The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 23

y | WO DOLLARS ‘will be paid for each item printed on this page. Checks are mailed daily. The weekly special awards, announced on Saturdays, are in ad- dition to this payment. Open to all readers. MANHATTAN. GUARDIAN AT THE CROSSING. LIVE just a few doors from St. Catherine’s Academy, which is on | 152d Street, just off Broadway. The school has a large attendance of day pupils, mostly children ranging from six to len years of age. Many of them must cross Broadway, where the traffic is heavy, ond to- day, when the walks were icy and slippery, I saw groups of these children being guided across the street by a traffic policaman who was recently assigned to that corner. He did his work carefu'ly and well. He formed the chiidren into groups and took them across. hand fm hand, a group at a time, haifing traffic, of course, while he was coing ft. I watched him for fifteen minutes. * * * I have a tittle boy and girl of my own who are coming to New York to go to school next spring, and it did my heart good to watch this big, ruddy-faced police- man helping these little children across the street, It instilled into me @ feeling of trust that my own children would get to school an} home again safely, and as I watched the policeman I just felt like putting my arms around him and bugging him.—Mrs. ©. O. Turbyfill No. 633 ‘West 152d Street. THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT. During the history period in City Collega to-day I saw a fellow stu- dent industriously chewing. Prof. K—p also saw and immediately interrupted the recitation to demand of the student if he was euting gomething, With @ mighty gulp the incriminating evidence awallowed, then the 8 THAT SWEATER. @n Deo. 4 1 read on the ‘What Did You See?” page an item under th: heading, “Explaining a Flunk in Eco- nomic I was astonished to learn that @ mere sweater had so distracted Mr, Hartman's mind. And then'I was moved to laughter—for I am the co-ed who wore the sweater which he #0 admired that {t caused him to ne; serenely, “No, sir, 1 hig economics—Miss Nettie Rosenblatt teak vip tasty is 0 Jaughed wrth the No. 60 West REL SS dain Heriands, ‘Nos Brooklyn. TY THE MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME. In one { his Christmes stories Dick No PLACe FOR HANDCUFFS ‘np says “Old Scrooge 1s dead.” Alna ; F mod diel a the Old Schooges are not dead even], One of the hoys brouxht a pair of yet, for to-day I saw a poor family| handcuffs to school to-day, and Jus evicted from a building on 42d Street} fore class he asked one of thes near Ninth Avenue. The sight was so[she had yet had her wri unusual that fully 500 people stopped to] She said no and he slipped : ook sadly on. Among the articie.}over ft he lock. He had ons thrown ou! was a baby carriage. Pres- | fellow immediately slipped ently there anneared 9 tot of three yeors | the b his wrist, and then ng in the middle of to get away from each in @ worn Little Red Riding Hood cape. she was searciing lor ter dody un Teddy bear. She, happily, was toc/other. And there they stayed until the oung to comprehend the situation and|instructor came and had the owner « he bitter tears of her afflicted mother.]the handcuffs release them.—Chy The scene beggured description, espe-| Rosen, Washington Square College, No stally in this season of the Holy 32 Waverley Place Miss L, Beatrice Qu , No. {4th Street, ADVANTAG TH MODERN SOF “BIG SIX. On Wednesday | saw Chri son at Borough Hall open the b TIGH SerOOL. I was one of thirty blology pu Era tls of were given mus High School whe ar te Bell Christmas seals to ald c ump- bul of Willard Park Hos ives. “Big Six” auctioned off the seals There we were shown how va o the highest bidders, made a speech| cine tg how the city’s milk m8 threw a baseball through an en-| supply is ed and tested, and how argement of 4 seal. It st be al contagio ases are spread. We saw reat encouragement to tubercular peo- ‘ \ ius t le to see Matty as he Is now, in per |‘ old Mary,” the “carrter,” and ect health, after having been given up| many more {nteresting and Instructiv y doctors a yexr ugo.—Juntor Tierney, 4.—Dorothy Bennett, No, 385 ast Second Street, No, 149 East 84th str THE AVENUE AT SUNSET. HIS EVENING I saw the most marvellously beautiful street in T the world. Thousands were walking or riding on it, but most of them did not see anything more than the pavement of D windows. Some, a happy few, saw Fifth Avenue in its glory, in set on a gray day. One could tell this by their faces, which bore the expression of an artist when he sees the painting of a genius. Fifth Avenue, “the strect that has no turning,” with the sunset sticakins through the canons of streets to the west and a magic smoke-purple blending of colors through the arch at the south! Fifth Avent, with the marching rows of lights converging to an ever receding apex «head, and between them the sinuous, pulsing, serpentine colls of uni nding traffic! What if those who see have no money! Money it buy the grace of St. Patrick's steeples, pricking into the n air ner the charm of St. Thomas's Gothic beauty, shimmering in the graying light. Money could not add to the joy of the sheer beauty of the bron7e horse riding into the night at the Plaza, nor the serene benevolence of the marble lions at the Library. And the shop windows, with thier mag aificence of jewels and tapestry and paintings and fine-wrourht ap- pare] and exquisite furniture—the beauty of them all ts tn the pos- wession of those who see. The mere accident of purse has nothing to “o with the most real ownership. Thus 1, and the rest of th of those who see, saw Fifth Avenue this e rooklyn, ening. We do not always see it—more's the pity. But there are times of and they a werth more than all the wealth that buflt th e.- Gert. Rot tnson, No. 5§ East 102d Stre OXMRA: POLICE st BIG BALL SpooenG up souoon GAME While J was 4a my drawin ’ ‘The football season ts at an end, and] #m De Witt Clinton High School 1 mr the past few days several have witnessed a strange acct ‘4 ma men busily engaged In laying out the] fortunately, injured no one. W. tageball diamond on South Field, Co-| wore started by a shot. fre mits r veen carefully marked with rod street aud tering ¢ pe while r y hole ¢ ima 0 h ttelde the baselines has been cut away, | Tenth Street side and y aving a neat circle of fresh turf. im the giasa in the d t olumbia prides i 7 ¥ across the room Wamond. This aft oon, Immediately found in et vter thy workm leparted for the] out of the wind lay, a dozen boys, evidently following| man chasing a » 2 prearranged plan, scampercd over| He had fired in th he fence with balls, bats and ves and the bullet }; "a few minutes, watching dow, flected lormitory window, I saw heads to t t Soke jageball game tn progress. wing World that night 1 read that about twelve years nge.| the po: ag Ghoniag Mth * they displayed, despite the weather,| who had shot a 43 @ood brand o: asebull, The batting Weat Sth Street. #8 particularly heavy. But the en-| mann, No. $17 West slasm of the players brought an end yells attracted alwwnanr sHADows se teed) Fa | SHADOWS their sport. Th acta! policeman. w sawve in the fourth tnning.—Philip Kar- ARE PURSE avp omy No. 2040 Broadway. ane Pi eerie her itt MIND THE PAINT. A EDAL St BERN Pele EA MY ADE Im our clase to-day the teacher | which is bexinning to turn gray. T sas taiking about how freely tris | feemed to be a sed light in her ese cosmetics now, “1 would Wke Jand 1 could not help but think of he to see any girl come into my class- | iteorsing nnd he t rooms with paint on her face,” she | years azo. 1 tiptoed out, I raid. “I'd walk her right out to | with her thoughts, Then I st in he sink und wash it off for her.” young sister's room. She. tov, was 4 flapper sitting across the aisle the mirror, silently admiring with from me who uses powder and paint s her long blond curls, But Whispered: “Gee! My handkerchtes y she sighed, impatient, 1 su da in my coat pocket, and ANY- for her coming out, five years BODY can ace 1 am made up.” A hence, when, no doubt, she feels x few minutes later I looked again [will be old! What dreams they dren @nd caw her wiping off the powder (What happiness and » are behind and paint with her petticoat.-Misa and ahead.—Louls P. Willams, No, 211 M. Benea, No. 449 Weed $60h Sireot. 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NEARBY. $25 for the open to all $100 $100 Do not try to write every day. Bear in aw, and not what yeu heard and net something that happened BRONX, THE FACTS IN THE CASE. 80 many children had come to owr door deyging om the holiday that 1 determined to lecture the newt ono H» oame! A pale Uttle boy about LONGEST WORD. On the “What Did You See Te Day!" page I saw that some con tributor claims that the longest word in the English language 49 ‘“trane- eubstantiationablene: But how on whatever my dog may have chanced to leave of his br-skfast. On several occasions I have noticed one of the hens coming out of the dog house, and this morning, having seen her enter the dog's about “smiles”? There’e a mile be- ten years of age, with diy, black domicile, I determined to find out the cause of her visits. She came tween the two s’s!—Mra, L. Hirach, eyes. When I asked him if he didn’t ped : iy atid CdeKeA ti t No, 1693 Eustburn Avenue, Bron, know ét was againet the law to beg fluttering out at my approach, and tucked away over in one corner o! phiss he. eked about Ma with sich 6 the house I found eleven eggs! One hour later the hen came stealing Ir WORKS, - frightened look that my heart g@oft- back again, around the corner of our barn, as though conscious that essen oti marr Hee ane tee ee since, some one might be watching her, and Into the dog house she went. |s.; 3 xington Avenue I dis-| lady,” he eaid. “There's five kt Presently she emerged cackling, and further investigation showed she tinctiy saw a German 10-pfennig plece ee poopie avert had made ft an even dozen.—Mary I. MeMonegal, No. 162 South Droad- | "s\\"¥ \nblininily among ine peters | or something. Ay mother, she don’t way, Nyack, N. Y. Avenue, Bronx. like to ask nobody for nothin’, so Ww. the Orange st and immediat but in a moment the mystery was solved. The steam escaping from the engine was condensed and fell in a fine drizzle. umb us four bigger kids go around én different neighborhoods. We thought we'd take a chanoe now because we wanted to give mother a big ew prises, Gee! I hope the copa don't get ual” Well, they didn't get thie one, and I sent him on with aome- thing besides good wishes.—Frances Henschet, No. 767 Hast 119th Stre Bron, J. FROST, MAGICTAN, It {s 4 o'clock in the morning and as 1 look out on our mean ttle street 1 see It formed by the magic hand of Jack Frost. The sheets and crystals t tc d snow catch and reflect the light from the street lamps, and our! ' ury block for the moment ts lighted with the splendor of a fairyland.— Mrs. Florence Sheppard, No. 2253 Ryer Avenue, Bron: HORSH SHOES SHOULD ¥E “SHARPENED.” When tho streets were fey Friday morning I saw one of three horses drawing @ coal truck up the hill on Bast 136th Street slip and fall. The drive: was patient. He unharnessed all thre horses so the fallen one could scramble up, and a@ kind-hearted Janitor brought some ashes, which he poured under t)« wheels of the wagon.—Mary Wall, No 171 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, PROTECTION FROM THE STARS. D this evening when, getting out of the smcker at ion, I saw a man just ahead of me put out hir hand raise his umbrella, I saw no indication of rain, WHY TIE LADIES LOOK DAGGERS AT A CERTAIN MOVIE MANAGER, On East 149th Street to-day I saw a sien announcing that a cake of soar would be given free to every lady at- ending the performance, W. Dor on, No. 1950 Washington Avenue, Bronx ‘AS SURPRI My friend of the rella did not notice that the downpour was very Mmited In area SCOLDING A POOR OLD EDrToR. and he marched down the street with his umbrella up to protect him | On the “What Did You Sen ‘To-Day?" «y WONDER.” from tho glare of the stars.—Austin C, Holland, No, 21 Mount Pleasant | Pave! saw & Soe 1 ee Pow: | We celebrated to-day the twenty-fifth Avenue, West Orange, N. J. a n mind baby while his wife anniversary of the founding of Wai was in the t chop wetting her Hate] (elgh High school. One of the num FIFTY. COMRADE MANEE’s “stippY® [eut. I wonder whether taking care off Vers Was & fashion show of the dress Aalto. Metuchen ih hig own childhis and hers-—makes al Spite at Wadleigh. High, twonty flv ma less noble. I hardly th rea A, ‘7 . aay ‘lainfleld to Metuchen] ‘The aged war veterans of the Iccarny] MAn any less noblo. 1 har Tisen Steet, | Years ago. The gowns were long, na urry, waved my hand) Home perform light manual labor, ee-| Bronx : ehreet:| row walated, trailing and with bustles cL si ist and asked ‘The mode's, pupils of the school now n. He shouted lived up to the occasion by wearin; FIFTY LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLB. cording to thelr several! abilities, I was would do me good.| Visiting the home to-day when I saw ; thelr hair pompadoured and acting » “1 hope you have | some of thelr handiwork. One veteran nin Boston Road to er, ean, bout | stife as we imagine the girls must hav: n the bus arrive George Man “ight lek y Uttle boys a rls following afacted In those dreasea. In contrast * ita mile further on | 2¢0P@ Manee, who lost his right leg at] young man, ‘bling and falling over] these we were shown some Ideal fin) de the road and the} “hancellorsv'tie, ma r ‘ rh other In an attempt to get some-| per costumes—scarf, earrings, sports ga tube and walk-| Wooden leg from the crudes ate-| thing he wits strewing sionally on| hose and the rest of {t. 1 wonder if at rest Karage, another] Ta: and to Wood taken from ere) the sidewalk, Then I learned they|the fiftieth anniversary our dresses wil eed hin I ahout- | crates had been’ glued together, r 1] were passes to an tre showing | seem as ridiculous as the old-fashlon¢ you good."—Ru- | "to form and stuffed with s ot! a spectal Dora Rosenbaum, No, | dresses seem to us.—Liilian larael, SLaural streat [Goce ad Dadkanon eta, Tt 1143 Tiffany Street, Bronx 1091 East 165th Street. him perfectly. For years ’ it takes him just about as lon as it does for one WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DID FOR 1 CENT. EVERAL DAYS AGO I recefved a postal card from a Breoklyn ASON POINT MILITARY ACADEMY, cue oe 4 1 visited Clason Point] 083 & steady Job. so 1 saw man, requesting me to call tm reference to a certain business Academy within trend wig | Morn wicene erm tee a deal. [lost no Ume in going over and the transaction was acttled det the Tt is a fine Jaree in- Kearny Home was star in 18 satisfactorily to both of us. Yesterday I received a postal card from with very large grounds over- a 5 to t M tae Bound, eile riba bea satire and ; o be the same party, asking me to call in reference to the same matter. a st institution kind in th ear iee other tn x things. |country.-Edward i. < ai| Thinking something had gone wrong, I once more paddled through eels Renee '| Hollywood Avenue, E Orang z the rain to Brooklyn, but to my amazement, when I reached the placo mad ta wers, Cottage | on oy rae aces ai T was informed there had been no second request for me to call and ong Island, Beers Patras that everything wae O. K. This morning I was still puzzling over the re PENNY. Wha teollike (can Dace 1 receipt of the second postal when my five-year-old gon ea.d at the lin the appears | Fort Lee was £0 crow breakfast table: “Daddy, yesterday morning I found a postal cerd on mny | was about todrop |eondustor had the table, and a little boy down the block showed me how to put {t in OE pow aie tee itn avecaeine bn the mall box on the corner.”"—-Andrew Barter, No, 663 Engle Avenue, cot it was d d 1868 himself and his wife, but Bronx r 6 side was the in- | was unable to change i ret A Navy.” In | fare is collected on this car, and vee ve never | time the last fare st efore Mra, Jamee collected the car waa » 4 | 9 Little Street, Belle- | conductor could not r h | therefore, had er HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN NO, if4 Blanbe yt tt One was : f in, when LIN THE MANN oF THE Pl Vit y | gone. The other ae stamp on the |s y movin arnt we T enw @ farmer to-day ing | A Hetent’ N from one farm to another, In | z ie Mount Vernon,| f Mring @ moving van h | RICHMO. Remeemede 10 ae D SGETs me COAL STANDING TOO NHAK THE CAN- = front of the farm wagon, whi s | ig at Perth boy I saw DLES NOT THY Ot pn ae 5 piled high with household } led w ft Last Sunday in the Chureh \ {old me to-duy} and larye Baye containing barn | ng sink to th ttom of the} sumption on Brighton Ave I had leit per tesed to help her] fowl The latter were squawkiny | sound after springing a leak. It was|smoke, 1 turned ar and saw a « an o help. their protest, Two carrt ra | mee sroad-| ?\Ume on a woman's hat smoulder 1 t er, the sultan of} qo 4 ' Jgned to Wilson Broad man's a i he sultan Of) were tethered to the rear | ; the had Re nalne een ve we went,| 990%, and after them can |* nd now probably Pe der-| candion —Mias M. Burns, No. 23 Layt ¥ 4 cows, ler by a ame boy kK will be used t t.—Capt. | Avenue, J ghitc I f r nd. Rounding . » New Brighton, I lighted area which| ‘9@ brought up the rear. /t | i. ©. Rocklote ar., No way. « a trap-door and, seeing something itke a citreus par | paid Hi FOR THE LIBRARY AT LOUV . y 4. Teall lew Schoor, No. 6% Bester Avenus AVE YC FORTUNE TOLD. 1 saw a box on my teacher's de ha The supposed Mr.| Wappinger Falls, N. Y. | A Lied FOUR FOR , history ot] t07day and she told me {tt was to re waved bac 1 advanced Pode) i roved | Celve contributh t reste Hl > ask him to unlock the) READY TO TEAR DOWN THE | wt i se coata, [of the Louvain Library, wh was de ‘ was con- WALLS, stroyed by the Germans 1914 t « The sup tn to-day’s logic class tn & | a . was the largest library in the world rap \ ne of glass| University 1 saw a practical ox | tem d is to be rebullt by American en ew the p that set the students tr j friends.—Rose Dannacke 38 Van wo wn laughter The more or lees FROM SANTA CLAUS. Duzer Street, Staplet m O'Neill, § asor was standing at hie d ‘One ot: 1 rr Just before the bell rang, an él | ne fellows HOT TIME INT FIRE HOVSE DISAPPEARING DEER, student rushed in, bearing a 5 4 . In a bakery on Bay t were passing the Catskill Reser-] his shoulder, The Prof: si bank, I aaw a husky i deer swimming | curious than members o Beeman | the engine house a the He was muk- | specting the pick f ; jit] buy @ lunch for Atin 4 tims soon reached the | driving logic into the lows, And tite te wh h wh he scampered, disap. | ventured an inqulr Three cream puffs z the trees, It i unusual] piled earnestly, "1's hocold r city, Haro! allege, sir " ed It, and lo: russca, two choco ral "Ine J ‘onap Bireet stapler 10s Baw *, Koes! 7 a4 THIRTY-EIGHT WHITING S BROOKLYN. IN FORTY-FIVE MINUTES. OMETHING 1 saw this evening put me in the way of dispelling the gloom and disappointment consequent upon three bours 0° fishless fishing from the end of the stone pile off Brighton Keach From the beach, as I was disgustedly leaving for home, I saw a mar wading knee-deep in the surf, In one hand he held a lantern and tp the other was a crab net, and I saw him take several nice whiting within a few minutes. had no net, but every fisherman fs an inventor 80 I converted my rod into a sort of gaff by lashing four codfish hooks to the tip. With the id of my pocket flashlight and this tmprovisec gaff I succeeded in yanking thirty-eight nice big whiting out of the surf In forty-five minutes. Brooklyn. Raymond J. Tuero, No. 359 Greene avenue during our chat, ac w In World readers who are trying to write we can “Keep best, can clip it and keep ft whe see it ph m tri sf York becuuse she spent xoing six blocks on a face on John Stre eavin) OUR NEW TEACHER, It 4a nothing new for us to view with pleasure (or otherwiar) a new member added to the faculty at Bay Ridge High School, When we wore saat lined up in the hail, preparatory to marching ito the assembly hall, we saw the tatest addition—a flap- ver. Yes, euch she was in the true tense of the word. It te a custom to have teachers in the hall, on the alert for squeiching babbling tongues. The new teacher was there for that job and, spying a babbt was duly reprimanding her when there appeared an older faculty member. Seeing the flapper out of line, and talking at that, she said sharply, “That girl who's talking— atep out of Kine!” Tho flapper wheeled about, her face crimson with diushes. But even in her confusion she managed to sputter, “1—am—a @—teacher.” And she and the other teachers joined in the unrestrained shout of laughter.—vJe L. Breg- atoin, No. 635 74th Street, Brookiyn, ADVICE TO YOUNG WRITERS, 1 saw Milton Ralson, the feature riter for the Sunday World, and 1 asked his advice tn chieving Iterary success, His answer pus that L want t 1 and other vi 4s HO BOEAC print so that sald, your and No, frequently, He lugging away, turn out uke good — connections tends."—Henry Harrison, nenck Avenue, Brooklvn, SPEAKING OF NEWARK, DELAWAR I hope Loutse Harrta of the Untver- ty of Delaware, who knocked New haif an hour Broadway sur- aces THIS boost of New and elfictency, 1 ent splendidly equipped shoe repair shop t near Broadway to-day nd exactly 20 minutes later I was with new heels on my shoes, he shoes freshly polished, and my big winter 80 unything leen coat had been steamed and nd the entire cost was only Can Newark, Delaware, show to equal that?—Miss Kath- Brady, No, 86 Herkimer Street, essed cents, Brooklyn, ugar. mi son omen, he rept the other day wv ab SHORT AND SWEET, Several duys ago | orde nods from the nearest A. & P. ne item of which was six The goods were delivered. This jorning 1 went to the store to buv me esse and the clerk placed befor: © @ small paper and mumble ething about sugar, "I asked fo. ot sucar,” T said. “1 know it,’ “but the sugar we sent you was one pound short an © want to make it right.” After thi currence I don't think the old saw t groéere sanding their sugar has som: store pounds 9 ek (o stand on.—Hertha Gaus, No. 497 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, PETER PA I forgot my newspaper this 1 ur and had to content myself with sharin my neighhor'a, I followed him thrungh the first page, and watched him wh | he turned to a feature. 1 wondered whether {t would be the editorlal, spor ing, dramatic or financtal p We {t was none of these, My friend tuned to the page containing a “bedt!me story and spent the remainder of thy time reading about Mr. Bunny and Mre Grizzly Brujn.—Harold Korzent, No 1468 Hast 12th Street, Brooklyn. THE OLD GENTLEMAN CAN ANYTHING, To-day on Myrtle, near Onderdonk Avenue, T saw a mule that 1 think the wagon to pleces, The driver, app r ently fearful that he would be kick of holes, had abandoned his seat kind words from hin ful! on the car tracks. trying to kick ther whip ni was to mek mule img on the to the ex mal, patted her gentl and apoke quietly, The mule pricked up her ears, which had been tying straight back, looked at Santa, then leaned for ward against the harness and started {she Intends to hang up ner feed ong Christmas Eve.—Mra, P. Liebert, No. 2314 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn. OSTRICH PLUME During ursday's fall two elderly women entered a subway froin just ahead of me at Canal Street. One seemed quite ex- clted over the dan the snow might do to the ostrich plumes on aitting next to her to loan her a penknife or a k He hadn't a knife, but handed her his k ind r ft s ng that held the aiumes When they were pemouad ped them in news paper and rez 4 the w mod hat on her head.—Adnna FP. Don- nelly, No. 771 Monroe Street, Broule lve. OFFICER WHITE. On Thursday at Newport and Ams boy Avenues I saw a@ snow man that some ten boys were just com- pleting. It was dressed lke @ pe brasa buttons beim iceman, the represonted by the tm covera 0? Pop botties, A club wae im hay right hand and a conductor’s hat, somewhal resembling a poltceman’s chapeau, was om hia head.—Philts Blumenfeld, No. 84 Newport Ave. nue, Brooklyn, NO. 28 18 A STOUT OND, Tug No, 28, on which I am engine t, was passing through Hell Gate, towt two barges loaded with 25,000 barrels gasoline and fuel ofl, when, Just bet re passing the bridge, @ steamer neved into our port barge, bounced off and gave us a blow with her stern for geod measure, We got a good shaking ap and a real squeeze, which would heve sent a less sturdy tug to Davy Jone‘s Ernest F, Lundgren, No, (27 treet, Brooklyn, QUEENS, PIANO NOT AT FAULT. 1 was playing @ favorite seleotier on my piano this evening when striking a certain low chord, / heard the oustomary discon anf, jarring sound I had we ticed etnce purchasing the metre ment two years ago from @ motes maker. Thia has annoyed and ew barrassed me frequently. Time ane again | have had representatives @ the maker call to investigate, bei without reault. To-night the sowne souned to vibrate from @ certate part of the Kving room. I aekee my husband to sound the note whtle I Sherlock Hoimsed. A door, whtoh we rarely close, stood ajar, 4 moved 4t to and fro without effect, but when I placed my hand om tte brass knob, | found the knob ec alive with vibration that my fingere tingled, A quick turn or two, ane presto! the piano’s tone rang owt clear and true.—Mra, Florenoe Leonard, Fifth and Webster Ave- nuos, Long Island City,, care Rate ter Motor Corporation. HIs COMPETITORS WONDER J HIS SUCCESS, I saw a well dressed couple buy eorse carnations in a Jamaica flortst's sh« p. In leaving the young man opened tre joor hastily and knocked over a han4- ome fern, breaking It. Consternati om was registered all around, but the flor st said: “Go along; It's all right.” co M. Thomas,.No. 113 Jefter+ Lo CONDUCTORS CAN DO ANYTHING Opposite me In the L. L RR. tran from © to Brooklyn to-day wee 1 mother and her adorable two-year-¢\d baby. The baby soon made friente with every one In the car, especially @ middle-aged man who had a hilariow time with him, — Presently, however, baby ame tired and began yawning. Suddenly a tremendous yawn threw tle jaw cut of place, The mother was dit racted, the old man frightened. Neith sr could do anything, Just then the 001 juctor came in, He took one look wih vhat seemed to be @ practised eye, ard then with a twist of his wrist set the child’s Jaw in place. Then he begrn punching tickets as nonchalantly es tf he had done nothing more than @ part of his routine work.—Mrs. Elizabeth & Brown, No. 9010 Pleasant Street, Queens Village, Queen: A WISE OHILD. ds had rather @ hard tine thelr baby to go to sleep last ht, and in order to help things along he mojher sald that Santa was coml g > see what she wanted that night ard wise to remain awakes, suld not be in the next room, where dadcy had been left, there came a knockin4, 1 a deep voice asked what the chid wanted. Soon all was quiet and hought the ehild asleep. We to slip out when we were halted ly her voice saying: “Daddy, knock agelal Knock again, Dadd Mra, Doehla, th Street, Richmond Hil Hie CAN BREAK 4 810 BILE. ‘The man in fron’ of me at the chance hooth in the Hunter's Point Avenue way station tn Long Island Cly pushed over @ quarter. The agent pushed {t back, saying: ‘This quartar o ood.” The man tnsisted it wae, and the agent, keeping his temper ily asked: “Do you want me to break ic? “Pry tt"? challenged the so the agent, taking the quarty bands, broke it in two ar@ handed it back to lim, The man, red r t lobster, pushed ot her quarter.—Martha M. Flynn, Na 142 Young Street, Long laland City. MR, WAYAMAKER'S CAR, On to Manhattan this mores ing Is private railroad car 9¢ Wanamaker standing om a siding not far trom “ rodslde, & was very elegant, whi bh stem trimmings, and the owne ame wie printed in large letters along the fll length of the car,-Mre. A G. Hen@ee son, Chambers Sireet, Bayade, aati Se.