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Show P35 Nt, mrm BIG CITY BLACKOUT The move for a blackout test of New York continues, but this department de-partment is against it. More people would get hurt by the blackout than by any enemy attack. New Yorkers, York-ers, as Elmer Twitchell pointed out today, can't even get around safely with all the lights on. e e e And then, too, there's the question of morale. What would a New Yorker York-er do If he couldn't be seen by anybody? e e What would happen to a genuine Manhattanite if he suddenly found there wasn't a JtliLtl vTf li6ht on him or imJ near him? "No ti$'br sir' U would nev" , rAN ' er work ln a city EfstrJilil like New York" Jtf CWYW Mr Twitchell In- yL H sisted. "Think of iikesi esTii Would hap pen to the stamina of those thousands thou-sands ot New Yorkers who live in night clubs if this blackout comes! If they couldn't find the night clubs, they'd be in a bad way. And what would be even worse, suppose they got into a night club and then couldn't be seen in 'em by the columnists!" col-umnists!" e Mr. Twitchell was terribly worked up. "Take the matter of photographs," photo-graphs," he continued. "Pictures can't be taken during a complete blackout. There must be a coupla million New Yorkers who lose weight and go Into a decline if they ain't photographed wherever they So. e e "If they have to leave their apartments apart-ments without being seen, travel to the theater without being seen, and even enter it and leave it without being noticed or photographed, can you Imagine what would happen to their morale! see "I tell you there are tens of thousands thou-sands of New Yorkers who can't even sit at a dinner table and have a cocktail in complete happiness unless un-less a snapshot is taken. Ask all these classes to go a night in complete com-plete oblivion, and what will they do? Revolt, that's what. And there's no telling how far a revolt in New York by people who demand the spotlight might go. It might spread all over America. e e "And there's the matter of some of our big personalities. What would be the reactions of Elsa Maxwell, Billy Rose, Jimmy Walker, Dot Parker, Tom Dewey or Mayor La- Guardia in a blackout? They'd curl right up and expire. e e e "The same thing goes for the rank and file. What do New Yorkers live on? Delicatessen .ny iuii.,,. products. Where fpjt, do they get 'em? rlVeTf La-Delicatessen La-Delicatessen and ri) V ffy drug stores. How ' r-'i$'i would they find LtfSjfiy these stores with- )A out all those red, mf. green and yellow lights on 'em? Why, they'd starve to death ln 48 hours. Blackout of New York! It's a crazy idea. Why, the enemy could locate the city by the loud squawks, wails, protests and letters to the editor." e e e OUT OF WORK Silken frills and all their glory Have changed their former category, cate-gory, For now milady's lingerie Is made of fiber from a tree. Her stockings, too, from top to toe, Are coal and air and H20; Alas, the erstwhile busy worm Has nothing left to do but squirm Kathryn Walter. e e "WANTED. Musician, teacher, arranger. ar-ranger. I compose songs daily. Popular, Pop-ular, patriotic, sentimental, sweet, hot, sad, glad, comedy, unlimited variety. Offer small part home, meals, for spare time. Beautiful private estate exchange arranging my music. Male, female or couple may form band, opportunity, near Brooklyn. 6001 Neck Road."-Ad-vertisement ln Down Beat Magazine. Maga-zine. e e Would you mind running over it again on the zither? e e SUBWAY HATES I'd turn the heat Upon the guy Who kceDS his seat But gives the eye. Evelyn Bligh. Ima Dodo thinks that "Random House" is a story of a five and ten cent store. e THESE CHANGING TIMES Mussolini now feels so small that he stands on a table in order to whisper ln King Victor Emmanuel's ear. e a A rabbit was found scampering around London In an air raid the otleor day. That's easy to understand. under-stand. All the underground room was occupied. e e e Mussolini is reported thinking ol undergoing an operation to have his ttrut removed. |