Show lights 1 ew or bv L L STEVENSON signs of times not no t a so long ago mid manhattan tan had a an a overabundance carlm of bootblacks bott bootblacks blacks of as assorted arted sizes I 1 an and dages ages along the st street side of bryant park there them was a long line either actively soliciting business or mar merely ely waiting until a customer came arn along on side streets is oil off broad broadway y and even on broadway itself there were here men and boys with folding chairs and an d boxes occasionally 0 caborn the police would w cold take t a ke a hand and either chase away y the shoe has shiners or cart it numbers here of in them tion to a a police station this was do due t the h a b bootblacks oot blacks claimed to complaints complaint by operators of stands for which rent is P paid aid be that as it may bootblacks n now ow are re comparatively scarce and t those hose still doing business are most mostly it Y lads in their early fee teens you ve guessed it the war has caused the change many a former bootblack is now in uniform and others other are m war industries feminine another manha manhattan change brought about by war les is the increasing number of hen parties jaunting about to town the other night noted that in several smart dinner places tables were occupied in numbers by women and girls the girls and women who did be have escorts either were accompanied by men I 1 in uniform or by men entirely too old for uniforms the same held true in other places place not so s smart in one me there then was a table reserved for six by y and by a half dozen girls cilins came m and tk took the places replaces bunking dunking be being ing a veteran dunker ducker myself I 1 wondered ordered what the effect coffee rationing was having on those who like to soften up and flavor their doughnuts before consuming them after some inquiries I 1 was directed to albert coleman as an authority on the matter I 1 found mr me coleman in his laboratory kitchen at the doughnut corporation of america he was re yer busy but when the nature of my errand was explained he c consented to take a few minutes off for discussion I 1 of a problem which is a serious matter after to him since the coffee d taking drinking r habits of the nation have been changed by war he a been arting acting as a talent scout in the hope of discovering some other dough doughnut lort com companion more than 13 million doughnuts are as eaten ten every day he declared and about 75 per cent 0 of f doughnut en enthusiasts thusia ats are rutur natural a 1 darkers so as a working doug doughnut nu t scientist it a up to him to de develop ei a four star substitute fol for 3 ava v a in its homet home new england being the home of the doughnut it a natural u I that the consumption should be heavy in that section of the country mr coleman added H he estimates t a t le chew that new englanders eat but about five v billion doughnuts a year bostl mostly plain or sugared in addition shot about t two dozen basic doughnut types have been developed such as the vitamin chocolate butterscotch buttermilk potato raised and so on through the list As for the nation mr C coleman 1 pointed out that th at the third annual a report of the donut domut institute showed rust that last year was spent for far doughnuts a sales to civilians amounted it to while government purchases for service men and by the men themselves accounted for the r rest a t ten million dozen doughnuts i last at year were donated by the industry to various sei service ce organizations short snappy A U S nurse just back from africa t told old mary martin the a other evening that the americans have tau taught 9 lit entreat n natives to c hew chew gum and that the entreats Ent reans have developed such a liking hiting 9 loi far rt it that sticks are readily la accepted in payment for laundering and other ser services vire kathryn ur grayson ayson starlet has settled down in new jersey to be near her husband corp john shelton who is training at fort mth monmouth M th karl posch of la conga is the town a only headmaster headwaiter here and the there greenwich village w with ill its many small shops floo flocks ka of villagers wandering and ermil here ere and there in search of meat and fresh vegetables those thos a 1 little file restaurants where a mend meal may be had at from 50 to 60 cents usually good food but patrons dont put on weight the portions being small the wares of a pushcart flower peddler brightening an otherwise dingy orner corner an old man crossing sheridan square against the light his upraised cane as effective as the upraised hand of a traffic of aicer village memories tiny tim and his soul candy soma the cigarette girl harry kemp walking the streets in his bare feet the T N T club where reds and pinks packs of another day ate and rank drank d bathtub gm gin which they brought in themselves eugene oneall 0 keiu an unknown supping slipping into madam branchard s rooming as house 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