Show Lights o of New York by L. L L. L STEVENSON To speak of forgotten memorials memorials memorials memori memori- als seems ironical to say the least Nevertheless New York has many Of or more which have bee been engaging the attention of a group o of f. f PA 1 since May 1934 there arc are areo two o which have been so completely forgotten that no one seems to know anything about them More than likely they were unveiled with much ceremony including including including in in- in- in speeches which set forth in in detail the accomplishments and virtues vir VIr- virtues VIrtues tues of those whom they rated At first those who passed recognized the stone likenesses and understood what the inscriptions meant But with the passing of years rears likenesses grew dim in memory memory memory mem mem- ory and inscriptions dim to the eye Stone erected to perpetuate memories memories memories mem mem- ories also The rest of the have not been forgotten entirely But they have been forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten to the extent that they have been neglected so that they became unsightly So for more than three thre years years' 30 men under the direction of Walter Beretta young sculptor in operation co-operation with the park department department department de de- have been endeavoring to restore them New Yorks York's memorials face various various various va va- rious perils First come vandals and New York harbors vandals in in numbers That the memorials have been erected by patriotic groups and by philanthropists means nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing at all aU to vandals They fracture fracture fracture frac frac- ture skulls of statesmen in stone just as readily as they break muskets muskets muskets mus mus- of soldiers of the Revolution or noses noses of patriots Then there is is the atmosphere of the city Acid and soot-laden soot it can and does disintegrate disintegrate disintegrate dis dis- integrate stone Hence though the Beretta forces have lave been laboring for more than three years their task is is about third one-third only com com- pl ted Beretta however declares that in the future the work will proceed proceed proceed pro pro- faster since the worst cases were tackled first But the vandals and atmosphere are still with us That airplane hostesses are less liable to marry than other young joung women of their age was the astonishing astonishing astonishing as as- statement made to me by bya a young oung woman woman in in that line of work who for reasons she deems sufficient sufficient sufficient suf- suf doesn't want her name men- men Questioned as to why she thought personable attractive and efficient girls of the air should take such an attitude toward toward matrimony she replied it w s because of their vocation In the course of time they become so accustomed to being being be be- ing constantly on the move that they grow disinclined to settle down in any anyone one place and assume the responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities re re- re- re of keeping up a home On the other hand she admitted they are better fitted than the average average average aver- aver age girl for a domestic career Not only are they graduate nurses but also they are trained to meet with all kinds of situations including handling drunks Possibly my informant is right But evidence in rebuttal seems at hand American Airlines had made madeno no plans to organize a school for stewardesses this summer But because because be be- because cause 10 of the clad blue-clad feminine feminine fem fem- members of their airplane crews either had married or were about to marry plans had to be changed and the school opened There may be significance in the fact that the stewardesses who married mar mar- married ried didn't break entirely away from air air transport Three became the brides of pilots and four of other airplane company employees Airplanes make me think of streamlines and that causes me to recall the fact that New York now has the largest fleet of streamlined street in the world There are 75 of them each of which cost Built from plans made by t the e department of sanitation they carry 2500 gallons of water which t they ey squirt quirt practically silently on dirty thoroughfares They have been painted aluminum instead of olive oHve drab so that they will be more visible between midnight and 8 a a a. a m m. when they are most in use And the streamlining is merely for looks and not for speed |