Show lights or newyork by L L STEVENSON j camouflage A friend informed me that on the road to bear mountain on a recent sunday aate afternoon moon a funeral procession was plodding its way at a pace common to funeral processions professions process ions traveling state highways fourteen cars with shades drawn followed the hearse it all 11 looked regular enough but the th susa suspicions pi of a state trooper were roused aroused principally by the fact that no cemetery could be reached easily by such a route so he sped his motorcycle until he came to the hearse where are you going he asked the driver the answer satisfy the trooper and he ordered the driver drier to open the hearse in it was no body the cargo consisting of 0 food including a big supply of ice cream and a large assortment of liquors further investigation showed that the occupants of the cars were bound for a picnic and not a funeral the trooper recorded the license numbers of the autos and headed the hearse driver tor for the nearest police headquarters post surrender the design for a proposed victory arch depicting the four freedoms which the broadway association plans to erect in times square after the war has been submitted to mayor laguardia and edgar J nathan president of the borough of manhattan for approval the arch will be temporary and Is to be replaced by a permanent structure following generally the lines of the national war memorial in front of the house of parliament in ottawa which was dedicated by king george VI may 21 1939 both the temporary and permanent arches would be erected on the island in times square just north of street the cost is to be met by the broadway association and by others having interests in rimes square miss helen lucia willoughby daughter of P A willoughby lough by chairman of the general committee designed the arch commuting according to a reliable informant new yorkers who main maintain I 1 tain summer homes near the metropolis pay more for their food than they do in the city the result is that many a meal Is cooked in new york and eaten in the country one big purveyor of ready cooked viands with an establishment near a railway terminal does such a heavy business that it is almost impossible in the aftem afternoon oon to get waited on in time to catch a train hence wise ones place their orders as soon as they arrive in the city or during the day by telephone that vegetables also travel from new york to the country was revealed to my mir informant when he be questioned a dealer in old greenwich conn as to why tomatoes asparagus and melons cost more than in the city the answer was the truck carriage from new york truck drivers being paid 75 a week maybe I 1 should have learned to drive a truck commented the commuter 6 0 0 war tales in australia telling that one day the son of gen douglas macarthur asked his eminent father to explain the different difference between an ordinary rifle and a garand repeating rifle theres quitt quite a difference the general is quoted as having replied with a smile its just as if I 1 spoke and then your mother spoke this one is reported to be popular in london an american soldier was walking down whitehall looking from right to left finally he stopped a young british officer who seemed deeply concerned about something say inquired the yank can you tell me which side the war office is on the englishman pondered im not quite certain he said at last but I 1 think on our side similar A fw few ye years arts back baritone walter cassel currently a metropolitan ro opera star played a juvenile in jimmy durantes durante show stars in in your eyet eyes cassel met durante durant e the other evening and informed him of his rise ariae in the musical world durante apparently only a trine trifle awed told cassel he too had tr traveled a long way since the old days having only recently appeared in in a high toned place the swank copacabana Copa cabana de only differ difference price averred durante is dat where I 1 wolken cley got a bar cassel informed him that there ther was also a bar at the met den returned durante as it if relieved idere dere aint no difference wordani Wor end piece words dand and music for put your cares on ice the musical theme thema of manhattan holiday the th ice revue were written by let lee morris who also alao wrote the opening patter used in the show by hob bob russell the man alan about town master of ceremonies rall BU syndicate atut rt uT |