Show ONCE OVER The Handbook Os Is n the Eye Eve By H. H I. I Phillips Phillips- THE ROUNDUP of persons with no visible means of support has a lot of New Yorkers pretty scared People with no visible means of support have become accustomed accustomed accustomed ac ac- ac- ac to positions of eminence In fact a visible means of support has often meant a handicap in enS enjoying enjoying en en- S J life lie and moving in the best circles Up to now a man could lose face tace In New York for having vIsible visIble visible vis vIs- vis- vis ible means of support It could keep him out of regal banquets smart top political organizations organizations organizations or or- and best boxes at the races and ball parks the well known horse player is registering forthright forthright forth forth- right Indignation at the police crusade crusade crusade cru cru- sade as upsetting all aU standards of life lie in a big city If they lock up all guys with no visible means of support at race tracks can racing survive he demanded today What is more important can I survive Who will I get tips Ups from S S S You mean to say I gotta have bave visible means of support to be safe It Ithe the ponies S he be went on Nobody would trust me inc If U I carried things that far It is the tho Invisibility of my support and that of my friends that makes life at a track comfortable What bat chance z would I have of enJoy In the company compan of top political lead lead- ers judges ex-judges and some of the most glorified characters in the community If It I come right out and looked like I had bad a job and was S C For years top hoodlums and racketeers have hobnobbed with at all race tracks all over the country swapping tips in their boxes and calm callin each other by their first names On account of I have no as ns a hoodlum I have trouble these promInent prominent prominent prom prom- people and the only way I Ican Ican Ican can get admitted to their circle Is to h be he beyond all aU doubt a guy without visible support It is sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times hard for me to look like I Iwas Iwas Iwas was a bum in good standing when the races begin But by half hall past two I am a bum all over even to toa toa toa a casual eye S S S The same thing goes for base base- ball and football parks night nightclubs nightclubs clubs Times Square corners and testimonial dinners The joints crawl with people with no visible support and they get choice seats scats at the speakers table The min minute min mm- ute I show signs of having visible support I can get dropped from all them places Some of my best friends are men with invisible sup sup- port They are men of pride Do DoYa Doya Doya ya think they are gonna get Jobs and work for an honest livin AND BE BARRED EVERY PLACE |