Show 1 0 by L L STEVENSON LS this that again youngsters who have a dime may ride the elephant at bronx park the elephant that carries them came to this country from sumatra a little more than a month ago she a big elephant as she weighs only 1 1105 pounds when the howdah was first placed on her back she went on a sit down strike but a keeper tony gentry persuaded her to go to work and now she seems to like it elephant rides were discontinued at the park 20 years ago when alice tired of her job scraped the howaad against a tree and injured a rider alice now 47 years old is still at the park idleness apparently harmed her as she has broken all longevity records for elephants in in captivity thirty four per cent of the inquiries received at the city information center across from grand central concern transit facilities and all those who want to know how to get to places arent out of towners downers either one of those subway fishermen operating on forty second street between seventh and eighth avenues drew a worlds fair sized crowd and while the onlookers craned their necks pulled through the subway grating a 10 bill the usual catch is a nickel or a dime and often only a penny A penthouse occupant who employs a gardener to look after his little plot of ground recently harvested six ears of corn he estimates that they cost him about a dollar a grain but he likes his corn fresh As we will have a terrace next year im considering raising m my y own scallions it is only a small mall s terrace however and scallions which we used to call green onions at home really appeal to me praise dept A salute to grace george for the excellence of her acting in kind lady one of those english horror plays in which she portrays the woman who through a charitable impulse is all but stripped 0 of f her her re causes audiences to cheer chear when she finally extricates herself from her difficulties and overcomes the menace A bow to al jolson back on broadway after too long an absence in his own show which gives him a chance to ably display the talents that have endeared him to a large public and what a lot of happy memories his old time songs brought back I 1 recall it with more than a bit of sadness because those days have gone forever reunion dept when I 1 was in the senior class at high school a pretty girl with the bluest eyes ive ever seen and hair that looked like spun sp an gold sat in front of me her name was bernice euans and I 1 used to write verses to her but she married robert wessling and moved to chicago years passed the other day chete there was a voice on the telephone I 1 recognize it at first then I 1 did and so bernice and bob in town for the fair came up and we had a long visit in which we discussed classmates some of whom are dead and some are living in distant places small world section at the dinner of the overseas press club I 1 was introduced to a tall and attractive young woman miss catherine erine crane for some reason I 1 mentioned the fact that my home state is ohio she asked me what town and I 1 said I 1 would have to spell it so I 1 started ken k e n to and she stopped me I 1 need to spell kenton to miss crane since that is her home town also she is the daughter of the late george E crane who was my sunday school teacher still in my possession is the highly prized testament with his autograph which he gave me many many years ago chatter frankie masters says good impressions are made by the typewriter but its the adding machine that counts don ameche claims that walking the floor with an infant son always puts the heir on a mans chest arthur godfrey says that at washington parties when guests are three sheets to the wind they usually end up as wet blankets bell syndicate service |