| Show I Lights of New York L STEVENSON I Short Is the memory of ot Broadway No matter how bright the glare of the spotlight as soon as the one on whom it shines steps out of Its brilliant rays ras he Is forgotten There was Dan the Dude Reputed d to be worth at least a halt half million dollars he was known from Crom one end to the other of that thoroughfare that has been blen called the gay white way Hat lIat check girls walters waiters cigarette and flower dower girl girls musicians and others of ot the hot spots hailed balled his frequent app appearances wl with h Joy So did the parasites since Dan the Dudes Dude's pockets had hod no fish hooks books When his hie hand came out It held beld that which talks with au an extremely loud voice alon along Broadway So while hUe he be paved the ray with the long green friends toiled docked about him in numbers e e e That the source of ot the wealth of Dan the Dude was more or less mysterious mysterIous mysterious mys mys- made no difference at all On Broadway the Important question Is 18 oot not How flaw did he get It IU but Has lIos Hashe he be got It 1 The havIng ha of ot It 11 Is sufficient suf sut fi lent answer for tor all Broadway purposes pur pur- pos poses s. s Dan the Dude however howe W was S once questioned as to the origin of ot that which he seemed to regard so lightly tie lie replied d that he be bet on hor horses 8 that ran fat fast That apparently was his sole occupation He De was WAI seen not only at the local tracks but also at other well known tracks about the country But Bat he always alway came back to Broadway Badway a Something happened to Dan th the Dude Ma Maybe l be It was the depression Maybe his judgment as to which horse borse was the fastest of the field lost Its keenness At any rate places where he be had been beeD well known saw him D no more He lIe wasn't missed News that his money had gone gine had spread It seemed that occasionally he stopped to chat with friends on Seventh avenue avenue ave are nue cue and was given small loans e e eA A well dressed man registered at a hotel In ml midtown mid Shortly afterward he be leaped from a twelfth story window win win- dow The crumpled body was taken to the morgue There was no Identification cation and It looked as If tJ ti final resting rest In ing place would be on Harts Island In a Seventh Se avenue cigar store the description of ot the man was was noted note That saved Dan the Dude from Cram the potters field Broadway bad had forgotten forgot ten him But Dut as Broadway usually does It recalled him enough to contribute contributE contribute con con- tribute to his tuner funeral l. l e t I How slow different from the false brightness brightness brightness bright bright- ness of ot Broadway Is the country at this time of ot year Went up to Wes Wes- kum Wood In Connecticut to spend some pleasant hours with Bob Dab and Betty netty Weeks In the morning sun sun the Connecticut countryside sparkled asIt as asif asif if It it h had hed d been set with diamonds and the Sound was was a mighty flashing mirror The window thermometer re registered reg away down below freezing But In la the bl big living room looking out on the brown woods the lagoon of park and the winding road It was like spring And ro LO f 0 minutes I later ter we were back in the city elty of sham and Illusion t e Getting Oett e back to Broadway I noted the first fint set et of ot ear tabs Ive I've seen aeeD In Inmany inmany man many a a long lear year Found F und them right In In Times square squar square too t too o The They were were worn by the red-faced red burly street railway Uway employee wh who throws the switch that turns turns' Ui Broadway trolley trolley ley cars car at Forty second street 5 I Edward J. J Flynn FInn New Yorks York's secretary secretary secre secre- tary tary lives in a penthouse with 16 18 rooms and five life baths atop an apartment apartment apart apart- ment meat house boue in bouse-in In the quietness of the district near Two Hundred Thirtieth street Mr Flynn wed live hive o on the Grand Concourse Bt jot of so 0 man many visitor Bell B in 7 |
