Show on the ac new york scenic Rail Ra railway ilnay ivay the long parade and the exciting band music in in the fierce rains and winds north along fifth avenue with hardly anyone among the pedestrians brave enough to pause and watch what dope insisted upon that parade anyhow in such pneumonia weather the knots ol of nuts cluttering up columbus circle exercising their constitutional 7 rights with double talk about the next war the blinking elec tricks on the broadway signs embellished belli shed by the penmanship of the furiously falling rain the street managements reply to freezing tenants no heat until october asti 1st the waldorf has it fio however wever miss liberty favorite pin up gal winking happy hellos to shiploads ship loads of returning veterans who fought for her honor the cacophony of 0 buses taxis trolleys cars and women as they merge at and broadway in chat what seems like ii ke an inextricable tan tangle le then miraculously em emerge erge again without a fender dented a symphony of NY Clatter the aroma of oncoming autumn heralding the return of king football and rah rah coon coats the signal th that at air ma natures getting set to wield her brush with those magic browns broms yellows and reds staten islands shore line still brimming with the implements of war newly ir ducted inducted soldiers without war ribbons looking like overgrown boy scouts broadway washing her face of war paint trimming her wartime hustle and bustle and setting her coiffure with the brightest of lights for the postwar hoopla faces and facades absent for too long reappearing with joyous smiles like exiles dhove been given a reprieve the red white and blue service flags now flecked here and there with stars of gold grim reminders of those who fought the good fight and wont come back the be private cane izi in hand strutting down ath tilting his macarthur corncob pipe at a jauntily precarious angle the book stores along the gayer white way advertising social dancing instead of how to prepare for your army 1 I Q test the st army navy stores offering tailor made sailor suits at reduced prices dru drugstores drug stores with signs shouting yes we have bobby pins the honey sweet thank you from the cutie behind the biggie counter at the waldorf the dance hall on ath ave where the GIs go to cut a rug on saturday nights it is called the midtown hopia 11 the subways returning to their eerie dawn patrolling half empty looking seminude semi nude without their early adem sleepy war workers the chatterers in bryant park trying to figure out worth arguing about the medieval architecture of st patricks getting its modern face lifting grudgingly yielding to the hordes of b busy sy workers while kids teed feed the pigeons on the steps the faded picture of almost hidden in the side window of a downtown picture gallery the wishes who diller dol lared their war time moo on nonsense and fr illies eyeing the wise men who sunk theirs in bonds and are holding on to them the big new department store being dug a and ath with a knot hole fence knee high S sign i agn in the window of a street eatery waiter wanted bring refer ances 11 the colorful ribbon of light whirling around the neck of the times waving all that good news to the broadway capers the brooklyn navy yard and its halt half 13 finished ships the one armed window gazer gaier on madison and with battle ribbons on his gray flannel civvies divvies the long line of want addicts in front of the madison avenue C U S employment offices the bowery joynt offering a victory bath and shower for a dime A returning air force captain being greeted with a sticky hel bel oooo from a sub deb in an east fiftieth c the tower of babel that congregates in the st moritz lobby and spills out on the sidewalk dewalk ti that situations wanted ad in the times of a well known war analyst A ferry dawdling across the hudson like a glacier of molasses the tattered shoes of shoeshine boys the belasco theatres theartres The atres unique marquee with its hanging lanterns the players club where thespian edwin booth once lived ived the furnishings in his room remain intact the waldoris opulent residential suites decorated with garden terraces the two tz story frame structure wedged in among convent avenues tenements built by alexander harbillon Har ulton pillon as his country home |