Show C aad ja MAIN ST LOOKS AT BROADWAY A 1000 pane A few weeks ago an automobile tire a acted c ted as a slung blung shot throwing a stone through a window pane thirteen and one halt half by seventeen feet belonging to Alt Altman mans 3 department store the huge window went out ot of business pronto I 1 the entire country was combed tor for a duplicate without result cables to europe uncovered a plate of 0 the right size in the warehouse of 0 the union commer clale des GIa Gla cerles in belguim Belg BeIg ulm it was ordered rushed to new york by the Belgen land eighteen men specially trained in the art of handling glass watched while the huge pane was swung out of the bold ot of i the Belgen land over the special truck waiting n g on the pier to transport the glass to althans Alt mans just as the crane hovered over the truck with its burden a chain slipped althans Alt mans spent a lot more money on special cables socialist cafeteria theres an expatriated russian in this town who Is a craftsman in wonderful wonder tul furniture furril t ure lie he sells to mrs payne whitney and others who do not have to look at the price tag few of those who deal with him know whether he Is for or against the soviet the other day however we happened to drop in on him around the lunch hour F nd he be invited us to his bis own particular cafeteria located in east street he explained to us that it was different that it catered largely to the middle class it was a revelation the food was better prepared ot of greater variety and the prices were about the same as at most cafeterias above the level of the one armed food places most 0 of f the patrons had a distinctly artistic look like painters and artists I 1 one novel feature of the place was the f fact act that the customers picked up their trays and litter after eating and carried them to a shet shelf behind which dish wash 1 ers era were busy just one more step in self service I 1 4 0 1 run on operative cooperative co plan the socialist cafeteria w we e found is ia owned by the diners themselves they pay their checks in the regular way except that they write their number on it at the end of the year the profits are distributed among the owners in proportion to the amount of patronage they have given the place business men alen one of the most successful of the street beggars here Is a certain blind man for months lie has been accompanied by a friendly little boston bull dog A certain appealing look in the dogs eyes won many a dime lately however the blind man found a wonderfully productive stand on steps leading down to the subway the crowds were herded close to him and many of those forced to jostle him f sit felt obliged to drop something in his list hat the dog was hidden by the crowd and became more of an asset the than a liability he ceased to earn a profit over his beep keep just recently we saw a legless man on the street begging from passersby passers by with him was the blind mans dog apparently a sale had been effected |