Show characters 1 the barber who asks patrons U they want their locks clipped with or without conversation salesmen in hol doity hoity ty shops always elegantly attired without spats they would feel naked the creamy va voiced iced barker at a penny arcade a well known knolia shakespearian thespian thes a decade ago until I 1 he discovered that shilling provided a steadier income at electric shoeshine parlors conversing in jive lingo Ungo which baffles people who can understand only english pretty bobby boxers lugging lunch boxes axes to the paramount so they can survive sitting through a halt half dozen shows worshipping wor shipping king sinatra jitterbug almond eyed youngsters in china chinatown town com completely americanized an old artist copying masterpieces in the museum of art his hands are shaky so BO he steadies his brush by gripping it with both hands the handicap however siem seem to affect his hi excellent canvases i crowds fascinated as by pigeons nibbling at a bread crumbs proving again teat tha almost anything can attract a mol mob in t the he big burg germans ir in yorkville saloons sipping their beer these spots used to be bund hang outs now big signs urge customers customer not to discuss the war or politics the dramatic contrast in tawdry si destreet joints entertainers con of a mixture of has beens and youngsters with a bright future i celeb fanatics ogling egling borst entering the theatre getting more of a thrill by staring at biggles than first get from rom the shows the silly brawl between two friends at a bar because each insisted on paying the check the 77 year old gent who has the same breakfast every morning at a madison and street eatery doughnuts covered with mustard ugh he claims that combi combination natio n has added years to his life sidewalk W alk napoleons who used to discuss military tactics remaining in tune with the times now they also debate postwar problems swishes awishes who congregate for some unknown reason in foreign language movie temples the lovely ts hostesses most of them look as if they had to pass a screen test be for fore e they were hired newspaperman stuff ogden nash was once taken take to task for using the word coy tul ful in one of his verses have you ever heard ot of anything being full of coy asked a critic no nash but neither did I 1 ver ever hear of anyone being full of bash 11 the word controversy serves as censors abracadabra they mutter that something is controversial and presto they presume the truth will vanish blue pen ailers have used that alibi aliba to hinder freedom of speech and press tor for a long time all of which leads into an alee alec yam that illustrates our viewpoint on the subject when alee alec was broadcasting Ms his sponsor pounced on him with the squeak that he must refrain from using controversial material promptly demanded that the sponsor explain what he meant by controversial material the sponsors reply was a dilly he deplored alecs caustic references to hitler and mussolini tor for fear I 1 it t w would a antagonize n tag onize people in the country who supported from new book nods and beeks becks of course there are many w who ho say that a dally daily columnist which means a person who hes has six or seven full columns a week in fil a piper paper really work but that he would line like other laborers to work six days a week for far the period of the so called properly to so called emergency we know not what course others may take but we never have been bean able to do it under a seven day v ek and some nights often we dream of jeanie with the unfilled column we dream that hat we have three minutes in which rh ch to write a column have it be set read proof and make it up it wo would id be pleasant to work five eig eight thour hour t days a week to quit in the middle of a syllable it if need be wh when ea the whistle blew and then some days day r as if mere writing w erent enough trouble there is a lot 0 of f clipping and pasting to do it so sounds un ds easy but it takes longer to find th the a shears and the paste for first class stuff than it does to write third all right we wont argue fot fourth Irth class stul stuff the society set which claims to be so sophisticated but is the easiest p pushover for all types of phonies have I 1 gushed over take fake dukes counts bind and other spurious nobles for years no matter how many are eap exp exposed ased there are always other phonies to take their place the dowager who lost her fortune a fe few w years ago however she sq bill lives in luxury because she becart became a booklet her clients are park ave A ve duites music lovers who tak scores to carnegie hal hai and read the music while played |