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City hustles and scams plague bustling New York streets
A chaotic panorama of scams and rackets grips New York City life. The piece details water-in-gas gags at city stations, fake haberdashery surpluses, street swindles in Hell’s Kitchen, parking rackets during theater season, and long running poker and bridge games backstage. It also notes social quirks like war stamp cigars for new fathers and Palm Beach suit trends, ending with a draft board anecdote about a Seeing Eye dog with flat feet.
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Center Theatre
Radio City Music Hall
Wini Shaw
New Fathers
Palm Beach
New York
Oshkosh
Finchley
Coney Island
Underwood