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i So This Is New York i Bt NORTH CALLAHAN The upper Fast Side is a place of contrasts. On one side are the avenues. Park and 5th, two of tho most elegant street* in 'he world To 'he northwest across pretty Central Park, the .splendid spires of Columbia University and the River side Church stand out impresslve lv against the sky But to the right in the edge at llarlem. is one of the worst slum districts in this country. It was here that I went to talk to otv-? of New York's most important inhabitants if in re verse ? a member of a teen-age (tang We'll call him l.uigt, for lhat is typical, although lie might be Pal or Mike, He stood in a half-darken ed doorway, his black hair as long as a girl's, a leather jacket billion ed,on. even though the weather was hot. A cigarette swung jauntily from his pursed Hps and the cuffs of his pegged pants were a hunt Half the width of tlv leg sire above He smiled with a kind of wince as he nodded toward me patronizingly. I told him I would hot use his real name if. he'd give my readers'some idea of why he was a young gang-member and whv his kind had increased about 50 per cent here in I ho last year. He nodded without hesitation "Easy, man. easy," and moved his head with a motion thai reminded me of the current roek-in-ro.tl r-3 Rorn on this Fast Side. Luigi grew up in a shun neighborhood where the playground was the dir ty street and the families joined to gether in using the same few bath room facilities. He learned the hard facts of life >oon about girls as well as hoys Ills family life was tough, he said, so he sought companionship el- ?where "Even a goon loves to he loved." he quip ped as he blew cigarette smoke into the late summer air. "Sure I'll admit I'm bad hut T know what 1 good is and would like to t> ? that j way. Only we never seem to get a chance." He had quit school just before he was lfl?the law allow* that ?so could not qualify for a good job for a time he lied about his ay and habit* and drew Mime . unemployment compensation ?from (the state Hut that played out Now ihe just sleeps and eat* at home and goes out with the gang In late afternoon* and at night. 3 ? "And what's wrong with a gang?" he ask >d firmly. Didn't you have a bunch of pals when you grew up'' Guys in your neighborhood And didn't you crony together and pot over a last one once in awhile Why I'm told you used to have what was called, 'Our Gang Comedies' in the old-tinv movies. Well, today we got Jim Dean --or had him 'til he rubbed himself out." 1 had to shake my head in somewhat sad agreement, hut I pointed out that when I was a kid we did not break the law ? *>t course I did not mention snitch ing watermelons or pushing over hack-houses on Hallowe'en. He countered with. "Whut's the law'1 I'ack o" cons who take money to look the other way?if ye have II I've seen em." yes, I admitted there were such cop*, but I un derstood thai under the present police commissioner they were few. I.uigi snorted He explained how easy i| was to break the law. Switch knives in sharp - bladed profusion glacd from many a store window. Guns were a cinch to get. Dope rould he had in Harlem, but he denied us ing any And kidnapping well, he considered his gang above It. but look at tl> ? way them careless wo men left their babies outside on the sidewalk while they shopped' or just gossiped, "You fell your readers, mister." he said in con clusion as another member of his gang beckoned to htm across the street ami he threw away the rig\r- ' ette in preparation to,leave, "that guvs who live like we do why it's hard for them not to be gangsters We gotta have fun somewhere, and although we don't want no trouble, we're gonna have fun -either alone of together. So long, mister'" I BETA ( LI B OFFICERS at Crabtrce Iron OufT High School this term are (seated, from left*: Stel la Sanfnrd, vice president: Atalee >lr< Vat-ken, president. and Belly Sue James. secretary: (Standi111;I Bud kirkpatrirk. treasurer, and Jean rtte Smith, reporter. (Mountaineer Photo). Christmas Joy Worth All Of Extra Work Hv DOROTHY V. WHIPPLE, M.l>. J AP Newsfeatures I CHRISTMAS Is a lot of work, j1 especlalls for the mother of a fam ily. but it's an effort that pays'1 high rewards In jii.v of living Not I 1 king ago 1 was picking up a tpiick ' lunch at a drugstore counter and an acquaintance of mine came 1 along and had a cup of coffee with \ with me I made a few remarks ] about how difficult it was to prac tire medicine 12 hours a day and find link1 to decorate the house for Christmas, help the children with their gifts. te say nothing of get ting and preparing my own gifts. My acquaintance, who had two school-age children said in a very Slliag tone of voice "In our house we have solved the problem of Christmas." "Do tell me," I asked "We just do nothing." she said "Not even for the children?" "Our children already have everything we can afford to get Hum They don't heed presents and we can't afford to t>u\ t-hcftt any" There was lilt I ? more to say bill my heart went out to those two little girls who are growing up without ttie io\ and excitement of. Christmas without the knowledge nf what Christinas is all about Per haps it they lived on a desert Island w here no one celebrated Christmas they might not know what Hiey were missing, but living here, where all their friends were preparing for Christmas and living in happv anticipation of the hie event I knew they were cheated and I fell they probably wprr aware of it. Christmas is not just a time of going out and spending a lot of : money sou can ill-afford for pros-I ents It is a time of letting your family and your friends know that vou lo\e them, it's a time when we null asid th > formal cloaks we hide in most of the year Because it's Christinas we feel free to express feelings that might embarrass us it other times to show. The mechanics of Christmas are work and no getting around it. but the spirit behind It is one of the loveliest things in our civilization and many of us need this mass demonstration to help us throw off our inhibitions Help your children to appreci ate the jov of giving as well as re ceiving The preparations before Christmas can mean as much to the children as the hig day itself Take time and plan with each child what his gifts arc to be Even quite young children under stand that at Christmas time you do things for other people. A 3-year-1 aid will be anxious to make a sur prise for Dadd\ and on Christmas , morning Alex is just as excited at watching Daddy, unwrap the flnger paintinK he made for him as he is !o find the big dump truck Daddy! got for him. i1 As the children get older thee make more elaborate gifts and may ; a ant to give more people presents. 1 Help them with their ideas and ' with their execution, but don't take over the job and do it yourself and by ail means don't go out and-bu; something for "Harry to give Dad." I have a piece of wood?plain ? < undecoratcd but sanded soft a,- < satin. George. age 7 then, gave it to me at Christmas. "It's to rut the lemons on. Aunt Dot, when vou make us lemonade," 1 lie said. There have been a good If many hundred lemons cut on that 1 board. Last Christmas our youngsters older now with allowances and with 1 money they earn, all got together ' and bought l)ad a much-needed j suitcase It was expensive and there j j wasn't much left over for other jt presents, So there was a can of leather polish for me "We are giving you pride in your msbanl." the kids -aid Laughter, ioy. warmth, went with that long thought-out and planned gift Receiving Line Shelved By Women's Press Club By JANE EADS I WASHINGTON ? Usually every t >edy has a Rood time at a Wash ington party?unless it's the hosts i ind the honored guests, who must < jpend a good part of the evening f Handing in a receiving line, shak- ; nr; hands and exchanging pleas- ! intries with many folks they don't < mow and likely as not will never 1 >ee again. Bui sometimes this formality | jven wears down the guests. If s many as 5<fo to 1.000 arc invited. >flen the case at official functions in the capital, the line of prospec Ive well-wishers sometimes ex erds to the street curb. Trraffic tcis snarled, feet ache and even | ruffel tables are devastated ere the no arrival gets through on such , x-casions. after inching along for j i half hour or more, just give up vr d go nome. Others just say to , leek with it. skip th? receiving 1 msiness entirely, and make a ili- 1 id Off-lino lor ino nar: Office s of the Women's National i r>re>'- CIUI> ii.lrodneed a happy way >f helping everyone to get ae "lUainted at their latest shindig for | i veil new ambassadors and their \ ives The feted guests were met at the lour li\ ai least two elub members and escorted to small tables where bey could sit down and enjoy the champagne and sweets while the other guests came up and greeted ?.hem The honored envoys were among 15 newcomers to Embassy I?ow from countries scattered over four continents who have arrived in Washington since last spring. As sisting the club president. Alice Frein Johnson. in officially wel coming the guests were the dean nf Washington's diplomatic corps, Norwegian Ambassador Wilhelm Munthy de Morgonstierne and his w ife. Mrs. Johlv'Fostcr Dulles, wife if the secretary of state, and the State Department's chief of proto col, John Farr Simmons and his wile. They table-hopped and en ? taged hi brief friendly chats with he diplomatic couple*. Mrs. Do! ley nhone interest in ?nd friendliness for peoples of jlher nations of the world is un seeing and sincere, even smoked i Tunisian cigarette offered "by Mongi Slim, show country fe >( ived its independent status from France last March. Unlike many W ashington parties, icople actually had a chance to ?urry on an uninterrupted conver sation. however brief, over ttieir ccktails Best of all, they had a ?fiance to sit down?a real treat for .he celebrities and newsgals alike! We're hoping some of the hostesses whose parties we have to cover in Ihe future will latch onto our pro tceoi-busting procedure. The wood preservative industry In the United States has a payroll nf more than 14,000 persons. Transactions In REAL ESTATE Waymvillr Ton nship William Chambers and wife to Charles G. Reed and wile Theodore B Staekpo!* and wife to R. L. Bradley and Joe C. Cline. Lem Strepard and wife to Ernest Harvey and wife. Leo Weill and wife to David C. Ling and wife. Leo W >ill and wife to John E. Metzger and wife Pigeon Township H. A. Osborpe and otf?ers to Leeman J. Tatham H. A. Osborne and others to II. P. Parker ,.*d wife. Happy Taxpayer LITTLE ROCK. Ark. <AP>?An i Internal Revenue Service employee at Little Rock received a straight answer to one of the questions in a tax return. 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