Show lights of new york by L LL L STEVENSON ramblings and nd ruminations Rumi nations tricksters Trick on forty second street showing how to manipulate various gambling games A mounted policeman watching attentively but apparently his interest is merely curiosity as he do anything about it A peddler in times square doing a brisk business in alleged risque booklets advises patrons not to open them immediately when they do they find only blank pages wise old new york A bevy of pretty girls wolfing ilot hot dogs at one of those standup stand up counters and using plenty of mustard A sad faced elderly man leading a pretty young girl her uncertain footsteps tell that she is blind tragedy wise guys clotted near the new amsterdam theater exchanging race information the enterprising juice stand manager at forty third and broadway shouting right here today the big orangel orange 0 0 A trembling pallid old woman a shawl over her head extending aclan a claw like hand to broadway pass ers by report has it that she has a wealthy son who has tried every means he could devise to stop her from begging the colored doorman of a dance hall at fiftieth and broadway handing morton morion downey a free entrance pass and a candid camera artist snapping domneys Dow picture and handing him a numbered ticket fire apparatus tearing through forty fourth street sirens going full blast arid and a broadway traffic officer waving open a lane sure would hate to try to drive a hook and ladder through one of new yorks narrow congested cross streets but the regulars do it day after day and night after night A woman with jewels flashing on her fingers trying to give a mounted cops horse an orange and horse shaking its glossy head will hays boss of the motion pictures on his way to his office nice to meet miss fay emerson and george putnam of san diego and to learn that they are readers of this department adrian bollini whose trio is now playing at the piccadilly circus bar and whose scotch ballads appeal to my ear and when it comes to swing capt william von hoffman who knows all about the lala tribe and has pictures to back up his knowledge among other things those aborigines feed their children to crocodiles as sacrifices to their gods A gray haired woman nonchalantly threading her way through fifth avenue traffic and giving a lot of drivers the jitters 0 A chambers street pitchman selling diving dolls who looks like a reincarnation of mark twain recently acquired knowledge bit in the first five years of its operation the municipal subway carried 1095 million passengers and what a column that would be it if all those nickels were piled one on another judging by the number of bench bench occupants in city hall park the city must have a considerable leisure class and judging by the number of lads with shine boxes seeking business in that vi vicinity a large bootblack population motor cars darting into the dark approach to brooklyn bridge 0 A young woman with three aekes having leash trouble in herald square shopping crowds A determined ter mined looking woman haggling over prices with a razor blade peddler cigarette buyers still grumbling over that new one cent a pack tax commuters now stock up before coming to town and bring cartons tor for friends john D rockefeller jr who is aiding in rolling up those millions for or the greater new york fund an ambulance siren screaming speeding across town with a white clad hanging on the back his medicine case tucked under his arm Q bell syndicate service lct |