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Show LIGHTS OF NEW YORK . STEVENSON I ! . J Sundays and holidays, New Yorkers by the hundreds take Dyckman street ferry over to Interstate park atop the Palisades on the New Jersey side. There, if they do desire, they may do a bit of mountain-climbing within plain sight of the man-made moun-j moun-j tains of Manhattan. For the hardy, Many campers live in the park. They come from all over. Counted motorcar motor-car licenses from 23 states in the course of an hour. Leaving Palisades park, went on up to Lost lake and did a bit of mountain moun-tain climbing on my own account. The Croton river, though a part of the New York water supply, is not protected that far up. So it is possible pos-sible to go swimming in the drinking water without getting pinched. There is a grand swimming hole where Mary Alice and Andy Freeman live. But the Croton is away down in a mighty depression. Going down was fine. But the pull back up all but finished Tip Bliss. And as for your correspondent, he made it but had nothing to say when he reached the top. It was like boyhood days, going swimming in a river again, and that was something. For many years, a little wooden church was one of the familiar sights of Westfield, N. J. Finally It was moved several miles out Into the country. coun-try. There, its denominational character char-acter was changed since it became a community church. But times changed. The motor car came. For years, the little church was closed. But It's open again. Another change has come to it It's now a beer garden, gar-den, This age of specialization yarn gave me a laugh. A Swedish woman applied for listing at an employment agency. "Do you cook?" she was asked. She shook her head. "Do housework?" Another An-other negative. "Look after children?" Another headshake. "What do you do then?" was the next question. "Ay milk elk!" Was told about a once wealthy horseman over in New Jersey with whom things got so tough that he got down to his last horse. Unable to sell the animal, he was in a quandary until he thought of inserting an advertisement ad-vertisement in a newspaper. That night he would leave the barn unlocked, the ad stated, and whoever called to get a kind and gentle horse could do so without any fear whatsoever. The next morning, he went out to the barn and found five more horses. . 1933, Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. |