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New York, Oct. 15.-Warren Street is the place one goes to for plumbers supplies, nuts, bolts, It is screws, gaskets and caskets. just about the last spot in town where one would look for romance except that which lies in eommerce. But almost all of the recent expeditions into the remote and strange parts of the world have had thefr beginnings in Warren Street. It is down.there that Major!
He Authony Fiala has his shop.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1925.
This fellow visits a beauty parlour almost every day. After his facial treatments he goes to a mirror and very carefully applies rouge to his chocks, carmine to his lips and mascarra to his eyelashes and And he has caused more brows. teminine hearts to flutter than any other idol with the possible excep
on of Valentino.
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One of the current musical shows has an orchestra lender who is a great clown. During several of the jazz numbers he has been cutting high didoes and in that manner becomes the centre of attention. Now the Musicians Union has notified him that he will have to Is an outfitter for explorers. you're going to Alaska or Afries the quit clowning or colleet double major can tell you what you oughtiary because his conduct makes to take with you and furthermore, he can sell it to you.
him an actor.
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The major knows at first hand A Vaudeville orchestra' has been what explorers ought to have in all but disrupted by the pranks of their outfits. He went with Robne-
men in the upper right boxes. Not velt on the River of Doubt trip. long ago one of the newspaper: He has been through the white fast-humorists wrate concerning the fun nesses of the Arctic. There in his to be had by dropping pennies on shop is a dog sled which bears the the kettle drums of the orchestra, legend of one great adventure resulting in a flourish of concus
Whension not written in the score. In. Major Fiala experienced.
his ship, the "America," became one theatre pennies have been. jammed in the ice he took to that ttling down in the drums, much dog sled and his trusty brutes took to the cousternation of the drummer him to land and respe
and the leader. One of the village cut-ups throw a half-dollar which cut the drum head and put the dram out of commission until the intermission!
If a small boy were to go to the major's shop when several old cronies are gathered there he would hear greater tales than ever were written in a book.
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Beaus of the upper west side of To one who sees life as it is lived on Broadway day in and day out Manhattan are having a hard time over a period of years the most keeping up appearances, Barbers amazing development is the growth shoe-shiners and hat-cleaners of of effeminacy anong men. that section are on strike. Boot, One curly-headed hero of the blacks who now receive $18 a week screen, at one time probably its and their tips are demanding a most popular hero and who is minimum of $22 'n week and the again coming inte popularity, has fancy shiners who can play a tune with their polishing rags demand had several permanent waves. Insofar as I know this is his only $26. lady-like habit..
But there is another notable of sereen and stage, a man who was probably the country's greatest matinee idol long before the word "sheik" came into its present menn. ing and who more lately has appeared on the screen as a he-man hero and whose love affairs have emblazoned many
The barbers' complaint i that while women have brought increased business to barber shops with their bobbed heads, they have not meant much to the barber in the way of tips. They pay their And by the bills and walk put.
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