J jo This Is New York
NORTH CALLAHAN
" -ike everywhere else, the po
li nt pot here is boiling. hut in
N tr York this time, it Is more i
a) ? simmer. For one of the few
ti e* In our history, this state and
a> I city figured IPtle in the na
ti lal conventions Harrimau and
V gner were both beaten and the
ft r nomhtees selected are from
ti Middle West, South and West
1 ? most New York did was fur
ni h a lot of television and talk
R ?n now. sentiment seems divided
ht e and party lines are crossed,
m n tally at least. Replying to my
qi -stlon regarding who were her
st actions for the Presidency and
V e Presidency, one lady remark
et. Eisenhower and Kefauver'
With my ambling pal, Ray
K vin. I went over to the old
V? 'St Side to look at some well
It- wn animals. These are two
v ifhounds named "Baron and
1. dy Wolfaehmldt" and they live in
.11 apartment along with their
pi >ud owners, Berne and Mrs 1
d Esse n Yes. they have a
b ck yard to run in hut
v en we sat down, both
of these slender, stream-lined
r; lines came over and paid their
r< pects White and arfstocratlr
10 king, the baron and his lady
h; .e appeared on 99 television
si >ws now. Berne told us, In
cl ding those of Steve Allen. Gary
M ore and Art I.lnkletter, as well
a- in 79 fashion shows and In the
in vie, "The Eddie Durhin Story."
Y u see, the d'Esaens make a
s| -cialty of training and furnish
11 r animals for advertising pur
P' ;es, and we were duly and
v newhat confusedly Introduced to
D borah. a great Dane, Dunnle, an
F glish sheepdog. T. S Eliot, a
Y rkshlre terrier, Victoria, a 2
y< ir-old Kangaroo who jumped all
o *r us. Llinda white Peruvian
1. una who was hand-raised on a
Iv tie In this city apartment and
v. o appears in many cosmetic
fi i. and Wimpie, a cute Australian
ni -rsupial that looks like a small
b- sr. In paying attention to these
it cresting animals, it was hard to
!>. v respects to our hosts who
r; they have the happiest family
ii town And this was not hard
tr believe, we felt as we left re
litantly and made our way out
a long the two-footcif and less
considerate variety.
The globe-trotting George Pk-k
uiclu? he's the local attorney?Just
Ho? back from England whei?
their name was at home with that
ot Charles Dickens, and were tell
ing me of their experiences, It
seems that they dined in the
House of Commons with the Lord
Chancellor. David Maxwell-Fyfe,
and George fully expected this |
dvnilary to quizz him about Amer
ican laws. Instead, the famous
Britisher looked seriously at his
visitors and asked. "Oh I say. have
you seen the Broadway show, "My .
F.:ir Lady?" And ^hen they
ii'idded. the Lord added. "Well.
Rex Harrison. Its star, is my
brother-in-law."
There's a song about autumn In
New Vork and It's coming true.
Along the avenues the leaves of
the remaining trees twirl In the
ci lap breeze, turn golden and then
flit gently to the teeming side
walks where they are crushed
under a million feet. The sky at
late afternoon Is more rosy across
Central Park and the hansom cab
bies put on their scarfs now and
th"n as they whisk visitors und
other dreamers across the pic
turesque expanse. Heavier shoes
and clothes give a more somber
effect to the Gotham scene, and
the sense of school in the air
lends emphasis to more work and
less vacation now. It's a pretty
time here. j
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Gotham Gatherings: with new 1
papers Joining this column's list
in various parts of the country.
II is interesting to note recent
requests for It from Australia and
the Philippines. Editor & Publisher |
did a smart thing by requesting 1
articles from the home-town edi
tors of the Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates. The result:
four candid and expert pieces on
four important people ? . . as an
ocean liner arrived here, a little
boy looked at the fat big-eater
arross from him and said. "Mamma.
Is that what you rail a stowaway?"
Crocodiles and turtles do not
b-eathe under water. They hold
their breath until they surface
aprtn
Toyland Enters The Atomic Age j
By 1*CHlf*rn\ ?OF
Associated Pre** Womrni Editor
TODAY' CHILDREN will ^?t a
head start toward genius through
the electronic and mechanical mar- j
trela in Santa'* 1986 toy pack.
The atomic age has come to Toy
land, end every scientific miracle of
rhe adult world is mirrored In min
iature for the edification of a pre
coriou* younger generation.
This year'* Christmas toy pack
will top a billion dollars, says
Melvin Freud, president of Toy
Outdance Council. Price* of in
dividual toy* are about the same
as la>t year, and American in
genuity has produced a record
number of new desgns, providing
' multi-play u?e and extra durability
Almost every busine**, profes
sion. art and hobby Is represented
j in the new toy crop. National de
fense Is a theme of many scien
tific new toys such as an electronic
field telephone and a >et pilot hel
met with a microphone and loud
speaker There's also an electron
I Ically ? controlled radar station,
which includes an aircraft Identi
fication unit and rocket launching
"quijmient.
The age of automation is exem
plified by a t ty electronic brain,
powered by a heavy-duty electric
motor and capable of doing 80 dif
ferent things, including moving in
any direction and firing missiles. It
has not been established whether
| it will do Junior's homework
For future engineers there'* a
miniature Panama Canal designed
for indoor-outdoor play with oper
ating lock devices that raise and
j lower boat*, So far. however,
i there'* no playroom Suez.
For would-be astronomers and
i spare researchers there Is a minia
ture Mt, Palnmar-telescope, and a
device for viewing the moon.
Food toys make toy departments
look like pint-size supermarkets
these days, with a number of new
kits for junior chefs. Cooking rep
ertoire for the playroom now In
cludes soup sauces. barbecue
treats, chow-wagon specialties and
jelly making. To prepare these,
there are miniatures of most of
Mom's favorite appliances, such as
stove and electric mixer.
Housing comes in for its share
of attention with a variety of pre
fabricated structure* of tough fiber
broad. to be put together by the
young builders. These range from '
split-level dream hbmes to fron
tier cabins and from a child-size -
fire department to a supermarket.
Multi-use is stressed in a bicycle j
that converts from boy's style to
girl's YVatercolor crayons do triple 1
dufy as finger-paints, Watercolors
and regular crayons.
To teach adult skills there's an
electronic switchboard with four
lines, a transistor radio that Jun
ior can put together himself and
a full-scale broadcasting system
The budding fireman can practice .
with a new pumping engine that
operates realistically and hitches
to the garden hose.
There's a new doll stroller that
converts into a doll swing or auto
seat and has a detechable shopping
bag and canopy as well. There's
also a folding doll carriage with a
removable body that doubles as
a doll bed at night.
Fl.rmtONIC BRAIN . . . Thl* young Ml?tM I* J ma zed at the
latent marvel of the I9M toy pack?an electronic "brain" that will
do almost everything except hi* homework.
RADAR STATION . . . This electronically-controlled contraption
includes aircraft identification unit and rocket launching platform,
for the new generation of child geniuses.
Matching Bandages
CHICAGO (AP>?A houseware*
expert says women who are prac
tical In their own kitchens often
lose their heads when buying bridal
shower gifts.
Lester Olshansky, president of
the Independent Housewares Ex- I
hi bit here suggests items most use
ful to a new bride are frying pans,
double boilers, roaster, mulTin tins,
rake pans, bread knife and paring
knife, measuring eups and spoons.
He says the simple can opener
is probably the most practical Item i
for the now bride who is just start
ing out and that a machine set of j
bandages would make the gift more .
appropriate.
No village in England is more j
than eighteen miles from a rail-|
toad. ; * ' ?
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