Show I 1 new york newsreel joe the monkey matinee idol of central park every afternoon his trainer trots him 0 out ut on the green where his hum antics draw a stand stance ing room only crowd the il warped w walk alk along the brooklyn bridge worn by the tread of age old hope dreams and bitter tragedy the set faces of the homeward bound business men that seem to have in them some of the granite ot of which the city is made the western union messenger boys holding down the most overworked job in the city walking madams madam s dog around the block the mounted policemen in in the W making the traffic behave modern knights without armor the wisps of femininity that enrich tile the decor of the plush super clubs as they enter on the arms of middle aged men between canakes they i enjoy a little flirting as they pull the silk over their escorts escort eyes those yellow carts in central park loaded with colored balloons candies and all kinds of goodies a little piece of heaven for tots the frosty doormen at some of the snooty night clubs who glance at strangers with a machine gun look the delivery boys for the airlines who look like commodores in their blue uniforms the human wreck drifting alone in the night they seem to be an e extension of the shadows they hug come to life the green magic bloom blooming in the park and the bewitching florists windows all around the town new york heartbeat sallies in our alley george kelly I 1 y was telling the bunch at the street tavern about the time joe frisco turned down a job at one of those joints where a guy was killed every night joe shook his head and stuttered stuttered N n not f f for m m me too m m many t t t tough guys hang out there the owner said oh them au all been killed yeah said frisco b b but what happened to the 9 9 9 guys that k k killed them A feller asked joe E lewis how he did at the track 1 I bet on a horse said joe that if paul revere rode hirn him we d all be talking with a british accent today k 0 big town vignette hes a wall streeter and his face is redder than ever these midnights his wife has pestered him for a mink coat he decided hed raise his own mink coat on the bit of property he owns in new jersey and so he started a mink farm to save money instead of squandering it in those expensive ath avenue stores well sir after a full season of hard work and an investment of 2000 he got enough skins to make half a jacket worth his wife is so sore ashes practically chewed the last of her bottom lip and his pals are laughing hysterically teri cally new york lork novelette novelette hes well known in the advertising business handling due bills for night clubs and cafes some time ago he decided to expand he needed extra capital no way to raise it then an idea almost floored him hed marry for money he went through a list of gals aie he knew and came across a likely prospect A bronx girl getting on in in years whose folks had A whirlwind courtship followed took her to every joynt in town signing tabs and playing the big shot went in the red for in s seven e er weeks the girl soon capitulated A quick ceremony that was two months ago and still no dough every time he mentions the subject to his father in law the old gent is amused if you love my daughter he heckles you wont feel cheated if you dont get any money and if you dont love her why should I 1 give it to you moral twos company threes safer manhattan murals tito guizar swears this oldie happened in a swanky restaurant the owner in instructed ted a waiter to tell a patron to remove the napkin stuffed in his collar tell him as tactfully as you can added the boss so the waiter went over and said well sir it be shave or haircut then theres the one about the guy in a midtown place who called over the waiter and said which did you pour into this drink first the scotch or the soda why the scotch of course said the waiter oh nodded the patron 1 I then I 1 guess I 1 must be coming to it sounds in the night at lurn lum bongs Is he tight say that guys pockets close up earlier than a bandill bank at the beachcomber it was a case of love at second sight the first time he know she had money at the stork stor k I 1 dunno where I 1 met her I 1 just opened up my wallet and there sh she e was at copacabana Copa cabana N no 0 matter how high you rise on broadway you cant rise above sus suspicion ila at the Cast leholm they have a chorus of forty but I 1 understand a couple are younger |