Some years back I was in New York traveling with former partner Al Sneed.

We were looking  for printing equipment but  we had some time for sightseeing and noticed Jack Dempsey's restaurant. For youngsters reading this Dempsey was once  the  world champion heavyweight boxer so we decided to have breakfast there.

A young lady greeted us with a  smile and showed us to a table.

A waiter  about  our  age came over  with menus and in a heavy German accent greeted us . He said, "My name is Max and I am your vaiter. I am from South America and I vas a soldier for  Adolf Hitler during the var and someday I vill go back to Chermany because  Chermany will rise again."

Al and I were  both a little stunned but ordered our breakfast and while in the  kitchen the lady who had greeted us came  to our table and asked if everything was okay. We said there was no problem so she left and Max came back to bring us some  water and in the process he nervously dropped a glass of water on the table and it ran over the edge into my lap. Max grabbed a napkin and  tried  to dry my lap  and I tried to stop him . He finally stopped  and left  to get us our  food but leaned over and said to us , " Tell her Max is a goot vater. "

Then the lady came over to us again and asked if everything was okay.

"Max seems to be okay though a little nervous" we said.

We finally got fed but  as we went out the door she was talking to him without smiling.

I don't  think he had much future at  Dempsey's.

Later the  same  day  we went  to a show on Broadway at Times Square and we had only four blocks but it  was busy so we jumped into a cab and the fare was a ninety five cents so i gave the driver a dollar bill and as  we got out the  driver handed  me  the change and said." Here. Nickels is for kids."

That night, after seeing the Bowery, the Brooklyn Bridge, Macys, the Metropolitan Museum,and the Empire State  Building it  was time to eat so we got a cab to take us to the "best night club" for dinner.

 The cabbie  dropped us off at New York's most  famous night spot, the Copacabana and when I knocked on a closed  door, a little window opened up and  a burly faced guy asked what I wanted and before I could answer he growled NO STEAKS TONIGHT and slammed the window closed.

I was about to knock on the  door again but  Al said, "I think he  said "NO STAGS TONIGHT."

I was about to tell the face in the window  we could eat chicken but we decided to try to find a McDonald's.

Next time we will try to see the  Statue of Liberty and Coney Island.

Jerry Robinson is our publisher. You can reach him through kenr@robinsonnews.com