Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Louie Comes Up With a Good Suggestion By BILLY ROSE Did anyone ever tell you the story of Know-It-All the East Side tough guy who thought he knew everything about it's been retold and in the coffeehouses of Allen Street for as long as I can and in the interests of folklore and I'd like to pass it along As old-timers tell Louie had achieved quite a reputation as a know-it-all by the time he was kicked out of 20 after spending three years in the seventh And before he had worn out his first pair jf this reputation nad carried over into the poolrooms of the section where he played but never missed a chance to criticize f Mm those who On I tM the rare occasions S when he did I he had a sIL handy excuse for MS his ineptness the cushions were too MU the balls weren't and so a a a LOUIE'S OMNISCIENCE if even greater when it came to matters Any time he saw a fellow tinkering with his it was only a matter ol seconds before the U's head was right under the hood with the and if the guy took his advice he usually wound up with 8 face full of soot and a triple repair the loud-mouth got to be known around the East Side as Know-It-Ail and just as understandably his brassiness finally attracted the attention of a local hoodlum kno- as Nick the Carp at the was planning to burgle a wholesale furrier and needed a nervy kid to drive the getaway When he outlined the Job to he no Da watchman izza guy and I can handle him I fer no more trouble than I of had his own ideas on proper slick-up procedure and lost no time in passing on his expert opinion to one of Nick's pack a rod in he a guy spots ya starts The night of the job Louie parked the car down the block a bit and began thinking how he'd spend his share of the but a matter of minutes there were shots and Nick and the boys came running said Nick to the henchmen who had taken Louie's put three slugs in da man now we're in Drive in case any cops Is no cops here dis time a said the passing through a red Suddenly a prowl car scooted around a r- vier and them to the the cops had the bracelets on the thieves before Louie even had a chance to criticize their a a a NICK THE CARP turned State's evidence and settled for and Louie might have done the same but he insisted he could win an know da he atta scene a da I block And when I get inna witness I'll tell a t ing or as it turned the know-it-all told so many things that the judge sentenced him to the electric been my own said of fa lawyer hardly talk no It would be nice to chronicle that reformed during the last mournful but I wouldn't be sticking to the coffeehouse Actually be lectured the warden on how to a complained the cook hadn't rubbed his last steak with and when hit head and calves were being shaved be even advised the barber on bow to angle the Finally Louie was led into the little room with the big chair and j strapped in but he wasn't through I When the j the switch all that a flash from the fuse fuse big enough ta cany da advised Louie from under his helmet need a A few minutes later he was very Know-It-AU Louie had finally come up with a suggestion that |