| Show A j tie the big city the iron coughing of 0 trolleys as they rumble from corner to corner new york servicemen just b back c from overseas strolling along bright light lane and warming their spirits over familiar sights the sunrise festival I 1 of vivid hues celebrating the birth of a new day broadways visual poetry punctuated punctuate dby by skyscraper exclamation points hot dawg addicts gulping the delicacy as ff 11 it was the last h d on earth T the numbing surgery of a c comely ei waitress sharp glare cutting oil off a romeos spiel cabbies tabbies bullying their way through traffic A beanery with a caviar tag rendezvous de leon film box offices growing tails of waiting patrons blocks long shadows scribbling grotesque murals across the street f the furry waves of mink coated first drowning a theater in luxury side street hotels bruised with age where misery goes to find company va vain I 1 n stem thespians basking in the spotlight of their bragging tongues weary night workers squatting on the masses throne theonea th ronea a subway seat their cob webbed orbs arbs peer at each other as if they there the well heeled set pulling themselves up by their own booty Sales gals tucking the frayed ed edges es of their patience under a smile and and pinning it with a dimple the rainbow glint of jewelry on a money lisa her diamonds are campaign stars tor for bou boudoir doir battles A deep blue eyed noon sky twinkling with sunshine scarcely noticed by lunch morning stripping the big alley of its sparkling fig leaves wh while ile the sun exposes is nude ugliness shooting galleries recruiting customers by playing martial music dusk prowling about the horizon as the tret street puts on its mazda apron and goes to work impressing pass ersby arsby 1 professional mendicants mendi cants who are skilled window dressers ol oi their sympathy display five adem y I 1 ahen when broadways raucous roar subsides into a comforting purr the saturday evening ju bilee spree when neon valley if i packed to the brim with human humanity lt attempting to smuggle a litti amusement into their harried lives midtowns Mid towns paralytic traffic sn ailing its way forward tirl pan alleys jittery tempo striking up an overture tor for song songwriters writers insomnia midtown vignette george mano mane reports about the kindly gentleman on a park bench who was breaking bread crumbs for or the pigeons one pigeon fluttered down on the old mans knee to peck at crumbs that had fallen alien there do you like these crumbs better than popcorn asked the kindly old fellow ellow the pigeon cocked his head up at him and then resumed eating well continued the old man here it Is nearly december I 1 suppose you birds will be leaving me soon tor for the southland again the pigeon looked up said n nothing and went on eating the old man got irritated and yelled What inells the matter with you are you too good to talk to mer me this time the pigeon even look up but went on eating how do you like that asked the he old gentleman shaking his head A deaf and dumb pigeon sounds in the night in the metro pole waiter bring me a and soda A at t endure she stays stay aboda out until n the woo hours of the morning at Ar mandos just been divorced she I 1 got custody of his money at the henry hudson terrace hes ia a guy at lupi bongs she used to pe be his heartache now ashes just his earache in the stork club mayor laguardia will be the first guy in show business who knows enough about horses not to bet on them at the cha beaubriand briand oh well heres mud in your mind manhattan murals placard in an E st candy store window welcome home tony you phony I 1 the packages of jap souvenir invasion money sold at newsstands news stands in penn depot jimmys sawdust trail where the cover charge is ten cents the no dogs allowed sign outside the pea cire circus 9 on street the tiny restaurant near toots on W street which advertises lunch positively no Cele celebrin bri ueal one ad agency Is so s snooty noo ty it wont hire any office boy below the rank of 0 colonel on thanksgiving eve during that heavy rainstorm cops recorded 41 bights on abway most ot of them over who hailed the cab first football betting with broadway bookies this season totaled more than 12 million dollars in the metropolitan area clen ryan ex secy to the mayor Is starting his own realty firm with nothing but millionaires tor or partners partner eric johnstons Johnston 6 arst official banning since becoming movie boss was carole landis bandla singing a film ditty titled ive got a flame too hot to handle |
