Show lights of new york as TRUMBULL by WALTER there was a crooner in new york long before any of the recent crop but he use a microphone or a megaphone As a matter of fact when I 1 first heard him do his stuff the radio was not very well known it was just one of those new tangled miracles of science the only property the crooner of whom I 1 am speaking used was a straight backed chair ile he used to tip that against the wall almost close his eyes and then do his stuff usually he be might be found in the players and it if he felt in the mood to entertain although I 1 think he be entertained himself as well as others there was always a group around him when he wished he could sing aing loud and true in a full irish voice but it was best when he threw his head back lowered his lashes on his cheeks and crooned sad songs in that sort of husky heart searching whisper they tell me that joe herrl gan Is in hollywood now and doing well lie ile should because he Is a one fine act actor 0 r but id like to hear him singing those songs to himself again there are a lot of good newspaper men who are out of jobs in new york today but one of them got a break he be knew a judge who him receiver for a restaurant which had failed when the newspaper man took charge he understand the failure as the place appeared to be doing a good business ile he was used to digging up stories so beset he set himself to digging up the trouble lie ile found that most of the employees were making all the money dining room and kitchen force each had its method of graft the new manager got new help put in a different system and created what looks like a permanent job for himself 0 the dignity of a young army officer was seriously injured when he climbed recently to the top of a fifth avenue bus As he made his way forward in the aisle a nearsighted near sighted old lady took him for the conductor and handed him her dime one of the men who sell flowers from a wagon decided to try another locality but the horse had other ideas propped itself and refused to move after trying vainly to reason with the balky animal the owner decided to give it time to change its mind and stepped into an adjacent store to buy some tobacco A policeman came along followed the man inside and threatened him with arrest you left your horse unhitched and it t mig might litrun run away and hurt somebody he said the man explained and went out with the officer to prove that he was telling the truth when last seen the two of them had bad made no impression on the horse like david barobs famous animal it demonstrated that it would stand without hitching when in florida florid lat last winter I 1 was told that the authorities were having considerable trouble with vandals find and tramps who broke into closed houses recently I 1 was told 0 of f a man who had had a method of insuring a long island shore bungalow against depredations his system was to leave a live five dollar bill on a table with a note which asked anyone breaking in to 16 take the money and leave leae the place bindis undisturbed in at least one instance it worked when aben the actors dinner club had to move due to the fact that the quarters donated to the club were rented nobody felt worse about it than louise carver duthie louise had been brought into the dinner club by an actor who recognized her as another member of the unemployed george duthie the actor who Is in charge of the pantry stock put the rescuer to work as a bus boy and struck by her wistful glance adopted louise even giving her his lost last name so for some time past louise has baa been living in the storeroom absorbing an atmosphere of drama and canned goods and getting a general stage education any time that a new york producer has a milk fed role for a black and white kitten she will be ready 0 1933 bell syndicate service |