavenue Eighthavenue I avenue and Forty third street Not Notonly Notonly Notonly only is he deaf and dumb but also alsoso alsoso alsoso so nearly blind tha that he can can . , , see seeonly seeonly ! ' only a short distance That's Thats ' why whyregularr whyregular regularr customers alwa alwayspress alwayspresstheir always ) s ? , press presstheIr presstheir theIr nickels mckels into mio the . . palm of or hIS hishand hishand : hand His stand is one box bDx atop atopanother atopanother : another Well , the other mornmg morning morningthe , the stand upset and the stock rolled rolledmto rolledinto rolledinto mto into the street . , Instead Insead { of laugh laugh- laughing - . mg ing laughmg ing at at th the occurrence occurrence curr currnc nc , , passersby passersbystopped passersbystopped passersbystopped stopped and garnered gathered the fruIt fruItThey fruitThey fruitThey They didn't didnt ' walk away with It but butarranged butarranged butarranged arranged it neatly on the stand standThe standThe standThe The distressed merchant thanked thankedthem thankedthem thankedthem them themV1th \ with \V1th V1th his hands handsThis . . . This and that department Phil PhilRegan PhilRegan PhilRegan Regan , singer smger on the stage and the theradIo theradio theradio radIo , where w)1ere w1ere ) he is heard with Ken KenMurray KenMurray KenMurray Murray , is a former Brooklyn copBefore copBefore cop copBefore Before leaving leavmg for HoUywood Hollywood HollywoodJames , James Melton took a course 10 in 10make inmake inmake make up for the movies Rich RIch- RIchard Richard Richard - ard Gordon who plays the part of ofSherlock ofSherlock ofSherlock Sherlock Holmes on the air , gets getsas getsas getsas as many as ten letters a week ask ask- askIng asking asking - ing him to solve local mysterIesand mysteriesand mysteries mysteriesand and that reminds me that Slg Sig Slgmund Sigmund Sigmund mund Romberg conductor com com- compo compocer composer - po poser pocer < : er , is still listed as one of the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest spy catchers in m the intel mtel- mtel intel- intelligence mtell1gence intelligence - ligence l1gence service of which he was a amember amember amember member during the war . . * . Singer turns fire fighter Carmela CarmelaPonselle CarmelaPonselle CarmelaPonselle Ponselle was walking walhIng along West WestEnd WestEnd WestEnd End avenue thinking thhkmg of mezzo so soprano soprano soprano prano arias when she saw smoke smokeand smokeand smokeand and flame coming from the base base- basement basement basement - ment of a tour four story house Scre Scre1.ms Scre1ms Scre1.msmIght Screimsmight . ims imsmight mIght have been expected urdcr urder urdersuch urdcrsuch urdcrsuch such circumstances circumstance : . and screams screamsfrom screamsfrom screamsfrom from a grand opera singer smger surely surelywould surelywould surelywould would have been heard Instead Insteadof of screaming Miss Ponselle PonseUe qUlctly quietly qUlctlyassembled quietlyassembled quietlyassembled assembled a group of men , who whobroke whobroke whobroke broke in the door and put out the thefire thefire thefire fire The faml famib family ! . ) living lIvmg in the houle house houleknew houseknew houieknew knew nothu g of the bHze until the thevolunteer thevolunteer thevolunteer volunteer smo smoke smol'e smole ' e eaters crashed crashedthe crashedthe crashedthe the gateCity gate gatc . . . City Life Three little httle girls play- play play1I1g play.ing playing . - 1I1g jug jacks in the marble vestibule vestibuleof of an old brownstone brownstonc bouse house . . .The The . The woma woman woma'1 woma1 ' i manager rianager , who used to toown toown toown own the hou hou-ie hou ie hou'ie houie - ' e but . who v.ho vho lost it m in mthe inthe inthe the depression , taking takmg the hIStOry historyof of the signer of a lease and gomg going gomgcarefulJy goingcarefully goingcarefully carefulJy carefully into mto details since she se- se selects selects se selects - - lects her tenants with care . . , . and andupst31rs andupstairs andupstairs upst31rs upstairs in the apartment which IS ISto isto isto to be rented an aged agcd man fightIng fightInghard fightinghard fightinghard hard for lifeWhenever life We . . . Whenever New Yorkers laugh laughabout laughabout laughabout about rubes and hicks , I chuckle chuckleThe chuckleThe chuckleThe The other day . , hundreds of women womenand womenand womenand and men young and old , lined hned up upav.altmg upawaiting upawaiting av.altmg avaltmg awaiting . entrance entrmce : : to one of the thebig thebig thebig big mId mid-town mid town - town movie houses , the thequeue thequeue thequeue queue extending extendmg more than half hall a along along along long block For For"an Foran " an hour or more morethe morethe morethe the line remained motionless mot'onless motonless ' and andwhen andwhen andwhen when it did move . , did so slowly slowlyAnd slowlyAnd slowlyAnd And all the while a heavy heavyrain heavy " eavy " rain ram was wasfalling wasfalling wasfalling falling I ! ? , C Bell S'ndlc Sndlc Syndicate"U Syndicate ) ' te te'r'U -'r'U 'r'U rU -\"U "U U - ' \ W ; $ "Uervtce " ' 'U U ' Service ervtce ervlt " 'I I r ' " |