The evening world. Newspaper, September 20, 1922, Page 18

“A FORD A DAY. Special Additional Prize Daily for Contributions to This Begins To-Day. To-Day's Winner in To Night's MANHATTAN. A NEWSBOY PHILANTHROPIST. Coming to New York five months ago from a small Southern town, it was not wotl) yesterday | realized one of my fondest boyhood amb! tions—that of walking acrows Brooklyn Bridge. At the same had an experience that has endeared newsboys to me for life Tt Was at dusk and I walked slowly to enjoy my experience the more. About one-third of the way acrous a well-flled trolley rumbled past me, with « grimy little pewsbuy leaning og of a rear platform window. Av se passed, | looked up, we caught both smiled, Further on I caught up with the same trolley, it baving been Blocked by another car. Just as It started again I saw t#6 came little ‘Dewsie regarding me intently. He impulsively reachéd in his pocket, ‘hesitated a second and then threw me a nickel, yelling: “Hey, mister, T'll stake you to a ride!" ‘ . ‘ His benevolent smile wis too sincere for me to ruin it by ttying to , Teturn the vickel, so 1 kept it and yelled back: “Much obtiged, buddy!” He had given a serious blow to my yanity (1 thought | was well dressed), but ae had also given mo a mout wtriking exampleof real philanthropy. T wouldn't swap that nickel for a gold plece—C, H, ne, No. 168 West 86th Street. 1 b other's eyes and ith i THE TIMELY LOLLYPOP. On one of the 149th Street crosstown cars last evening I saw a flapper-come to the reecun of a young mother whose efforts to seothe her walling baby proved frultlens. ‘The flapper, who stood in tho alse, after seeing the mother's unavailing efforts to quiet the . produced no lollypop from her bag ang handed it to the child, at the same tint emiling understandingly at the mother, In ubout two seconds the baby wus coving delightedly as it licked the candy.—George Brooks, No. 508 West 147th Street, WHO SAYS, “THE LAW!" - About 6.30 o'clock the other evening en Avenue at 73th Street T saw a mumber of heavy trucks’ endanger the lives of ten women who were alighting from the car. The.trugks disregarded the lew requiring thei to halt yot pearer than eight fees from a halted surface car and went right ahead passing within four feet of the cu Moser,» No, 108 Hust ‘ THE BAI DINDRS. Beated at a tile near me to-day dm Bohrafft’s on Pith Street were four absolutely bald men. As they were the only men ain the placo at thu time, they the centre of attrao- thon, their bu pates looming up atrongly agatést the feminins back- Blea Cowan, No, 471 West Avenue, “say EY ALL LANGUAGES, This morning in a bakery I saw a smartly dressed Frenchwoman trying in vali to buy “crolssantes, could speak almost no Knglish and the saleswoman, could not understand what the wanted. T explnined she could 6nd erolssuntes at a French bakery further up the street and ehe was moat grates ful, "You know how men are!” she sald to me In French. "My husband de- testy Americun breads. He says they ere so ugly. If 1 can only find soms delicious croissuntes for him to eat with his chocolate he will be contented and not mind my amiilliner’s bill, And 1 simply must have a new hat!"—Estelle Loomis, No, 260 West 84th Street. A LESSON IN PRAYER. pt the corner of Lefferts Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond ‘HY 1 saw a lttlo girl trying to cross the street by evading the BWerous passing automobiles. She seomed abut to be run down, igen. a man in clerical garb took ber by the arm and escorted her to the curb. He then had ber kneel down while he thanked God t she had escaped injury. The child probably Wid not realize her "paxrow escape, but the many. bystanders seemed impressed by the les- of prayer —¥. Juarez, No. 117 Park Row. TS £ MILLENNIUM, Coming #hrough Kingston, N. v., / yeaterday I saw a number of peoylo ‘S new sign which road: “A With @ Conscience.” I'll aay thag was an gwful eyeful for ” Btweet. who over @ car, In Miner, No. 118 Bagt 18th a « | MAGIC, © _At @ booth at the convention of the Association.of Retail Clothiers json Square Garden I saw ao " theatre with a stage 9 foot and 18 inches wide. An an- ‘called for ao dunce and « woman and a mun bowed to the retired behind @ large cur- at one side, and when the curtain miniature stage way ratsed they peen dancing apparently on the THANKS, AWFULLY! I saw & young man jump on 4 moving 167th Street crosstown car, grasp the fare meter cord and ring up ten fare Of course the conductor seived him, but the young man did not appear per- thrbed. “Before 1 tell you the idea, con- ductor, here's 30 cents,” seal the young man, handing out @ balf dollar. “Tin goUling off here, too, You? sec. I'm being bf gent MOE. oe bo bomen is jnitiated into # club.” Then he jumped opens No. #22 Columbus Avenue. [od climbed into an auto which —_—— 1 up alobgside the car.—Bernard / UN ON SEPT. 15. ct, No, 526 Weat 162d Street : @aw a min whose straw het had ‘fugt been grabbed from his lead ay by a crowd of young nen aeiag the hat from the head of one of SOARED THE CHILDREN, I gay to-day on West 12th Street feo oupnsica dressed ge colorful coo his seeeilants who was still wearlng «| fwnes, Af their approach the chil straw and punch a hole tm it. Both] dren of the ueighberkood run mio owners of the demolished hats saw the} tirir homca ke rabbits into Crete ‘yumor in the situation and laughed} holos They feared beiny Mdnaypod with the crowd, thus avoiding « faht.| by @ couple of fortune tellers! —J. Isidore Rothman, No, 233 Madison} sullivan, No. 80 Jane Street. Street. MEANT W afternoon 1 whieh had Avenue ne tir: dog ought t of bie w the butler again h volver A WISE BIRD, To-Gay, as usual, | placed my canary in his cage in # Window and shortly ter 1 heard him calling me he alwaye does wir yything unusual transpires. “What's the matter?” 1 asked him, and then saw he was look ing down across the sireel, where man who was holding number Th a dog rons h erowd ndoUut eon injured on J th Street. 4 tivo: ay and dei be hot to be reliever Mia fest the Arigger a to explod ' a of fa aticke on which canaries were perched] paused to-wen what was t ter Was trying to make one of hie birds} with bis pistol, the dog died —Thowa fy by swinging the stick in tho air.—] J, Craig, No. 2742 hth Avenue Sebrader, A Avenue. THE HUNGRY TRLUCKMAN. MThe sight of frankfurters, attractively open by « vendor at Bighth Avenue Dut Btreet yesterday, No, “1338 Lexing- — SAME OLD stony, 1 was enjoying an te yesterdi opr e Mlazoner’s City Mall, wher cashier Bereamed and began clanibort cream proved tov}tg the platform of 4 penny- alo Two telegrams were to be sent sii i" . ROUGH ON TUF CUB, Srvc pr a truck driver who huited |shulr fea second her frigie was eee | MAeausly from our office to-day’, and as Ten Prizes of $2 Each. Grant City, 8.1 said he had had a Blowout in Quebec) 1 ome en ON ee Ils truck to wusiplc the man's wares,| plained, “A mouse! she screamed, | the Western Union and -Posta! calle for LERTHA KADGIER, Room Na, 1106, No. 3 ssau Stree ae and while changing the ah gee Gutter werk cos torde ae T Twas halted and ecquipnges of | gathering her skits clove. A sodn| COx# Were rung at the came time 7 saw UPWARD LESTER, No. 79 Columbia Street 7HE MEAREST TRIO. out hig handkerciilef, ‘The Hi nony @nnidren, BRAGS vari du were Lied up for 4 dis-|clork entered the cage with a broom| OMe OF the, clerke het FOR wan, Y. I. LANDSBERG, No. 185 Bast 33d Street ‘Ywo little fellows were crabbing (O%Fhed been drawn then “from hiv oly mother wash bigs ¥ tance AF two blocks while he scoured] and noon routed a thoroughly frightened Mother clerk that the Western. Unio > 63 Hor: >| : day near the Fgesh Killa Bridge, One] und he could not find it, He had objection did not secm unreaupnal ita kis aanewioh Anne Bch 4 Re Prlebtened | pow would appear first, There was rot MAY VAN PEL, No. 862 Hornaday Place, Bronx dafit up as lost. He olfercd to lel 1 he licked him. wil and bit into sandwich.—Anna Schor, | mouse.—Melena H, Smith, No. Hast], ttle excitement aa the unseen race MRS. J. G., No, 4904 Park Avenue, Bronx. was twelve, the other about ten, and @ keep it, but I returned it to hira MM tse oul pha rolled ang #' ‘Ne, 86 Charles St. 17th Street MOTHER MARY, ‘To-day I bought @ theatrical ma, & little old lady at the entrance to the Putnam Buliding, No. 1493 Browd. way, Who sald “Thank you; God bices you,’ an she made change. Ii told ghe says this to every one who buys 4 ‘or sdagazine und regular custo ere oll call her “wother.”” Her name te Brdiget Wiiliams.—Clitford bi it. No. 418 Central Park Wevt NOT A BAG OF WIND, Four young men put their heads clon together at Ninth Avenue and Street last night and start barbe: shop” harmonization of “That's How Belfeve in You.” Just a. rewcl with wat 6, flew from a ne. ut the singers’ feet. 401 West 23th Street. OPEN TO ALL READERS. in a drug store on Broadway, the 28th the first tenor & high note @ paper bag, filled rby window tnd landed with # plop on the pavement Stanley Mead. 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TEN PRIZES of $2 each for ten next best stories, These prizes are in addition to the dollar paid for each contribution published, Ht you witness = sortous accident, the eutbreak of what threatens to be « BIG fire, er know of any other BI@ news story, telephone Beskman 4008 an@ eat for the CITY EDITOR of The Evening World, Liberal awards for first bis news, BE SURE OF ‘YOUR FACTS. i BROOKLYN. BRONX THEY ALL BARED THEIR HEADS. rq While witnessing the women's athletic meet at the Lewisohn Stadium Sunday afternoon T saw an inspiring sight. The band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and, of course, the people in the stadium stood vp. But what was more impressive was the fact that the strains of the national antaem reached hundreds of young men and boys play- ing baseball in the athletic fleld across from the stadium, whereupon they all stopped playing immediately and stood at attention with bared heads.—Charles J, O'Leary, No. 617 Hast 138th Street, Bronx. Law earéncep, Many times T have seen violated the sanitary law against expectorating on the floor of @ public conveyanes, but to- day for the first time T eaw the law en- forced. It was on a B. R. T train, ‘The conductor had just closed the gates when he caw a man use the floor as a cuspidor. Throwing on the emergency brake he opened the gates and forced the offender out.—R. Hirachberg, No. 194 Maple Street, Brooklyn. MAD SEEN A HAM URED, turning yesterday on & train from ny 1 saw a wotnan who egperl ed some diMcully in keeplag four young children amused, she had ea hausted her ingenuity in telling stories about the cow# and other things ecen from the windows, and the children started to whimper, ‘Then she played her trump. Opening @ satchel she ex- tracted four large ham bones, handed one to each of the children, and there- after peace relgned as they gnawed them with evident gusto.—Mrs, 'T, Swan- son, No. 281 Bmmplre Boulevard, Brook- yn. PAY DAY AND THE WIFE. The day was pay-day, Joy for all ex- cept one clers, who went from one to another of us trying to borrow a dollar ‘Trying to borrow a dollar on pay- Of course no one took him seriously ‘They thought he was joking, He took me to one side and explained that he had contributed a dollar to a collection taker up for un unfortunate fellow- Worker, As this collection was taken up suddenly he had had no opportunity to tell his wife, and he wan afraid to go home with the envelope a dollar short He said if he could gat the dollar every- thing would be all right, sltae he could make up the collection story for the fol- lowing week. I loaned him the dollar because T know his wife, and if you could see the size of her and the alze of him, you would have lent hin a dol- lar, too.—H. J. Lyons, No, 449 Court Btreet, Brooklyn. THE LONG, LONG TRAIL, I was avcond im the line of auto mobiles for the Weehawken Ferry to Jersey when @ well dressed man asked me how to get to the Pennsyl vania Mohway. I pave him the di rections, thinking his car was in the rear of the line. Later, on the way to Paterson, 1 saw hime walking on the road. 1 stopped ard he told ma he had visited too well on Broad- tcay, had gono broke and was hoof- ing it back to his homeyin Penn- aylvania,—Jack Reynolds, No, 4802 Avenue M, Brooklyn, WINDOW SHOPPING. TRY THIS YOURSELY. I saw to-day at 424 Street and Hifth Avenue two ragged little girls. Their appearance in ‘that neighborhood being unusual, I followed them, They bought two beautiful sweaters in a nearby shop. ‘Then In a shoe store each bought « pair of patent leather pumps with high heel large tongues and cut steel buckles. Next they bought a large box of choco- lates in a candy store. After that they went into.a 42d Street department store where, after much deliberation, one bought a purple velvet wrap trimmed with white fur, and the other a beautl- {ul brown cloth sult. Then T lost. th —Minnle. Braur, No. 2013 Bryant A’ ronx, On little, boys rolling an automobile little boy sat within tt and “spoke” with a grin of delight on hi face.—Charles W. Christman, No. Morris Avenue, Bronx. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, WALKING THE “1.” On Flatbush Avenue, near Cortelyou Road, to-day T noticed what appeared to be large cracks in the plate glass window of a real estate and insurance office. Approaching the window T saw that the rks Were imitation ones, J apparently with soap. Pasted on wis a ribbon wi J te a insuran: labelled glass Insurance." —Mr ' No, 25 Stephens Court, Brooklyn, A CHILD SAMARITAN, I was in a pa: Flatbush Avenue yesterday, when, at Prospect Park, an unprepossessing per- xon boarded. He got by the conductor without paying, but the latter called out to him to come back. “Aw, I paid it, growled the m The conductor, a small man, advanced threateningly to ward him, when a small girl of alx spok to her mother, who nodded. The child tugged’ at the conductor's coat, Hy turned and she handed him tive pennies for the dead beat’s fare. She the latter and then went r seat. Of course, the conductor could do Inothing then, and soon the dead beat, who had not acknowledged the child's kindness, Was trying to engage a well- dressed man beside him in conversation, —W, L, Farrington, No, 2116 Ditmas Avenue, Brook! ing the elevated tracks on upper We chester Avenue to-day. BEWARE BAD LUCK On Greeley Square to-day I saw a lot of superstitious people. Tt was the noon hour and a constant stream of people were passing a ladder set up against « Yor ten mtnutes I watched the procession and only two people walked under the ladder. The others carefully passed it on the outside.— Anne L, Litchblau, No. 16 Vernon Ave- nue, Brooklyn, HER PRESENCE A BENHDICTT On my Way to work this morning 1 passed the old school house at Stanton and Sheriff Streets, I snw hundreds of children with their faces lighted up and their yolces ringing with joy. Some ekipped the rope and others chased about exuberantly, I saw the Principal proach—a kind faced woman, her halr silver, The youngsters greeted her affectionately, almost reverently. She touched one on the head as she yoiced a welcome, and the little 1 whis- pered proudly to another ‘ou know, she touched my head!"—David Yun. No. 762 Georgia Avenue, Brooklyn. ties. The “L'" 1 WAS TO “HER.” At Sedgwick Avenue and Fordham {oad to-day [ saw a man take a letter from his pocket, kiss it several times and drop it into a mail box.—Robert Sapolsky, No, 2035 Creston Avenue, Bropx. — L" and the subway trains, which these tracks, but wiong It without the street, and a motorman of a tra her.—Bert Sack, No. PARTING WAS DREADFUL. Avenue, Bronx. While waiting for an uptown subway train at 149th Btreet this afternoon I saw a young couple saying goedby to each other Tho young man seemed to hate to leave her and continually tald her not to worry, I was beginning to feel sorry for them, thinking tha hapa they were newly hubby was cailed away on a lor vey, Just then the train drew into the station. They embraced and he said, “Don't miss me too much, dear: I'll be home in about half an hour.”-—Mra. Justine B. Solow, No. 935 East 179th Street. Bronx. THEY WERD FOOLING, As 1 approached Vyse Avenue night I saw four boys, aloft as if they held in them a strin “Hold it a little highe shout. “Aha!” I said to myself, the old brick to throw off my hat. time the joke will be on thei when I reached them I calm! All they held between th of imagination!—M.. J. Simpson Street, Bronx. SHE SAVES THEM. Ip a pouring rain last week a woman boarded a Southern Boule- vard car at Westchester Avenue and squeezed into the seat next to me. After fumbling iv her bag a few minutes in answer to the conductor's “Fare!” she handed bim a United Cigar Stores coupon. “Sorry, ma'am, but I don't save 'em,” grinned the conductor. “Oh, but I do!” she answered, taking it back and beginning a new search for ber transfer, which she finally found. Byerybody near tittered and rainy-day ex- pressions became few and far between.—Mrs, M. F. Karenefsky, No. 1038 Hoe Avenue, Bronx. La No. NOT TO LIVE IN, Attract® by an elderly, coatless man who was calling out loudly at Dovglase and Court Streets: Buy a louse without @ mortzage!” I looked Into his wagon and yaw it well stocked with pretty modelled paper cot with red man sard roots, Several children and adults were buying up this ‘unmortgagea” property at 15 cents a parcel.—J. M. Masterson, No, 369 Degray Street, Brooklyn. OVER THE SHA TH "LL COME. At the foreign drafts window of 4 lurge Brooklyn bank: to-day 1 saw w young Italian laborer purchase $300 worth of lire to send home. He too’s a great pride in\laying down this sub- stantlal sum and told all about how he waa going to bring his wife and child from Florence. I smiled in appreciation and he showed me a likeness of his wife and their little “Angelina,” and J bid them a safe and speedy voyage to him,—Samuel Freeman, No, 89 Man- hattan Avenue, Brooklyn. fe A CONEY AMAZON, At Coney Island last night | saw a suilor carrying: « large bag of confetti shower a great handful of it on two girls, Alling their mouths und eyes and ears with the stuff, Unexpectedly one of the girls turned and grabbed the sall- or's arm, making an attempt to\empty the bag. It soon became an exciting wtling match. It was ®t tame, eith- and ® great crowd was attracted. They cheered the contestants while @ policeman kept them back to give the sutior and the girl plenty of room. The girl suecesded In emptying the sailor's nfettl hig.—Mazel A. Lewls, No, 481 fourth Street, Brooklyn, RICHMOND YES, INDEED. On my way home from business I no- ticed a huge pile of coal, approximately 10 tons, lying unprotected bestde the Staten Island Rapld Transit Company's: dooks ut Sixth and Steele Streets, New Dorp. If that coal were mine I'd have the entire police force of Staten Island guarding it.—Miss Alvina Renz, No. 98 Otis Avenue, Grant City, Staten Island, GOURMET. I was walking around the pond ne: 5 MUST BE SO, 1 saw two women dancing to-day on the roof of « house on Rockaway A’ bus, near MeDougal Street, Brooklyn. Down the sirect a band was playin; so doubt they have « full coal bins therwise I don't think they could have been so gay.—Veronica O'Neill, No. 228 Hull Street, Brooklyn. 4 woodpecker flew in front of me. into the lake, ward and when it, turned again I saw had a frog in its beak. I watched and was surprised to see that after body lying on the ground. berg. No. mond, 8. I, AUEF SED, KHND OF SPRAYS. Kiyery evening about dusk on Fifth Sirect, Brooklyn, I see an unknown wémen carrying two larre bottles of milk and several saucers, Usually there stray cate there waiting for arn 4 steadily to a cab. wre man her, They know her, for every eventig od it to the taat driver, saying: Passing undet the turnatile the cat|the clothes to out mets he feeds them. They gather in droves ie Fas my card, air. win you disappeared and the boy re-entered Nelimann, 17th and Van Wyck Avenue] from everywhere. And she never falls Kindly take me homef”-—Genevieve ] ar and sat at roy ids; Well, 1 got her |< ollege Point 4 f Margery Wiener, No. (91 Tighth ca NO. 68 where T wanted her,” he va ve —_ em. Margery Wiener, N hy Foley. No. 681 Clove Road, West SEASON'S EXD, ANYHOW. 1} Avenue, Brooklyn, Netw Brighton, 8. 1. Yesterday’s Special Prizes PELE ESA TOTEINS First Prize, $25. OHO, No. 92 Dean Street, Brooklyn. Second Prize, $10. MARGARUT M'CAULBY, No. 439 East 136th Street, - Third Prize, $5. No. 239 West 72d Street, PROTECT THE KIDDIPS, One of the thi FUNNY INDEED. On # trolley ear on Fresh Pond Read here aut in front of meu woman and # boy of about four. A herd of cower wap being driven by two men. Seeing them the bey shouted: “Oh, look, mamma! What fanny looking horses!"’—Joeeph Martin, No. 565 Wilson Avenue. Brook- lyn. ELLEN . pon? At some places there are two-bar Inga about three feet high. whil o {v no protection at all. blood Bronx, Tt chills on BETS OFF! MIS, HUGH DRN line B. Walk mul+ men whom they gaxe them all they caught, two women and a mai MRS. JANE PARKES, Highland Avenue, Flushing, L. | MRS. HARRY J. BRUCB, No. 51 Fillmore Avenue, Corona, L. 1 MARY COSTELLO, No, 2665 Hast 18th Street, Brooklyn. MRS. WILLIAM BOYD, No. 59 Union Street, Montclair, MRS. FLORENCE ¢. STUMP, No. 219 Westfield Elizabeth, N, J between the boys was run (or walked) and when the boys finally appeared they came—together. All bets were off.—W. A. Fritsch, No, 401 Smith Street, Brook- lyn. ie J Avenue hadn't caught a single one. r ! MATBE. for & moment In the shadow of the Tombs Prison, on tho Leonard Street side, T saw three — Read to-day'’s dteri » Pick the ones you think best, men sitting in an playing poker, A pollveman was standing on Winners will be announced in this evening's Night Pictorial vovered their lose or apy one the ‘vorner, ‘That's nerve !—Joseph it atch the meanest. thieves on Marsh, Ne. editions to-merrew Inlund,—Johin Connelly, No 5 te Rockland Avenue, New arp, S. 1 APITAL PRIZES for the Winners Other Than Those to Whom the Ford Cars are Awarded: $100; SECOND, $50; THIRD, $25; FOURTH, $10. seth Street to-day I saw three tire up and down the street while another played 2343 I saw an elderly, portly woman walk- She walked all the way from the Simpson Street station to the Intervale Avenue station on the structure here Ja high and curries two third rails for both og e she made her way any apparent fear. Hundreds of people watched her from pulling out of the Lnitervale station ran his cars at a enail’s pace until he passed 996 Westchester to- two on either side of tho street, holding their hands I heard one “at's This "And so raised my hand to tear down—absolutely nothing! n was a length 1032 the Munor Road to-day, when suddenly stood on the ground and looked intently Suddenly it sprang for- had devouredthe frog's legs It left its Hale Fri- 2 Tillman Street, Port Rich- epagty-looking old gentlenan came out of @ cafe near Columbus Circle last night and walked un- He flourished a card case, took out a card and hand- T noticed at Niagara Falls last week was the {nadequate pro- tection for children at dangerous ponte ‘ail xceedingly dangerous places there to sec Uttle children frisking about at the edge of the rapids on rocky whore a slip would mean death.—Pau- No, 181 Colfax Avenue, ted with his nets Meanwhile were having bad luck crabbing near them. The; ‘The boy attention was uway from their crabs and these two woinen and that man dumped all of them into their bag, hurried to their automobile and got away before the children dis: cou! Staten PRIZE:--B -WEEKLY PRIZES. it Stories of the Week to Be Distributed Among FIRST, oUuT OF TOWN HEADWORK ALWAYS WINS. While driving along 4 stretch of road with a string of Macaipenia front of us as well as in the rear of usr wo found traMc suddenly dnterg rupted in both directions.” After waiting soveradguuinutes we ao ahead and joined a group gathered about 4 varrow bridye. We aupe ~» Dowed there bad been an aceldent, but found two mughines facing each other which bad found It imposstble to pave. The Mivers refused, to budge, each insisting the otaer should back out aud both ignoring the other curs they were holding fp. Finally the driver of our car muge seated they should match colus to seo which one chould reverse, . This Was done, and traMc was speedily resumed,—Irances Greene, No,16 Mulberry Street, Providence, R. 1 . WHAT DID KE sAYt At Greenwood Lake I saw 4 novel church. Jt is built or rough stone on an NOT TOO PROUD TO BEER During # heavy rainstorm T° on old Indy timidly picking her way’ feland reached by a rustic brider. ‘The tonal} pulpit, also built of stone, te over the] the pavement. 1 oxpected at anys sa0- water, and on calm) Sunday evenings Inf ment to see her f Three fummer candes and rowbonte dot the} vere your ine school, gir surface of the Jako beneath and new Mets 1 1 overheard: th while evening eervice ts held. say :@'Oh, Poweutdn't; ste'l getiowdtall ' rigift, thin fr It wan on a week night that T caw the church, and, of volirse, there was no service. Instead @ pair of lovers lolt~ ered on tie pulpit ctepy, and I heard the girl murmur: “Wouldn't this be a romantic spot to he married ?—Mru. M, Strong, Warwick, N. ¥. ——* UP AND DOWN VALUES. But suppose dive fatle?? omy cantest looking of thi she is old and“oughe t¢ Scorping the renaark, ™ / funny looking’ thing, I ie achomed to be acer walking with. ber, this girl went to the oastatance -ofsthe| old woman. It was worth a wetting te! On Abbott Street, Pawtucket, a young tt i man purchased a house in 1917 for] See lier face leh} up as the young. gf ‘ $5,500. In 1918 he was offered $4 approached Her. And they chatted. ¢6yiy im they crossed atreet while the other two looked a bit of envy and maybe some their eyes.—Mrs, O'Brien, No. roe Street, Hoboken, N J. th together, on: with shame | 725. Mien for the house; In 1919 he was offered $5,500; In 1920 le was offered $6,500 nd last year he could have sold it for $7,500. A few days ago, when finally he decided to well, the beet he could s for the house way $6,000.—John F. Magner, No. 3 Larch Street, Pawtuckel, R. 1. H-TONED GYPSIES... fi Coming down » mountain road yeat day near Liberty, a small boy’ hailed th WAND TO HUT. me with: ne sypeles, roleter rom a bus yesterday { saw a police-| They're a-comin'!” 1 looked “but man in hot pursuit of « rat. Tho rat} could see no gypsies, only a touring/ea: an ingtant in search of of expensive make and a one-hieinn paused for hole alongwide a building. Mt hone and, turntog, ran «long the build Ing; but the pause was sufficient for |also the policeman to catch up, He ung | rin his club, but missed. ‘The rat turned und ran'in the other direction. A the officer swung and missed. Again the rat turnod. Again the officer swung and missed, and then I lost stsht of the engagement.—J. HH. Ranmey, No. 133 West-dith & a wagon. starl The farmer in the wagot wad at the touring car. >To and then T saw the gysplen—ea red bandaunas, swarthy, fae ts found yen of them, in that elaborate tourtin: with probably the chief at —Hurry H. Craigie, Liberty, ef ear, whee! THE DOU Crowsing ™ wher duy 1 ¢ vome pie: TY SPARROW: ison Square ‘Parle th aman feeding ital 1s and two sparrowascwh seemed to be Intetlopers. Occastonally the sparrows would. cud between the Inge of the pigeons and swiftly pick wp the grain, which the curry to safety, This oceurre 1 times, but finally, when one © the sparrows imissed his aim and th food was grabbed by a pigeon, th] smaller bird actually jumped on th bigger one's neck and vicioysly pecke: at {t. The other plgcons, instead Of c Ing to their comrade assistance, chase the other sparrow mway.—L. R. Madil son, Terra Marine Hotel, Huguene| Park, Staten Island. > A HAPPY AMIELY. While stopping for gus to-day at M ford, Conn., T saw the wife of the g proprietor dol chores in the ha yard. SNe uttered « loud il and sud- denly there appoared taeive pigs, ten turkeys, about eight -eese, twelve ducks, over fifty hens, about thirty-five baby chicks and two sheep. They all gathered in one spot and were fed from the same pan. No quarrels ensued and the older ones made way for the young- or ones whether or not they belonged to the same family.—Flizabeth Roche, No, 1639 Park Avenue, Bridgeport,Con| THE DIPLOMATIC HATPIN. ‘To-day a young girl sat down tn a roadway troMey closer io a middle-aged woman than was necessary*-so close the latter was up- comfogtable, The woman very politely asked the girl ff she ‘would kindly move over a little, but she absolutely declined to do so. Wheré-, upon those in thé car were surprised to see the wothan quietly draw Uw hatpin from ber bat and jab the girl. Sue cried out, buf she moved Miss Astrid Rundquist, Mountain Lakes, N. J. < in Be QUEENS THEY DO EVERYTRING, NOW. At Vanderbilt Avenue and Sterling |: Place, Brooklyn, to-day, T saw an old woman seated {n an ancient wagon and driving an old horse. She was crying: “I-buy ol’ clo’, T buy ol’ clo’. A new Neld of enfeavor for women.—Mrs. Will- lam Hi, Schubert, No, 9554 112th Street, Richmond Hill, NO LONGER ON THE JOB, THOUGY ‘The strangest advertiscment 2 evel] saw was one T noticed yesterday oni] gravestone in ‘the cemetery of Gra | Wpiseopal Church, Fulton Street, J maica, Beneath the words engraved c the stone, “Here Hes the corpse Gi Sarah, w of Jacob Banks, ro ¥ signed her breath 18th July, 17632" pears the advertisement: “Cut by Us Ward, Newark,”—J. F. Traube, No. Harvest Street, Forest Hills, ar It tt it it WILL THE CAT COME BACKt Yesterday I'saw a boy of twelve let the cat out of the bag tn the subway We were on a Lexington Avenue eax- press train, southbound. A linoteuy bag he carried seemed suddenty to by QUIT 80: ‘ Nesting on the beach at College }Polt alter # dip in Long Island geund, @ didn't “wear the clothes out terribly to which she replied the car, while the passengers cheered him and langhed, The train stopped at 86th Strect and the cat shot through the door with the boy in close pursult come alive, there was & loud yowling, |M#rd une of a group of women: fellirg and a black cat jumped out. Instantly |heeothers she sent her laundiye to th the boy gave chase as the cat ran abuyt| "Wet wash.” She was asked. 16 thi | ebrugel isn't it bet! clothes ¢ should “well, them to wear out t beon trying to get rid.of that peat of o cut for a month, but she came bomc every time. This me my family told attery 1] A tired luoking trap new ¢ man was clinging wded Lexington Avent J me to lose hep at tho T hope} otevated train bound for Patk (Ro 86th Street won't be too nesr hoine lon suddenly the strap broke. Til BD, Drosues, Ambassador Motel, Bdse- | iyyn’y hand, deecending swiftly, rash mere, through the crown of « etraw hat/wou by a’ man seated in front of hin AUTO. A GOLD BEAR at NG explanation was required to convey I was overhauling automob'le tals tine owner of the hat that the LUR. 8] afternoon and when T removed one oflang not the hat-amnasher, was F2pe the shoes I heard a tinkiing sound 99 | eipic,tterb Holland, No. 68g > 04 I looked down and Later the owner Me the gonerete floor. found a $6 gold piece, came in and I told him of my find rect, Woodhaven $ gan Lareen, No. 200 Seventh Street Long Irland City, N. ¥. long the floor.—Auguet H. Ber i Hulsom Avenue, Glendale. DON’T BE DISCOURAGED. Vf your contribution does not appear on the day followieg that on which it was mailed, do aot be discouraged. It may appears day or two later, Wateh the page, t 4 EGINNING TO-DAY ae \