The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1922, Page 23

—— UPrareresT dition to this payment. Open to all readers. MANHATTAN. ‘ . ON GUARD. . 1 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING I entered a store on Amsterdam van venue above 165th Street to purchase some sausages, Another customer, having received his order, handed a $5 bill to the proprictor, who held it up before his lamp and examined it critically before counting out four $1 bills and some silver, in change. The customer pocketed the silver, then deliberately picked up each bill and scrutinized it before the lamp. The proprietor grew redder and redder as the customer, without haste, examined bill after bill, As the last bill was being examined, the shopman looked at me and burst into laughter. When paying for my sausages, out of sheer devilment I handed the man a $5 bill, He laughed and gave me the change Imme- diately. I left, but a moment later glanced through the door and, sure enough, there he was inspecting my fivespot—Meyer Berman, No. 36 West 163d Street. ROMANY RYE, If one is a small boy, one doesn’t] can cher in De La Salle inatt need to live in rural places to enjoy My teacher in D te ye was lecturing on his- Fypsy life. 1 saw a real gypsy camp| {ule yesterday tory. I was thinking of a letter in New York yesterday off Riverside) qwricn 1 had just got from a girl, ao 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- “THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, DEOE MBER 18, 1922. o A PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS REPORTED FOR READERS OF THE EVENING WORLD BY READERS OF THE EVENING WORLD ‘ New Program of Awards and Special Prizes ‘HE BEST STORY OF THE WEEK: $50 for the Second in Merit. $25 for the third. TEN stories adjuaged Next in Merit, $5 Each. This competition is open to all $100 ; Special Awards for High School Students will be divided weekly among high school pupils contributing to the “What Did You See To- $ 1 00 "Day 2” page. For the best letter of each week sent in by a high school student, $50; second best, $25; five next in merit, $5 each. Special Awards for University and College Students : pp ae ue ‘or the will be divided weekly among university and college students contributing to the page. For $ 100 best letter of the week, $50; second best letter, $25; five letters next in merit, $5 each. tge contributors MUST name their schools. Walt for the worth while incident. Do not try to write every day. Bear in mind the que WHAT DID YOU SEE TO-DAY?" Not what somebody else saw, and not what you heard and not something that happened last summer, What did YOU see to-day? in your awn neigh Contributors to the page should write of subjects with which they are familiar. Choose, preferably, things that happen horhosd, Tell your etory, if possible, in not more than 125 words. State WHERE the incident took place. bla haa ae hiked Ai address carefully. Address your letter to ‘What Did You See To-Day?"” Evening World, P. ©. Box No. 185, ty Hal at A Drive at 160th Street. There ina pilel Pyar out w sheet of paper and RICHMO! BROOKLYN. of stone were three sure-enough Bybsy | terete Her oles Pend told her. how A FEAST AND A FAMINE. caves with roofs of large, rusty pieces missed her and how much A IN THE “SPRUCE.” 9, of tin. Five or six gypates, none of) eit eee tee a te ddenty a ealiteae Tals 2 ing oalg taney fou Silken Taladd WAS DINING with a classmate at the New York University cafeteria srcund carptices: teal seas cernpaves| {%@ Paper waa sciced from under Fee NG a ee oe en nd hich | when two other students seated themselves at our table. One was around camoiires Expay camplres| say gamds. The snatructor Nad it I saw come out of the depot one of those lighthouse i ee it fs t aiy Sid aad ha ole a very tHIK Hibl, PROMI cit Lay ORE iP LOS Re ¢ Then the fun began, but not for me. ally hears about but seldom gives a second thoug! . to cave with a lighted plece of card-| oie ne had Anished reading {t to CUtile GHETRTTURETAVEGE ToIGd Gly cu Loe CVE GAS, Teearing, (| eronrded with dlitiesceon med Gest hast tnxatved pothtoes aktedy’caslos hoard making them. I scva for a long) en is ie most mortifcd | Just follow one of them about for a day, as I do every day. Aut GNElicg cu Flens anpla pio abd foe’ created Whew cet elritad vale time watching them. They were such) oom tm the. ‘orld. — Wallace many dangerous channels and waterways it threads as it delivers gas . . sy ps ‘o intent on betng just] P 1 Toth bs Bi of black coffee and two pieces of unbuttered bread, which she Shemert otovanes s thought Lwas.| Prendergast, No. 11) V natn for the lights which guide our ships into safe paths or, as frequently weup Lahde ener ier Tee Genean aan rans Street, ; . consumed lingeringly until the last crumb of bread and last drop of Gradually “ie became” Gnrker, Lights happens, when it has to replace buoys which have been rammed. gutasvalua dienes (hla iseiiee eoereeabes'dvsial leans pallrdes ee ict ecu re pdaar ¢ D LETTER DAY. replaci 2 gal n those buoys with the thermometer a ; nient houses behi Hudson faded SLEW CRY Bale Agndeny sae ihe replacing the gas tates tn thos sik etl Bais ished and she was eating with neither haste nor enthusiasm—literally In front ypey . attr Our ; oy ‘i v ; while we were hovering about zero, and the icy spray cling! to your oilskins. forcing the food down, very mouthful scemed an effort, and yet her miyself. And then brought to/unusually quiet to-day , ai . spice avitry ie al wr. of . E ° os the sound of a sh boyish voicé:| taking our fe xin ne an al he Landlubbers ie biel wo a ‘ oan ee oa Saad éyea bore @ look that seamed to\say,“I'ill put on fesb if 1¢ kills nre}” A a Mother 0 come|quiet was broken by a loud explos! 0 Ovi y working on a lighthouse ¥ . f Heit: niraieht home!"<H i Dinteud,|anda™shower of what semen to be] them will ever try working on a lebthous When my friend and I left the table the thin girl waé still eating deter- No. 106 Morningside Drive water, But taal ne eis Bes Severe) Lh minedly while the stout girl gazed, fascinated, at every bite she took. was spate rywhere, 1b a mo- a z sae ly 9 er explosion r sad, wistful gaze seemed to say, “I'm going to be thin—but It's HAPPY SIX HUNDRED: ment there was —anoth anlogion, ul Bi . OrBRY, mone ee nother inkwell had toe — Lae » No, 2793 FE 2 5 On Broadway to-day 1 heard A inkwell had exploded ae killing me."—Elsie L. Fisher, No, 2793 Hast 27th Street, Sheepshead tramp of many fect, Here came sixizea| the teacher investigated. | Symi Bay, Brooklyn, Rent Chen carne aboe ion Gey Meee rr eeta turin cantor Ine THE TROUBLE A FELLOW HAS GETTING A FEW DOLLARS. t any Oops. ey a} ls 8 latge red bts ara 7 a + a " 7 Cn eee ee carne] ei ey 2 SAW TWO YOUNGSTERS, about six and seven years of age, walk thu United States: flag and the Boy | 8th Street to-day to the postal savings window in the Blythebourne branch of Seouts thes ame about Nd LOST IN A GREAT CFT). the Brooklyn Post Office and tender the clerk a Corn Exchange Bank eee eee ere eanee at movie | While returning to-day within foie check for $100, the younger one saying: “My father sent me to get this theatre. The Scouts were the scort Heian eet W itd nov tind « sub MOTOR CARS IN THE COLD. SANTA CLAUS IN THE BARBER] Cashed.” The clerk looked at the check, making some remarks about ney were Joined by oi: |way station. Finally we landed at S6%1 an iho automobiles and auto trucks sor. the brightness of a father who would send such a small boy to cash isis theatros—Charien| Street and Lexington Avenue, where 41h, tne siaten Island, ferry house had| ‘To-day I took my two daughters, aged] a check, and then out of curiosity called the Superintendent, A closer D Welt 81a ote ae ee oe see thich direction wast their engines running witile walling for| two, and. four, to have thelr ae inspection of the check gave them doubts that it was written by an Cee eG ee eee ee cteaas. Ava. rusted] tre) Wome: Cita, amoriing ito “keep: /thbir| sae UNY ane eee one Bn] adult. ‘The boy was questioned further. “My father wrote it,” he sald, SOUS TH Noun ane atopmeay a fied. We [radiators from frecaing. Some were] [ers started on the each trying] “He wrote two checks-—one for me and one for him. ‘That one ts bis. Dative: OuRy evn. period’ to-day welled. wa Wise Cee tea cree ne ey eae mun Tai} to outdo tho other. ‘The bawling was] Frere,” he added, reaching into his pocket, “is mine!” Then all doubts Le ood ape 1p and was wa it its height whe deny ceased. E : : : hia tprateg GEOG cleanin ache i ea tae \ very old aman, with a long, white] Were dispelled. Tho boy's own check was for $1,000,000!—M. R. Gar- pete Utena seue had Wate ee bis Hands over the purring eng Loard had come in, and the children! land, No, 1246 81st Street, Brooklyn, y pats) one he of the buys] THE DIEEY LOOK 1 GIVES Yor c h School, Brishton.| thought it was Santa Chis and that he : We bo at iantly at a horizontal bar,| Over the t in build: 1s. 1 wor t come to our house if they vat CHESTNUTS. 1r DEPENDS LYON WHO Ls Put missed it and fell on both hands.| ine of the Colle the City of New 's Banuhly.— Mra. Paul Heyne Jr No 818)! aes tha (entranoe of Lincoin Terrace THE STORY. Ho pot up frightened and exclaimed: | York F saw again to-day he huge & a 4 . ‘ Park this morning I saw a group of| Last night at Utlea Avenue and East. "Both my arms are broken!" He cas] gosie which looks down jand morks a: toe | coMMUNITY TREE AT schoolboys accompanied by thelr teacher. | fr Parkway I saw mroupe of young fel- He eee Re UKHER Kay te at his face. 4 ERR a WONT | PRC EE ee pets PORT RICHMOND. | Suddenly one of the lads cried out: look abou, GaventycnvE, hea soethas omes from studying mn what is in 5 for tiny wiih aHariog sse he had Just bought | Last night when 1 went to Port Rich-| Teacher, may I buy some cheatnuts?" | gs Some looked as if they were marked; ‘That comes from sje, fehariotte ru he had Just 5 hygiene about fracture: Milton & t Taub, N RASH HME, 1 ‘one is worth the nicky I saw the town all lighted up! pointing to a vender at entrance. meine te a party ine Hug, No. 1262 Second Avenue rookly’t me. Then he hetd tk holidays. In front ot] pho teacher smilingly consented and all axpeeted a “rough time reaently 1 WN. %o you want the rest? Of] Christmas tree That was decorated with|the boys but one made a rush toward ho intended (o "“yinit’t. the OUT OF TO ST HOLA ME LiL or eeOL hetared tehie sna in timsievug Gh each lien faaieh “Oba side boy remained n dinner at Cedarhurst. ‘They WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK SEVEN. h take tt he said and flung itfof the two theatres 1 saw a decorated! behind looking wistfully toward the ee me Cater Gee ne > 1 rn oO Lind ahs a barre in which patrot . dropp! . chee oy ‘ondered w wor NY ONE WHO WAS UP EARLY this morning will remeniber how aainat my face, laughing as he 8! me is r He wet p Lath Bai Reihieyd others. “Why don't you buy some chest- Hotent aman eee NS sctive nenhe cold it was. So thqught the first arrival of a number of Malian * r 6 Arseny te whinned eat t local. stores.--Magistena Ire-]MUts, too?” the teacher askéd him. “t|got up ‘weninat 100. freshmen.—Irving laborers who have been laying drainage pipes on our strect, | 1) my mind's exe Muiterrisenae No. i) Richmond ‘Turnpike,| don't care for any," replied the boy, his Cohen. No. 1125 Faster Parkway, aes . beled any p 8 Head, S sy rooklyn He came about 6.30 o'clock and immediately he began looking around 1 Rausen, No. 130 Winter Avenu W's Mead, 8.1 ute eepeapling a mt and bis wales belying ane _ t ; ——* is yords, But the teacher understood, ac! 7 a large pile and started a New Brighton, 8, 1 . . ¥ on the vacant lots for wood. He soon had a large p Z NOT MAKING FE TOF It, and putting his hand in his pocket and fire, which the wind whipped into good blaze. In a few minutes the aa 11 ia usualy considered good busi- Varaying forth. @ goin. he sent the. boy NEVER Say DI r r 34 vith shouts of glee they gathered 4 t is snowing hard, yet just tess: policy, ito: or business to buy some chestnuts for him, The College football has been trans- thon yOrkmeh ReaD ALINE BRE iti eas if j i day | saw a preity, pina] houses fo digplay their wares to the |when the boy returned he Inaloted tht ferred from the marked gridiron to around the fire and began to warm thelr hands and foet and thaw out fvveis uso to-duy 1 saw 4 pivity Bere ee ened ar era cn lad'"nolp iow ent thom, declaring, fe776d from the marked gridiron to oks a ves. vhe: clock struck seven it was a joyous Benoa) uonwile 4 surer ning, however, I noticed that the they were too many for one person, as 3 . Wisin plgke/ and esas, a When se and-throvgh by that. {root come morse, Which 1 wie| oftocs and eaicsrooms of the Now | ‘his teacher Listy wes a comeeue cal opposite the Yonkee stadium at bunch of men whortarted: work) wamned through and through by the rmed he pexed ftom & bush i t York and Richmond Gas Company | well as an inatructor.—Jules Chaponick,! ygist Street and Jerome Avenue, welcoming flre-—Mrs, George IH. Amick, No. 86 Vernon Place, Stam- pen garden in front of his ho are lighted by elec reity. ate: No. 653 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn. Apa eladena dnas ao gar Bellow: Sherman Avenue.—Mr AH Willa A. Jones, No, 12 pay ee q " celve to ford, Conn: No. 20) Street, ‘Toinpkinavil UC] street ebank, %, 1 A QUESTION oF Conon, Those youngatere of from tyoelve to : x ery day I ride to school on the sirteen years, without protection ik Witt Flatbush Avenue trolley car, and at from headgear or padding, went into | OUT OF TOWN. On opinonlte aitvelgy Bart Tick is the Long Island Katiroad, «@ trans- the “man’s gamo’’ with fervor and UNCONSTETUTION AL, Bouare two ¢ tent sevcot deh point, ueliow okats ase Giuen ty s Se Gas Five Neavd GAaviglekiN? Bones An ‘ete th of aehich feature fas: for Park Row. On thu cara where aterintnation,. se aK but this afternoon én an mole aialaue, One ater these tlokets are not accepted the injury, The whistto blew via has ad conductors yell: “No yellow tickets fight waa on. Soon black eyes and one edit erpshaates Actrens VCO he eae aa Renrned: Lo-aey, RAUSING NOved UP: lighter team held t uch heavier Rae WORE ABS Gre ‘ on the job. Ho took owe glance lo ory dot eanlaiken therrecyi, the Takata: one ond: VND) aninion until by a well executed farwarg — , dow explained the reason tickets !"’—Ever- pass victory was ached. Instead 1B QUICK AND THE FOURTH INSTALMENT ON THE N=] gop: rp WASN'T & COMPASS? 425 poarl necklace reated 100 unact sunets big Cet Bast tuth Berest, of the customary after-fight, the Silicon <t hoo! ia at COME TAN. in a. ¥ eld bu sterday T saw] pearls. The card announced that sit Cane Ns: 2 Weebeg CR cared The tie ay ce AGAGAR Rive satiainetaiiee COP) man with temperature thermometer] dmong the latter there was rooktyn, Mich reciprocated. by ‘hecring the PR aeNOuNe Ry Aas: : , srexently he looked at| wine peart, ane a Y - os TELL your” | losera, 1 heard one of the losing vvemotery. This afternoon, eight | in his mouth, Presently he: looked at) Tee aonich. dt saa stould ‘NOW, WHAT DID TE -TELL ¥ Bt aaa caer ane rk eee : in middle-aged man linmediately he got up, left the bus} Given the necklace displayed. —Mr On a Hoyt and ¥ ckett Street trolley] Youngsters exclaim, ma he, banged ates ; ‘ f in the opposite Col 26 Homestec car to-day I saw a mother trying In . Pa A ona him. to the bok anoths in the opr Ww. A 4 Sour ALE he bay. ay a best Mood bin Ue it on — Wal Mansfield, No, 24] Avenue, hmond, vain to quiet a crying little boy. Just aa] Foie Ail be our day" Sidney A Foul Suet walk Fig tous rent, N Nod land: the car approached Henry Street the Fees Pe ey ee mother cried In exasperation: “Monty. |g OUGHT go UM AN OFRN . ae Nini. there {ANTE MoRPEM STA NOW, GIRLS: if you don't stop crying I'l have the i ‘ pulitinig: there roe ys indow of a bird store in Hnck- ‘ t ‘onduetor put you off the car!" Almost ARARON ON eM a i Hd ert hi Sambo sterday 1 sow this signs “Sing Instantly the conductor eried out: "Hen-| Each mornink moon ®) ang . : ‘that | nd wateh {aR CAnATE: DIKE tint hil they ry!" and the little boy subsided tm ofclock one of thore “horn pests” ato aw ; eS he window Ih Margaret 1 r q diately.—Mra. Genevieve Doran, No. in front ©: upartinent house and, oath het yours seer envoy | park Street, Hackensack 1 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn being too indolent to walk Dvere 14 Mark ; SHfiun Sh bey to ring the doorbell for hin purty, its " Linden Street, Ten > HAVE YOU MORNING GALLOPS Bek Aa gs pal ie aed he desea NNov : Or 1 FANG Every day I see something intereang 1 oe miy delight J saw a window go up Puy yh i) ONE OF THE MAYO GANG. up. and humorous. It is the way we pupil with a“ ba Rand Aman thrust forth his - jae i movie) (heat , Place, Port Richmond, S. t Of Eraamus Hall go to. school ench | With @ ban and onan erat ean ; Tae ee pres. | Cte. tn, whlell eran bu morning, — W out of the station te wor the first nid iaat time warn ger saw a woman sree shown eV ¢ KEMEMBER HOW YOU ALWAYS at Chureh Avenue tn parade fashion, haa ae A ne Se a cungel aie fru cumbersome packages hero blind rw WANTED TO BE THE DRIVER’ | walk to the corner, « a M. Deegan, No. 441 Bast 12d st, Bronx 1 ¢ whopring that all Ttrap wet by the vt var onl an ease its Gke sedately and march on slowly, as if in , n 4 carrying. + [was tense 4 and that in Hen of th lay from my 1 procession, But when we : wagon, drive by onela uneral process Le’ poOys WITH THE 1 ker wae a German. police the shou tin m pan, which va ext aon, a is [fench Churgh Avenue and Flatbush, we | LETTER vor ! ova hoa pale of baskets atung | “Look out well, MB, No. 889 ns drawn by anutliae a4 ths }roaeh Church Puvush miren” Ta ‘a his back, each bask it deing one laughed, et, Torrington, Con In fenpt Gta mromeny, atOre, |iBOke write 8 AUT re my window 1 saw ten-year ol it ackages.—Ronald Lb, |what he } river wen Lan [vimdaline Heeb ioe pala : niteh ‘i No. 111 Bouth oth Street, [with emburr roo MECH RO presently emerged with arms taiten with [steps. The ones In fr i iota M8 ordered ot ait v. J. No. 441 Unton sh neltha a beat ~ horse" bad dragged a ane : mnie: SPECIAL. We yp 1 “hould musi iy h ma engaKe- . sto MY BROTHER.” REMEMBER THE sveBArHE aay, [YO Poe | sanduahs the hore and drove linterfering with & matinee engage- s awed ein Memoria! Monument in} /n th ar of a es wider the barn r but we learned nt curried me ba nning. The traffic policeman|to catch tt, for it t | and Wie Leonardo Borough Hall to-| Sunday 1 saw seve ' ‘ rmita ’ was st ree H spaJabandoning the ct ia ae: ~ a floral emblem had heen} Pennies 1 late r hired man id foal He knows we d ‘ c ly Hens ye Soon later I lenrned that} Wouldn't let them pla ) Ray morning with a | t ' Ms : We smile our thanks, and in a peers splanations . brother who had proudiy | were n y satisfy thetr bouif, and only th f tol Mth : M weats, ready for the day's work make qnent bia having ‘bater AveDL France and would never re-| craving \ wn perhaps kept my tine ‘ littea Avenue, Roecbank, Cohen, No. 1659 East ‘Tenth Helen Loftya. No —Edith M, Allen, No. 114 Datton' hus, No. % Avenue, ¥ herry tree —Mra K Carlson, ras Beet m ‘ Brooklyn, Bronx. Birest, Rosefié Park, N, J, ford, N. J. Northport, L. 1, es J BRONX. ya EVENING WORLD pays liberally in cash for FIRST news of really impor- tant happeninge—FIRST news of BIG news. Call Beekman 4000. Ask for the CITY EDITOR of the Evening World. Every reader a reporter. i QUEENS. A MAN ON THE ROOF. above my apartment. Mine w A BOUT 9.30 O'CLOCK LAST NI and I determined to Investig: |GHT I heard footsteps on the roof ere the only clothes hanging there, From the roof door I could see a dark figure moving between the lines of clothes. “Ah!” thought I, “here's where you're caught with the goods, and I'll see that the police take charge of you!” as if to remove something from the could: “Say, madam, whose clothes so thick I could scarcely see as the As I approached cautiously I saw a hand lifted line, so I cried out as boldly as I are those?" * * * The fog was dark figure appeared from behind a sheet and a masculine voice answered: “I don't know; they're not my clothes.” I wi almost paralyzed with fear. Here, I thought, is a real burglar. 1 was wondering whether he would shove a gun in my face or drop me to the Long Island tracks below. But presently I inquired less boldly: “Do you live in the building?” “Oh, yes,” he re- piled. “I live in Apartment 29—I'm putting up a radio wire, and I assure you I won't harm your clothes.” good laugh, as I did, but there was fi OFRCUM LG ern oN, Yesterday the posuran erevaht v, big envelope filled with cela) 6: ments, several from Washington, Katherine I. Walsh, No. 81 South Parsons Avenue, Flushing, Queens. When I explained, he had a a lot of relief in my laugh.—Mrs, FELIX SELIGMAN, BABY HERO, In a vacant lot on 88th Streeet, this siese back of the Roosevelt ‘Theatre, eral from Brooklyn and more from «| *0me children had built a bonfire, Shir- Uny rural post office. What do you sup- pee It was all about? In April, 1921, 1 sent to my father in Maryland a setting of goone exgs from Manhattan Beach. Tif package was insured for $2. Every eg was broken and I slauned the in- sured amount. Since then I have moved out here, my father has been dead four months and I had forgotten about the claim. I wonder how much more than 42 Uncle Sam would have saved had the claim been paid promptly?—Mary G. Owens, No. 2 Washington Terrace, Beechhurst, Whitestone — Landing, Queens, SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. This afternoon, before starting with my two boys, aged three and four, for the promised sight of Santa Claus, 1 humored them by giving each two p nex from thofr little banks, for they said Santa would not bring them toys \€ they didn't give him money. Then we went over to Manhattan and tn front of the library we saw Salvation Army lads and iassles playing and singing hymna beside an linmense American flag that was spread out upon boxes, Paasersby were dropping coins and bills upon the flag, and I explained to my own laddies, who gazed in round- eyed wonder, that the money was to buy toys for little boys and girls who had no mummies or daddies, "Can 1 put my penolea in, Mummy?" “And me, too, Mummy?" asked my kiddies. Of course I consented and their little hearts were gladdened by thelr adoption of the spirit of Christmas.—Lillian M. Con- way, No. 47 Jackson Avenue, Long Isl- and City, Queens. MIRACULOUS RECOVERY, T expected dinner guests to arrive to- day at 1 o'clock—the time set for the meal. When they did not appear we decided they had minsed the Rockaway local train, which meant an hour's de- lay. We were foeling mighty close to starvation when at 2.30 the phone rng and the expected guests explained they were Ill with colds and could not come. { expressed sympathy, rang off and served @ warmed over dinner, Later I was walking on the Boulevard when to & Cadillac sedan, with a lot of laugh- ik people, I saw our “‘sick" friends ney did not wee me.—Mra, Helen L. Shea, No. 437 Beach 2th Street, Bdge- mere, Queens, “LEARNING IN BYE IN FRESHNESS OF ITS YOUTH Recitations were dragging in the math class at Wadlelgh High. A girl whom we will call Miss Blank moved to her chum's sent; there was some giggling and then she returned to her own seat. Soon our nostrils were offended by an odor that grew stronger and more offensive. Eyebrows were raised and so were the windows. Then some one found that a piece of cheean strong enough to earn its own living had been placed on the radiator. Aft class I heard Mise Blank say somethin to her chum about sneezing powder for to-morrow,—Birdie Judelle, No. 2116 Honeywell Avenue, Bronx, THO HER LABOR FOR HER PAIN«, Yeaterday { saw one of the many disadvantages arising from tho bad coal situation that compels land- lords to use some soft coal. A woman waa hanging out clothes on the roof of a Jenninga Street house when from one of the chimneys a great cloud of black smoke began pouring, It was carried by the wind directly toward the clothes, and ahe had to take them down at once.— Helen 8. Newman, No, 870 Daat 170th Btreet, MOTHER HAD SOM ove: I stopped on the avenue bes'ds a weeping little girl to see tf T could com fort her and was told something wos sticking in her side, Just then a lady paused beside us and I told trout We raised th coat and found @ threaded ne iny in her alde. jdently her mother had forgotten to remove the needle aft WING IN THE sewing @ button on her dress,—Holen Hotchner, No. 245 Fort Washington Avenue, Bronx, APPETIZER. I wns waiting for car to carry me home from Morris High School when 4 collision between a taxi and a on the small railroad bridge Just past Third Avenue caused a tie-up. The toxt had been caught between the car and the tron uprights of the bridge. 1 ad to walk from Third Avenue and 169th Street to Broadway and 18let Street. Gee, but a chair felt good after that walk!—Sidney Seldeiman, Kelly, @treet, Bromx. No, 036 ley Landow, twenty months old, of Ni 8712 89th Street, blaze, and a boy of five picked up @ burning stick and poked it at the baby’s face walked toward the Up went her hand to protect her face, and her sleeve caught fire at the wrist. In a second the flames ran to her dress and hair, but during that sec- ond Felix Seligman, five, of No, 8732 Jamaica Avenue, had Jumped to her and by patting the fire with his bare hands and holding the baby against his clothe he managed to smother the flames be- fore serious damage had been done. Then he ran to Shirley's home and fetched her mother, An ambulance doe- tor treated and bandaged Shirley's hand and face, and oh! how the baby's meth= er did hug and kis the ttle hero Felix before she took Shirley home. Later when I asked Felix why he did not call the baby's mother first, he an= swered: “Cause she would have burned up by the time I got back."—Miss @. V. Lack, No. 481 Benedict Avenue, Woodhaven, Queens. MAN'S WORK IS FROM SUN TO SUN. This is my busy day indoors and here are some of the things I saw. dressed, hand. I politety informed the ringer that I didn't want any Llnoleum remnant. The bell rang and, broom in Back to the job; another ring and Proposition to “cut down doctors’ ex: ponses."” A few more flirts of the and ding-a-ling went the bell. A pack- age from Gimbels for the lady upstairs, and would I take it? Of course I would. Next the gas man and, after him, the electric Ight man. Then a sweet little girl of six selling Christmas cards, Lunch time and in comes my laddie, smeared with dirt from a fall. A friend called bringing her lovely id lively youngster of three (who some day will make a fine house wrecker) then seme more “will you buy callers, And when evening came I saw a half-cleaned house and a tired mother getting sup- per. But, in spite of it all T am thankful to be able to see all this, and to see a $2 check that came in the mail for & previous “What Did You See?’— Mrs. ©. L, Moore, No. 340 Sixth Avenue, Astoria, Queens. RHYME AND REASON. At Beaufort and Manor avenues, Woodhaven, | saw the following adver- tsing card’ in ‘s hardware store: “Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, there’ anthracite coming to town. The coal \n bags, the price on tags, and shows no coming down, Oil heaters $5.50."—John J. Behrens, 1148 Walker Avenue, Woodhaven, Queens. KNOCKED DOWN. We had an auction sale at a bagaar given Friday night by the Friendshig Club, of which I am a member, and a pair of gilded plaster bookends wae koocked down to me for $1.60, I was digging for the money when the aue- Hloneer was instructing his assistant, a Ind of twelve; “Now, son, don't drop them until you get the money.” Hardly had T appreciated this remark when— plop! one of them dropped. 1 felt oblixed to decline the bargain because of the nicks the fall occasioned.—Allce KR Lankow, No. 397 11th Avenue, Astoria, Queens DEAD AND A My uncle went fishing brought home two eels, them my mother cut out the hearts and laid them on the table, They ware beating, strange as it may seem, for eels wero certainly dead, and the puls “ons continued for more than half an hour.—Katherine Prendergast, No. 36 Railroad Avenue, Corona, Queens, yE. to-day ind While cleaning THEIR WEDDING MORNING, On Saturday afternoon at Broad- way and 7th Avenue, thia place, I saw @ lusurious limousine in front of @ church, While the couple were having the knot tied im the church, some of thair friends sent away the limousine, and in ite place there drove up an old-fashioned cab, drawn by a heavy cart horse. Horee and carriage were decked with many muslin bows and the cad was owr= tained in white. The driver wore an old-time cabby's wniform and had white gloves and a large shite bouquet in his lapel, The fun-loving friends drew up in slid ranke frome the church door to the curb to pre- vent the bride and groom from ea- caping, and when the coup op. peared they were pushed ito vehicle, which waa labeled “Just Married.” The lumbering horee waa started and the newlyweds were driven around several blocks defore they were released.—B. E. May No, #01 8th Avenue, Long [al City, i Sav