Show ll 11 IN I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 O I 1 0 I 1 y 1 I 1 i A I 1 5 k on the new york scenic railway the long parade and the exciting C band music in the fierce rains and winds north along filth fifth avenue with hardly anyone among the pe dest rians brave enough to pause and watch what dope insisted upon that parade anyhow in such pneumonia weather the knots of nuts nut cluttering up columbus circle exercising their constitute constitutional onal rights ts with double talk about the next war the blinking elec elce tricks on the broadway signs em belU belli shed by the penmanship of t the be furiously fal falling lingrain rain the street managements reply to freezing tenants no heat haat until october istl the tha waldorf has it however miss liberty favorite pin up gal winking happy hellos to shiploads ship loads of returning veterans who fought for her I 1 honor tho the cacophony of buses taxis trolleys cars and women as they merge at and broadway in what seems ulce like an inextricable tangle then miraculously emerge again without a fonder fender dented a symphony of NY Clatter the aroma arom of oncoming autumn heralding the th return of king football and rah rah coon coats the signal that ma natures getting set to wield her brush with those magic browns yellows and reds staten islands shore line still brimming with the implements of war 1 newly inducted soldiers without war ribbons looking like overgrown boy scouts broadway washing trashing her face ot of war paint trimming her wartime hustle bustle and bustle and setting her coiffure with the brightest of lights for the postwar hoopla faces and facades absent for too long reappearing with joyous smiles like exiles dhove been given a lepri reprieve eve the red white and blue service flags now flecked here and theta there with stars of gold trim grim reminders of those who fought the good fight and wont come back the be private cane in hand strutting down ath tilting his macarthur corncob pipe at a jauntily precarious angle the book stores along the gayer gaver white way advertising social dancing instead of how to prepare p are for your army 1 I Q test the st army navy stores offering tailor made sailor suits at reduced prices i drugstores drug stores w with ith signs shouting yes we have bobby pins the hane honey y sweet thank mank you from the behind the biggle alggie counter at the waldorf the dance hall on ath ave where the GIs go to cut a rug on saturday nights it Is called the midtown hopla 11 the subways w ays returning to their eerie dawn patrolling half empty looking seminude semi nude without their early adem sleepy war workers the chatterers in bryant park trying to figure out worth arguing about the medieval architecture of st patricks getting its modern face lifting grudgingly yielding to the hordes of busy workers while kids teed feed the pigeons on the step the faded picture of almost hidden in the side window of a downtown picture gallery the aisles who diller dol lared their war time moo on nonsense and fr illies eyeing the wise wisa men who sunk theirs in bonds and are holding on to them the b big ig new department store being dug at and ath with a knot hole fence knee high sign in the window of a street eatery walter wanted bring refer ances 11 0 0 the colorful ribbon of light whirling around the neck of the times bide waving all that food eva news to the broadway capers the brooklyn Broo klyo navy yard tard and its ita half finished ships the one armed window gazer on madison and with battle ribbons on an his fray cray flan nel el cy cyples the long lone line of wat wast in front of the madison avenue avenge C U S employ ment offices the bowery joynt offering a victory bath and shower for fors a dime A returning air clr force captain being greeted with a sticky from a sub deb in ra an east fiftieth the tower of babel that congregates in ill the st moritz lobby find and spills out on the sidewalk that situations wanted ad in the times of a well known war analyst A terry ferry dawdling across acres the hud son like a glacier of molasses the tattered shoes of shoeshine boys the delasco belasco theatre theartres The atres Is unique marquee with its hanging lanterns the players club where thespian esplan th edwin booth once lived the furnishings in his room remain intact the waldoris opulent residential suites decorated with garden terraces the two story atory frame structure wedged la in among convent Av avenues erues tenements built hy hv alexander hamilton a as abig hia court I 1 le ic |