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THURS., JAN. 9, 1936
THE . CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING
GAY NINTIES
IN THE
D0 YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING Una LAST DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, Jan. 8th,
1896:
The ;following are some of the
names of business men and firms do-
ing business in Clinton forty years
ago, at the beginning of ;1896:
Jackson Bros., men's and boys'
clothing; Hodgens .Bros,, drygoods;
J. W. Chidley, furniture and under-
' taking; Beesley '.& Co., general dry -
goods; "Wm. Taylor and Sons, boots
and shoes; W. D. Fair 'Co., books,
stationery, etc.;: J. W. Irwin, gro-
ceries; N. Robson, groceries; Harland
Bros., hardware; J. C. Stevenson, fur-
niture and undertaking.; R. Jackson,
men's' furnishings; George Swallow,
groceries; Ogle Cooper• and Co., gro-
ceries; S. S. Cooper, ,sash and door
factory, Allen and Wilson, druggists;
F. Bakes, barber; Gilroy and Wise-
• Man, drygoods; J. H. Combe, drug-
gist; W. G. Doherty, jewelery; Jack=
son, boots and shoes; W. Cooper and
Co., books and stationery; George S.
Emerson, music store; Leslie's Car-
riage' Factory; Molsonls and McTag-
gart banks; Drs. Gunn, Turnbull,
Shaw, Freeborn; Dentists, Bruce and
Agnew; Lawyers, James Scott; W.
Brydone; Veterinaries: Thomlinson,
Blaekall; Butcher shops, Wright,
Ford and Murray, Couch and Wil-
son; Flour and Feed, Hill and Coote,.
Sewing Machines, W. Moore; Harness
Shop, John Bell; - Watt and Co..,
druggist; Music teachers, Mrs. Whitt,
Miss Combe; Cantelon Bros., grocers;
James Ferguson, pumps; George
Trowhill, blacksmith; J. Emerton,
barber; Lack Kennedy, liquor store;
J. Biddlecombe, jewelery.
The election on Monday was only
for councillors for St. George's ward
and deputy -reeve. Messrs. Plummer
and Searle were elected councillors
and Mr. S. S. Cooper defeated Mr,
D. Cantelon by one vote for deputy -
reeve. Mr. Cantelon will demand a
recount as there were a number of
rejected ballots. The council for 1896
will be made up us follows: Mayor, R.
Holmes; Reeve, D. 13. Kennedy; De-
puty -Reeve, S. S. Cooper; Council-
lors, St. Andrew's Ward: J. Taylor,
J. C. Gilroy; St, James' Ward: Thos.
McKenzie, Jumes Murray; St. John's
Ward: T. Walker, J. W. Chidley; St.
George's Ward: S. G. Plummer, W.
C. Searle. Politically the Council
stands five to five, with the chair re -
School Trustees: St. Andrew's
Ward, W. S. Harland; St., James', T.
Jackson, Jr.; St. John's, R. Agnew;
St. George's, J. C. Stevenson.
When The Present Century
Was Young
Frrom The News -Record, Jan. 12th,
1911:
The foreman along the L.H. & 13.
railway a few, days ago presented
the roadmaster, Mr. L. Pender, with
a thirty -pound turkey,which cost
them $6.90. The recipient is under-
stood to have remarked that it was
the biggestand best turkey what
has yet graced his table.
Mrs. A. 0. Pattison gave a very
pleasant 'little tea on Tuesday as a
sort of a farewell for Mrs, Shannon,
vino "left yesterday for Toronto,
At the first meeting of the 1911.
council -the following were named
the standing committees for the
year:
Street: Taylor, Ford, Cooper,
Cantelon. Property and Electric
Light: ...Jackson, Gibbings, -Cooper.
Fire and Water: Ford, Beacom, Gib-
bings. Cemetery: Cantelon, Beacom,
Smyth. Charity: 'Smyth, Cooper,
Jackson. Park: Jackson, Beacom,
Ford. Bylaws: Beacom, Gibbings,
Smyth. Finance: Gibbings, Jackson,
Cantelon. Waterworks: Cooper, Ford,
Jackson. Court of Revision: Tay-
lor, Cantelon, Beacom, Cooper,
Smyth, Special: Jackson, Taylor,
Cooper, Gibbings.
An O.H.A. Junior match was play-
ed between St. Marys and Clinton on
the local rink on Tuesday evening.
The game was interesting` and well -
played but Clinton seemed to have
the best of it most of the time and at
the conclusion the score stood 6-4 in
their favor.' Local line-up: Goal, 0.
McKenzie; point, R. Rumbalt; cover
point, L° Greig; rover, C. O'Neil;
centre, L. Kerr; left wing, C. Dra-
per! right wing, E. Graham. Referee,
R. Tasker. •
From The New Era, Jan. 12th, 1919:
The old people at the House of Re-
fuge were cheered up last week by
D. visit of several loads of young peo
ple from town, the White Dyke Bank
also assisting. The evening was ar-
ranged for by Mr. Hawke, who has
been taking the Sunday services: dur.
ing the past four or five months.
Mr. Roy East left Friday morning
for Tillsonburg, where he has been
transferred by the Royal Bank. His
position as teller here will be taken
by Mr.. Dodds Holloway and Mr. Ed-
gar Pattison enters the bank as jun-
ior.
Sunday and Monday witnessed a
small blizzard in this section and
roads and sidewalks were filled up.
Some of the sideroads are still bloc-
ked.
There will be a business men's
luncheon in the council chamber .on
Friday evening', Jan. 13th, commenc-
ing et 6.15 sharp. (No superstitu-
tion about the date, evidently).
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS' ARE SAYING
CAN YOU REMEMBER?
How many years is it since we
'Fled m Christmas like this year. Can
you remember "away back" . when
the .same feeling of good fellowship
teemed to permeate the air?
• —Cayuga Advocate,
TAKE 'WOOD AWAY PLEA TO
SANTA CLAUS:
Hundred of people throughout the
world asked the good St. Nicholas to
leave presents for them on Christ-
mas Eve, but there was one man
who slid not ask Santa Claus to
leave anything for him; he only
asked to have something taken a-
way.
The man was a transient who ar-
rived at the town hall for a night's
lodging the night before Christmas.
He went to the bunkhouse and when
the Chief of Police looked in the
next morning, after the fellow had
gone on his way, he found the fol-
lowing note: "Dear Santa Claus:
"Please take away this—wood-pile."
The woodpile is still there.
—Goderich Star.
A STATE OF UNCERTAINTY
China is that mysterious land
where•a person never knows upon re-
tiring whether he will arise on Chin-
ese or Japanese soil.
.Kincardine Review -Reporter.
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL'
The past years of depression have,
naturally, been productive of a vast
crop of ideas designed to correct con-
ditions. Some of these have had
merit, but mnost of them have , been
put forward by nen lacking both the
experience and the ability to,produce
a worthwhile cure. It has„ too; been
e wonderful period for the eonfirmed
"squawker" acid 'grouch." These
have had `their innings as never be-
fore and have received •a hearing
never aecorded them in ordinary
times. Now that conditions show
definite signs of improvement these
Latter gentry are meeting with a less
favorable. reception. Public men and
editors everywhere are giving than
scant consideration.
..-Goderich Signal.
HAPPINESS
The other day we had the pleasure
of. talking to a man' who was ex-
tremely happy, He does without nnuch
that many of us to -day regard as
necessities. He works hard and en-
joys it. He has a great love for his
family and has ever in mind their
advancement, spiritual and educa-
tional. He looks forward to the fut-
ure with confidence and is extremely
happy in the knowledge that each
to -morrow has some problem of work
that will keep him busy and engage
his time so that he may in turn
bring happiness to his family.
We think one of the principal
things that has been the matter with
us as a people ha been that too
many have 'been taught to regard as
necessities of life too many • things
which are merely luxuries.
---Wingham Advance -Times.
THREE AUDITORS
Messrs. Monteith, Long and Robert-
son Chosen to Look Over
Town Accounts
J. W. Monteith, chartered account-
ant of Stratford, together with H. R.
Long and A. M. Roberson, will audit
the 1935 books of the town of Gale -
rich.
This was decided at a special meet-
ing of the council held on Saturday
afternoon, December 28th, •to con-
sides the question. The total remun-
eration to all three was set at $250
for the 'job, although how the amount
is to be divided among them was
not announced.
The matter was discussed yin com-
mittee of the whole but when council
reconvened a bylaw covering the ap-
Tl-11E AYG}
BY"ETHERITE'•
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS BROADCAST DUR-
.. ING 1935 BY THE CANADIAN RADIO COMMISSION
1,7E
May 6 — The Iaing's Jubilee—includ-
ing Ceremonies from Parlia-
ment Hill, Ottawa—Addres-
sesses by Lieutenant-Gov-
pointments was framed and passed.
—Signal.
A MALICIOUS PRACTICE
Had we the power to give any
town one gift, we would give it free-
dom from gossip. That gift would
mean as much, perhaps more, happi-
ness as anything we could think of.
Gossip, plain -devil -tongued gossip
about other people and their affairs
is one of the outstanding social cur-
ses of our day. More unhappiness is
caused by the careless• repetition of
guesses, rumors, scandals, half-truths
and untruths than by any other one
cause.
It may be that all communities are
alike in this respect—probably they
are—but we are safe in saying that
some towns have more than its full
share of these people who seem to
take an unholy delight in discussing
freely with little thought of results,
any and every matter concerning
people. That there be little or no
truth in the remarks doesn't matter.'
A little more consideration for
people's feelings is a fine gesture,
one which might be well remembered
the next time you feel inclined to
pass an unkind remark about a per-
eon.-Lucknow Sentinel.
A USEFUL ORGANIZATION
Kincardine Rover Scouts, a group
of young men under the leadership
of Jack Reynolds have been doing
good turns for others on a scale un-
surpassed by any other organization,
during the past six months.
At the recent Christmas season
they collected and repaired toys, so-
licited small subscriptoins and con-
tributed their own funds, not to men-
tion time so that sixty Kincardine
kiddies would be 'able to have a hap-
py- Christmas.
.Prior to this, they volunteered for
a series of blood transfusions, in or-
der that a wounded man might live.
That he is alive to -day is due to their
efforts.
These are but two of their "good
turns."
During the conning year, when Kin-
cardine is busy with an old home
week, the services of Kincardine
Rover Scouts will no doubt be great-
ly in demand and will be given as un-
stintingly, without thought of • gain
or reward, as in the past.
—Kincardine Review -Reporter.
HE DIDN'T BELONG
Caesar was making one of his vis-
its to the Quiet Folks' Verandah. All
fall he 'spent an occasional half hour
on this same verandah preening him-
self or somethinglike that. After he
had prettied himself by many nickings
and scratchings to suit the highest
peak of dog fancy he would visit var-
b us.stores and shops and, sniff quiz-
zically about backdoors of the village
householders. After every visit :to
the Quiet Folks' verandah, Mrs. Quiet
Folks was required to "go over" the
scene of the Caesar's toilet making
with mop and broom, meanwhile
"thinkingmany things" like Queen
Dido of unhappy memory: Caesar
belonged to a good neighbor and for
that reason his visits passed with an
occasional complaint but on the whole
in a spirit of broad toleration. Last
Saturday Adolphus, 'the pure bred
bull terrier owned by the Quiet Folks
was observed sitting' np• and taking
notice of Caesar's toilet proceedings.
There was no wagging of the Irish
tail. There was no gurgling of
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." By
no manner of means., Ihstead there
was alt expression of deep contem-
plation' on the terrier face. Finally
thought ripened into action and Adol-
phus approacehd the visitor with. a
look that might have been seen. on
the fact of Wellington as he observed
Napoleon at Waterloo. Caesar was
not an adept in psychology and inter-
preted the advance of Adolphus as
a friendly gesture, and rolled over on
his back in merry sport. It was here
that he was in error. Adolphus seiz-
ed him by the leg in a crunching bit4
to which was added a vicious shake
that brought forth a series of whines
and whimpers and growls and howls
that filled the village with distress.
Adolphus tempered biting with mer-
.cy, released his grip and Caesar "lit
out" for home yelping and limping
with no self respect or pleasure left
in life.
All this because he was not mind-
ing his own business, because he was
loafing and especially because he was
where he did not belong. We pass
on this observation to some humans
that we know. Some folk never learn
the difference between mine and
thine till a sharp bite quickens` brain
and 'conscience.
-Exeter Times-Advoceat:
ernors of 9 provinces—BBC
re -broadcast "Twenty five
Years"—Message from His
Majesty -"Canadian CavaI-
cale"—Address by Rudyard
Kipling—Thanksgiving Ser-
vice from St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, London.
May 16—Address' by Lord Baden
Powell • from banquet of
Boy Scouts Association
Toronto.
May 24—Empire Day Program from
Hamilton relayed to BBC
and the Empire -Story of
the founding of Empire Day
dramatized..
May 28—First Birthday of Dionne
Quintuplets .broadcast
front Callander and carried
over both NBC and CBS as
well as CRBC network.
May 31 ---Official Ceremonies from
Opening of Dunlop Obser-
vatory, Richmond Hill, Ont.,
near Toronto.
May 31—Apple Blossom Festival
from Kent,ville,•N.S.
Nov. 2 - Arrival of new Governor
General, Lord Tweedsmuir,
and ceremony" of swearing-
in broadcast from official
reception at Quebec City.
Dec. 26 -"This ' Great Family" --Em-
pire Christmas Day Broad-
cast featuring message
from King George. "Can-
ada Celebrates Christmas"
—Two hour presentation
synchronizing in song eight
choirs across Canada and
featuring • scenes from • all
parts of the Dominion. Last
hour of program being
heard in the United States
over the ,network of the
National: Broadcast i n g
Company. "Christmas
With Dickens"—an original
play by J. Nelville Thom-
son, of London, England.
Dec. 31—"Dance Band Parade" —
Special New Year's Eve
program featuring dance
bands from Halifax to Van-
couver.,
Mart Kenney, one of the most popu-
lar band leaders in Canada, whose
orchestra is heard over the national
network of the Canadian Radio Com-
mission each Wednesday at 10.30 p.
m. E.S.T. form the Vancouver stu-
dios.
Of Suck Stuff Are Troupers Madel
"Deflected septum" is what the
doctors termed it but to you and me
It was nasal trouble. But deflected
septum it was that showed what a
game 'trouper Harry Youngblood is,
Two days before a recent Youngblood
performance Harry (Peter King) was
operated on in a Winnipeg hospital,
Two days later he was in his usual
place before the microphone in the
Youngblood show. At the end of the
first scene beads of persperation
stood out on Harry's forehead, due
to his determination to carry on in
spite of great physical discomfort.
Iii the second scene Trudy stood a-
longside hinn with a glass of water
to relieve his parched throat. But so
well did Harry ."carry on" that not a
single listener was able to detect that
he was other than his usual self. Of
such stuff are troupers made. The
show must go 'onl
George Patton, one of the Ieading
members of the C.R,C's., dramatic
players, was director of the Ontario
Government Motion • Picture Bureau
for 13 years. He supervised many
of the educational films which were
made to assist Ontario farmers in
fighting pests, improving production,
and achieving better marketing con-
ditions.
Sapid Substitution
Last minute illnesses did nearly
hreparable damages to that glittering
cohort, "Knights of Gladness," heard.
on the eastern and midwest networks'
each Wednesday evening. Two hours
before broadcast time, Sir Harold,
the knight who blows a trumpet, de
veloped \some difficult disease, and
Baron :Bowman; commander of the
troop, had to make rapid substitution.
The. Baron, however, with his finger
to Edmonton's musical pulse, lost no
time in replacing the vacancy in
ranks, and the broadcast went as per;
fectly as usual,
What If It Had Been Measles?
Imagine, if you can, an orchestra
developing asthma! Seems almost
incredible, and program supervisor
Mark Mortimer thought so, too. A
fortnight ago, shortly before "Ro-
many Moods" went from the Edmon-
ton studios to the Commission's moun-
tain network, the final pick-up on
the ensemble was being taken. In
some totally unaccountable manner,
the gypsies had developed a "whoosh"
which seems to be the only way to
describe the difficulty. It seemed
traceable to•an accordeon, that, to all
intents and purposes, had developed a
leaky valve or some similar com-
plaint. But nothing could stop it ,
the program went • on the air, and
just° as miraculously, the asthmatic
tendencies disappeared.
Once Was With Graham McNamee
Aline Barlow, who ]las appeared on
the professional stage in the United
States and who is now a Radio Coni -
mission actress, was an assisting art-
ist on a program with Graham Me-
Nammee when he appeared at HamiI-
ton. Her spare hours from music are
devoted to art and she is an expert
swimmer and fond of all odtdoor
sports. She is five feet, three inches
in height, has brown eyes, dark brown
hair and weighs 114 pounds.
Versatile Songstress
A popular and versatile songstress
in Kay Parkin, heard from the Ed-
monton studios twice weekly. Lend-
ing charm to .the melodious beauty
of the "Maui Islanders" program
broadcasts Tuesday nights, Miss Par-
kin has changed her personality from
a hulasongstress in time for the
Dance Band Parade of a Saturday
night, when she sings with John
Bowman from the MacDonald hotel
in Edmonton. A deep contralto voice
and titian hair seems to do no da-
mage to her opportunities.
PROLOGUE TO LOVE
(Continued from page 2)
contents of the shaker two or three
times to make sure that the flavor
could not be improved.
He had thought Autumn beautiful
when he had sat beside her during
their ride but he had never seen any
one quite so ravishing as the girl who
stood before him now and lifted her
refilled glass. She was gowned in a
coolly glowing white satin that clung
the length of her body and flared out
almost to the floor; small tips of
green .pumps peered out from below
the white, and at her throat on a
platinum chain hung a large single
emerald, her father's gift, she had
explained, on her twenty-first birth-
day.
He raised his glass toward her and
smiled. "You may drink to what you
please," he said, "but I'm toasting
the queen of the Upper Country!"
"Queens are becoming so old-fash-
ioned, Florian, she countered. "I
am not flattered."
"My error," he apologized with a
slight bow. "I'll compromise on the
Princess—they're still in style, aren't
they?"
"Expatriated," she observed,
"Good enough," he said, and drain-
ed his glass eagerly.
Autumn sipped her cocktail 'and
took Fn cigarette from the box on the
low table that held the shaker and
its tray.
"You know," Florian went on, set-
ting his glass aside, "I can't help
thinking of you as carrying on the
legend of your forebears—your moth-
er and her mother. They must have•
beenlovely creatures to have given
life to such traditions as they have
handed down."
"Lovely," Autumn said, "—and
flaming."
"Lovely—and flaming!" Florian
hepeated. "My father has told me a-
bout your mother, especially. You
must be very like her."
"I' know very little of my mother,"
Autumn replied, "except what I have
been told."
(To be continued).
A. STRANGE WORD
Do you know how many words in
the English language mean "crowd."
Well, a few of them are given
here: A crowd of ships is termed a
fleet; . a fleet of sheep is called a
flock; a flock of girls is called a
bevy; a bevy of wolves is called a
pack; a pack of thieves is called a
gang; a gang of soldiers is called a
host; a host of porpoises is called a
shoal; a shoal of buffaloes is called
a herd; a herd of children is called
a troop; a troop of partridge is cal-
led a covey; a covey of beauties is
called a galaxy; a galaxy ofruf-
fians is called 'a horde; a horde of
rubbish is called a heap; a heap of
oxen is called a drove; a drove of
hoodlums is called a mob; a mob of
whales iscalleda school; a school of
worshippers is called a congregation;.
a congregation of engineers is called
a corps; a corps of robbers is called
a band; a band of bees is called a
swarm; a'sivarm of people is called
a .crowd.
ot=SNAPSHOT CUIL
KNOW YOUR CAMERA
a.
The amateur who took this prize-winning picture had mastered his camera
CAMERA manufacturers spend.
thousands of dollars each year
in preparing and printing instrue.
tion books which are enclosed with
each camera. These booklets give
valuable information on the use and
care of the camera but the average
person looks only far enough into
the instructions to find out how to
insert the film and right there they
stop.
From the mechanical viewpoint
the box type camera gives us just
about the acme of simplicity. It
usually has two "stops" for snap.
shots and one for "time exposures."
However, the manual accompanying
it is worth a careful reading.
With certain types of folding
cameras, you have more to consider
if you are to expect good, clear,
sharp pictures and the manual
should be studied by all means.
You may have from three to nine
apertures to choose from and shut-
ter speeds ranging from one-half
to 1/500 second, depending on the
type of camera. In addition to these
split second shutter speeds the cam-
era is probably equipped for time
exposures.
Before loading your camera with
film consult the manual so that you
will understand just what is happen-
ing when you do certain things—
and why.
In a recent snapshot contest con-
ducted by sixty-four leading news•
papers scattered throughout the
United States, the picture shown
above was awarded one of the
major prizes in the national awards.
The snapshooter who took the pic-
ture was far from being old in ex-
perience but it is quite evident that
he had made a study of his hobby
and knew what he was doing and
what could be expected of hie
camera.
Study the composition of your
pictures, that is, "compose" your
picture in your viewfinder before
clicking the shutter. Perhaps by
stepping forward a few feet you can
eliminate some incongruous object
-something that may reallydetract
from the point of interest in the
picture. Try viewing a scene or sub.
jeot from different angles, then
choose the one you think the most
attractive.
Too many snapshooters, when
taking pictures of their friends,
have them stand as straight as a
ramrod and look directly at the
camera. That may be all right for
record picture but the snap would
bo much more interesting if people
in it were doing something.
If you will give just a little
serious thought to your snapshoot-
ing and thoroughly know the limita-
tions or versatility of your camera
you will be well rewarded with in-
teresting, artistic or story -telling
pictures which you will be proud to
show your friends and which will
win their admiration.
71 JOHN VAN GUILDIBR
emIresavenownpamessopeownesanti
- lt's A Small Town After All
As told by the New York Office Cat
To G. H. LASH
(In the C. N. R. 11lagazine)
There are a lot of Canadians who
don't want to hear anything about
New. York. Not even if R's good.
They turn up their noses and sniff
when New York is mentioned. It's
the kind of attitude the people of
Hamilton maintain towards the peo-
ple of Toronto, and the people of To-
ronto maintain towards the rest of
Canada. It's an attitude that is fair-
ly chronic with Canadians. Like
measles or whooping cough it re-
quires several strong injections of
the serum of internationalism to get
rid of it. Even then the cure inay not
be permanent.
I'm going to talk about New York
and you can sniff as much as you
want to. Whether or not the article
is published will depend Iargely upon
how the editor of the Canadian Na-
Qonal Railways Magazine feels about
being sniffed at, too!
By taking in ail of Manhattan Is -
lend; all of Staten Island; a goodly
portion of Long Island; a large
chunk of mainland and surreptitious-
ly crossing the Hudson or North Riv-
er to annex a healthy slice of New
Jersey (which doesn't like it a bit),
New York, posing under the alias of
the "Metropolitan Area" has accum-
ulated a population that exceeds that
of any other city in the world but
is not big enough to keep, it out of
debt. According to the official cen-
sus of 1930—the last -there were
10,901,424 people living within the
Metropolitan Area. That's the gov-
ernment figure. The government at
the time was Republican, New York
is Democratic and refused to accept
the government census as authentic.
So, the Merchants' Association of
New York made a census of its own.
1t went the government 127,349 bet-
ter and set the population at 11,028,-
773. In this population (leaving out
New Jersey) there are 368,694 Bri-
tish -born. That is if 192,810 from the
Irish Free State don't object to be-
ing so classified. They probably do,
but there's nothing I can do about it.
They can do 'their own sums in sub-
traction.
Now the point about this is not to
glorify the fact that New 'York, by a
system of elastic enumeration, has
succeeded in beating the best London
can muster by nearly two millions.
The point is to state baldly and with
every expectation of being contra-
dicted, that New -York is the smallest
town on the upper half of the north-
ern hemisphere. Those of us .who,
through accident or circumstance,
have to live here, recognize it and,
find it amusing.
The casual 'visitor to New Yak
doesn't see New York. His beat is
generally decidedly circumscribed, It
Is bounded on the east by Lexington
Avenue; on the south by 82nd Street.
which leads to the portals of Penn-
sylvania Station; on the west by
Broadway or Seventh Avenue and on
the north by 69th Street. Sometimes
he may straggle off southwards to
Wall Street or the Battery; occasion-
ally he may roam northwards for a
stroll through Central Park or a bus
ride along. Riverside Drive, but if he
does he scurries back to safer ground
as soon as possible just a little bit
amazed and frightened by his touter-
ity, like a youngster scuttling away
from the pantry after having raided
the cookie jar.
The New York of the average vis-
itor is an area that doesn't enclose
more than two square miles. Yet,
strangely enough, it is the part of
New York of which the permanent
citizen sees the least unless he hap-
pens to work within that particular
area. It's the section known as
Midtown. It's the district of the lat-
est of the tall buildings; the large
and the expensive small shops; the
equally expensive hotels and restaur-
ants; the gyp joints; the cathedrals
of jazz; the flea circus and Broadway
(the two are coupled for obvious rea-
sons), The Iatter hasn't been the
Great White Way since the neon light
was invented. Except when a visitor
comes to New York and has to be en-
tertained, the average New Yorker
sees little` of this area. Indeed he
sees little of any part of Manhattan.
For, when his day's work is done, he
disappears with as much speed and
as little ceremony as a gopher upon
the approach of a farmer, into a hole
in the ground which is known as a
subway and he doesn't emerge until
the train reaches the station nearest
to his home, Of what lies in between
he knows nothing and tares less. For
all that he has ever seen of the in-
between part of Manhattan, the
Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens, it might
just as well be located in China.
In any other place such goings-on
would be unthinkable. But not in
New York where the whole process of
thought is a bit upside down. New
Yorkers by the hundred will stop and
gaze upon an excavation that is be -
mg dug but when that hole is filled
by the tallest building on earth they
will not raise their eyes skyward to
look at it. They will brave the chill
winds of March to watch ten thous-
and men—not ten percent. of Whom
could find Ireland on a map -walk in
a St. Patrick's Day parade. Not a
corporal's guard can be mustered to
inspect a priceless vase , by Benven-
uto Cellini in the Metopolitan Mus-
eum. A man with a compressed air
drillcan gather a crowd that will
block traffic; not five per cent. of the
population is aware that in the Daily
News building in 42nd Street East, is
housed one of the finest (free of
charge) mechanical museums in the,"
world. A crooner in a Harlem dive
will pack them in; the Metropolitan
Opera Company has to pass the hat
to survive.
But that's Manhattan Madness or
Gotham Goofiness o r something.
Once beyond the whirling Seventies
or over the bridges or through the.
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