The evening world. Newspaper, August 9, 1922, Page 14

A PAGE OF REAL NEWS MANHATTAN SIGNS IN “THE VILLAGE,” In a ramble through Greenwich Village I saw: TNT Shop, Blue | Paradise, Blue Horse, Pirate's Den, Romany Marie's Tavern, The Soul- Light Shrine, Pig and Whistle, Fuji T Room, Cafe la Boheme, Jolly Friars, The Hearthstone, Hannah Box, The Bead Shop, Yo Little ¢ Golden The Studio, B House, The " Orseck Batic Studio, The Treasure Quakeress’ Tea Room, Oa! Fudge, an, Rainbow Inn, Pepper Pot, The Red Head, Blue Bird, 1¢ Goose, Moulin Rouge Cafe, Little Shops and Coffee rio, Betsey’s Frock Shop, The Jumble Shop, Viola's, The Mad Hatter, Samovar, Mona's, Ye Pollywogge, Helen Page's Silhouette Shoppe, The Garret, Golden tlal Pagoda, La Scala, The Mill , Players, The Black Cat, Washingto Barnes, No. 338 Bast 234 Street. PUNISHED Td given up my job as @ private tective several years ago and with It the search for a man who had deserted his wite. We had the usual description of him and that he had # cast In his right eye. We had all failed miserably to Jocate him, but to-day while I sat tn Central Park 1 saw sitting next to me a man with a cast tn his right eye. 1 started talking to him casually and learned, with what I already knew, that he was the man we had sought. But I didn't report him. He was shab- by looking. His wife had got a divorce and was happily remarried and I figured he was punished enough.—W. B, Ganun, No. 69 Worth Street. PENNY SCORNFUL. Urchins In grotesque costumes In front of the Grand Central Station hai been the recipients of much la by commuters, 1 noviced one wasn't pick- ing up all his pennies and when I of- fered him a few he looked scorntully at me. “Alntcha got a nickel?” he asked, ‘1 got me pocket full of pennies now."—Lillian Sullivan, No, 151 East 43a Street. GUESs WHIcn. In the neighborhood of Broadway ana 42d Strect 1 saw a man in full dress sult and high silk topper riding a mo- torcycle in the side car of which rode a pretty girl in bridal costume with o bouquet of lilies of the valley. I was almost sure the card on the back of the car would say ‘Just Married’ or some- thing else equally foolish, but it didn't; it advertised an attraction current at of the theatres.—T. Spiess, No. 300 East 92d Street. TWINSOME. ‘To-day 1 visited two of my girl friends who are twins, and I saw their children, also twins. Strange as it may seem, their husbands,are twing.—E. Harris, No. 280 Bowery, TRUSTFUL. T saw a« bright looking boy af about eleven selling flowers in the neighbor- hood of Trinity. At 1 o'clock he step- ped into the burial ground, placed his flowers on the shady side of a large stone and apparently went oft to lunch- eon. On his return he found the flowers undisturbed.—Harold B. Robins, No. 10 Manhattan Avenue. le, White Eelephant Thrift Shop, Celes- Flamingo, The Provincetown n Gardens, Good Intent.—James J. “WELL, WHAT OF IT? Walking up Broadway at dusk we no- ticed, between 79th nnd 80th Streets, an old seven-passenger car of one of ¢ bast makes but of the vintage of 1910 or thereabouts, The number plate bore the name of a Stute down Hast. There were elght passengers, all of whom were eating supper out of lunch- eon baskets while New Yorkers by the hundred walked by admiring — the “nerve” of the performance. The old man at the head of the outfit coolly re- turned every Inquiring Kaze as much as to say, "Well, what of {t? You city folks pull up under trees in my town every duy throughout the summer to eat your luncheons; isn't turn about fair play?""—William D. Barry, No. 306 Am- sterdam Avenue. HIPPETY-HOP, After the electrical storm, which 1 witnessed from the window of a clubhouse near City Island, we found a one-lenoed, red-thpped Ulack Bird, hopping about with tte mate digging worms, The bird navigated with difficulty but got along s0 well aa to suggest that tte condition was not of recent occur- ence but, perhaps, dated back to its Dirth, It 4a atttl to be seen about the grounda.—Frederick Balzer, No. £53 Haat sed Street. NO TREES ON THE STUYVESANT FARM? It occurred to me to find out how many trees there are on the Bowery which, through Governor Peter Stuyve- sant’s farm. I didn’t find one! 1 began my walk in Park Row at the World Building and walked all the way to the THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY cae City Hall Station. words. State where for ten next best stories. MANHATTAN, BEDRIDDEN, A discarded wire bed epring had boon thrown into the street opposite the public school in Bast 88th Street, Two boys on roller skates stood looking at it. Presently they re- moved their skates, fastened one at cach corner of the bed spring and in a@ few momenta were soliciting business for a ride around the block at two cents a trip. Later I saw they had fastened om chaira and were doinp a rushing business,—C. Manning King, No, 108 West 434 Street. EXPERT. 1 was sitting on a stool in a doughnut lunchroom on West Eighth Street to- day when a tall, spare woman, about sixty, entered and asked the clerk to let her try one of the doughnuts. “I'll buy some if I like ‘em well enough,” she said, The man put a doughnut on o plate and sprinkled it Mberally with powdered sugar. She ate it to the last crumb and shook her head regretfully end of the famous Bowery at Fourth Street. Opposite 11th Street on Fourth Avenue, near Grace Memorial Day Nursery, I found three young trees. Two looked healthy; the third needs nursing.—Daniel H. Splain, No. 219 Bowery. TOE WATCHWORD OF THE LINE 18 “COURTESY.”” I saw a middle aged woman start to leave a Fifth Avenue bus in the rain. ‘The conductor took her umbrella, opened It, helped her to alight and handed the umbrella to her. A rare and beautiful sight in these days of “hold fast!’ an@ step lively!” ‘This bus conductor was 4 gentleman.—Mrs, H. Ober, No, 623 West 185th Street. EAGLE GIVES ORANGE JUICE, In the open-air market at First Avenue and 14th Street I saw a man walking up and down with an aluminum tank on bis back, He was selling orange juice, which flowed from the mouth of the figure of an eagle. The bird was decorated with flowers and ornaments. You received your orange juice in an individual drinking cup and paid 5 cents for ft. The “eng East 19th Street, was ke ROUND TRIP TO LONG BEACH, I noticed yesterday when I bought a Ucket for Long Beach at Pennsylvania Station that the round-trip tickets have three means of identification, Every Precaution appears to have been taken in order that the traveler may know which plece of the ticket to hand to the conductor. ‘The part to be sur rendered on your way out is marked with @ single strip of red, running across the coupon. Across the middle of {t is marked “New York to Long Beach." The other half is distinguished by TWO strips of red, the words “Long Beach to New York” acrovs the water centre, and the word un” ou the end. Yet I am willing to wager fome pussengers get the different sec tions twisted.--W. C. Young, No. 318 Weat Sith Street. A KITE IN THE CITY, Dn tho sixth-floor fire-escape of n crowded tenement tu the nineties a lad of ten, in cotton undershirt and ragged trousers, tried to fy a cite. Into thet air he flung it, but on « side th breeze was cut off, and 1. Imme- diately every window waa filled with children anxious to help by holding the fragile creatio that {t might cateh vagrant Children — two | stories by « ry be low. From oth women offered ent, and when I Little boy was still t fly @ kite thal wo flord 313 Fe urth Avenu “SK EETS.” Coming up on an Sth Avenue early im the evening I ecw two women sitting on @ gark bench wit newenagers around their anktes They looked queer, 1 wondered what the dickens the Big Idea, might be and came to the conclusion it was ‘on account of the well known Ano- phelew family of Jersey.—G, W Chandler, 410° Central Park West, ART AND NATURE, The statue herman by st Gaudens was i Paik to-day when I ne ed a ud horse the street 1 wae stru by the fac that the carea vtained emblan of life, no &: e, 10 form; it was nothing + but a mesningless hulk. Then I glanced up to the St. Gaudens statue. Here was, seemingly, !fe, The horse was vibrant flense. And yet both hor the dead ene and the statue, were cluy.—Law- pamce Gibson, No. 69 Greenwich Avenue, {He found nothing in the first box that | satisfied him, nor in the second, nor in |the third, He pawed over every box in the shop. Winally, tn desperation, for other customers were waiting, the cl howed him another box, saying t ¢ even for a quarter, ‘The wedy © looking one picked out one. smelled at ©}und nodded approvingly. 7 © he leisurely sele und pushed « quarter « Ing out vontentedly Precht, No. 61 East 1isth pt busy.—-Monica Corley, No, 252 A GOOD “snow,” BUT Something of unusyal tnterest evident- ly attracted the great crowd which stood in front of a show window of an uptown Inside was a mannikin. His foot cased in a neat white spat tapped window pane to attract attention, His lips moved as he pointed to @ ree volving stgn and his eyebrows raised as if he © expressing delight at something, One could almost make out th * he was apparently uttering. He smiled and the crowd smiled in re- sponse. men pushed out of the crowd alked away, ood ud, isn't he” rked one. "Oh, T don't kane the other, “what) was he advertis The first’ man turned around and looked back at the “Darned if 1 know," he answ Dorothy M. Wilder, No, 601 W. Strev ALL'S WELL. i He was seedy looking, with no collar and with « fringe on his coat sleeves and trousers legs, and he came into 4 igar ‘store at Seventh Avenue and 50th | Street demanding « good five-cent cigar Wis ity Hall Park 1 saw @ small boot~ jack do a rushing, or, at least, 4 capa business because his bobbed-hair | eister, aged ubout thirteen, drummed up trade for him from passersby. Other young bootblacks looked on tn disgust at the method of competition employed by their competitor.—C. I. Ray, No. 26 Fifth Avenu | cate | BABY TAKES HIS NAP. On Bridge Street in Brooklyn, not far yeor \ re dewalls fast traftle ull Nicholson Katherine H | GEORGE BROWS. as she prepared to depart. ‘They ain't bad,"" she sald, ‘but mine are a heap better. You just noed a little more shortentn’ in ‘em.’ And she walked out.—. L. Gibson, No, 59 Greenwich Avenue. $ AN OASIS IN THE DESERT. At 5.30 o'clock this morning T saw a half dozen shabby looking men, who appeared to have been up all night, nding at McDougal and Bighth Streets. Soon they made a dash for the building at No. 31 Highth Street, over which hung a sign reading: “Office end Kitchen of St. Andrew's 1 Cent Coffve Stands, Food and Coffee Served Here Week Days, 6 A. M, to 4 P. M.; Sun- days and Holidays, 7 A. M. to 12 M. at 1 Cent a Portion.""—James J. Barnes, No. 338 BE. 23d Street. HAPPINESS, Tompkins Square on a Sunday after- noon 13 packed with péople, broken up Into little groups, not one of them enking Wnglish and all talking and gesturing excitedly. Mothers nurse their babes on the park benches while older children play, and fight, and then play again, at their foet. It is forelgn und it seems restless, but a healthy sort of restlessness with which {s mixed an eagerness and a happiness one does not often see in other parts of the city. A. B. T., New York HE CALLS FOR WATER. _ Any one who loves animals will be interested on visiting the Rrong Zoo on a hot day to watch the elephant when DAILY PRIZES: For the best stories each day: First Prize, $25; second prize, $10; third prize, $5. Ten prizes of $2 each Tell your story, if possible, in not more than 125 the thing written about , AUGUST 9, 1922, make this news feature even more entertaining and interesting Special Prizes are to be awarded Daily and Weekly. One Dollar is paid for every item printed; the prizes are in addition. Send them to “What Did You See>” Editor, Evening World; Post Office Box 185, WRITE ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. took place. Write your own name and address carefully and fn full. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT * Checks are mailed daily. If you witness a serious accident, thé outbreak of what threatens to be a BIG fire, or know of any other BIG news story, telephone Beekman 4000 and ask for the CITY EDITOR of The ening World. Liberal awards for first big news. BE SURE OF YOUR FACTS. WEEKLY PRIZES: Capital prizes for best stories of week distributed among daily prize winners as follows: First prize, $100; second prize, $50; third prize, $25; fourth prize, $10. BRONX wr A FRIEND IN NEED. Between Willis and Brook Avenues to-day I saw a driver for one of the wet wash laundries collecting work for his establishment. Around tae corner came an old woman, carrying a ble bag of potatoes and other parcels. ing at them. Just as she turned the corner the bag burst and “spuds” rolled in ninety-nine directions at once. Her face was a picture. She stood still, look- Before she could make up her mind whether to laugh, cry or sink to the sidewalk and-“just give up,” the driver of the laundry wagon placed them, five or six at a time, in a back corner of his wagon. he took her other parcels. was picking up the potatoes. He Then Finally he took her lightly by the arm—oh, you should have seen her smiling now!—and helped her up to als seat. Then he drove her home. I don’t know what his name is, but I think his picture should be on the first page——Helen Clarke, No, 492 East 139th Street, Bronx. ANOTHER ONE, ‘He had just come off a ship and his condition probably led the Customs off- clals to suspect something, for they searched his baggage carefully. They found nothing and then asked to examine his suit case, “IT must ask you not to have me open this one. Mr. Inspector,’ the passenger pleaded. “There's a Cheshire cat in It. I'm taking it to my wife. The cat's sure to get out and hotfoot it back to the ship if you open the bag. I'd never dare go home.” But the inspector was firm. The bog was opened, and with a snarl a wild-eyed, spitting, clawing gray cat leaped out and tore across the pier and up the gangplank. She wasn’t found, but somehow the passer didn't seem to be particularly do cast. The regretful inspector passed him on and in a corner just outside the rail he was met by the ship steward “Here's the empty bax." the passenger aid to him. “The trick worked. Got twelv¢ bottles there? Good.” It was Just a dodge to smuggle in some whis- key.—Ethe! le Conte, No. 966 Tri Avenue, Bronx. POLITESSE At 168th Street and Fulton Avenue last night T saw two boys coming do the hill on thetr bikes at full ep One led the othar by about fifty feet. A motorist, driving south on Fulton Ave- nue, saw a chance to eq between them. “Aw, Mister." called the first lad, “please wait."’ To my surprie motorist sang out, “All right! stopped his car to give the lad beh right of way. ‘Come on, Billy, first cyclist yelled, and Billy came on, doffing his hat as he passed the anto- tt gets too warm to suit him. He roars joud enough to be heard at quite @ distance and really acts as if he were trying to break loose from his chains. Finally, a keeper will appear with a lonz hose. At sight of the hose the elephant «tops his noise, and when the water js turned on, acts like a school- hoy on vacation.—George C. Mack, > 0 West 46th Street. . OWHATLL IP DE, GENTLEME: In a Herald Square hotet soda foun- tain 1 saw a drink mixer who seemed to me to be a “Feclaimed" bartender, He was cleanly shaved, his hands were clean, his white coat was clean and buttoned up snugly. There was a defi- nite quality about him one doesn't see in those curious persons who amble about on the fizz side of soda counters and glop your drink over when they piteh it in front of you. In this partteu lar place there wasn't a spot or a wet ring on the counter. Ie made frequent of a rag §n polishing the metal tops of the numerous caps end wiping the counter fn that particular, gyrating movement reminis of other day FOR, W., No. 145 45th Street /EENS TEAMWORK, There was only one seat vacant in the car when the young couple got on, so the young man sald to her: “Now, when T sit down come over and stand {n front of the man sitting next to me.’ She did, and it wasn't & moment until the man got up and gave her his seat, —~ George Banta, No. 201 Beebo Avenue, On West 116th Street to-day 1 saw a automobile and on the spare stunr tire was printed: "George N. Brown, World's Champion Walker."—Lilian Sorensen, New York. AA a RN eR RE a 8 he rain, Most of the people were "i there had been a burglary in a housejare to be seen in keeping with the| in tle F Long Island City. AARON RAUCH, No, 18 Third Avenue, down the road, Ho was looking for| twentieth century atmosphere of the tall | ftanding under henner ag Apa im SINCLAIR, No. 2180 Tiebout Avenue, the Bronx. help.—C. Clayton, Glenwood Landing. | buildings, but as I walked down thie | mm intoay Ma toe alas. bad Becaine ‘LYNN, No. 57 Hale Avenue, Brooklyn ort atrect to-day I saw somothing else. It |community property, and they at RICHMOND, JOSHPHY 3 East 17th Street | — was an old-fashioned horse-driven coach |" HE WAS. Shialed exDavid THE LOTUS POND. MISS G. V. M., Manhattan FOR GOOD LUCK, with a drives in uniform and s ‘tlk s ica Stre Bilyn, ioe pane Apa » » , > advertises its | sitting stiffly on the box. ide ror I caw to-day one of the two Egeptian GEORGE WESSEL, N Avenue, the Bronx A Jackson Avenue store advertises its |sittine silty on the box. | tnslle fds A A Weaeamloines lotus ponds in the United Stater ° JOSEPH Fo ROSENZWUT Southern Boulevard, the Bae ee eee, hac |thinge about her.—W. 0, Hs Brookiy! ata salen {a in Florida, but this one {+ within Saronk i forthe card in the 8! paay 16) a b E | minutes of Broadway, and it is » M WWE ARD, Lost ) Parkway, Brooklyn Philo Blueohy? Ne 46 Rinne tensa A ha ful, with its tall lltes colored trom th HYMAN PRIEDMAN. No ne, Brooklyn Be Avenue, Jeracy City, N. J On Barat at f0th str I saw alaseating themselye eet pl 0 deepest rose. The: bs i “f We ¢ | . n Boradway hoth § adie & 1 PRONE BN TP teen Minha ai ay WILLIAM. QUI ot bn Aaland. Cl | corer man during # heavy rainstorm wear| that « t wi ve from baby's Mike our own Illes but more numerous ——_—_——- A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. | what looked like an army poncho, but gene, nthe walter appeared, e cn ie Read ' In a fleld which was flooded by the]on closer inspection it was only a heavy | their order” was a safety pin. ee Hale Tey kann con tordlay’s stories, Pick the ones ay think are best, most recent storm I saw a woodchuck | sheet of wrapping paper with a hole cut | The walter disappeared and quickly ree tham, and the place where they may Winners will be annonnced in this evening's Night Pictorial tailing atout on a board. "The iiile fie to Qt over hiahead-Mtro. J. Pair: | Cuened. with exactly’ what” was wan be seen by all ts Lincoln Park, N, J. (Green Sheet) edition and in other editions to-morrow, animal was squealing in terror.—B, Vos- man, No. 711 Nostrand Avenue, amane cemprall No, 809 Cumberli M. W., New Brighton, 8. 1 ler, East Chatham, N. X, Brooklyn. . u prewar pane pea | seregrenn re oh ey camteeet rae as eeeenatinrmenae tenes cease ane eee rat he pgs ‘ ’ rr rr cr a cn ‘ ey 7 mobile crying, “Thank you !"'-—Carolyn M. Moetz, No. 1187 Boston Road, Bronx. PRETTY SOFT. On Jerome Avenue Avenue, I saw a dirt on on which the driver was seated luxuriously in an old wicker armehuir.Stella Goldman, No. 2015 University Avenuc, Bronx. near Burnside OLD GENTLEMAN ON TOR, At the Intervale Avenue subway sta- tion in the Bronx I saw a rather feeble old gentleman among several passengers riding up on the escalator, When he was about half way to the top it ap- peared that for some reason or other ho had changed his mind and wanted to go down again. Hoe was unable to walk down as fast as the escalat-r was going up and after a few minutes of futile effort he landed, against his will, on the platform at the top,.—B. Canick, No. 269 Hast 104th Street, Bronx. AN BSCALA- “TEDDY” Co 8 HOME AGAIN. While waiting for a street car early | this morning I saw a sweet-faced woman tapping on the glass door of & vaudeville theatre. She told the watch- man who came that her little girl had left @ much-beloved teddy bear the night before in tho theatre and had cried herself to sleep b+ se it Was not in bed with her, Now the mother wanted the t bear before her child awoke, I missed my car, but I saw the watchman bring out the “teddy.” Its hands and feet were stitched and patched and much of the fur was worn off, but the mother's face w: fn anticipation of the Joy it w to the child, who adored it— uel P. Brown, No. $50 Bast 1 Bronx, TRANSFORMATION SCENE Tn Crotona Park T saw a group of bays sitting in circle formation under a big tree, They were play- ing penny ante. F watched for sev- eral minutes. Ax I was about to go somebody called ‘Cheese it! 4 cop!” Quick asa flash the cards disap- peared and the pennies ware pocket- cd, When the policeman passed he saw a quict group of mannerly, well-spoken lads playing “Mon-jo- go-peg” with a jacknife. When the cop was out of sight the original pastime was resumed, — Samuel Feinberg, No, 399 Claremont Park- way, Brone. MOSTLY ABOUT KIDS. On Gun Hill Road 1 saw a woman driving home the goats Tae “mamma” goat was black. There was all of 100 feet of rope attached to her halter. Two half-grown kids were frolicking about range was among rocks and logs In a vacant lot Their ‘The woman was at- tended by most of the children of ber immediate. neighborhood, one child for each foot of the rope. Children jumped over tue rope and crawled under it. couldn't make out what she said. Never a one got tripped No one took hold of the rope. The woman scolded. I The goat simply meandered homeward, followed by its own kids aud all the ; Bailey Place, Bronx other kids,——M. M. Crouch, No. 3457 ay’s Yesterd ! CARTWRIGHT, N WILLIAM SEIDEL, No. Special Prizes First Prize, $25 138 St. Paul's Avenue, Tompkinaville, 8. 1 Second Prize, $10 GEORGE A. OHREN, No. 157 West sist Street Third Prize, $5 3 East 164th Street, the Bronx Ten Prizes of $2 Each _ SS OUL-OF-TOWN. THREE! On my way from Jersey City to Hoboken during the rush hours this morning I suddenly remembered that I should use the telephone. Without much reflection I decided to drop a penny in the tubc slot and use my five cent piece in a tcle- phone booth. No sooner thought of than done. [ dropped the penny like @ hot potato and was hurrying away when the awfully loud voice of @ ferocious guard boomed out, “Hey,there! Five cents!” “You, lady, five cents, not a nickel!” Shaking in my shoes and expecting any minute to feel a heavy hand on my shoulder, I turned around and strolled ack. Two other girle marched ahead of ms, each carrying @ five cent piece which e dropped in the bow.—L., Nyack, N. ¥. RIDING THE RODS. T saw a freight train pul! tnto th. yard, and from beneath one of the cars stepped a young man dressed tn jump- ers, I saw him get out of the jumpers, disclosing that he wore underneatn them a neat suit, a white collar, a nice tie and a clean shirt. He wiped hs shoes with the jumpers, adjusted hls cap, pulled a cigar from his pocket and lighted {t and walked away. No one would have suspected that he had just beaten his way from another town on « freight train.—David Finlcy, No. 19 Railroad Street, Amsterdam, N. ¥. ‘TAKE A CHAIR.” A handsomely gowned woman eaun- jtered languldly into the tea shop. Her | Iress was trimmed with small buttons. e draped herself into one of the wicker chairs. When she fintshed her luncheon started toward the door, but drew up short as the room stifled a laugh, The wicker chair in which sh¢ had been sitting was going with her. One of the buttons in her dress had aught in it. After a waitress had disentangled her she was able to proc " ain, and she left looking stratght das if nothing had happened.— ite Rainsford, 109 Fen!more Road, Mamaroneck x he THE OVERLAND TRAIL TO N. Y. Near Elzabeth to-day I saw an old | dilapidated wagon such as was use) during the gold rush—a_ pratrie sehooner—drawn by an old horace. In side the schooner an old man and an old woman sat on the driver's seat, while behind them in the back of the wagon were two children covered with blankets. On the outside, written on a blackboard, were the words, ‘Indianap- apolis to New York in Forty Days, Marjorie Michaels, No, 729 Cleveland Avenue, El Mara, N. J. WHAT BECOMES OF THE CATALOGUES® On returning home to-day we found the postman had left about fifteen pounds for us. As we could not re- member having sent for anything to be delivered by mail we were curious to llearn what this could be. We found five big catalogues of # mati-order ouse. Only one of them was addressed to us—Blla R; Street, Freepo: No. 21 1 der, Li, Wallace EMPLOYMENT WANTED. Just about noon every week day in New: several hundred men gather outside the entrance to the basement of yne of the afternoon papers and wait tmpatiently for the newsboys to appear aith the edition. As the boys come out hey are almost mobbed by the crowd ) Its eagerness to buy. But, without exception they ignore the front page 1 the sporting page is skipped. All intledly eagerly sean the Help Want- 1 cohtnins.—A angem, No. 1 Washington Street, Belleville, J | LOOKING For Ht AT A POKER | GAME, We were playing poker in the living room. The French door opens out onto the front porch. There were some good hands out and the betting was brisk when we heard a knock at the door and, holding the curtain aside, recog- ntged the town policeman. BWwerybody whispered “We're pinched!” The of- floer, When we opened up for him, said EVENING WORLD PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS [fA PAGE WORTH READING REPORTED BY EVENING WORLD READERS BROOKLYN WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE AT NIGHT. A bridge not only serves as a connecting link between boroughs but also becomes an elevated oasis on which one finds relief from the desert of crowded streets. a clear night is as popular as any ‘The Williamsburg Bridge, for instance, on park. I saw Williamsburg Bridge last night (and I expect to see it again to-night and to-morrow night), with the hundreds to whom in torrid August it gives coolness and comfort Suspended between heaven and the river you see the silvery moon casting its rays upon the water below. You watch the dark, restless waters of the East River as they catch beams of light, trans- forming the stream into a mass of swiftly moving stars which sink mysteriously into dark depths. A light breeze fans your cheek with magic wing, cooling your brow-and bringing calm to your heart. You discover one star, brighter than all for you alone. the rest, which seems to be shining The bridge is a steel network, built by finite man, and upon which he is able to gaze upward to tne starry heavens of the infinite God.—William Kranz, No. 200 Keap Street, Brooklyn. NECK AND NECK, This sporting event took place tn a New York-New Haven train. ‘The win- dow pane was the race track, there were two entries—rain drops, which started from the top of the win- dow at the «ame time. ‘How's your sporting blood, Bill?” called a man to his seat mate. “I'll place a five that the left hand drop reaches the bottom first. The bet was made and the race was on. The left hand drop made a sudden spurt and stopped. lowly but surely the other drop advanced for 4 gain. Now they were neck and neck und headed for the home stretch. For @ moment there was the same sort of tenseness one feels at a race track, and we were all on the verge of yelling when the two drops merged into one and fell to the bottom of the glass u perfect te.—Edwin A. Benedict, Brook- lyn, and FOR THE Ni T BOAT. Scores of campers along the Hud ton greet the Albany night boats. They come out is groups and are revealed by the scarchights, Pass- tng one camp of boys we saw tiem marching out in their pajamas to perform for our beneftt. The white Uttle figures with a background of black woods, framed in a circle of light from the boat, seemed like animated little statues performing tm a strange, cere spot.—T. J. L., Brooklyn. SUBWAY COMMUNICATION. A young woman and a young man came into the subway together. They could not find seats together, but they conversed just as easily from opposite sides of the car. Each used a news paper as a aort of table and their fingers as keys and throughout the journey telegraphed each other what they had to say.—Josephine McGinn, No. 235 89th Street, Brooklyn. BEATING THE SCALES On a ‘Guess Your Weight F'ree'* ecale in the subway stood a man. The “Guess indicator stood at 175 pounds and the weight indicator at 176 pounds. He meditated for a moment and then took off his coat. Then two hands were at 175 and got back hia penny.— 287 Amboy Btreet, he Herman Coben, No. Brooklyn, AN ABSENT-MINDED TRAVELLER, In a New York Central diner 1 saw @ young lady take # seat opposite an austere, spinster-Itke person. They were strangers, for no word of greeting passed between them, ‘Tho girl ordered her luncheon and gazed out of the win dow. The brought the older won d the girl with @ rather look in her eyes racched forward and began eating the celery. The old lady squirmed for a few moments. beg your pardon, young Indy, that's my celery you're eating!" she exclaimed. The young girl looked at her for a moment and then threw ack her head und laughed heartily. y she “They always laugh at me for being so absent-minded.” The old ledy smiled sourly while the young girl continued to tnugh and absent mindedly forgot to order more celery.— Eleanor Montmorency, No. 8 Sedgwick. Place, Brooklyn SHE WHo MUST BE OBEYED. Returning home this afternoon I sew my Nttle five-year-old friend Peggy standing on the curb waving her arms frantically at the older children in the block, who had taken possession of her velocipede, express wagon and her “automobile They were having @ great time riding up and down the street. ‘The greedy rascals!’ I ex- claimed, half angrily. “They've taken all your@hings und are not Ietting you ay at all!’ “Oh, yes I am a-play- piped Peasy hey made me the c cop."—A. Carey, No. 470 Pute nam Avenue, Brooklyn. TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED On Fulton Street, Brooklyn, T saw a man of intelligent appearance rap on a store door and wait for some one to say, “Come in."—M. Lb. White, No. 137 Schermerhorn Brookiyn. NOT FOR TEN DOLLARS, He was counting his monsy as the south bownd subway express pulied into 96th Street, In the mod rush for seats some one collided with him and murmured an excuse. “En- couse you!’ exclaimed the man ae he made a frantio rush for the opon door, “WRy man, that was a $10 Dill that went om tha tracks.-— Everett D. Carlson, No, 68 Hansow Place, Brookiym HE WAS LOSING THEM. z I saw three smail boys trying to “hop” trucks tn Henry Street. ‘Two of them finally landed one. The third crap, somey { smaller, managed to get a firm clutch on the tallboard, but apparently was un- able to complete the climb. to hau! him in. His companions made a desperate effort The best they could do wae pull hig little shirt up out of his pants and over his head, Finally all three abandoned the tripe’ and took to a nearby doorway for necessary repairs.—Danie! Bellamy, care Hydenreich Bros., No. 164 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. YOUNG CONDUCTOR, Last night while attending a concert A LADY. Tn front of = Brooklyn theatre T saw at the Stadium my attention was drawn |4 crowd of young fellows ‘killing time,” by a golden-haired boy of four. le stood up and in harmony with the con- ductor waved an Imaginary baton, His} should say mother told him to be seated. * He was-~ for a moment. Then he arose again and while they walted for the hour of the performance. Their ages ramged, 1 from eighteen to twenty three. When one of them spied an une usually pretty girl coming up the block. finally the mother saw that her com-|h¢ sald something to his companions mands were forgotten tn the boy's ca ness to express himself. Throughout the evening he was a conductor, at times Imitating the leader of the orchestra but mostly originating his own mox ments, He appeared to sense t rhythm of the movements and Hkew! to feel the spirit. His climaxes were things of fire and vigor, while he inter- preted the slow, beautiful, movements of the music with lelsurefy, gracefil Sestures. Plainly a lover of music, he expressed his love with all the fervor of his small being.—Mary L. Dwyer, No. 244 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, Bosco: While Tf waited for a chance at the telephone at Manhdttan Beach I saw a mam in one of the bootha rip away tha reeciver and the con necting wires, He came out as rod as @ bect and shaking with ray “Lt hot they me attention teat tine,” he sic arly aa could maka ont hia complaint war that he had bern given ‘wrony number” four times tna row and hts fourth complaint had his nickel returned without (he claimed) any explanation.—Herbert T. Ailen, No. 853 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn. SOME PREFER THE HORSE. Lined at the curbing and stretched down Broad Street many automobiles i and immediately they formed a double line on cach side of the walk. Then they stood Ike courtiers, each with his raw hat held over his Neart. The gtrl {tripped nonchalantly along and, with head erect und eyes front, walked through tho files as if in her dear little lifo this sort of attention were an every day occurrence. The boys expected at least a smile, but the utter Indifference of the girl left them looking at one another sheepishly.—E. 8. Irwin, No 177 Patchen Avenue, Brooklyn. B. R. T, COWBOYS. At Freedom Square, Myrtle and Bushy wick Avenues, Brooklyn, I saw some | smail boys chase @ cat up @ tree near the L structure. Then I saw several oyees of the B scue R. 'T. lasso the cat her from the boys.—Joseph taco, No. 1291 Myrtle Avenue, Brook- IDENTIFIED. On Broadway ts 4 drug atore that ke like any cort of a store but that. the w are bathing aps, shors, ¢ b and scores of thi cept drugs Recently thie hh Was put up over it: “This is a drug . H., Brooklyn. NO DAMPE SPIRITS. Last night T eaw hundreds of peopte listening to a concert in Central Park co