The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1922, Page 14

| ay a WHAT DID YOU SEE TODAY? A PAGE OF REAL NEWS MANHATTAN, BALL PARK DEMONSTRATION AT A STADIUM CONCERT. At the close of this year's final Stadium concert on Wednesday, hundreds indulged in the novel sport of throwing down onto the field the mats they had been sitting on, These mats, being of light texture, Bailed somewhat as a straw hat will sail, and when they were sent away twirling, took some time about coming to earth, On the field below the great crowd moved toward the street on a line about parallel with the orchestra stdnd, Some in this ine answered the bombard- ment from above with telling effect. No one was hurt, so far as I could fee, but one dignified, elderly man was still applauding the last num- ber on the programme when a mat landed on him. He looked sur- prised, An elderly woman (with lorgnette) looked horrified. A near sighted gentleman, who sat near us, thought other men were tossing their straw hats down in tribute to the orchestra. With a mighty swing he added a stylish straw to the storm, to the great glee of the two pretty young girls who sat Immediately behind htm—Rene Lentz, No. 621 West 134th Street. A LADY WITH A PUNCH. SENSE AND “STYLE.” . afternoon, when a March wind suddenly Headed for Centra! Park, to get away from the scorching heat—if possibie—t found myself trailing two cars which were travelling almost side by aide. One was a seven-passenger touri) car with but a single occupant, the young woman who sat at the wheel. The other was a big roadster of foreign make, driven by aman, The woman appeared to be try- Ing to keep as close as possible to the curb, The man, whose steering wheel was on thé right, kept clove to her and was leaning over an if talking to her. ‘We reached a “Stop’ signal and as the man leaned over towards her, smiling, ahe planted an uppercyt on his face that would have done credit to Mr. B. Leon- and. 1 think the fellow saw the lght, for he turned into the nearest side street. I moved up into bis place, but I took good care not to come too close to the young lady with the punch— Aron Rauch, No. 18 Third Avenue. ON THE ICE, On East 82d Street 1 saw two boys stretched out on a cake of tee In an ice wagon.—Minna Lehmann, No. 625 Bast 82d Street. A BLACK-HAIRED GIRL IV BLUE At Starlight Park they were judging the prettiest baby among the four-year- olds, and the winner was to be decided by the applause of the audience in the way of some amateur nights. After many ¢éliminations there remained but two contestants, a black-haired beauty in a blue dress and a chunky blond in flesh color. For about three heats the applause Was about nip and tuck, but om the fourth vote the black-haired baby {n blue received just a shade the better of the applause. The mother of the winner wore a blg and grand and giorious smile.—Joseph L. Jelinek, No. 1396 Second Avenue. HUNGER. My husband and I were admiring a display of jade this evening in the window of a Chinese shop at Broadway and 107th Street when I looked up and saw approaching us Avenue the only really fat tramp I close to 300 pounds. He touched my husband lightly on the arm, lifted his hat and said: “Boss, will you give me a quarter to get a bite to eat with? ,I haven't had a thing to eat all day. T'm big and fat, but believe me I'm ment upon his own bulk won an pocketed the coin and made off down Broadway.—Lillian Andreevski, No, 425 West 114th Street. KFrP OUR CITY CLEAN! The Sundiy papers were first read and then distributed on the grass and the walks of Bryant Park this (Sunday) ‘into small heaps, and then tossed them around in circles until some who ‘watched them were reminded of stories of the Whirling Dervishes. Now took on the appearance of a mad seramble cf two-year-olds. At other times they moved quite like galloping horses in the circus, with no street sweeper on hand to act as ringmaster, —J. M. Shaw, No, 100 Weat 41st Street, FOOLHARDY. ‘The bridge over the Passaic had opened to let some tugs pass this morn- ing and, as a result, our train from Orange, N. J., was held there for some minutes. While we waited I saw one man jump from our train to an express, Which had halted on an inside track. he jumped there was a tooting stiles and the express train That man cheated death by of started. one the terminal.—I, J. Dockery jr., No. 93 Nassau Street. A GO-GETTER, 2 was in a Chanwers Street bank. cleauer than his scanty clothing, haited before the teller’s window and placed before that gentleman three dimes, seven pennies and a bank book. In- formed that deposits of less than $1 are not accepted, the youngster gath- ered up his possessions without @ word, walked toward the door, hesitated, tured to another window, drew out $1 ‘of his hoardings, came back to the first window and deposited $1.37 ° * * ‘That boy's destiny is certain.—Carlton, Ghort, No. 183 West 87th Street. On last Saturday's "What Did You Gee To-day?’ page 1 saw signed to one contribution the name “Catherine ‘Maue,” which stirred me from my equa- ulmity as 1 have not been stirred the German artillery fire in my general direction was a thing to be reckoned with. ‘The surname |s an unusual one; it contains, you observe, three vowels fm sugcession. Because tt « unusual, Because it is my ame and because Catherine is a stranger, 1 ain perplexed, Our Middle West family has been wont t say, almost boastfully, that no other family of the name was known to be ia this country-or in any other, since it was thought the entire family came to the United States from Alsace-Lor- aime early in the nineteenth century. None iof us has ever encountered any- one in our travels who had heard the name before. Yet, here is Catherine! * * * {shall have to write to Min- mesota and Illinois, and tell the family fe are not as exclusive a On © northbound Eighth Avenue trol- ley car at noon to-day T saw @ woman with a baby which looked to me to be about seven months ofd, The little one was dressed in an ordinary band and a slip-on dress. It wore no stockings, no shoes, no cap. It looked cool and cer- tatinly behaved as If it were happy. * © © A block or two further up the avenue @ man and a woman got on with a baby about two years old. This child was completely dressed; wore dress, underwear, shoes and socks. They were scarcely seated, tndeed, when the mother took a heavy tweed cape from her arm, wrapped it around the child and fastened it at the neck, This voor baby actually appeared to be suf- fering.—C. D, Riseley, No. 66 Morn aide Avenue. SONNY. A mother and son bearing a marked resemblance to each other attracted some attention to-day in a Broadway surface car, for, although she was all of seventy-five and her hair was snow- white and although ho was fifty and time to time as “Sonny.” say that, hearing this, one or two pas- sengers giggled. For my part I saw nothing in it to laugh at. In my opinion the man who thinks he {s too much a man to be “Sonny” to a venerable mother {sn't much of a man at all.—H. Seton, Hotel Gotham. A COOL ONE. On a local in the subway I saw a man who held a smaft- electric fan in front Jong, revolved and gave him a spanking breeze. He was the coolest person on the train.—N. Cannon Brooks, No. 2366) Seventh Avenue. from the direction of Amsterdam ever saw. He must have weighed Don't laugh; I know hungry just the same.” His com- extra quarter, and thanking us > FIVE STRAW HATS! THEY BLOW! JF walked down Fifth Avenue dur- ing the high wind this afternoon, Qnd between 58th Btrect and 46th Streot saw no lese then five straw hats blown from the heads of pas- sengers on top of as many Fifth Avenue buses, All were recovered and—this I think ie quite as re- markable—not one appeared to any the worse for the expertence.— E. M. Hamlin, No. 61 West 58th Btreet, SEE HOW THE LADY WROTE IT “TWENTY- SECOND” STREET, You printed an item a day or two ago under the heading “Baby's Cutting Re- mark’’ which described an incident sup- posed to have taken place tn front of a drug store at Eighth Avenue and Second Street. Second Street is an east side street and comes to an end at Third Avenue. 1 was born on Second Street and have lived here ail my life. From Third Street to Broadway the thorough- fare is known as Bond Street. It comes to un end almost opposite the Broadwi Central Hotel.—Mra, Sadie Stein, 134 Second Avenue. DONT FORGET ABOUT THE COAL! At the corner of 68th Street and ‘hird Avenue I saw a sign announcing: jal Clean Up! All Straw Hats Now —George No. 120 West Sith BUNKIN OUT, During the recent heat man; a household moved itself from Ttulty tenements to Central Park for o breath of air. Mothers a: with thelr broods of children ‘ane bedding and refreshments and moved through the already esteblished night- camps leoking for @ site for thelr own. Upon finding one the mothers would fx up beds with small mattresses and Viankets while the fathers congregated fo talk and gmoke and the cl dashed seve in the wuell ohmaps at trees, time found earns foun: lightly clad ig On the ground counting the stars to induce alee; Pp. JOHN LARKIN Jr., No, 251 Fort Wi Avenue, a NATIONAL, * I was attending a ball game at Macomb's Dam Park. areas tne bridge the Department of Parks has erected a band stand for summer con- phernalia on the ground, doffed thelr caps and stood at attention with the| spectators until the last note had been sounded. CHARLES West 16th Btrest. EVENING WORLD PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS [jh PAGE WORTH READING REPORTED BY EVENING WORLD READERS make this news feature even more entertaining and interesting Special Prizes are to be ‘0 T 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, City Hall Station. WRITE ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN YOUR OWN ‘NEIGHBORHOOD. Tell your story, if possible, in not more than 125 words. State where the thing written about took place. Write your own name and address carefully and in full. Checks are mailed daily. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT If you witness a serious accident, the 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 Evening World. Liberal awards for first big news. BE SURE OF YOUR FACTS. 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. MANHATTAN JUST AS EASY! At 73d Street and Lexington Avenue I watched a steam shovel pitk Up and deposit in waiting trucks the huge loads of dirt and rock com- ing from an excavation. The ungainly looking contraption clutched a sBigantic rock, previously fastened to it by chains and gently and with accuracy placed ft !n a truck. I aad been looking on for several) min- utes, when suddenly one of the trucks sank through the boarded run- way. There was no alarm, no confusion, no panic, no anything. The versatile shovel was pressed into extra service and soon extricated the truck and its load. For sheer “getting thinga done” I believe wo will have to hand it to the steam shovel.—Dennis Hetherman, No. 1025 Lexington Avenue. days by the boys of our neighborhood. As soon as the first drops fall between four and seven o'clock in the after- moon they collect all the family um- brellas and flock to the kiosks of the subway station at 110th Street. “Umbretla, lady," ‘Umbrella, sir," many accept the invitation, The charge {sa dime and usually there is a tip of @ nickel.—Ruth Belner, No, 53 W. 112th Street. r at the foot of Clarkson Strevt pqrlles truck horse fall dead on Went Street.—8. Grover Straus, No. 308 East 169th Street, Bronx. MEMBERS OF THE (ALMOND) RAT ‘Lexington Avenu' this Morning was reading a Clinton, Ia, in Bast 138th Stre Let—Five-Room the matter? + DAY, No, 161) York No. 6 CHEATING, On our way to a card game we were short one player and went across the street for a friend who had been if waa going out for some medicine, so we Perauaded him to accompany us. He got the medicine first, and as the game started asked for a giass, explaining 1 had to take his medicine every halt hour. and take his medicine. balf-hours passed we noticed a great change come over our friend. He was enjoying himself immensely and had become the “life of the party." the next hand one of the boys investi- gated, and upon returning broke up the game by announcing that our friend's medicine was a bottle of gin.—JAMES COLLINS, No. He During deals he would go out After several During 34 Amsterdam Avenue. ANYTHING TO BE OBLIGING. In front of 9. Paul's Church in Lower Broadway to-day I saw an old kentleman with a battered suitcase to which ‘two umbrellas were tled and which he carried on his shoulder. He made a sudden turn and the handles ef the umbrellas hit a man in the face, knocking his spectacles to the ground. The person who was struck fet forth @ torrent of abuse at the oid man, who kept repeating “Please ex- cuse.”| Then as a parting shot the in- Jured man shouted in disgust, “Oh, go back to Russia, where you belong.” The look of embarrassment in the old man's face changed to one of pleasure and he said, “‘T’enks, I go to-morrow.” —I. B. MOOLE, No. 106 Lafayette Street. BRONX NOT EVEN HALF THROUGH. In Bron@ Park I saw a quarrel between husband and wife, When they called each other ail the names they had beem saving up for months, the Uttle five-year-old girl who was with them began to ery. I heard the man say, “I’m THROUGH!” and saw him start to walk away. The Uttle yirt ran after him, tugged at Ais coat, pulled him by the hand. He wasn’t “through” at ail. The Httle one brought him back, and be- fore I thought it best to move on I aa both parente kissing her anad amiling at cach other.—Martin No. 1,887 Cedar Avenue, RAIN, RAEN, COME TO-DAY. A thriving business is run on rainy Ag the owds emerge they are tackled with IN HARNESS. Just as I came off the New Bedford Two young girls, each carrying a brie! case, entered # routhBound subway tral to-day at et, slehtly pbered hauteur of the superior tlaas, showing plainly that they amount- 4 to something and wero aware of it. Some who saw them put them down for lawyerettea, or, at the lowest, pri- vate secretaries of exalted degree, * * Alas! the floor and gave up its followa: One aromatic che two worn looking dill nana Charles Herbst, Bronx. WHERE TO GO FOR BUTTER AND Third Avenue and 149th Both displayed the cultivated, ‘One of the Drier cases slipped to ntents, as he Shi ; one a ek No, 98) Tinton Avenue, cop: EGGS. man who sat next to me in a b irnd ubway express train Wooked over his shoulder et wome of the advertisements and made at Mote of these: Three pounds of fr Sutter, $1; fancy Jelly beans, 15 cents; egEs. fresh Avenue St. John, Bronx. 20 cents.—Ruth Meryash, 80, THIS IS PARIS! are of Broadway In the at 44th Street last might TI saw an unusually tall man carrying his coat on his arm, with his sleeves rolled to his elbows, wearing @ large. gray slouch hat. and He went to @ traffic policeman, tapped him on the shoulder and in a }; certs, The game was bein; ‘asked bim the name of th when the first number of the comet | ho was, on—Bessie Kaplan, Played. It was ‘The Star-Spangled | Unton Avenue, Bronx Banner,” and as the strains of the| National anthem floated across the HOUSING bridge the players of both teams Ij ro- and every cay f thelr gloves, bats, balle and other paras nee have Been interes r Apartments everyh in } a 6 ©?—Abraham Cohen, 8 Hast 140th Street, bronx, ’ H FIGHTING VEGETARIANS. Walking through 111th Street, near Park Avenue, I saw a boy who wae shouting, “Put all the ammuni- tion here, men!” 1 couldn't see any men, but a lot of boys made @ big pilo of second-hand tomatoes, re- tired ears of corn and other vegeta- bles discarded by the peddlers. When the pile was complete the leader flashed a sword made from a piece of lath and shouted: “Ready? Aim! Fire!” And then @ terrible battle began.—Mra, Ida Taub, No. 522 Kast 142d Street, MY FATHER. My father is a fireman, and as it was very hot I thought tt would be nice to bring some ice cream to him in the fire house in Forest Avenue ut 161st Street. When I got there I handed papa the fee cream, but he had taken scarcely a spoonful when the bell rang and he had to go to a fire. He told me to hold the ice cream for him until he should re- turn, It was the first time I had ever seen the truck leave the fire house to go to a fire. 1 was glad to see him come back in about ten minutes.—Mathilda Muller, No. 1081 Union Avenue, Bronx. WEATHER, CHANGEABLE. I saw the new fountain turned on in Bowling Green Park. Its cooling spray was ® welcome sight.—A. H. Lang, No. 399 Willis Avenue, Bronx. AND HE WAS WONDROUS WISE. While waiting for a thunderstorm to pass oevr at the Boston and West- chester station I saw a woman discard her umbrella, which had blown inside out. In a few moments a gentleman nicked It up and used it to as good ad- vantage aa if it were new.—Otto Korb, No, 1736 Holland Avenue, Bronx. TAIAT'S THAT. I saw a youngster to-day try to get a large envelope into a letter box. He was becoming peeved at his failure, and suddenly I saw him tear the envelope in half, drop both portions into the box and, with a sigh of relief, walk away.— Alton Levy, No. 410 Kast 173d Street. 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. UUL ve LOWN A GIRL OF TO-DAY. I was on a Kearny Avenue jitney bus this morning wuen two young girls of the period got on. Nice, healthy looking girls. One of them stopped at the entrance to pay both fares and the other walked back to find seats. As the girl who paid the fares moved along to join her chum we heard a screech out of her and she sald: “Bernice, you have your dress on backwards!” Bernice didn’t blush or faint or do any of the other things they do in old-fashioned story books. She drawled, “Well, if that isn't the cat's collar!” That was all—except that while we all watched she removed her belt, pulled her arms inside that dress, wiggled and twisted a few times, pushed her aris through the sleeves again, replaced the belt and resumed the conversation which had been interrupted at the corner by the arrival of the jitney. BROOKLYN ®THE HARBOR. Sitting in my wheel chair at the window I look across the tree tops to Fort Wadsworth and see its flagstaff and nearby a cannon, from which I see the flash and hear the “boom!” when our beautiful flag is raised to the top where the passengers and crews of the in« coming and outgoing ships can see it first and last. * * * I see Quarantine, with the ships of different nations anchored there tm- patiently awaiting the doctors’ O. K. and release; ships with tall masts, majestically beautiful as the gun shines upon them; immense liners, the many passengers on their decks looking expectantly for home folk or only for America. Busy tugs hurry by and excursion boats with many flags; motorboats; all sorts of craft, from the smallest to the largest, in endless procession; and, finally, seaplanes, silvery bright in the sunshine, flying to and fro over the harbor.—H. M. Warren, No. 260 75th Street, Brooklyn. MAINE QUESTION. T had been talking of spending my NOW WHERE DO YoU SUPPOSE SHE GOT THAT? She made us gasp—Jjust a little—but also she made some of us proud of the maiden of 1922.—Mrs. Fay Lindo, No. 321 Davis Avenue, Ariing- ton, N. J. LITTLE SISTER ‘SAYS SOMETHING My parents, my little aister and I wont én bathing at Asbury Park. The water twas tery warm, but @ terrific undertow frequently pulled us off our feet and outward. Once it very nearly carried Yittle sleter with (f, but Iuckily she knocked against me and I carried her to shore. This morning I saw her standing om our seighbere’ porch and heard her telling them that “the undertaker nearly got me at Asbury Park.’’—Dorothy A. White, No. £64 Broad Street, Keyport, N. J. OPEN AND SHUT. As the Rockaway Express pulled out of the Penneylvania Station this morn- ing and approached the tunnel, the conductor shouted: “All windows Directly opposite me & man labored strenuously to shut the usually stubbon train window. Finally he ceeded, only to discover that the tire pane of glass was missing.—Bessle Leach, No. 360 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers. “TISH? AND COMPANY. Tish, leading Aggie and the other spinster (I can't recall the name Mrs, Rinebart calls her) landed in the sub- way at Cortlandt Street this morning. They were plainly unfamiliar with the new turnstiles, and seeing wide open gate they walked through boldly with bags and umbrellas, Then they could find no place to dispose of thelr nickels. ‘They were somewhat flustered as the train approached, but they boarded, and from their smiles {t seemed that they enjoyed their experience.—L. C., Glen Ridge, N. J. NICE OLD NELLIE. My horse is thirty-three years old, fat, sleek and full of vim. When I feed her she whinnies and paws « grateful “Thank* you" with her right foot. To- day when she asked for her dinner my servant used harsh words to her and tried to strike her. Nellie—that is my horse's name—went to a corner of her stall and hung her head until the old an left. I went to her and said, “Come, Nellie, You ure my pet." She whinnied and ate her dinner and pawo gratefully with her right foot.—J. Bren- nan, No. 403 South Division Strect, Peekskill, N.Y. MOVIE STUNTS. I saw a movie company, the players of which invaded this peaceful village for two or three scenes of a new pic- ture play. The principal actor apepared to me to be raelly flirting with death, He climbed to the top of a moving train and jumped from that train to an- other also in motion. And the cam man took just as many chances. Philip J. Cavanaugh, Parlin, N. J. Yesterday’s Special Prizes First Prize, $25 BHTTY €MITH, No, 2112 Beverly Roed, Brooklyn. Second Prize, $10 B. J. LYONS, No. 449 Court Street, Brooklyn. Third Prize, $5 L. C. BLANCHFIBLD, No, 176 St. John's Place, Brooklyn. Ten Prizes of $2 Each MRS. ANNA T. GASTON, No, 189 West 98th Street C. CARSON, No. 10 East 43d Street. FRANK M’HUGH, No. 556 West 424 Street. JAMES J. BARNES, No. 838 East 28d Btreet. W. M. ALLEN, MRS. J. CHESLER, No, 05 Greenwich Street. d Terrace, West Orange, N. J ai . 3481 Bath Avenue, Brookiyn 0 Third Street, Brookiyn Read today’ Winners will be stories, announced In Street, Corona, 1. | Pick the ones you think ase best. this evening's Night Pictorial (Green Sheet) edition and tn other editions to-morrow, PARADE REST. While T was standing on the corner I saw a man coming up the Boulevard acting as if he were a whole company of soldiers. When he got to where I was standing he said, “By the left flank, march!" Turning in response to his own command, he marched across the Boulevard and down as far as Summit Avenue. Here the command was repeated and he entered the side door of a cafe.—Frank Gartieser, No. 77 Hague Street, Jersey City. A HAPPY AUGURY, PERHAPS. When I opened my pay envelope on Saturday I received a simply wonderful thrill, Instead of the usual $25 it con- tained $50. * * * When I came to I was gently informed that through @ mistake I had been handed the en- velope of the head of our department.— Jennie, Mount Vernon. OLD SONG—"DOES YOUR MOTHER RIDE A BIKE?” In the main street at Asbury Park I saw, heedless of motor traffic and street cars, a stout woman returning from a shopping trip on a boy's bike. The bundle-tray at the back was piled high with the morning's marketing,— M. M., Allenhurst, N. J. OROSSED. During the hottest hour of the day I saw @ nervous, professional looking man mount the steps leading from the parle to Morntngside Drive. He had a lighted cigar in his left hand. At the top of the steps he started to mop his fore- head with a ‘handkerchief in his right hand. Just then a lady across the street bowed to him very sweetly. In obvious embarrassment he threw away the handkerchief, raised his hat with his right hand and at the same time tift- ed the cigar to his forehead. Then with a start of pain and suprise he threw away the cigar and retrieved tho handker- chief.—Harold Deane, Delmar, N. J, FLOATING? During my vacation In Rhode Island I saw a floating island with trees on it. It 1s in a body of water known as Septch Pond, between Lonsdale and Sayleville, R. I., and it is thed with cables to the mainland to keep {t from floating into the stream.—Leon D. Mar- tin, Richford, Vt. RICHMOND. COMING OVER FROM 8. © T caught the 8.18 ferry from St. George. The boat was more crowded nT had ever seen it before, There I thought, a noticeable list to port. Many passengers, including the writer, were packed together on the upper for- ward deck in the Brolling sun. For one morning, at least, there was no breeze in the bay. Jne young woman fainted in the crowd inside and was brought out into the mob and the sun. Just as the boat reached Manhattan an elderly gentleman “passed out" in Mke manner. ‘The gates were just being opened, and, luckily, he was not far from them. Two deckhands gnd a policeman faved him frum being trampled on.—-W. D. W., Grant City, Staten Island. IN THE IRVING COUNTRY, I left fo-day the land of reality and wandered through “‘Storyland” in the Sleepy Hollow made famous by Wash- ington Irving. ‘There was the gnarled old tree on which Major Andre was hanged; a little further down the road the church which Irving attended. Upon turning @ corner you come into a lane leading to the bridge over which Ic! bod Crane gallopéd that ghostly nigh’ It is a sombre sort of road tao and oc- iy you get from It a glimpse of tombstones, On ® little knoll not far from the bridge ts the old church sur- rounded on three sides by the grave yard, The shutters are drawn, bot if vow look through & crack you can see the white benches. In the graveyard 1 found on « little hillside the grave of Washington Irving.—Mrs. William D. Walker, No, 131 Colfax Avenue, Grant City, &. 1b vacation In Maine, and when I got back from lunch to my, desk I saw the fol- lowing on my des&: “From Wallagras to Soldier Pond,’ Low's Bridge to Cari- bou. The alr is something wonderful. I'd go there if I were you. Still Mada- waska has its points and there's a pretty spot called Patten. But, I think that after all, old top, y 1 just stay fn Manhattan.”—John McGarigle, No 488 85th Street, Brooklyn, ON THE SIDEWALK. On Fulton Street above Brooklyn Ave- nue this afternoon I saw a family stand- ing around their household effects: piled hish on the sidewalk in front of their recent home.—J. J. O'Mara, No. 319 Macon Street, Bi . JUST KIDS. On my way up Myrtle Avenue I saw ® group of kids at Taaffe Place lift the cover of the manhole and lower the tallest of the number down into the catch-basin head first in order to re- cover a lost ball. One kid appeared to be on the lookout for chance police- ¥ got the ball.—William C. 490 Myrtle Avenue, Brook- PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. In the window of a large dairy store at Rivington and Orchard Streets I saw the picture of a cow and under It in large letters: “Our only partner. No connection with anybody else.”"—Charles Stransky, No, 745 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn. POOR SPARROW! While driving along King's Highway tm an automobile I saw a sparrow fy against the hood of our m-chine. When -e reached our destination I saw the perfect imprint of the bird in the dust. It measured six tnches from beak to the end of the tail—Gladye Machell, No. 1307 East 92d Street, Brooklyn. “CLOSED TO For years I have been tn the hi dreds of others got was the sight Point has been closed to bathers. dangerous spots. That, it appears t order that they may be sent to the East 23d Street, Sheepshead Bay. FLOWERLAND. A friend of mine in Bay Ridge has a border of flowers around her garden. [ went to see her this afternoon and, since she wasn't at home, I sat in her garden to wait. I became absorbed Teading a magazine, but suddenly I be- came consctous of a lovely perfume. I looked up to discover where it came from and to my great pleasure I saw that all the flowers in the border had taken on beautiful colorings. They were four o’clocks, and at that hour had opened up to show their beauty <0 me and to give me their lovely perfume. —Viola Hamilton, No. 410 86th Street, Brooklyn, VERBOTEN, In the ladies’ dressing room on the steamer Mandalay I saw a sign which read: “No halrcombing or powdering.” Not bolleving in signs, I walked over to the mirror and, to my dismay, discov- ered it had been “clouded” with some preparation which prevented one seeing one's self in it.—Rosemary Weber, No. $43 Sixth Street, Brooklyn. N. ¥. I was shopping in a store on Atlantic Avenue, near South Ferry, this after- noon when I heard the proprietor, re- mark: “There Ko the rat collectors.” I looked and saw two men, and then I learned they are sent around by the Department of Health of New York to catch rats which come in on forelgn ships, to learn ff they are disease-car- rier: Surely we have a wonderful city COME, BIRDIE, COME! Passing through 27th Street, near Madiaon Square Garden, at 1 o'clock thie afternoon, I saw four boys who appeared very anxious to make friends with the pigeons, which are to be found im that locality at alt eastbound 34th Street croasto n car. the southwest corner of Eighth Avenue and Sith 1 found the street all torn up and wonlered where passengera were to board the care, answer. Ti) @ sign pos! reading: " J. Dolan, Btrect, Presently I found the situation was ¢ d just west of rs Stop HEAR No. 74 North Beach 10hut Rockaway Beach, hattan Beach for a swim. On Wednesday I went there as usual to get away from the heat and get into the water. Instead, what I and hun- and all that “because so many accidents have occurred” there the thorities cannot place life savers there and perhaps rope off the really handling such a situation instead of putting the thought in people's minds that they are being deprived of a pleasure and a privilege in to rd the health{to be a good ndby.—Walter nen erie asilen fie Masson, No. 69 Smith, No. 20¢ Autumn Avenue, Brooke Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, lyn, QUEENS LE LI hours. The boys were giving the |{t and of course I expected she would birds bread crumbs. Suddenly one |hand it over instantly, but, my dear, Roy reached out andgrabbed a pig- | what does she do first but open it and eon, stuck it into his Blouse and ran examine tt! “Oh, “there = west as fast as he could go. I won- Jnothing In it Gio hengen der whether dt meant pocket money |{tover. Ihad tho nerve to ask her why or pigeon plc.—F. Hurtnole, No, 108 [she opened the purse, but I got no Maurice Avenue, Elmhurst. answer. She walked away. I wonder —— What ahe would have done if there waa LISTEN— PROOF tt beak M. J. Deans, No. To-day at noon 1 wanted to.board an| 99! Hberty Avenue, Richmond Hil eee my uncle apply black shoe polis!, shine on it. When T saw two little girte playing om Ralph Avenue at Decatur Stréet. & little boy friend of theirs came along ond asked to play with thom. One of the Kittle girls asked, “C old be the father, Edith?” year-old Edith re ment and replied, “J can be the father,” and immediately she turned to “father? amd said, “Go to work, now !’'—Mildred Har- ris, No. 215 Ralph Avenue, Brooke lyn. DIOGENES, THOU NEEDST LOOK NO FURTHER, My employer to-day liad to mall a small parcel which required a ten-cent stamp. We didn’t have that denomina- tion on hand, but found one which had not been cancelled on another packs, He put thfs on the tiny parcel and then took five good two-cent stamps from the drawer and tore them up, saying: “I wouldn't defraud the Government.""— Joseph Geller, No, 997 Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn. . BUSINESS MAN. I saw two boys In City Hall Park tee day accost a man and ask to shine his shoes. Both were persistent. The man, undecided which boy to choose, took out a cigarette. As he searched for a match one of the boys, immediately seeing his necessity, lighted one and held it up for him asa light. He was the boy chosen to shine his shoes.— Max Felnman, No, 607 Snedeker Avenue, Brooklyn, AND NO BACK TALK OUT OF THE ONE OF THEM. I saw Pat Ryan, the champton weigh! thrower, directing a gang of “men ro- pairing the pavement to-day at Bleecker and Thompson Streets—F. M. Kane, No. 19 Halleck Avenue, Brooklyn. BATHERS.” abit of going to the Point at Man- of a policeman who informed one I wonder why the responsible au- 10 me, would be the sensible way of private baths.—R. Broad, No. 2890 BACK TO THE BEGINNING. On a seat in Prospect Park I saw @ man and four small boys. He was <t- viding between the four a stack of pen- nies he had unrolled from a plece of paper. Each held out his palm to re- celve the gifts and then the man stopped. ‘'There’s a cent over,” he an- nounced. ‘Right here, Pop,” promptly spoke up the largest boy, tapping ttis chest. “Here's where you started from. He got the cent.—E. Murtha, No. 995 East 38th Street, Brooklyn. IN PRIVATE LIFE. Outside the postoffice at Fleischman’s a group of people were crowded about @ mauve and green touring car. Soon they made way fof a dark little woman in orchid, who stepped Into the car with- out a look on elther side of her. Sho was Galll-Curel, who had just called for her mail and was returning to ber summer home, As she was trying to start her machine, which failed immo- diately to respond, some one shoutea: “Well, she's a better soprano than 9 chauffeur.” But even that didn't win us « smile.—R. B., No, 1715 Park Place, Brooklyn. HAPPY FAMILY. In Brooklyn to-day I saw something which reminded me of the days of long ago. I saw a father, mother and their son dressed for a day's outing on the beach and each had a bicycle, ‘The son carried the bathing sults on his back, the mother had a basket of lunch fas: tened to her bicycle and the father had the fishing rods. ‘Tho bicycle still seems olc INCIDENT OF THE BABY, Tum PURSE, AND A CERTAIN PAR?Y, I was walcing with my twenty-months- old teby on Fultrm Street, Brockly: yesterday and was about to enter Loft When baby dropped the little pocket book she was carrying. Before I could pick {t up another woman had secured ft. I knew she had seen the child drop FORD SHINED, SiR? . L was wuch surprised this evening to with n ordinary shoe brush, to tha top of his Ford ear, and, rubbing ¥ With a cloth, put a genuing