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f5 BRO0KLYN EAGLE, SUN DEC. 23, 1932 11 PADDY'S DOING RESEARCH fill In history of Brooklyn' limcycle railroad and so 1 come seeking the farts from Brook- TODAY'S BOOKS ON THE UNICYCLE the Brooklyn historians when WILLIAM JUENOSf next they meet in the Hall of Records in Brooklyn. We are Editor Old Timers: jConey Island on the steam- i Mr. Harold S. Moriarty 0Jrawn rara of the old Sea Beach tinA ac ua rmticaA Wnnn.

Hjuncr rkin ntmnf In 1r3vo hp. 2015 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn park our trajn W0Ucifhind Us for future generations 26, in a recent letter to the 01diseem t0 aimost brush the shoul-lall the data possible on the section, gave a.fine 0f trestle work thatlfame and glories of Brooklyn. railroading in ture of early i His clear de- iiviiigs v-uumy. Iscriptlon of the old Fort Ham Floated Manuscript WiM Be Found to Be Highly Informative THE FL.VG8TAD MANUSCRIPT, by IiOuU Biancolli, (CJ. P.

Putnam's Bonn. S4) This is described as "an autobiography mrrated to Louis Biancolli." The music critic wrote it in the 'first person after many, many conversations with the celebrated opera singer, catching the spirit of those talks so com-Dletelv that the book does in carried the untcyeje coaches rkRR (PADDY) McGOFF over to Manhattan Beach. Itj io5 West Drive, East Hemp-was there that I saw some of stad. the narrow coaches used on the unicycle road and the cable and single wheel arrangement that, Answer Three Queries moved over the and on lheE(jitor old Timers: sturdy crosspieces of the trestle; Mr Jameg gkoMow fl( im carrying the load. Avonu would like informs- ilton "dummy" engines and the old steam locomotive railroad we knew as the Brooklyn; Bath and West End Railroad, brought 'back a dim recollection of one other almost forgotten railroad that Kings County can justly lay claim to and be proud of.

1 The newspapers of today are deed seem to be the autobioe-l ahv nf an articulate, educated1 That is about all I can recall of this almost forgotten railroad and bo I turn to the Eagle and its old timers for further information with the thought that printing accounts of a new person who fs not a imonocycle railroad now being built In Germany, therefore, as, Mr, Moriarty or some other tion on the following three queries: (1) When was the Society of Old Brooklynltes organized? 2) When was the cornerstone of the 47th Regiment Armory laid, in Marcy Ave. between Lynch and Heyward Streets? t3) When was work commenced on the superstructure Ian old time Brooklynite, let me Brboklynite well versed on such writer. Regardless of how you feel, about the post-war controversy1 swirled around Mme Flag-; Mail's head, you will find this little volume particularly if make claim Tor Brooklyn as be- subjects would be of great help ing the first to bring forth the to me In my search for further idea of a unicycle or monocyele: facts on my claim for Brooklyn, railroad. perhaps the old Brooklyn .1 rppall it lhe RrmiLrlvn V'ittr r'lih'nmla Tnwi Tloi-aa you are concerned with music highly informative. ANOTHER ANTHOLOGY unicycle railroad's right-of-way now of Bay Ridge, can be Ule HroKijn KnaSp- heh).

Manv od timer when Answers: un ui April i-. 'yWWw 41. Ji i.UU.I.l II II 11 iTllii)il T5'fl t--" 1 tn nuestioned on the subject shake 1880; on (2) Oct. 11, 1S83; on stretched across the meadow 'lands from a point I now Judge to be a little bit above the Rpot A new science-fiction anthol 1 I IT rr 1 1 ogy, the first to be issued that, (3) Feb. 18, 1881.

JACK SPIEGEL 4015 Atlantic Sea Gate, Brooklyn 24, N. Y. their heads from side to side and a few of them seem to doubt the questioner. Many others, I have no doubt, can where once stood Woodlawn Park in the vicinity of 22d Ave. I can remember riding to contains mostly siones never before published, appears on i-rih 1 in ri 11 the Greenberg Spring list under O- I ln 1 tup ime, runup irnr.

n. edited bv Kendell roster I ros- S3 sen, editor of Adventures in Tomorrow and contain, among others, stories by H. V. Heard, Bruce Klliott, Martin, Gardener, Blish, John V) MacDonald and Christopher' Mickey Made Tommy Remember That Xmas! lonig. It is scheduled for January publication.

Doubleday Readying 'Centennial Editions Doubleday has announced publication plana for a new Mries of books to be known as Centennial Editions. The series, which Will be released at the rate of' one volume a year, will Editor Old Timers: i la foniinK'iniT cjub doctor, who sewed up i the wound with ordinary black GERMAN-AMERICAN RENDEZVOUS This sketch of Pieper's Club House was drawn by Henry C. Roth, octogenarian artist of Hempstead, who tells about it as follows: Editor, Old Timers: The old Pieper's Club Uomte on Court St. at tlie head oj Wyckoff vas the center of German-American activities: singing, societies, turn vereins and lodge. Thert uas a large hall and stage avd a spacious Summer garden where Summer night iestivals uere held.

It was sometimes called the "Pavilion." Fritz V. Pieper uas' the caterer. He was also the manager of the Paul Bauer Hotel at Coney Island during the fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett. H.

C. ROTH. 137 Wartier Hempstead. 'thread, because he had not the a hull iis unon tho ft id rf be comorised of new editions icaigui tor sucn an emergency in his bag. of famoGs books republished on out)1 mal.v rusmsa tnrougn the 100LU Anniversary of the my veins.

I had only publication. tried a few years, and wasNJv- naon voiume win oe inus- nn nmitrlas? in a thiPP- 'X rated by a well-known artist room anartment. Thinus in will contain end IntrodUC- onnpral wprp vprv tnueh With an Donald JJonain lion ny fneae, no Christmas but a few weeks will also ne general emior was h0ping that some-! the series. thing would break. Mickey Again My nerve system still tense from my exciting ordeal, I stepped into the bar across the street to have a few drinks quiet them, I was about to put liquor to my libs when Mickey touched me on the shoulder and said, bad.

Tommy! We'll get him the next time." Being that my mind was completely upon my wife and mother, his kind words did not register. I was thinking what a swell time we would have for Christmas with the dough I riiSLHiie ie (juuiisiieu win RESOLVENT he Charles Dickens' "Bleak Remaining Survivor Describes Explosion which will be issued in 1953. Future titles in the series will be announced at a 'later date. qufstltiu: Tbr explosion nr. THAT YOU WILL GET A That evening my wife and I had been invited to play cards in a neighbor's apartment.

I had just finished combing my hair when I heard a soft knocking on the door. Recognizing that, the familiar knock be-looged to none other than my good friend and manager, Billy Allen, I cried: "Come in, Billy!" He had just put his foot across the threshold when I cried; "Where have you been? Editor Old Timers: In reference to the question rurred around 2 p.m. on Feb. and wan confined lo of hen the -explosion at Fort would get from the fight. i one room.

Roland's Day Novel Setting The Song of Roland and later chansons de geste provide the material for a novel announced for March publication by the John Day Company. The author i MiHn Pni aiitVnrttv nn th( As I recall the bells in St. Lafayette occurred, which was; miBnt i am now'7!) Agnes Church were ringing asked in a letter signed years of age anil that I retired am giact to ne awe to supply, from Fort Larayette after 33 all the data. i years of the majority out their Christmas message two days later when my family and I were about to sit down New Middle Ages' who is associate Jwy has searched every 1 was one of the nine men in 0f vi'hich was after the explo- coiner in town try rsf in 'j nfa nh i I nlnCTV I lOOK Auil to enjoy our dinner. I had just the room where the pploMinn sjon ing to locate you Did you seeifjrupheri saying grace when ar Columbia University and author of "The Story of Kng- occurred.

Of the nine I am the; In dosing I mention that only one living at the present was an explosion during there was a knocking on the "J'lease, don't lose your equi-ikjtehpn door. librium. Why, 1 just left him Mother being the nearest to time. Three died instantly and World War 1 on the Army docks three died shoi-tly thereafter In at Fort Hamilton. This caused in ami Kesttiuranl.

Alter it smiled and said: "Merrv Fort Hamilton Hospital. The some property damage in the at BEL1M0KD and CO cionpri v-nn lin in fioht Ilia' Christmas'" '5 remaining two have died since Fort Hamilton area but 1 don't Jish," and "The Story of Language." "Swords of Anjou," his first novel, is built around char-actern and events of the great Itoljind epic and. the author fays, "presents the medieval World as the medieval writers saw it Zulu Kid at Dexter Park on of natnr.il cause. One of these believe there were' any casual- Monday, the 23d. Was thaf alright, Tommy?" It Va a "The same to you, lady.

Is Tommy in?" Who Should It Re hut MirUy? "Why yes! Who will 1 say Is "Just tell him Mickey i here!" "Oh, won't you please come two was seriously Injured and ties and it was in no way con-was hospitalized for more than nected with the activities at three months. The other man Fort Lafayette which was aland myself were more for-. ways opprated by the Navy De-tnnafe as onr Injiirtes did not partment. require us to be F.DWARD McML'LLEN. In answer to Jim's specific1 3.17 7ith Brooklyn 9.

Wright Writes Another! BjS Tlt "The Outsider the first a nkkel jn the house novel by Richard Wright in Pulling mlt a roll that would 01 er 10 years, is to he a hrir ha n(( lished bv Harper Brothers five fives, and said: "Don't for in! asked my motner. That did it. "Whv certainly, lady." With get to hit the road in the morn James Mannix Pays Tribute To Fellow O. T. Contributors ing.

the I'll tie looking for you at; a big smile he stepped into the Flatbush Ave. entrance; kitchen. When he reached the on'Match IS. From the author W'i "Native 'Son' and "Black Boy." this is the story of the struggle of a young Negro with the forces of Communism and Fascism. around 8 o'clock." With a bigjdining room andVaw the turkey smile on his handsome face, he in the center of the table his 'I Af .1 too UA I CjUil VC M''J rvfll llt-N IllM Willi? Ill said: "Don't forget!" Enter Mickey McDonough Markova's life Story Anton Dolin, famed partner The night of the fight I was in a window I After a trving dav.

there to ne Old Timers, "Hello Mickey" I cried iways comes that purple; he- like "Klink" is a most to see vou.J, on't eventide when you can sit voted and kind friend and never vou sit down and have some.your easy hair, cast your eyes ovylks his old fme fnends dinner? on your faithful dog at yourand contributors to the Old of the world leading ballerina, Markova, has told the story of about to get off the Ciir and start toward the fight arena when I felt some one touch my shoulder. I was surprised when Markova life from early child With a bashful look on his! feet, light up tne out pipe. P'ck 1 .1 Through the kindness of the hood to her present pinnacle of up your Eagle and read on 'Eagle and the EMitor of the Old scarred features, he said, "No thanks, I couldn't eat a fruccess, in Alicia Markova: 1 looked up and saw Mickey All too unfortunately, there Her Life and Art." which Her Timers Column, Old Timers and McDonough. the ex-midleweight nitage will publish in late Feb- My dear mother, who was a persistent soul, said. "Ah, I'm who had fought such great are times, upsetting news confronts us, man's inhumanity to man, bigotry, selfishness and a noi too old timers, are able to recall many cherished memories through tliose contributors and 1 uarv.

The book was written celebrities as Ceorge Blackburn over a period of four years be and many others in his long lack of brotherhood. At times, I include the gals too. bless tween world tours with Mar you are sickened and you won- sure you'll have a little." K. lady, you'll be sorry," said Mickey, starting to take off his hat and coat be released his belt, "I'll just have a4)ite!" them, who try to bring happi kova. It was written on boats, career.

Overjoyed at seeing my old friend, I shook his hand and said, "What brings you out trains and airplanes, and in a warming ugh'Htst Mexico, the south of France, here, Mickey?" A big smile came upon hi; uaipi read WTittPn t0 battered face while he said My mother, who enjoyed'tor of the Old Timers Column watching people eat. gavejby kind and deeply sincere Just to see you pin back the jjui mn nrooKiyn la. Louiseinhard's ears of the Zulu Kid!" Key tut" cdiwnfc Mine oiiu pie. said, "Help yourself, son." I have In mind a letter writ ana iinauy ijonaon. uonn is expected to arrive in America in time to help launch the book by fnakjng personal appearances.

BROOKLYN ilvsi Svliors inside 1 was about to get undressed for my light when Those words spelled the doom, ten bv a erand Old Timer. Hen of the delicious bird. My wife Klinger, which appeared in the Single Dial Control! Backed by 45 years of Thor Leadership! and mother, who were ousy old Timers Column In which Mickey whispered into my ear, "How is chances of getting a few bucks? I haven't eaten all day." Not having any cash on Widow Recalls Era of 5ousa arranging the various toousiiien expressed the deep thanks about the table, were about tojof Tod Colvin for the innumer-sit down when they discovered, able letters he (Tod) received The following report if baud I called Allen over to take nlr tt vrrk at Abraham -care of the matter. but a few pieces of the turkey (while hospitalized. Mechanism sealed for life! Famous Thor Hydro-Swirl Washing Action! Pita 5 YEAR PROTECTION PLAN Straus, A'flmm Loeur's and Martin t.

were left. Henry Klinger. a most alert Editor Old Timers: When Mickey saw the sur-'man and a man who is wholly; Now that the motion picture prised look on their fares, comparison when it of the life of John Philip Souta Thanking me for the little sum, Mickey said, "I'll tee you later." Mickey had no sooner stepped out of the room than the man in charge cried out, "Madden. quickly stood up and said: jromes to thoughtfulness. had, is being released the publicity Thanks for the bite.

I couWihis sad moments but a man oi; surrounding nnngs oacK have eaten a little more, but I 'great couraee. he turned his many memories. Don't make up your mind-Till you see the finest ever designed! you're on next!" thoughts to others and extended. My husband, the late Louis to overload my didn't Jike stomacn." After the usual introducing to them an incomparable friend- Reinhard, who for many, many ship. iyears conducted the orchestra Picking up his battered hat, of the fighters who were to appear in future events.

Chuck Odis, the referee, called us to His manv letters to the Edi he continued: "I'm sorry that 1 tor of the Old Timers Column have to leave, but I have an at the Orpheum Theater, at one time substituted for Mr. Sousa at Manhattan Beach. I don't remember what the occasion the center of the ring to give reached many people be U3 our instructions that would Fiction 1. Et of Eden Strinbtrk 2. -Tiant Ferbrr t.

The Silver Chalice Cosiain 4. Steamboat Gothir Keys i. The Wonderful Coamrj-Lc (. Don Camillo and Hi Flock Ouarenchi The Caine Mutiny Touk 1. Men at Armi Jfeufh Queen'l Cih Jlrlchrr 1(.

Th Houm in Between Spring Noii-Fiction I. Tallulah RankhtaA 2. Holy Bible: Rerited Standard Veriioa 5. Abraham Linrola Thomas 4. Tb Last Raaarta Amory I.

A Man Called VfSnJUarthall cause the Eagle and its news Come to Belnord Dont Wait! guide us in our battle. That eve other appointment to have dinner Billy Allen's house. And don't like to be late." Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he said: "Merry Christ- ning, as I recall, everything went except that you were not columns, reaches far away was or for how long but while places. he was there my husband Only recently, another grand wrote a march calied "Manhat-Old timer, Bill Travers. who tan Beach." Mr.

Sousa. nn his lives out on E. St. and re-' return, wrote a letter of thanks tired from the N.Y.F.O. sent me and congratulations.

nu-v, a Mine ui Hull-jnias to all L'p until the 1.1th round it was! nip and tuck all the wav But Don't Bring Mirkeyr I believe it wag as much my fault as it was mv opponent's. While the heavy footsteps of.a letter from one of his txvol lxiuis Reinhard led the Sum-Mickey could be heard going! sons in the service. Bill's lad, mer orchestra for many years because I should have got rid down the staircase, my mother Paul, read a letter of mine iniat the old Brighton Beach Mu- of him in the earlier rounds. sic Hall and he led an orchestra said, "What an awful nice man he is. Why didn't you invite tne Old timers Column in which I mentioned his dad and But not having the viciousness i.

Th Poweer PeiitiT to complete the task. I waited he read it, of all places, in far him for New Year My wife, whose face had be Thinking -Peal until he butted me with his big of 60 soloists there during the run of "Birth of a Nation." I can still picture Mr. Sousa and can remember his exact figure as he led his famous band in one of his wonderful off Korea. I would appreciate thk oppor head and opened a deep cut come a fiery red, shouted, "Acrtxw my dead body!" over my left eye. Church see tunity to pay a well deserved tribute to "Klink" whose kind, ing it was useless to allow the Holding up the meatless bird, 1.

Tha Great Enterpriaa OvrUraM I. Tha Glitter and tha Cold Hainan Too Set Around L'Crio 10. A Many-Splendored Thinn she cried, "Look what he did to thoughtful and interesting let marches He was truly "The fight to go on, stopped it in the 13th round. When I eventually reached my dressing room there, was that poor bird'" TOMMY MADDEN. 234 Lefferta Ave.

ters have appeared in the Old March Kine. Timer? Column for a long HELEN SYKES RF1NHARP Although our beloved Jamie, 109 Bay Ridge Parkway,.