Judge — September 7, 1929 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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IG L- This Wonderful Town T: Merchants’ Association has ssued a list of the 83 “Wonders” of New York City, tabulated in’ order, ding to the number of votes received. The Woolworth Building first, with 89 votes, and candidate Fio- rello H. La Guardia and the Poe Cottage in the Bronx were last. “Besides this list there are many other things not mentioned in the vote which most visitors to New York will naturally desire to se tion. ... For instance, if we may butt in, th revue at Connie's Inn, which Mac and I listed between The Metropolitan Muscum of Art and the water supply system, was ‘Wonder’ to me because it's never been pinched) which we listed between the subway system and Eighth Avenue. Some of the items listed by the Merchants. with the number of votes and our own. explanation, follow: Woolworth Building, 89 votes. ... World's tallest building, of glistening te total height of 792 ft., stenographers. ra cotta, 60 stories, a d 34,000,000 cu. ft. of rected vertically for the con- venience of comparing it to the length of the Graf Zeppelin and the Mauretania. Subway system, 87 votes... . A contrivance for whisking you over into Brooklyn when you want to ( ro Do YOU, Like. BEST VL RUDY VALLEE OR YOUR ~ Ly FOV COR WALKER! 5 ER \We NEsIGKE The SAESLADY SIMATOW — JUDGE 4 go to 72nd Street and Broadway. Great White Way, 62 vor The district along Broadway from 3th to 59th Street. Lighted through the courtesy of Squibb’s toothpaste. Holland Tunnel, 57 votes... . Length under w One mile; total: feet below water. Fresh air is forced into the tunnel by 82. fans; bad air by 15,000 exhaust pipes. The Holland Tunnel Fire Department can reach a burning automobile, anywhere in the tunnel, and bring the cinders out in 1+ minutes and 6 seconds. Statue of Liberty, 55 votes... . On Island. Over 350 feet high; a America's liberty—and an advertisement — for Clark Lighters. Municipal Govern- ment, 2 2e A perpetual motion ma- chine) which continues to run even tho gh the engineer is getting a tan at Palm Beach. two miles; Bedloe’s memorial of votes. . High- Hatrocities Confidential tips on the New York Stuck Exchange. . . . Lodge insignia... . Anything that goes: “Boop, boop, a- doop.” ... The Wheel of Life, with Richard Dix. ... Would-be champs who carry a bouquct of tennis rackets out to the court... . The Harrison Fisher cover on the September Cosmopolitan dogs. . . . Publishers who think the idea could be duplicated in any large city boredwalk at Southampton. . . . Photogra children kneeling beside a coffin in the tabloids... . “Cattle trains” to Long Beach... . Paying for a whole jar of guava jelly on the N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad when you can’t use one quarter of it... . ‘The impolite up-and-down operators in the Graybar Building. Department Store Survey We've just completed a thorough canvass of ali the department stores in New York, in an effort to ascertain the type of salesladies employed therein. . «+ Only one question was asked, i.e. “What type lady are you, de 2. The results of our investigation show that most of the girls in Altman§ have had the equivalent of a high-school education or less, that only 6% of the girls in Arnold Constable have (Continued on page 24) are, comicbooks.com