The evening world. Newspaper, October 25, 1922, Page 23

2 | | pt | oe st “A FORD A DAY.” o% Special Additional Daily Prize for Contributions to This wo OPEN TO ALL READERS Name of Winner in To-MNight’s Pictorial Edition. MANHATTAN, “OMIT FLOWERS.” TT employees of a large electrical company, nearing of the death of the father of their foreman, took up a collection for the purpose of buying a floral wreati:. I am a retail florist and re- ceived the order with instructions for immediate delivery, Upon ar- riving at the address (a New Jersey suburb) I noticed that there was ho crepe on the door. When I rang the bell a man came to the door, , Save me one startled look, stepped out, shut the door behind him and led me off. “This way,” he sald, steering me across lots to a high fence.. “Throw those flowers over that fence quick,” he sald, “my father Isn't dead, I've been on a bit of a bat and that was the only excuse I could think of for not showing up. I forgot all about the , boys; I might have known they would do sometaing like this!"—Alfred D. Sickles, No, 69 Eighth Avenue. CASE ANYTHING SHOULD A MISTAKE IN LOCATION. Looking In a grocery window at Au- dobon Avenue and 177th Street, I saw a bag of coffee marked ‘5 Ibs, for 25 cents." Entering I ordered five pounds of coffee. The clerk seemed astonished, but he was more astonished when I handed him @ quarter, He asked for a dollar more. I told him of the sign, and he laughed and sald he never made mistakes. But when he went outside with me to see the sign, he looked sheepish and told me the sign was meant for a basket of apples in the win- dow.—Mary MacDuer, No, 669 Wegt 182d Street. ing wi : al w INFORMAL DRES I saw two men, who evidently work in that neighborhood, enter a self-ser- vice cafeteria in 23d Street near Fourth Avenue. They ordered their lunch and while walting for it were standing by the counter, Both had on white coate, and immediately several persons tried to hand them trays. Both were be- wildered until they noticed a bus boy, also wearing a white coat, picking up empty trays, Then both took off their coats and ate their lunch in their shirt sleeves, but also in peace.—Otto G. Brand, No. 489 E, 139th Street. = it HAPPEN, ry morning I see a little tad como edaitng up Amsterdam Avenue in a along I noticed that he had a ‘ooden horse on wheels trailing his car. ‘That's in case of mo- me—and just then his auto off the curb and a wheel col- lapsed. The driver was thrown out MPa lesaaee to; ‘diersniy eanacartes the steed from the rear to the front of @ auto und towed the whole outfit faron Salzberg, No, 604 West 112th «ff Street. rt , SOLID. street in front of my apartment at No. 206 West 18th Street and I coula hea! Shouts of glee when some one inade a aa not of glee when the ball crashed fough the window into my room. I Pye frightened and in somewhat of a food a small boy with as many freckles as Wesley Barry. ‘I'm sorry, Missus,” he sald. ‘And pleasc, kin we have the automobile. To-day as he came trouble,” the little shaver gravely but not a whit daunted he ~ in order for proper repairs,— DOF Some boys were playing ball In the home run. I gave a shout myself which ntrum I ran to the front door. There ball back?" His courage softenca my ge Until November 1. “WHERE DO WE LAUGH?" BAYS HE THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922. REPORTED BY EVENING WORLD READERS fe] T One Dollar is paid for every item printed; the World, Post Office Box 185, City Hall Station. make this news feature even more entertaining and interesting Special Prizes are to be awarded Daily and Weekly. are in addition. Send them to “What Did You See?” Editor, Evening ITE ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 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Fifteen of us followed aim to the door of a telephone booth and I saw ‘one after another step to the telephone and heard each say just a word of good cheer to a man in a hogpital in far away Moravia, Cal., stricken with what is said to be a fatal illness and heroically awaiting the last call. As each of the buddies took the phone he first pronounced his own name distinctly and then delivered a short message of affection and remembrance. Then all together joined in “three cheers for Major Murphy,” the sick man, 3,000 miles away, and finally the Major gave Sergt. Horn, at our end, one message for all of us. Our messa; and the big cheer, he said, had touched his very soul and given strength to his spirit—Nat A. Jaslow, No. 200 Arbuckle Building, Brooklyn. MRS. HOMEBODY VENTURES ‘The motorman of a Lorimer Street car ABROAD. lowed up at Atlantic Avenue to-day hen he saw a Ford sedan, with @ man At the Hoyt Street station of the Interborough subway Thursday after- JURE OF YOUR FACTS. BRONX. THE RIDDLE OF THE LONE BANANA, OMING down from the subway at Jackson Avenue in the eve- ning, I saw a peddler who was selling bananas. I became inter- ‘ted for the moment because of the few bananas remaining on the pushcart. He appeared to be almost ready to “lock up” and go home. There were six “banan” in the centre of the cart, under a “6 for bc" sign, agd one lone but perfectly good banana all by itself in one corner. “Give you five cents for the seven of them,” said the first shopper who showed up. My peddler passed over the banani and took the nickel. But did he call it a day? He did not. He stooped down behind the cart and produced seven more from a basket. Six of them he placed under the “6 for Bc” sign; the other was given a conspicuous position, all alone. I had solved the riddle of the lone banana, excellent bait for the bargain hunter.—Michael Rechler, No. 764 Tinton Avenue, Bronx. Regular CAPITAL PRIZES for the Bost Stories of the Week to Be Distributed Ameng DAILY Prize Winners Other Than Those te Whom the Ford Care are Awarded: $100; SECOND, $50; THIRD, $25, FOURTH, $10. EVENING WORLD PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS driving and a woman on the rear seat, start to cross the street. became excited, Jumped up and grabbed the driver of the Ford by the neck with both hands. some pressure, sidewise and back and forth to get free. The car turned around twice and when facing the trolley car. dent was over the woman threw herself back into her seat and went into parox- yams of laughter. nothing funny tn It. 45 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, noon, I saw an intelligent looking wo- man try to insert a subway ticket tn a coin slot of a turnstile. Evidently she was unaccustomed to traveling un- accompanied by hubby and was un- familiar with the turnstiles. But si joon grasped the machine's require: ments after watching other passengers and her difficulties were over.—William Lohman, No. 462 62d Street, Brooklyn, The woman She evidently rut on for he shook his head WITH A DASH OF RED. ‘Two painters were at work on a ecaf- fold spreading a beautiful coat of deep red on the wall before them, when 1 saw them from the 86th Street “L" sta- tion at Second Avenue. One of the men accidentally tilted his pail of paint with his elbow IT was watching, and the paint, dripping through the slatted plat- form, fell upon the new gray fedora hat of a passer-by. He walked calmly on, UNCLE BRNEST. T wae looking over my grandma's books to-day and I saw a note in one of them anying that my Uncle Brnie was the first baby born in Webster Avenue, thirty-two years ago. My Grandma says he would have been christened Shipman Web- ter, only they christened Aim too a00n.—Florence McHroy, No. #246 Webster Avenue. was finally brought to a stop {t was When the tnel- NOAH IN N'YAWK. My omall brother asked me, as he was going to bed the other night, where Noah was during the flood. I ssured him Noah was in the Ark. But he misunderstood me and replied, “Oh, Her husband saw Ernest Grolt, No. anger and I handed him the ball but in N'York, how did he get there?—J| unconscious of the new shade his head- WELCOME. told him to go play somewhere clae. QUEENS. Hilda Shapiro, No. 1219 Hast 10th|gear had acquired.—Doris Miller, 366] On Third Avenue, near 167th Streot "Thanks, Missus,"’ he called back Joy- THE WATER HAZARD. Street, Cypress Avenue, Bronx. day I saw a new undertaker's estab- fully as he sped away. “If ever you feed a man call on —Miss E. Web- ater, No, 106 West 13th Street, THE “JOKERS.” _My taxi was called to a house tn Bith Street between First and Second Avenues and a bride and bridegroom ped in and asked to be driven to Pennsylvania Station, Arrived there, the bride sald: “Hurry, George. won't mias the train,” but when reached into his pocket for his wal- let, picture his chagrin to find ft full of neatly cut, neatly folded pleces of news- Paper just the size of the bills he thought {t contained. But he was a ood sport. He laughed and his bride hed when he sald, “Come, May, it have to go home again and get ."* “When T left them at the shouting from the “We knew you'd come the jokers were crying In @elight.—Joseph B. Bogue, No. 949 First Avenue. on Sunday, I saw W x: well muffled up. ROXIP LOSES FAITH IN A FRIEND. I am very fond of revolver shooting nd took my .44-Colt when I went to itvan County recently to make some ographs for a well known sports- Yan. One of his kennel of splendid dogs ts # hound named Roxle, whose mame I changed during my visit to ‘Vamp because of the way she vamped ime to make me give her chocolate. One @ay that was too cloudy for taking pictures Vamp accompanied me on a walk and, thinking to please her, I un- Mmbered my gun and took careful alm under a chipmunk that wes chattering at us from atop a rail fence. The chip scampered away after the shot. Then ‘Vamp looked at me, her ears slumped, If Ber tall drooped and she made beo~ e for home. I'm still wondering Hf] Mhether she forsook mo because I shot the chipmunk or because I missed INSPECTION, To-day I saw five moth holes that taught me @ lesson. Last spring 1 bought a new pair of heavy trousers to match a three-year-old coat of my winter uniform. I put the coat in cam- phor in my locker, but, the trousers belng new, I took them to a pawnshop because I waa fearful of getting moths into them. Notified that the winter uniform inspection would be ‘held, 1 went for my trousers and took them to wu) ci — (Ilustration by the Author.) HILE strolling along the golf links at Forest Park, L. I, several hazard. This attracted my attention, naturally, as the day was far from warm and nearly everybody I saw about was fairly 1 stopped for a moment to investigate and much to my surprise learned that the youngsters were “treading” for golf balls, just as fishermen do for clams, Pause, No. 8787 Lefferts Boulevard, Richmond Hill, L. I. on Broadway, Flushing, a lad of about twelve, spent dime after dime at @ booth where the winner of a marble rolling At the reached the street door in safety, but there curiosity got ‘the better of him. lshment, all fixed up with fine, large glass windows, some expensive draper- jen and a large bouquet of artificial flowers in @ basket in the window. There was also a large, neatly worded sign ‘Open for Buslness—but {t didn’t at- tract me,—Earl W, Simmons, No. 801 Freeman Street, RICHMOND. A SQUIRE OF DAMES. I saw four generations, al! feminine, on a Castleton Avenue trolley car this evening, @ smail girl of perhaps seven years, her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. More unusual, 1 saw a real kind conductor. When these people were ready to leave the car he stepped off first, lifted the child down, helped the others alight and, when the great-grandmother's turn came, he es corted her right to the curb.—Gertrude G. McGowan, No, 655 Delafield Avenue, West New Brighton, 8. I THE MAGAZINE PAGE. ‘This evening I saw my ‘Kitchenette Kink" article printed on the magazine Page of The Evening World, for which T shall receive one doll ‘This being my birthday, I consider tt a real birth- day present.—Mrs. G. Greig, No. 1840 Bergen Street, Brooklyn. WIPE YOUR FEET! At the entrance to an undertaker's stablishment on Second Avenue, near 116th Street, I saw a doormat on which was the greeting, ‘Welcome’ in large black letters.—Anthony B, McKernan, No, 685 East 137th Street, Bronx, boys wading in a water I enclose a sketch.—W. A. THE YOUNG INVENTORS. Two ten-year-old boys have con- structed an ingenious home-made merry-go-round in a vacant lot on Chureh Street, from a fourteen-foot plank, @ plece of gas pipe and a dis- carded round hot water boller, The latter was sunk one-third deep In the round, a round hole was made in the centre of the plank, and the gas pipe. on one end of which was a cap, was thrust through the plank and down into the boiler. A Uttle axle grease at the point of contact and the affair was ‘ready for action. From six to ten chil- dren ride on {t every time it whirls and passers-by often pause to praise the young Inventors. One man went # tar as toget on and ride with the kid —Willlam Flavin, No. 2533 Church Ave- nue, Brooklyn. KICKED FOR A GOAL, I saw a football kicked for a goal by one of @ squad of Staten Island Acad- emy boys at football practice Wednes- day afternoon beside Richmond Terrace sail over the goal posts, roll out on the terrace and under a bologna truck bear- Ing the name M. Szczotkowsk! of No. 149 8th Street, Brooklyn. A rear wheel ran over the pigskin and {t burst with & cannon-like report. The chauffeur, evidently thinking he had a blowout, stopped, sald something with a lot of 2's, x's and w’s in It, Inspected his tires and, finding them all right, shook his ad and proceeded. The kame did not proceed. It was called off and a lot of disappointed boys walked disconaolatery from the fleld.—F. B. Wall, West New Brighton, Staten Islar DUMBB . ‘Traffic was held up Wednesday after- noon on Houston Strest from Church Street clear up to Broadway by the ef- forts of @ driver to ba hie truck up to the curb, I noticed that the truck next tn line waa not moved an inch to facilitate the backing-up process and suw the driver grinning at the efforts of the teamater to perform an almost impos- sible feat in tho limited space at his command. His horses, of course, suf- fered, and I wondered whether, after au, they were as dumb as the dumbbell who could but would not give a few Inches to make thelr task easier. Helen Boone, New Dorp Lane, ONE OBSTACLE REMAINS. One’ of our neighbors, a widow of about sixty-eight years, who has eight children and thirteen grandchildren, has employed a matrimonial agent to find her a third husband. She wants a young man who has no children, She refused to take a widower who had two daugh- ters, although he came up to specifica- tions otherwise. One day last week T saw the agent go hurriedly to her door and tell her excitedly that one of the man's daughters had dled.—Herman Schneider, No. 85 Louisiana Avenue, DON'T GET HURT! Every night when the 6.10 ferry from South Ferry docks at St. George there fs a wild rush the moment the gates are opened. To-day I saw one of tho first off the boat start to run at top speed. He tripped, fell and those run- ning behind him fell upon him and there was a general mix-up, It ts nice to Ket home early--but why tuke chances, in- asmuch as the trains, trolleys and buses walt for every o Harry P. All No. 54 Tompkins Street, Staple- ton. At the Knights of Columbus Carntva! me was awarded a real, live canary. last the Goddeas of Luck smiled pon him and eagerly accepting the lit- je wooden cage containing the canary lad hastened toward home. Hi Y him.—Fdward Heim, No. 67 West 67th| tho tailor'a to be pressed. I was just| He stopped. He looked. His face was} MOREA TEN GON coe ae S HF street. leaving when he called me back. To| beautiful to behold. Then he cautiously ee aaa Haas m my sorrow he showed me where the} lifted one of the small, sliding sticks of rode along Temp! Ta ina cananat BUTCHER, CHICKEN AND HOME [pants were moth-eaten in five places.| the bird's wooden prison—but not cau ne and Pave y alorigeidé anaot the > BREW. When I went to my locker later and; ously enough. The canary darted out Hee Resin neater on hire A uae ‘At the butcher shop beldhging to my |looked at my coat I discovered it was|and flew to the top of a Kewple Dol! her of pec yelled at the person In brother-in-law, W. Ginger, at 180th} in perfect condition. Moral: No more | booth, then through the door to the np the car for throwing water on the run- “hock shops: swer perfectly. Compuy No, 287, No. 84 Grand Street, Elmhurst, L. I. Street and \ Avenue, the Bronx, I my llttle locker will an- whim drinking a glass of home brew d on his lap was his favorite chicken iz LY t pathetic figure as he stood there wi: a little r branches of a tree. The lad was 0 but aft 1) that race. —Fadwin R d, West New ner to refresh him runner did not win the vi Yorson, No. 444 Clover Ke y gazing after his departing cana, empty cage {n his hand.—.A. W er variety), the chicken — _ ra tnten Island Bemeneetnce: variety), end she aoe -—— Lees, No. 68 Union Street, Flushing Begy ¥ drinking home brew also with . . | Ment enjoyment.—Mrs, J, Gartner, No : ' esi ei Nese srry Gerri A HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN Ghowt 1953 Avenue A. saw two sweet young things on al — ul 5 Y d Ss +e l p *. Passing a friend's house on Preacott ee A Lexington Avenue local during the rush! "A ign, “Honey for Sale,” caught my ester ays opecia rizes Avenue, Grant City, T sew one stalk P wacis cera HID OF SOME nour, apparently just married and start: on the Merrick Road to-day, so 1 of corn’ growing in his Karden. It was ‘ {ng on thelr honeymoon: t travelling | dectded to make a purchase. As I ap- small and looked as though tt i COMPANY, jutfit proclaimed Its newness; the pla Ford Car. ane aay nN oe procli! ss; the pl proached the farm house I was amazed DAVID 2 ° . heeded some attention, so T told him hi ST saw the Canadian grizaly num ring on her left hand was shiningly| to » owner working near 4 nui i. WOOLSHY, No. 286 Tenth Street, Brooklyn Could improve the atalk by going to the the at Bronx Park Zoo to-day, in} new, and the tea roses and lilies of the! per of hives with a swarm of black (Winners of Ford Prize report tmmodiately to City Editor, Eve- r of com and If nothing exciting, but the: artful e does it and Its selentifie pur- pirpose 1 t worthy of the “What gf You 8 wv Bruin slowly acked into the pool. He sat in th water al istline” several minutes. he the fore part of his bulk valley which she wore at her waist were charming. At 33d street the man tried to leave the train, pushing this way ind that to make room for the young lady against the onrusing tide of rush- hour subway fans turned homeward. 1 turned agaln to my paper and as IT arose et bees flying about his head but not mo- very intellis harm a person they knew and were ac- and buying an ¢ i. Returning home ning Wor! store |, for Idenilfication,) tying {t on the ata lesting him at all. 1 made my purchase First Cash Prize, $25. to-day T enw a package for me, It from a nats cisterns ang pane ihe ELIZABETH A. CONLEY, No. 60 West 67th Street contained an ear of corn about three ‘armer how he could work so unprotect- fi Tong and one inch in thickness, ed umong the bees. He said bees were Second Cash Prize, $10. See eee ee ee iat, IRL Ie BAe t creatures and would not WINNIE ROBBINS, No. 67 Condict Street, Jersey ( not enough to feed a family of three, #0 erge. Winally his head disappeared|to leave the train at Grand Central.| customod to. He even showed me how Third Cash Prize, $5. took a chance and sent i one | me, and he kep! his snout under an aston-| what was my surprise to see Mra. New-] ho was able to put his Angers. inside LOUIS A. HAVENS JR., No. 6 Liverpool Street, Jamatca, L, 1 CR APS IGE arcphig haa {shingly long time. A spectator famMar | lywed In front of me madly atriving to] the hives without injury from the bees.— was thoroughly formed, vt the corn with bear life in Yellowstone Park ex-] get out, and almost in tears. Hubby! Caroline Egan, No, 10766 118th Street, Ten Cash Prizes of $2 Each. was miasing, If Mr. Wood had been plained that bruin plunged In to chase|tiad succeeded in getting out at eon mile THOMAS W. HUGHES, No. 138 Fast 43d Street more Renerous he would have se fleas. He backed in to drive them for- aes ane tas the doors alent and VERONICA DEVANEY, No. 483 Fairview Avenue, Orange, N. J and esterase a ae w fleas would retreat to|! certainly hope the couple became re- TRE WRA aux SW. FE : . y Avenue, G , y are the water, ‘Then, ruin subs [United without any more. difficulty. THE WEARER 3% LOUIS W. FERRIS, Box 106, Farmingdale, L. 1 etait escape Al the 148th Street n of che MRS. CLARA SH \ : a R, No, 890 Faile Street, Bronx Jon. merged all but his head wine fete Helen M. Hannel, No, 1800 Victor Street Avenue °L'' near midnight I saw HERMAN J. COHN, No, 2266 88d Street, Brooklyn T was b ee nie r made for his dry snout en they ; ae tire platform deserted except for 2 N, No. 2266 Sid Btreet, Brovklyn, sae K\ START Te reached it bruin pulled his "Mt RING AND WINTER: three gitis who stood unconcernedly in WILLIAM A. DONOVAN, No. 1667 Bast Seventh Street, phon HOT aa Oy Pe Pearat’ under and prsvmably all on| T saw a man pulling carrote of aline bitter wind, J nuticed in the walting wy, prooklyn. trying Sc @ek Ae Sha DOUae tO tay BAk SRE » the “ark drowned. Anyway bruin | farm near Fulton St + Ie Ta loa about twentyefive men and not @ GRACE MEREDITH, Box 91, Milford, Pike County, Pa Fe eA A ppt eu oe BEA Niue ettoving: so e Joke : her, eve EMA Juke tien @ecunle Zaiay ADOLPH G. WEIS, No. 1460 96th Street, Woodhaven, L. 1 ninking she Would go to the coop this when he lumbered from the water. "Th his fy oven p the platform and I looked to sec UANNLIE M, THOMPSON, No. $69 St. Jokn's Place, Brooklyn. tl where, AL Se aoe NL Fe int is that had bruin « tely sub- his overco! ar turned up| where y would wait for the train MAY F. COST: O, N MeDe f yiy awny en hour en 1 re F . Merged when he first entered the water and buttoned, On the sidewalk not [‘The man made at once for the waltine MAY F. COSTBLLO, No. 714 McDonough Street, Broviiya Relghbor told me that Pettt had been : ave “dug in’ snug to] fifteen feet fron . walletni MY ihe woman held back, La a carrying on, ng up 16 [| of his body was dry they would keep | per knee length skirts, low] she said, "Oh, no.” he replied, best. Winners will be announced in this evening's Night her in and it wasn't th ninutes un- travelling, When th c Ll kwaist, sheer silken hose.—Joseph | wait in here out of the cold.” In they Pictorial (Green Sheet) edition and in other editions t d laid a beautiful white egy. mout it wa Pr, bons, No. 84 Elizabeth Street,|went and I mused.—Joseph Brandon, to-morrow. A. M. Siravo. 45 Dale Street, 1 Park, Ross, No, 11 35. 130th Street, No. 730 Oakland Place Dorp. WEEKLY PRIZES. FIRST, OUT OF TOWN. “AND ALL THE LITTLE CHICKENS IN THE GARDEN.” VERY night at dusk my wife goes down the road a quarter of @ E mile to get the milk from one of our neighbors who is lucky enough to be the proprietor of a cow. Last night, with her fourteen White Plymouth Rock chickens and the kitten trailing along after her, she looked like the wife of the Pied Piper. Her mother and I watched the procession, wondering how long it would last, but Mrs. unaware of her followers, went whistling along until a man in a motor car yelled a request to “get your chickens off the road! * ¢ © ‘The chickens are home raised and Mrs. Franklin, being a city girl, has made great pets of them.—B. C. Franklin, Grande Avenue, Hemstead, L. I., R. F. D. No. 3, Box 96. ON THE WAY TO AN KAR SPECIAL j 1st. j I came upon a batky horse the morning while on my way to New Britain. The driver's non-succese | had discouraged him, and having had some experience with horses, I attempted to make him atart. The remult wan nil, Then along came @ fellow who said he could make the animal go. He told the driver to take his seat, and then he picked up @ handful of dirt and email peddies and poured them into one of the horse’e ears, That produced action mighty quickly, and the last I sao of tho horae and wagon they were going speeding down the road ae if going to a fire.—Rugene J. Ahearn, | No. 908 South Colony Road, Wal- | Ungford, Conn, His WIFE'S BROTHER, The manager of a chain grocery store was expressing concern lest his super- intendent should learn he wae arriving late, as he and I walked toward the store about § o'clock one morning re- cently. Just then he saw his boss com- ing toward us In his car, and dodged into a doorway, After the car passed he hurried out and ran to the ators. But the super must have seen him In the car's mirror, for got to the store first. There he was finishing lec- turing the manager when I entered the store a few momenta Inter. As the superintendent went out he said to me “Tf that fellow wasn't my brother-in- Inw I'd fire him; but you know how women are."'—Robert H. Johnston $r., No, 483 Central Avenue, Newark, N. J. A MONUMENT TO MICHAEL. Riding with some friends on a road between Wanderburg and Colte Neck, N. J., one day last woek, I saw by the roadside a single grave that waa inclosed by a three-foot fron fence. Pausing to see who had deen buried in that unuewal manner, I read the following epitaph: “Thte 4s to mark the apot where iia the re- maine of Michael Field, who was slain by the enemy im their retreat from the Battle of Monmouth, June £9, 1778." The fence, we were in- formed, waa erected by the Mon- mouth County Hiatorical Soctety, which always keepa an American flag over the grave.—Mra, Irving Roop, Belford, N. J. WHAT GLADYS HANDED THD cusTOMER. TI am in the habit of delivering to some of my father's customers. Yeu: terday 1 delivered a bag containing | dozen to a lady on the next block. 1! left when she called me | ‘Gladys, are you playing @ She showed me a dozen lemons in the bas. My alster had re- turned trom a store shortly bofore I left the house and I had picked up by mis- the bag of lemons.—Miss Giadys Martinson, No. 396 Edgewocd Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. ONE GOOD TURN. Three Boy Scouts walked past a store on Be-genline Avenue in front of whick a baby, left outside while {ts mothe: did some shopping, was crying lustily. One of the Scouts found the baby’ rattle and shook It vigorously, with Mttle effect. He tickled the baby’s cheek. ‘The infant began to become Interested. Then the fine little Boy Scout madé some queer and rather humorous fi ‘The cries died out. The baby regard him solemnly @ moment. Then « sun- | shine of smiles spread over the infant! i face and a tiny hand reached out grasp the Hoy Scout'a finger, The Boy | Scout did not seem the least embar- J | rassed, nor did he ever look around to ¢ eee If anyone was looking at him. Hie “One Good Deed"* that day was to paci- fy that baby. And he did, and when the mother came back to a smiling in- fant, the Boy Scout smiled, touched his { hat and rejoined his waiting compan- fons.—Mrs. Lillian Warren White, No. 2 Columbia Street, Union Hill, N. J. IN HOBOKEN, A, gentleman whom my friend knew chanced to pass in his car while we were waiting on a corner in Hoboken i! ‘ing for one of the flock of pri. vate cars which carry a ‘For Hire’ align. He offered to take us to our dea- Unation downtown, and as we were starting a young girl called, ‘Just a minute,"" and hopped in after us. Sh mistook the car for a bus and was much embarrassed when informed tt ‘was not one, but that its owner would gladly give her a lift If she were going in our direct ‘argaret G. Dalton, No. 1185 Fairmont Avenue, Elizabeth, REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY. Our street Is being opened so that the electric wires can be put under ground. On Sunday morning I saw one of the Inborera appear, all prepared for work. He had on his overalls, his junch under his arm and a pick and shovel in his hands. Seeing .no other workmen he meditated awhtle, then shamefacedly retraced his steps, He had forgotten it wasunday.—Mrs. Frank Quinn, No, 40 Hainliton Avenue, Paterson, N. J. NO RULE AGAINST BATHING. A policeman was sitting on a bench In Interstate Park’ tg-day near a faucet over which hung @ sign: “Washing at this faucet 1s prohibited.” Two your men from the woods at the foot of the Palisades, evidently having climbed from the top of the rocks. They took off thelr hats and coats, rolled up their sleeves and proceeded to wash. licem did not interfere at all, one @ safety pin to fix bi torn in the descent. Perhaps the policeman thought the young men needed the wash after their climb dows the Palisades. He was right. ‘They did. Anderson, No, 629 Bast 31 Street, Paterson, N. J. “BILL.” We husband says Bill is always looking for work and praying SOMETHING TO CONCE At noon to-day, as I was passing the Freeport Public School, I saw a small boy who appeared to be fll at ease. Hi held one hand behind him and wat walking edgewise past two little girls, Once past them, he started hippety-hop down the atreet—and then I saw that he had a Jong rent in his trousers.—Clare ©. Curtis, No. 27, South Ocean Avenue, Freeport, Long stand, never to find it, but just the same | always feel sorry for Bill and when he shows up in our neighborhood I am glad to give him Daddy's cast-offs and say a word in his favor to the neighbors. * © © Bill came to the back door only this morning. He was cold. His poor old frame was shaking as if with the ague. His badly broken shoes were not even first cousins. His shirt was torn, I saw that safety pins were holding together at least two rents in bis trousers I invited him tnto the warin kitchen. I made tea for him and gave him bread and butter and apple sauce. Not having a bit of cold meat in the house, 1 opened a can of salmon and placed half of ite contents before my strange guest. But Bill pointed bis knife at the salmon, “Take that away,” he sald. "Why?" I asked, “don't you Iike salmon, nil?” “I do ff it's fresh,” was the reply, “but I never take any chances with canned stuff. Not me! I'm bungry, now and then, and no use denying tt, but I'd a durned site ruther die of hunger ban from pizen.” For a minute or two I was plain angry with the old man, But there, I sald to myself, what's the use? * * * Bill went down the road, my busband’s old brown hat sat rakishly on the elde of bis head, a good pair of shoes on his feet and a suit of old And to-night Daddy will lecture me for being P. 0. Box 198, Little Falls, N. Y. clothes under his arm. “so soft.”—Sara 0, Winner. PAY NOMONEY! SEND NO MONEY! There is no charge of any kind for taking part in The Evening World's “Waat Did You See To*+Day?" competition, Send no money with your letters. Pay no money to any one under any circum- stances. 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