European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes monday december 2, 1985 columns & comments everything s a Lovely Shade of Gray today s crossword by Russell Baker i am in new England for the Gray. Everybody Tell you to come before the Gray sets in. But this is p or advice. In summer the place is overrun by Rich Playboy Sand playgirl their yachts and their favorite new York boutiques. If this is what you Jakc i is done much Betterin Nassau and on Columbus Avenue. In fall. New England is just As bad. It is overrun by tourists who drive for Days to gape at dying leaves. Can anything be More macabre if it s something macabre you want go to new York and look at the subways. In new York you can recover in a bar where the entire clientele is  morose about the Boston red sox. What do you care about the Boston red sox Why would anybody spend Good Money among people who do care ibo i he Boston red sox in new England in the fall they care. Ying leaves and dead red sox that s the new end and autumn. But then comes the . The n if Kent Gray Ness of new England. The nature of England is Gray. Puritan Gray has been ils favorite color for 365 years. Quake Gray is a close second. Counting House Gray is the natural complexion of the new englander. Anco Silvery Gray the predominant color of new England s splendid seafood when it comes from the Gray Winter Ocean. The quintessential new England Holiday. Thanksgiving is a conscious attempt to reject the Gray Birthright with Yodlow squashes Golden pumpkin Pic cranberries of b. Gundy red and Turkey basted