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Show Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON Late Dinners: A brand new locomotive loco-motive fireman, out on his very first run, was responsible for 500 or 600 commuters reaching their homes and waiting wives much past their usual arriving time. When the engineer en-gineer arrived to take the engine out, he asked the fireman if he had obtained water, it being cus'omary for the fireman to see that the tank is full. The fireman said he had, so the start was made. Some distance out of New York, the engineer made a test and found the boiler practically practical-ly dry. There was nothing to do but to go to the next station and pull the fire. No water being available avail-able there, the train crew waited until a freight came along. The freight engine was detached and pulled the passenger train to its destination. A subsequent investigation investiga-tion showed that while the new man had filled the drinking jug, he had forgotten the tank entirely. Running Rabbits: Ted Steele, who raises rabbits for the government, gets into the argument whether rabbits, rab-bits, with their longer hind legs, run faster uphill than downhill. Ted holds they run faster uphill and offers of-fers as proof a balance trick in which you bet you can jump farther backward from a standing position than the other fellow can jump forward. The only condition is that each must bend over holding hold-ing the tips of the shoes, with the knees bent as much as desired. In trying to jump forward you hardly hard-ly get off the floor at all because you are off balance and would go on your head equivalent to running downhill down-hill with shorter front legs. But you can jump backward from six inches to a foot or more depending on practice. That matter being settled General Eisenhower, General Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur and the armed forces can go on with the war. To Have and To Hold: After 1 a.m., many night club employees, such as waiter captains, check room girls and others in the higher tip brackets gather at a mid-town east side restaurant which remains open all night, usually all congregating congregat-ing at one big table. Accustomed to observing late hours, they hang around a couple of hours or more, and waiters at that table are kept on the jump filling orders in a manner man-ner satisfactory to the patrons. Seemingly those waiters would do quite well, since those whom they serve live by tips. But on the word of several just the reverse is true. Instead of receiving fat tips from the tip takers, they are lucky if ( they get anything at all, the general rule being to walk out without leaving leav-ing something for the waiter. In other words, hands that itch worst for tips cling tightest to them. Nicotine Notes: Cigarette lines, especially in midtown, are common in New York. Smokers know when certain stores receive their shipments ship-ments and are on the spot early to get their' one package, the lines beginning be-ginning to form at about 7 a. m. An hour later, some extend for more than a block. Usually, there is a cop on hand to preserve order and thus a part of New York's police force spends its time riding herd on smokers. Also many a clerk is late to work these mornings because of lining up for a cigarette supply. Incidentally, many dealers work off less popular brands by displaying them and none others on the counter. Regular customers, however, get what they want, the hidden brands being known as "stoopies" because the dealer keeps them under and not on the counter. Safety First: Knowing the cigarette ciga-rette situation in New York, some forehanded outsiders bring their own when they come to the city. The other afternoon, a prosperous-looking business man from Kansas City registered at one of the large mid-town mid-town hotels. Having been assigned a room, he asked for a safety deposit de-posit box, a not unusual request especially espe-cially on the part of business men. But instead of putting a lot of valuables into the box, the Kansas City man opened his grip, took out three cartons of cigarettes and carefully care-fully locked them up. End Piece: Back again to waiters: wait-ers: Because of the manpower shortage, short-age, a number of large establishments establish-ments have hired waitresses. The waitresses get along all right with the men waiters, especially if they are passably pretty. There has been somewhat of a breakdown in discipline disci-pline however, as waiters, despite the vigilance of captains, will congre- ,,"USg B mlAl 3D8J am, m aui paddeis jsuo aqx 'psqi08 ans j3Bra am seai jeqiu jaq paJfse UTEjdED b naujii SuiLio uaqoipj am jo mo ouied uiooj Suraip utevibs b tn ssajjiEM ;satMOJd oq 'SurusAa jamo aqj, -jCuouuEq pus aoead sem -IE jou st aiaqi ing -sjaJOMOD 3Arj -OBJJ1B qilM 3flE O SiatUOD OJ 3Ef |
