Show Lights of New York Yolk By B I L. L STEVENSON Meanderings and meditations I Broadway crowds moving along as ns I slowly as cattle grazing Midsummer Midsummer Midsummer Mid Mid- summer always s 's does that Retards Re Re- tar tards s the rushing tempo and closes the theaters A midget with a heavy bemy cane and a big black cigar elgar Those Broadway clothes shops that feature th the mode of the moment Any new Idea seized and exaggerated Windows of florists' florists shops t still till attractive Though roses may be bought on the streets for or a penny apiece Jack Jacl Dempsey looking as big as a mountain mountain moun moun- tain In a white linen suit A Atal taxi ta driver er who Is going to say Good morning judge He sassed the officer who bawled him out for making a wrong turn Frazier Hunt who's Just back from Europe Seems as If It he he's hes always always al al- al ways going somewhere or coming cOOlIng back Paul Blanshard city controller controller con con- boarding a taxi Wonder Wonder Won Won- der If hes he's looking for more graft After all the revelations seems strange that theres there's any city left But ut the disclosures dont don't seem to excite the citizenry much Even though the millions came out of or the pockets of ot taxpayers ers A soda fountain on wheels Drawn by a dappled pony with a grinning servitor all In white Serving drinks drInIs to thirsty kids At from one cent up to three A pitchman selling diamond rings at nt a 3 dime each erich The salt water rotting timber smell of ot piers and a quick surge of the wanderlust wander wander- lust Colonel of or and Budd who has turned nautical Even en goes part of the he way 3 to the th studio In his new boat Sailors rolling roiling along South street and stopping at a place with a sign Beer 5 cents Those stores that sell equipment for men of the sea er E Everything from slickers sHekels to snappy uniforms Why cant can't I quit lull thinking of at ships and far tar countries Must be the time of the year No Its It's those postcards that come from points ranging from rom Paris to VIctorIa Victoria Vic Vie Vietoria toria B. B C. C and notes from rom friends who have ha gone hack back to lo na na- na- na ture lure In camps fitted with electric lights baths etc Dorothy Stone who has taken Marilyn n Millers Miller's part in As As Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands Cheer Seems like only the other night when a slim youngster youngster young young- ster of ot seventeen she made her debut and her father Fred Slone Stone cut the gold bracelet S' S gypsies In San Francisco had placed on her firm arm when she was a baby With the statement that If It it was worn until she made malIc her first stage appearance she would be a success No o matter how young oun a n prune may he It always has wrinkles Fred Stone said sahl that after he had severed the lle gold band Those movie barkers have o cinch Jobs these days Tl They ey get paid for tor standing In the cool breath that comes from train the theaters But It Isn't so good In winter and salaries arent aren't high Sign Imported Scotch 15 cents a drink Basement Ice dealers dealers deal deal- ers with their little carts all aU loaded load load- ed Waiting Walling a hurry call I Burlap protects the perishable cargo cargo car car- go o from the sun Three hay fever victims In one block On their way to a nearby clinic and a fisherman with a trout outfit Maybe Mabe hes he's going down to the aquarium to gaze at the pale specimen specimen men there A Junk wagon drawn by a horse that looks as If it It were about to fall to pieces But the cowbells clatter gaily Kids splashing In n the fountain In hi Bowling Green Staid burghers burgh burgh- ers used to play nine pins there and the militia of or Revolutionary Revolution Revolution- ary days daj's drilled there Now Its It's only a bit of or open space that marks maiks the end of ot Broadway Q eo Dell Bell Syndicate Service |