The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1922, Page 15

SIGHT As the result of an automobile @ovident 1 am in Bellevue Hospital with a fractured leg. To-day they brought in and placed on the bed @pposite mine a chap who had been Mt with a bullet in one of th omiscuous shootings in the str fe was the worst sight 1 have seen #ince I looked up and saw a Buick fosting on my left leg.—Sidne Reese, Ward L-$, Bellevue Hospital. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT In the doorway of a motion picture theatre at First Avenue and ‘Fifth Street I saw a lion in one cage and two tigers in another. A woman was pat- ting a small black bear lying in a box. ‘The signs announce the appear of « bold hunter Who will tell how these animals were captured.—Diana Good- man, No. 149 First Avenue. “NOT AS 1 DO, BUT AS T SAY. On the beach at Amityville, L. 1, 1 heard a man lecturing his twelve-year- old son for “childishly’’ wasting his time trying to fly a kite. The boy una bashed, persistently asked his dad help him. * * * Ten minutes later I saw the kife soaring at 200 or 300 feet, with dad at the other end of the string. The it I saw of him it peared mo. than likely that the boy n't going to waste any more time with THAT kite for at least n hour William Moore, No. 104 West 42d Street CARELESS. On the stairway at the Columbus Ave- nue-iM4th Street Station T saw a man tap the shoulder of the uniformed con- du who was just ah 1 of him, and call attention to the nice, fate roll of bills that had fallen from the railway- man’s hip pocket He was about as grateful a man as T have seen in many months. Said something about a “house ful of childre and what the loss would have meant to them onl to Mice N. Shedd, No. 101 West 199th Street YOU SHOULD sk THE COWS IN FLATBUSH. Saw a man leading a red and white cow through Madison Avenue in Har- lem, far as any evide of con- cer went, the ¢ nan might just as well have been leading Boss through Main Street in the village of Painted Post nillion wide-eyed kids were troopin r them, First cow some of them ever saw, f supp he pleture books. William Precht, No. 61 East 113th Street THE EVEwiNG WORLD, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1922. REPORTED BY EVENING WORLD READERS 'O 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 Send them to “‘What Did You See?’’ Editor, Evening World, Post Office Box 185, WRITE ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, OUT OF TOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE PAY DAY. Tn the evening I visited Columbia Amusement Park on the Hudson rd at North While sitting on the rear seat of surface car bootblacks get on. Two of them got down under the A third crouched behind legs of a fat man on the When the conductor ap- Eight or ten young couples stood at thg entrance to the dancing pavilion looking in at the dancers. tention was drawn to three young men and a like number of girls who stood near me chatting together right flapper, who appeared to be the leader of the feminine trio, turned to her young man and said, “Are you coming in?” Their decision was, 'N-no, not to-night.” young ladies stepped up to the cashier's booth, where each placed on the shelf the price of one admission the young men enjoyed a laugh. saw them go to the same cashie the pavilion. I saw six little addition. City Hall Station. Presently one young turned to the Tell your story, if possible, in not more than 125 Thereupon the took place. Write your own name and address where the thing written about Checks are mailed’ daily. moved up front again there carefully and in full. but three.—Jack Bohana, No. 147 Clinton Street. When the girls were out of sight I nearly dropped when presently I 's booth and buy single admissions to Catherine Bender, No. 824 Terrace Avent SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT a serious accident, the outbreak of what threatens to be a BIG fire, or know of any other BIG news ig World. Liberal awards for first big news. selling baseball Grounds disposed of them to one gentleman and moved on looking for the next customer. to this particu- . , Jersey City If you witness story, telephone Beekman 4000 and ask for the CITY EDITOR of The Evenin BE SURE OF YOUR FACTS. KITTY—COME HOME. ADVANCE SHOWING. a who insinuate that the modiites of West New York, N. J., ew York and Here, to-day, in rgenline Avenue a announcing Beatrice Fle! over and said book and give me another for it hear the North River plers I s have lost our DAILY PRIZES: For the best stories each day: First Prize, $25 second prize, $10; third prize, $5. Ten prizes of $2 each for ten next best stories. “Open her up, and you'll se The boy ope 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. ee I'm returning book and found it was the one in which he had placed $5 bag of our best nuts and thank you fer safe keeping.” New York, N YOU CANNOT ALWAYS SOME’ I was standing at BROOKLYN ye COUPE er of the country RISING YOUNG MEN. I sat at the sewing machine when I heard the ringing of an alarm clock out in the street. GEORGE BROUGHT GOOD LUCK TO MILLIONS. ‘Thousands and thousands of New Yorkers have passed the Sub- Treasury and all, I suppose, have stopped to admire the statue of Washington, but how many have observed that the left boot is shiny and in that respect differs from the rest of the figure? wondered why. their hands on the tip of this boot. touch the statue of the Father of His Country means good luck and this boot being the most accessible part of the figure has become shiny 303 East 157th nmediately so we piled to the station 4 comes to his store at noon Thinking him n likely fare, 1 threw the fore at noon tit tay when T happened ¢ Looking out I saw two boys riding on the same The boy behind had charge of the alarm clock, winding it up I wish to testify that they appeared to en- the faces of pedestrians.—H Reynolds, No. 98 Véronica Place, Flatbush, Brooklyn CHeeaC Tae and then we had to travel by way of a as soon as it had run down, bewilderment I often have To-day I saw four different visitors to the statue rub I am told there is a belief that to r got stuck, Finally fter a half hour of work In the ooze 71 Amsterdam Avenue. got another car REGOLARITY. to pull us out. Opposite my called Capt and his big gray cat settle thems » 2 fellow FOLLOW ON. sald she'd take Weber, Readington, I know a man who, before Prohibition rubbing.—J. H hie seat before the traffe signal| to-day drinking ated in Jackson Aven moved yesterday into larger near the sub- smacked his lips as Evelyn Hertzberg, The old bay left her pasture had to get a block main streets. 19 Bethune Street. A CHANCE Coming down on the old place last night and s Boat MUATOIN EL IDLtHe. CHIE ulters thelr programme, observing trate drew up and le ared to be taking a comic passing trains 2001 Anthony Avenue, when suddenly t, Brooklyn. person near, In a Pennsylvania train I terest In the who several times walker a barrow on her side of the road. situation at a walk and let hin ALBEB—DEAR SIR: picked up four pleces appeared for led to acknowl stepped on the sh JT OF TOWN. PA AND WARY 1 saw a man hesitate in front of being demol- of several Itahans was trying to flirt. windows on the track began singing in a robust an air from 1 looked at him cleaning car I noticed him he was of the platfo Brunswick, N. J. YES AND NO. When I entered a Broadway surface car at 97th Street T saw that the conductor was having his shoes the conductor paid for his shine and if the little boy paid a fare.— Ethel E. Martin, No, 161 Columbus COMPROMISE. Ma closely packed Coney Island train at Cana! Street 1 saw a woman enter with « baoy in her arms and another clinging to her ski s in front of a young man. + © sesmed a Hit uneasy and then he addressed himself to the mother: “If you don’t mind, madan TN hold your baby until you get a seat.” And the mother, with a sish of relief, handed the child to him R Frutkin, No. w th Street THOROUGHBRE He was » well dressed, good young man and he was taking ft his raincoat in the Automat when his arm struck a small boy who was scurrying through the noontime crowd with a cup of cocoa. The cocoa spilled all over the young man, The lad stood aghast and cowed—half expect a torrent of abuse—ns the brownish fluid trickled down the young man's suit. But th young man merely smiled and digging down into his pocket he fishe nickle and gave it to the boy fc other cup of cocon,—W. A. Renner, No. 9485 Broadway, New York LON BASERAL! IT saw the real baseball fan sits is a hill at West 16 Street, overlooking the Polo pounds. I saw fifty men and women sitting there, Some had field ¢ ses, but most of them seemed satisfied Just to he able to keep track of the game's progress by watehing the score board, Some clapped their hands when some one with a field glass called that Kelly had mac A home run Others criticised MeGraw when Nehf was taken from the box And all the while peddlers selling pea- nuts, ice cream and pop walked amon them, even as were other peddlers in bleachers.—John Boe, No. 253 W Street. “A DU FROM THE CUPY. In the vicinity of Feltman's taurant, Coney Island, I sate a man Who reminded me of the villain in the old-time melodramas, He wore @ high silk hat, a three-inch stiff gollar, a flowing necktie, a frock coat, a white vest, gray trousers ane and had a flowing blac tache.—Thomas Sullivan, No, $18 East 43d Street BURIED TREASURE, Recently, while digging for dirt for my flower boxes, I dug up in a vacant lot near Convent Avenue and 136th Street a curious silver coin. It is very thin, but not much worn as the letters are quite plain, It is an Elizabethan wixpence. It bears Qu abeth's Mkeness with the words: TH REGINA.—Austin Sammoi Ww 184th Street. OUT AGAIN I just saw a five-ton truck coming out the main entrance of a church on 67th Street, near Ninth Avenue, load ed.—Daniel E. Cahill, No. 313 West 57th Street. MILLIONAIRE HOSTLER. T saw a horse, fully harnessed, being Jed through Fourth Street, but instead of the master walking ahead or «lon, wide, he was travelling in a taxi ar holding the halter rope at the rear win dow.—T. J. Kedington, No. 22 Christo- pher Street TIME On Grand Street te standing under args clook and he aked me what time it was,—Max Stai- mer, No, 1446 Fifth Avenue. y J saw a man © WOODMAN! sing through the Town of Brielle, N tree from which felt nervous ab West 42d Street took an encore sith Street, Brooklin. , we stopped to examine I've been wondering if looked furtively dropped some- thing behind a pile of lumber. he passed me collar and had his shirt open at the black ribbon to which Mourns Its Loss. O. Box 428, Point Pleas- snd T passed him on was not getting THE OCKAN. Was attached Murdered 1922. IVCWASS EOUTHGTEAY, ecard on which 1 read I noticed he enterprising HUTPER NO on subway and starched collar and a necktic A young woma chalaandirtos stepped into my sep Tone ‘om the plutform 5 A man nearly vighty years of age press which lives near our Was an acc was no reason wh Nelson Street COURTING books of wears gone ient, that ther Palm Beach sult, patent leather pumps, en miles to the laye and sell them for a quarter by and you will not see their equals ayed exactly practised by TY-SEVEN with himself, wagon hitched behind a big aute driven by a woman to-« # regret that young man in He inserted chewing gum called he Insisted on’ pushing them in his wheelbarrow, although 1 on a hill over a mite away. Paterson Ave- sex hus indulged in for generations, day are natural. INTEREST, office of the nd worked for a half hour tr; transformations golng at a pretty ge fully and was about denly it turned, stop, off his coat, ve and disclosed hi Weber, Readington, N. South Norwalk no padded hips, no legs.—Minnie dup his shirtsle DAYS OF OLD. taining the small boy y one In the ighborhood who A COMMISSION Sid wilked Killed, but ina mor the wreckage. He answered by pointing seratch on his knee, 102 Hague Street, OF TWO PRISON- E THAN TWO YEARS AGO. peuame Guy oF As I was walking along Fulton Street Manhattan, [ saw a waite of beer from Ohmeis Cate returning from patcher's Wagon pull up Avenue apart- carrying two firemen and I asked him, Horace Tant, This drawing is by to my escort man entered out carrying a of the cart tout of beer, 74 82d Street, Brooklyn: RICHMOND Joseph Rainke, ¥, ON PUR going to spend ACCIDENTAL! My little brot policeman, who I thought had not heard nears in Bay about to place the a big dog and \ little one, immediately made a break The smaller one got away, taking along his bathing suit I told him I didn't think ther: any swimming there to go swimming in a going wading, but [might fall in, so I'm going to put on my bathing suit,”’ he answered course, when he returned [ was not sur- prised to see that he had fallen in Linke, Ridgefield, N yon! wate in) American boy say another word 67 22d Street, Irvington, N. J. a A. Jenny, BRINGING IN SEES HIS DUTY. Coming hom d Hill troile 119 Baldwin dog-catcher became so excited dropped his newest prisoner, pulled away with only one dog. one stood at the grating, with a mourn- Road was blocked and 1s a long Mne of ¢ After we had waited for a whilp dog Prince of our car, As I was delivering mail on my route I spoke to he green corn for ast two Sunday din-| was unable chin quivere rabbit's dead.” on.—Pauline Ave., Grant City, 48 she said, impatiently, mind when. Eighth Avenue. ng on the side- PRETENDER. e into the store I'm a clerk and bought a packaye of cheap cigarettes. an empty bor which 4s the container for a good brand of cigarettes and transferred all the ch as to be out of sight. HEvery once in « the motorman would give TRY, TRY, Staten Island ‘Then Prince, feeling that he had] ,,4 man cam returned™to the and settled himself for the THE KINGDOM, done his duty, ossed to Manhattan on the the neighborhood of Morton and Green- T ran breathlessly toward place of the explosion might be a repetition of the Jane The one big thought in m were a big fire I SUGGESTION FOR MOTORISTS, Weehawken I ran out of don't you blo he would slow would hop off He pulled out wich Streets, Cortlandt Aven ap onen to at. Farmingdale, gas station, handsomely to findelt lock about to begin City Hall in Paterson, Three girls some ftteen SUBSTITUT card 1 lost 1 that while this pump was locked, was hanging in Its usual place. and was reward- With the gas business of peddling Journalistic jouses from exploded.—William can see the 398 Washington Street. the toes of wi hearing a wurglir Markey, No. vnd other fruits and ve; family helps en which read A TIP THAT VANISHED, 1 am a waitress in a large New York served a dis- guished-loocing gentleman who spoke h in this dull season seems He ordered his check amounted and wrote on the bottom This morning no one in the hotel had nklin Street, ‘ort Chester, 2k WAGON ey relatives “SAY Ip WEPH ANOTH On a visit to N ‘Tompkinsville, While walking bakery a wo drawn hearse was filled with selling plants from door to door, Adirondacks something moving in the 1. with a green parrot, He signed it $1.00 for the waitre I learned that immediately ’s Special Prizes pba rife ante cena First Prize, $25 neton Avenue, Second Prize, $10 harles Street, Englewood, N Third Prize, $5 scampered off Polly was silent, st 177th Street, A rahe stop lapping 7 .G THE CHASER o MORN t GOOD MORNING 2h Ol WORSE, CHARLES LEMP, No every morning a little newsboy rides rear platforni ONE STRIKE, As s00n as Immediately a fox terrier ran out and finally clung to the nurses and in the hospital on the cor- Zolotsky, No, 86 Chrys held him until his rocking chair thia purpose and always catches eseap- inches from Ten Prizes of $2 Each YDLOWITZ “You Street, the Hronx A Kind Young M. 180th Street, the n subway station walked down the | Grunebaum, Port Richmond IN A DRY COUNTRY. As we were riding s Napeague Beach, near laneed to the south in- fearing that I was in and dunes on the edge palm trees of an oasis. TaiGA AWERLE Richinnna SLilh each other on the highway. They looked MANHATTAN. LEAVY, No A VAIL, No 2LINE HOLLAN |) GEORGE C explaining that to change her coin off.—-Kandolph Accepting this with aadals Tuckahoe, N.Y telephoned and jown Colum no condition with a navy mat found that he ha nealow Avenus Altwell, No. 1 even the striped what the deuee was tn Amagansett For best stories of last week and names of Capital Prize Special Prizes will be ht Pictorial (Green Sheet) edi LONG JOURNEY, Last night at Tenth Street and Third had to jump aside being hit by a tractor “This tractor for Rus- New York, Winners of to-day’ announced in this evening tion and in other editions to morrow. i ——— ) Bassford, No. 117 Maud Lang Zast OLst Street East Orange, N. J.