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...rise apartments and complexes, condominiums, housing for the elderly, underprivileged, young and swingy, middle-aged and any category. No more slums and quaint neighborhoods. Blacks hold important jobs. They are heads of agencies, live in exclusive neighborhoods, get elected to judgeships and the legislature. To say that maids and yardmen are vanishing would be trite. About the only thing that has not changed is the weather-still beastly hot in summer and mild in winter...
Grateful Servants. In the Atlanta area, the rich are dispensing with full-time yardmen and entrusting the manicuring of lawns to commercial garden-maintenance firms; several families have put then" chauffeurs behind the lawnmower in nondriving hours. These days many servants are grateful to have any job. A wealthy Los Angeles contractor leaves his Rolls in the garage and the chauffeur in the garden when he visits a potential customer; instead, he drives his wife's beat-up Volkswagen to convey an impression of cost-consciousness...
...major sporting events, both pick-purses and Yardmen are well represented. "The greatest danger for the thieves," says the inspector, "is that they are complete creatures of habit. The raincoats are a giveaway. They use them to cover a mark's pocket while they work inside." Arno keeps up with industry trends around the world. Some random observations...
Only next morning when store managers opened up for the day were the raids discovered. Unhappily, Scotland Yardmen, after a week of fruitless investigation, admitted they could only hope for a "snout" -someone who might be tempted into talking by an insurance company reward of $28,000. They admitted, too, to a touch of regret over the new, vice-free state of London's streets. "Those girls always helped us," confided one Yardman. "They were our eyes and ears when we weren't around. This haul couldn't have been made in the bad old days...
...have a wonderful time." After the President retreated to the White House, eggs whizzed through the air, and the loudspeakers bleated a request for the lost father of Tommy Bailey. By 6 p.m., after eight lost parents had been found and the last guests had departed, 49 White House yardmen went to work on the debris. In three hours not a mashed jelly bean could be seen, and a gentle rain began to fall. "No damage at all," crowed Chief Gardener Robert Redmond. "One of the most orderly crowds...