Show I wr u s Moon Over Manhattan Midtown 1 Vignette In the trade it itis itis itis is common talk that some of the better known m mag magazines a g a z i 1 n e s not Hearst have taken big dives in circulation circulation circulation cir cir- But over at one mag office the thc editors and staffers get the shakes every time they pass the newsstands in their own foyer The most embarrassing situation is the returns alongside th the stands right where they can see them I IOne One of the bitterest Wall street feuds involved J J. J P P. P Morgan and Andrew Carnegie Despite their McCoy Hatfield brawl these dollar- dollar sign consummated one of the biggest deals in financial history history history his- his tory without speaking to each other directly Carnegie sat in one room while Morgan squatted in another An intermediary ary carried messages message from one to the other until the deal was completed That transaction laid the basis for TJ U. S S. S Steel Spivy was ws telling n a British dele dele- delegate delegate gate to the U U. N. N about Nia Niagara ara Falls how Falls how man many tons of aqua fall Call per minute etc it amazing she site said to prevent it was tho retort New NewYork York Story One of the top ballyhoo men was Harry Reichenbach Reichenbach Reichen- Reichen bach who was so good he got 1000 a day from clients for tor special publicity publicity publicity pub pub- he bet George I One day Godfrey Godrey the Keith booking head I that he could make a headliner headline overnight A few days later late Harry invited Godfrey to see an ac art act at Coney Island Their ca car stalled somewhere along the Bowery Bowery Bow Bow- ery cry and while waiting for repairs n a lovely voice was heard from one o othe of the tenements They investigated She was a good 1001 looker er too too A sewing machine girl she said Godfrey was so impressed h he booked her as a freak reak headliner headline at the Palace She stopped every show the week of December 1 I 1913 1911 Later Reichenbach demanded from rom Godfrey for winning whining the wager She was no sweat shop worker She was a prima donna tired of laying off oU Some Somo politicians were discussing discussing discus discus- sin sing hecklers One of them said he never made a reply Many years ago he explained my father told me mo never to roll In Inthe Inthe the tho mud with a pi pig Because yon you both get covered with mud mud and and the tho pig likes it Old New Yorkers ers At one time the Metropolitan tower was v the city's loftiest and most famed amed edi edi- fice lice That fact act irked five and dime store tycoon Frank Wool Woolworth worth The Met L Life e Insurance company had once refused to give him a loan As a result of this personal grudge Woolworth decided to top the Met Mel tower by erecting the Woolworth skyscraper E E. E W. W Scripps the founder of at Scripps-Howard Scripps newspapers was a fighting liberal Im a rich man and that's dangerous he said It isn't the money that's the risk As Asa a rich man I live with rich men and the danger is that you'll get to think like them They know their money talks but they dont don't know their money does their thinking too I dont don't mind cutting an editor in on the tho profits but I wont won't let those profits make him a conservative The wail of the M. M C. C Hullo ul o folks my names name's Joe Glutz No use usa askIn your name I guess you yon know yours Yock Yock-yock You Yon wont won't like my talent but youve you've got to respect my nerve Im I'm not nervous Im I'm numb Im I'm booked here by request I asked them On the way to the theater a bum said he didn't have havea a bite In days So I bit him I wish I was standing on a trap door I wasn't born here but Im I'm dying here here Would you be bo Interested interested In in- In to taking some lessons in drowning Joan Arliss back from Hollywood for lor another play was asked Did you ever star co-star with John Barrymore Barrymore Barrymore Barry- Barry more No IINo she said Did anybody Broadway Chop Suey When ta ta- ta talk ble-talk gets dull they now say Can you make one word out of New Door Put down one word and that's the trick Before the baseball season opened the Philadelphia Phila Phila- Philadelphia delphia Athletics were quoted in some books at to 1 1 The odds for tor or them to win the American league flag lag have dropped to 5 to 2 Tiffany's latest toy for the Big Coin set is a solid gold midget radio for your wrist or vest pocket the rhe price is only Duesenberg's Duesen- Duesen bergs Serg's new line of cars will retail it at t per copy Irish flyweight fly fly- weight HeIght champ Rinty had m to embarrassing moment at the Inner in Belfast thrown for him himy y admirers He had just whipped Ortiz The guests begged to demonstrate the punch hat floored ManueL The guest the Champ hamp Belec selected cd as his hia foil 1011 flat flat- ened him himl I |