Show I L LIGHTS I G IS I-IS OF O F NEW YORK L. L LyL L. L STEVENSON I New York ln In In Greenwich village i t saw sa a battered old truck that seemed to be conveying a picnic som somewhere somewhere some some- where A colored man was Wal at st atthe the wheel with a colored woman evidently his Ms wife wIle at his side Ilde while tUe tile body of the truck seemed to fairly swarm with children of assorted ages agel Bud and sizes but ht all of the same shade 1 the garageman explained that It a picnic Tony was ral edi ediIn In Greenwich village village- l Jill Ile has never 1 lived lied anywhere else elle o-be o tI e Its Ita people people- T The e be said eald Is II a business enterprise I its Its I p pas passengers 8 I constitute one one family T The family carries on the the business S SZ i the num number f of Instead pf pt belog beIng be be- lug log a de erit Ii In t time the lt struggle ty ex ce Is II reI really 1 It t aI assistance pc I In fact tact the more children the ter t the gross goss The battered old 14 truck Is the waste remover of 01 the village A number number number num num- ber of ot apartment bouse owners a are e also willing tl to make small amail With a wife and i a flock nock of ebil dren the truck owner doesn't need elny any oj I Thus lie hI has hili no pay puy roll The trash l Is II taken to the family home hom which Is II a Morton street ce ce cellar There It Is sorted all of f It II Is salable In one form or another Much furniture In various states of repair Is II Collected That which which which-Js s. s salable is trucked up to Harlem and sold OI there there either to or to dealers L The papers In perl are and nd agid tb the market for ol old J. J I Ie n I decidedly r J i h at at i present If M T The t Stuff thai cnn be MId elther 11 1 tr rd c to M or I tA U f tp supply heat et And to me we tha that thaC i I 1 agreed t Pint It wasn't nay m picnic t V J y 4 1 I- I t k I l I l' l tr i. i H n nw v w Sg Snaking I of f J Junk n 1 there Is II t th fol old oW ar tm of th the nn y av J if of t bW hid win rj o try and a Jeweler by br trade rada who has s p fl ck up on t tiU Ft HarUe fir the sha shack k III as as' as n floo Hoo o. o i er ver which rJ e drive resl dents Iena t tried Jed bard ard t tp o IS but which which- very very much Yh n existence eaf the shack hack of ot the German Tian a sailboat salt sail boat boat Is moored d. d It Is only II only a small craf which which he con constructed In spare sP time whatever cameto with materials hand lint It furl him a a living I. I I in z a the little boat huat during the be he up and Hudson f om going as at far far- fat far u tJ as al Albany While cruising lookout look I out ashore ashor his hill specialty being be i ing log brass blus And because of the little HUlt boat and through his hll Industry he now has no no i fears for tor the winter even een en though he able to find nd work at athis his bis trade i 1 4 Mention of Riverside drive causes the me to recall that the woman woman who feeds teeds the pigeons pigeons' at One One OneHundred Hundred Fourth street and the drive e Is not deterred by weather No matter how hard the rain may be falling she comes bout out with rice and wheat and spreads spread a a banquet for tor the birds The pigeons s do not seem to mind the rain either as they collect In 10 great flocks nocks and walt wait patiently until their benefactor ap ap- pears They Ther are so 10 tame and lazy they wont won't get out of ot the way until I actually forced forced forced-by by I he the feet of Irate I pedestrians pedestrian Ive I've been told or read somewhere that officially all the pigeons pigeons pig pig- eons pons In n a a city not privately owned are the property of 01 the mayor maJor But nut nutIe Iv Ive Ie e never r een seen Mayor Mayo O OBrien O'Brien feeding pigeons though City City Hall fall park pork has one of f the largest colonies In the tho city Leaning over the wall of the observatory at lt Inspiration point I l watched a s long string of barges arges l shepherded shep Ihei he herded d do down the by two IWO Email I. I tags gl One Obe of the captains w waVed b and Immediately the old d' d Jp be be a abarge barge c. c dl Soon there e batke at at Coen Coen- jues fife Coen-fife es I slip add adb eh elsewhere where the wO wont won't lt Dave flave to tb to-do to except ex- ex ee and and- and and yarn arn until spring 1 e elIn 11 nett t 8 Borle r lc |