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It I MANHATTAN. MRS. THRIFTY. AM EMPLOYED as n clerk nt tho parcel post counter of Station 0 Tost Office. Slst Street ami Broadway, Manhattan. Among 's patrons was a woman with it parcel addressed to nalllmorc, Md. I wclgbcd It carefully and told tho woniun the pontngo would roHt S cents. \Why sho protested, \lt' only n box of candy!\ I Bald 1 had no doubt of it, but Informed her that It weighed ono pound and two ounces and explained that tho rate to Daltlmoro Is C cents for the Ilrst pound and 2 cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof. Sho took tho parcel, broko tho string, unwrapped tho paper, epenod tho box and removed thrco candles, which sho disposed of in the usual way whllo I looked on with my mouth watering. Then sho did tho package up again and handed It back to mo. I placed It on tho teals and, finding that the weight was slightly under ono pound, handed Iter tho necessary stamp. \Well sho said, as she affixed the tamp,\ 2 cents saved means 2 cents earned. That 2 cents will buy tfee postage for my congratulatory letter to Al Smith.\ William Dono-fcu- e, No. 162 Norwood Avenue, Brooklyn. COLLEGE DAYS. Qathered In full force In Washington feaare Park, the New York University . frashinen were greatly excited. The . sophs had kidnapped their President and they thirsted for They suddenly spied an officer of the ' sophomore clui and were after him with a whoop, lie led them a merry i- - ,iase and a merrier battls ensued when he was overtaken. In the fight he win tripped of moat of his clothes, nnd the last Z saw of him was when he was bains' poked Into a taxi, which started up Fifth Avenue with a score of fresh- man dinting to all avallablo parts of It. Kitty Blegal, No. 795 East ICOth St.. Bronx. TWO CITY CJAnilKXU. , TMs afternoon I looked from my , window upon two small back yards, - divided by a high board once. In one yard it an Italian garden, which ' trot mads by a mother or her 'i daughter, one 0 Broadway't bright-e- st start. The garden is tho last f , word in thingt 0 it a kind, and ti. among other things h aa couch hammock that would have tuado \. Cleopatra swap her jewels to pot-M- ., mett it. But the talented daughter . wot teen only fuMce in her garden all summer. On the other tide of the enee then it no garden jutt - r solid\ concrete. No couch ham-- . i mocfc juit ajltflg rope twing. And Vet the plain back yard is doing ehat the garden next door ailed to do it it making one mother1! daughter happy. W. O. llUdcbrand, .Xo. Hi Weit End Avenue. TOMTKIVS OF TOMPKIVSVII.LE. I saw In my travels an odd monument k erected In memory of one of tho Oov- - rnori of New York. It Is. In front of J 8L Mark's uml . the Inscription reads: \In Memory of , Daniel D. Tompkins. Governor of the BtaU of New York 1807 J 8 17 Erected ' by lira. David Lydlg. Mil.\ Jamea J. Barnes, No. 331 East 23d Street. TOAST AND a this wax 10 luncheon I passed ono of tho open lunch atundu II so common in tho shipping at Hudson and Hcado Stroets. A young man of perbar.a twenly-t- a was waiting for his .rankfuuern to bo \nuisUrded.\ Tho weathur. While not exactly cold, had a of 11 tang In it. Tho man wore a short Jacket of sheepskin, through tho bottom or which I could see a heavy red sweater. Around his throat wuh wrapped a heavy spo;t shawl. . At his silo stood a baby girl of perhaps two and a half yearn. Her head was baro. Sho wore n gingham dn-s- s nnd a light sweater. Probably I would not have noticed them ir I wore -- ot a suf- ferer from something akin to dyspeps'a. I have to bo SO careful of wnai 1 can 1 was wondering what eon. ana uio sight of thoso two rain it VAfBUp,,a tho Tnen he took tho other frankfurter give none , spiii.vo iiB fa it Is my thirteenth birthday und nlS1? 6r,t 8TCt,ne I outsldo tlx JJhouse. was by three I saw sit-'- n tree. I ran In my .mother and sho saw them. Maybe are going to have Instead 1'owers. Amboy ItouU und tation Avenue, Pleasant Plains. Ktatcn Island. . mr A OF Y. - I saw in the \What Did See?\ page of Nov. 9, a letter signed \II. J ,!, \vsJVy\ stating that or alio saw Luwei frNew York. Governor's Island. Island, tills Island, part of New ' the Kull, nnd New \York Bay from a window in at Mariners Ilarnor, A. 1. ' that High Is .located at St. about n. tni,-- t from Mariners Harbor. Mariners l.'ar-- , overlooks Newark Bay and (\uttls ' High School overlooks New York Iluj. Mrs. 8. Welt. 127 Port - wuiisk itvrt TarWJitlm iMlM.fi tfliM .In,, nt nnadale y I taw what aI thought crippled gull flopping about the water. Curt- - and naif-thinki- might he ef tome assistance, rou-r- out to my astonishment found a largo loon tcremtlinn ustth nn t:il tihnut ,i ifyoot long. The ttl wtTt half ieny yi it it. iwvri ifwuui, una cuuui it nor ditlodge iTan: j. rurman, .vo. 1131 . moaa, Annotate, a, l. 4 From atop bus we mx bit bor snw a maid snaking n. cloth out of an apartment house window, Flalnly sho was Hbout her household duties, but ona of tho boys on tho bus, who evidently preferred to regard her ac otherwise, aulcklv took out his handkerchief nnd It at her gal lantly. E. Phillip, No. 128 East 9Gth Street. tiii: ciiii.imuvs noun. I stepped Into the Children's lloum of the Public Library on 110th fitrcct to- - duy jutt to see tho Kpcnd tliclr tlmo there. A lone lino was wait- ing for fairy books, fiction \easy\ books. They were eager Impatient. The librarian had to restrain them from rushing forward and grabbing what they First come, llrst served, was tho system, and tho early comers, of course, got away with tho most fa- vored books, exclaiming: \It's a peach, a peach!\ All, It seemed, and this should gratifying,, know how ue tho library. Morris Hcrzog, No. !01 West 121st Street. DETECTIVE TU1IVS I HIS MIIIEI.II. I had read in tho papers of tho killed on Manhattan Iirldiro by a black automobile which had got nwny, nnd tho day the article waj my mind by tho sight of a black automobile, answering tho de- scription of tho \denth car.\ standing In front of u macliino shop. I down Its number lo report to the police nnd already I had visualized my plot uro In thu papers, and everything, when a mechanic cumo out. 1 aked him how the was damaged: \Oh replliTl carelessly, \It was bunged up a bit thiro or dnys ngo.\ Then when ho tho hood 1 saw bad 110 In It. This was my nrst to play detective Saul Cilassmun, No. 402 Kant CJlli Street. CAMBRIC TEA nnd districts. Thin ono ia 1 had best daro to have for lunch- - \franka\ made mo nick and angry. for himself, grasped child's \Mllt'FI.KSS.\ On P.lchniond Avenue, Poit Rich- mond. I saw u boy ubout ten ycniB of Hge. Ho was looking n toy.Jiop window, on bis back was hung a sign wblch rond: \If I loiter on il,. street, tell mo to run nlonc.\ 1 i;r,t why ho had this sign on hl.i back. tin iwiffwiriMi : t ... sum I never hurrj-- . so kIr. nut tbat on my bark. W.-ll- . 1 ,llust mn now , f got ubout that olil i.Ilm, , Aftl-- f !, Inn ..... .. . .; ' uuy m 1 rum or ,1 ,oll on u.Mkor Avenue talking to n llttlo boy. 'lnu wio, uui wnon tho lad miw \iv txciaiineii: \ p.. i . . I.. ... .... . .VIIHlfl. vtnoriUDon bo rim down tho r..et.-Mll- drrd . (lmn.ll. x . Miiugliwoul Avenue, West xow Ulcn- - M'UVK Us 11 ror.Mv. 1 talking will, my daughler to- - .) huuiu 11 cousin 1 Had m,t jn ny U001. I through the winnow to sec who It was und there, after Ifteen ytars. wus my cuusln ! W'n.it u urirls ' Mrs. A. Graber. No. :s Jewett Avenue, West llrlghlon, S. 1. iiatiiiv; macihm:. I went yesterday to New Brighton to visit 11 ft lend nnd found her giving n bath to Iht two children, aged two nnd four, In her tdertrle washing mnchlne. fniu whli h she buU ri imie the cylln. 1I1T. Mild the buthriMim was cold nnd she hud wili-- the (irolilein, and nt tin- snnie tlmu uniiifeil the ihlldren pliiriUIng tliein Into thn mnchlne.--Mr- n. 1. M. Ihiie Jr.. No. '.'IS Midland .Uenue. Urant City, Staten Islatid, m, ono 01 mo Hunks and placed in tho of 1,1110 Blrl's hand, holding tho hand n mlnuto to steady it l ii-b- nana in nis and tbey marched down tho street together llko Stwo pals. 1 was ready to explode, llorrlblo thoughts camo fi oomevning wnispcrcd to mc to grab tho frankfurter from tho ;baby no, tho father a good enllng down nr.. km bi t ... I controlled I did of theso things. I watched the-bit- ing Into their franks as they sauntered along, nnd I turned asldo for to ist flTA ten, Jano Jasner. No. 202 Franklin Stroot, Manhattan. rf' RICHMOND. &WVA iii:iiii: jTolay Kt. robins and called too. Swo spring of .idater,Uay QUESTION UKOGIIAI'll You he Brooklyn Bridge. Ilcdloe's Brooklyn. The Narrows, Jersey, Kill Von Curtis School 'It happens Curtis George, No. Palmer Avenue, Richmond, Staten Island. ;. vjiiwii wax tub nta., Beach teas a tea In out, 1 and ifintithcr twallow it .im''oy yoo-no- o! afternoon dust tion waved how children and nnd wanted. bo to patrol- man next to took car ho four opened It cnglno and Inst at- tempt trucking tho Into and him Till peenil by own myself. CambrlC A PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL FOR KiiADERS OF THE EVENING WORLD BY READERS OF THE EVENING WORLD New of and Prizes GCkCn DORT TOURING CAR FOR THE BEST STORY OF THE WEEK. $100 in Cash pyDU for tho Second in Merit $50 for tho Third. $25 for the Fourth. TEN stories adjudged Next in Merit, $5 Each. Competition open to all readers. Special Awards For High School Students t i - . will be divided weekly among high school pupils contributing to the \What Did You See To-i- j) 1 UU ' Day?\ 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 t 1 ()f) will be divided weekly among University and college students contributing to the page. For the y V best Ietter of the week, $50; second best letter, $25; five letters next in merit, $5 each. School and oollege contributors MUST nam their achools. Wait for the worth while Inoldent. Do not try to write every day. Bear In mind the queatlom \WHAT DID YOU 8EE Not what somebody else aw, not what you. heard and not eomethlng that happened last summer. What did YOU see Contrlbutora to the page should write of subjects vlth which they are familiar. Choose, preferably, thing that happen In your own neigh- borhood. Tell your atory, If possible, In not more than 123 word. 8tate WHERE the Incident took place. JWrite y0Ur name In full. Writ your address carefully. Address your Utter to \What Did You See To- - Day?\ Evening World, P. O. Box No. 1B5, City Hall 8tatlon, New York. OUT OF TOWN. SIX 8I8TER8. A RESIDENT OF MANHATTAN, I wrlto this lettor having Just had a rather unusual experlenco hero. Camo ovor to attend tho wedding of ono of my sisters, which will tako placo in Providence Had a lltttl.n hiiRlnRB In tho Hub, so camo hero for tho week-en- d. To-nig- ht I visited tho South Station. Whllo thero I was greeted with an enthusiastic \Hello!\ and a hearty handshako by a young man who advanced toward mo from a group of friends. His face was vaguoly familiar to me, but what his namo might bo, or whoro and under what circumstances I had met him previously, I could not havo said for a million dollars. The young mnn introduced mo to his friends. He seemed to know me so well that I was praying ho might say something which would givo mo a cluo to his identity. I must have looked at him strangely from time to time, for finally h3 said: \Say do you know I'm thinking you do not know who I am! I'm Mr. Linnott.\ Wo shook hands all over ngaln. Ho and his party moved toward tho New York express. \Going to New York?\ I asked. Ho looked at mo fully a mlnuto. \How can I bo going to Now York,\ ho said, \when I am going to bo your brothor-in-la- w morning In Provide co?\ I nearly dropped. I had met him ut least a dozen times. Oh. well, a fellow with six slstora can ha excused for not remembering names. Joseph H. Grady, No. 221 West 31th Street. WASN'T II1C BVEIl A IIAIlVf On Uio Jersey City car opponlto mo y sat a woman wltli a baby in her anna. Ucsklo licr on tho scat wna a grip. Tho baby became restless nnd rldcntl' to quiet hrr tho woman tried to fret from the grip. How-eve- r, rlie could not open it, so she asked a man next to mc If lie would get tho buby's'bottlo from tlm grip. He seemed qulto embarrassed by llio pltuutlon, nnd clunixily ho opened the grip. Then of hnndlns the bottle to the worn-u- n, he kept It and handed lier tho crip. Albiin Itichards Jr., No. 175 Ninth Avenue. oni: ;ooi NvtiHAX a. co. In tho limine of lltpres rntntlvca of the Indiana State Capital at Indianapo- lis I saw tho following Inscription writ- ten III Had pencil on a piece of brown paper and pasted on one of the panels: \Sacred to tho Memory of the Seventy-secon- d legislature One (Jood Woman and n Lot in' Mere Men. May u Mer- ciful llund Wot Out Their Mistakes.\ 12rncttt I'. Mundcl, Nu. i32 Nassau titrcct, Manhattan. TAKK YOUK CIIOICi:. On u busy corner of Sfewark, .V. J., there nit tiro lunchrooms iclfhlrt twenty-fli- e fci t of each other. Tho Hiannger of onu ehoiccd hit clever-nr- tt at pleating the croicdt with hit advertitinu by iliciitf In the window thit tign. 'The Mco bint jiliicni to rut hern and my rival.\ vIod l.awlor, .Vo. Chrome Avenue, Chromi, .V. J. T. I, PAOE fer Saturday's first prize will be NVASMIXRTOiV mVI.NO. Just north of Irvlngton-on-the-lludso- n yesterday saw \Sunnyslde ' tho quaint old brick house where Washington Irv- ing lived. Later at Sloepy Hollow Ceme- tery, Tarrytonn, saw tho plain marble slab that marks his grave, surrounded by similar slabs marking the graves of members of his family. His pew la still in Christ Church nnd the high school nt Tnrrytown is named for him. M. D. S.. Lincoln Place, nrooklyn. KIXG'M I'AIIK HOSPITAL. I visited the King's Tark Stato Hos- pital for mental patients on Long Isl- and. admired tho beautiful location near the Sound. The buildings, so many of surrounded by their well-ke- gardens, looked almost llk private dwellings. In them wero beautiful sit- ting rooms for visitors. Somo of tho patients wero out of doors playing bull and other games. Others wero smoking and chatting, and the picture was more that of country club than a hospital for mental defectives. Johanna Gart- ner, No. 1753 Avc.nne A. BITTER THfTII. I am manager of a Northport gro- cery, and at I was about to cloto Friday evening young man rushed in and called for a can of milk. I handed him one and he slapped a dime on fnc counter, mak- ing Itufnnfly for the door, \llry called, \you're four rente thort!\ \Vo I'm not, mtoler,\ he replied, \It's you I\ Frank Murray, North-por- t, L, t. Special . Dodge Car and Cash Prize Division Firit Award Dodge Touring Car ALLEN, No. 437 C9th Street, Manhattan. Second Award $100 LEON HARTMAN, No. 6S7 East 160th Street, Dronx. Third Award $50 ADAM KRAKENBETtO, No. 479 Itaddle Stroet, Long Island City. Fourth Award $25 JOSEPH HAER, No. 67 Woolsey Street. Astoria. Ten Awards of $5 Each MRS. J. SWAN. No. 81 Leonard Streot. Jersey City. ANGELO C. ANDERSON, No 21 West 14th Strtet. Whltestone, Queons. IRA HULL, No. 6J 49th Street. Urooklyn. GERARD F. CANAVAN, No. 144 Academy Street, Belleville, N. J. LUCILLE DURTON, No. 501 West 121st Btreet, Manhattan. HATTIE 4, OWHS, No. lBUfl Enst flth Btreet, Urooklyn. KDWIN R. SWARTZ, No. SOU llroadway. I.OITIHE N. LAWRENCE, No. 5771 Decatur Avenue, llmnv A. It. 1IASHROUCK, No. if .'uirvtnw Avenue, Went Ilrlgliton. S. I. MIS.- - 11. WA1.K1I, Nu. Hi Uiaml Acnde. Astoria, tjuecnu. SEE THREE a about it. 1 I I them, a TII13 up a I West 1 HAPPENINGS REPORTED Program Awards Special ALTHOUGH Awards I BRONX. SUN8HINE. WENT WITH MY FRIEND to visit tho Home for the Blind, on tho Grand Concourse, and carried along somo phonograph records wo thought would Interest thoso who Uvo there. A gentleman whom I took to hn thn Superintendent met us at tho door and showed ua around. Wo saw men and women, who for varying lengths of tlmo havo not seen tho light of day, busily and happily engaged In caning chairs, making mnttresses and running sowing machines. Tho super- visors impressed mo as particularly cheerful porsons who And a great deal of pleasure in helping their \children as they call them. While we were watching the chair-cane- rs an elderly man passed us. In his oye3 was tho vacant staro of tho blind. \Well ho said, \what a flno, cheerful, sunshiny day this IsP As a matter of fact, the day was dis- mal and rainy, but, quick as a flash, tho Superintendent agreed with hint \Wonderful day,\ ho said, emphatically. \One day In a million, Joo!\ Evidently the Superintendent Is not the man to tako away tho sunshine wberover it may bo. In this case it was In the heart of a blind man. Huldah Kandall, No. 2485 Creston Avenue, Bronx; Evan- - I. dor Chllds High School. IMSHMHMiMMaSiaMma T1IK NREDY nrtOTIIEtt. To-da- y on Church Street, near Hec tor, I saw n shabbily clad and 111 look- ing young tnan. He was not begging, but I stopped to dig up a few pennies for him. Not a colnt could I nnd. but io eagerly was ho watching mo that I hadn't the heart to pass him by, so I gave him a dollar, ell took It only on condition that I givo him my ojco ad- dress, which I did and kicked myself afterward for doing it. An hour later ho came to my otttce, and I wus giving mysel fanother kick for being u fool when ho handed me SO cents with a shaking hand. Ho expressed grotltudo for the llrst square meal he had had in many days, and I was speechless. I want others to know of this case, whoro tho clothes didn't mako tho man. Ar- thur II. Mattciion, No. DCS Anderson Avenue, lironx. A I.I PI! HAS NO 5IO.VUY AM) SOO.N nvii.i, in: olt ov a Jon. Hconnlng the news columns of Tho Evening World on Saturday In my home. I saw an Item that weemed to mo very umuslng. It was headed \AIlco Jtobertson to sell farm and hunt employment.\ I had thought \sore- head\ politicians wero something of the past, but there must be a few left. I\rcd L Martens, No. 2118 Vulcntlne Avenue, Bronx. KIVE BLUE STAHS. I saw my gray-halrc- d mother on Fri- day night delve down to tho bottom of a trunk nnd draw from amid camphor balls und khaki sulta her service Hag which she .hung In her parlor window on Armlstlco Day. And I saw' her smllo of prldo ns sho looked at the five blue sorvice stars on tho flag. Benjamin I\. Hush, No. 1531 Benedict Avenue, Bronx. for the Week II. ExcortEi Tn the Bronx Opera Uoute, on 19th Street, y there tat in front of me three tchoolboyt about fifteen ftrart of age. lVhen a news reel teat ihown, depicting the burn- ing of th Wathington High School of Portland, Ore., the boyt began to laugh boittcroutly, clap their hands and stamp on the floor. The house rocked with laughter. Abraham J. Green, No. J70 forest Avenue, Bron. I THE THE I I'EniLS OF THE Thero was a morn- ing I was walking on Jamaica Avenue I saw the win- dow overhead from which It the In crowd upon head It shattered. It hurt not but the back his hat was off as neatly as if with Egan. 10756 HSth Street, Itlchmond Hill. U. University and College Division Fii-s-t Award $50 M1LQRAM, Collcgo City New York. Second Award $25 CARROLL ARK. Columbia University. Five Awards $5 Each ELSIE FISHER. Now FARM most exhibited eggs, motorists problem CITY STREETS. crash whllo tilth fallen whose sliced VAN York University. CHARLES ROSEN, Washington Square College, OILHERT PRICE, Law r.ww.nu . uutgers College. MORRIS GOODMAN, New York High School First Award $50 WILFRED E. High. Jersey City. Second Award $25 ANNA FREEMAN. Girls' Commercial, Drooklyn. Awards $5 Each ANN ELIZAnETH FLYNN, St. Peter's High. West Rrlghton, 1. K SI. AW. Morris HKb. JJronx. WEHTItn.M, Hlrh. MILLER. Kv.mder Chllds High. Ilronx. Kvander Chllds High, lllolix. stories which won larjjer awards, ploture leaders, New contest week begins $950 Dort Car. Haven't YOU ? Write to EVENING BROOKLYN. \STAND WHERE YOU ARE1 DON'T MOVEI\ T ABOUT 2.30 this afternoon A nuo, hlock from Graham Avenue, Droooklyn, in tho hop of locating witness who is wanted in an accident caw. I asked about this person and of tho men in tho saloon said he knew tho man wanted and would help mo to find him. Invited tho Gentle- man to have drink. We fioth callcd'for boor, and as wo stood at th bar drinking tho stuff a man at tho other end tho mahogany sud- denly pulled gun and, waving it in threatening manner, ordered not to move. was euro it was another hold-u- p. I dropptd my glass of beer on tho bar. My knees began to knock together. We) romained speechless from fright. The eight or nine men la tht place stood almost Then the man with to gm ordered tho bartender to put on his hat and coat the same ttsM' he flashed a shield, and I realized for tho first tlmo that tho place was being raided. The detective marched the bartender Into the rear room. ho did detective revealed himself. Ono at a time the ouav tomere stole quietly out through the door and when they reach the street started to as fast as their legs would take them- - George Kohan, No. 1C07 42d Street, QUEENS. FROM TO FAMILY. ENJOYED delightful Long Island automobile ride, through Far Rockaway, Woodmero, Bald. In and Frecport to Seaford. saw many thlugs of Interest, but what imprecscd mo was the way Street. man the had him all, Y. tho of L. N. Fordham School. Division R. of Olrli' decree IH'I.DA the of the eto. THE WORLD ono ono all At As so another front run IIE USED TO SELL BROOKLYN JirtlDGES. A fine fat goote that mutt have weighed eighteen pounds, tethered to poet betide the Boston Pott Road, gave mn vitiont nf a succu- lent Thanktgiving roatt y at was driving along with a friend in hit car. We pulled up and asked man standing beside the goote how much he wanted for it. Jilt price, I, teemed very rcatonable, and wat getting out the money when a very angry woman buret fromi little farmhoute and came menacingly toward ut, bvrandlinino an efficient fltt. The man dropped the bird and fled at her approach, and I was unable to convlncs her wanted to no! steal ffce goote. \I raited that goote our Thanksgiving dinner, and don't Intend fo let any slick city fellers get it,\ the Herbert E. Groves, No. 313 Lincoln Iload, Brooklyn. , BOTH or TIIEM. I saw an Interesting football gamo on tho Brooklyn Athletic Field this after- noon, the thing that made It so particularly Interesting to mc was the nne picture of tho father one of the players urging his son and his team to greater efforts. \That's the stuff. Cliff! Do It again. Bill!\ ho shouted, and when his son made a run around the end ho almost went wild with delight. \Make another run like that and ou get pair of skates,\ he yelled. Onco the boy was hurt and the father shouted: \Go on and play, I won't tell your mother.\ Then just be- fore the final whistle was sounded the boy made a run for touch- down. At the end of the game he came running to his father. \Do I get those skates?\ he shouted. \You sure do!\ the old man responded enthusiastically, \you sure do!\ Benjamin Llchtman, No. 57 Bay 25th Street. Br.son!iurst. 'COMPANY.'' A middle aged married couple sat opposite me In a Fulton Street L train I boarded at Greenwood Avenue. The wife was very cross looking and was finding fault with her husband respect- ing something he had crone. I felt sorry for tho poor man. Ho uald hardly n word, but looked uncomfortable as ho tried to read a paper. A lady they knew entered tho car at Grant Avcnuo and sat besldo tho wife. It was com- ical to see tho latti r'i change of atti- tude toward her husVrnd. As tho two women talked sho would frequently ad- dress some remark to hubby, smiling lovingly at him nnd culling him \dearie.\ Carollno Egan. No. 10756 llJth Street. Itlchmond Hill. WITH 0E EYE OV THE MOVIES. My neighbor next door has a mighty helpful son. I saw him on the through A window as I was eating lunch. He was busy hapglng out his mother's wash, whistling merrily as he spread a garment over tho line and Jabbed a clothespin on to Hold it in place. Dorothy M. Chaffee, No. 0127 109th Street, Itlchmond Hill. STAMTS. hTAMPS. STAMI'S, TITK THK DOVH ARK VIIITINO. To-da- y I saw the last of dollar's worth stamps stuck on an envelope addressed to tho \What Did You accr editor. Every night slnco buying those niiy siampa I have written of some- thing I saw, but, alas, without success. However, I nm an optimistic soul and i shall buy some more stamps and try again. M. Epper. No. 9414 315th Street, Queens Village. ONE AT A T1MK, rLEASE. To-da- y I saw the same thing I see six evenings each week n w IM scramble for the rmt Did loll Pee?\ paire to If any or us Tere among tho lucky. My sisters, father ami mother and 1 h'tve sent stories. Tho scramble usually Is followed by disappointing looks, but frowns soon change to smiles u wo lead the contribution. Anna Van Do Crick. Qlsnwood Landing. the farmer la turning marketman. A great many farmers have set up stalls at their own gates. Wo stopped at one and talked with tho farmer. He nnd was selling apples, potatoes, squash, endive, pumpkins, red peppers, cabbages and beets. Yes, and fresh chickens, ducks and geese. Ho had sweet cider, bottled or dr.vn from the keg. Four automobile parties had pulled up at this par- ticular market and tbc were laying In provisions for week. Ono customer carrleu away two Uvo geese In bag. It looked to mo as It tho farmers, at least In some cases, were mastering the of middleman. Mrs. Emma B. Mahon, No. 366 80th Street, Rock-awa- y Beach, Queens. of glass this at had and been at of No. of of Univorslty UnlvtJBlty. MURPHY, Dickinson Five H. TMKODOIti; A. mi.M'll Washington HAMULI., Next Tourlnrj seen something Interesting that buy for said and of roof of the I visited saloon on Ensort Ay' a I I a ot a a si I motionless. Brooklyn. a a I a I a I a a a a a a AFTER TEV TEAM. On my way jhomo to-d- In tax! X told the driver to \watch his step\ si we nearcd Bedford Avenue and TtoKoa Street, aa the cop there was reckoned a tough bird, who, handed out more, court Invitations than any other blue-co- at. \Don't Worry.\ eald tho drlTr. \I've never had a ticket In toy ten year ot driving.\ Grabbing a. grip at my homo. I again Jumped In the tajrj and started for the subway station. The driver stopped, on the wrong side ef th street at Fourth Avenuo and PaclflO Street. A mounted cop approached, saying, \I've a good mind to gtva yoa a ticket. You ought to ' know bttter than that.\ The driver, recalling his previous conversation with m, grinned like a schoolboy and the cop, thlnklnaT he was being kidded, remarked: \Tea think It's funny, do youT\ and handed him a tlckot. Philip T. Kins. No. UU Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. HANDIWORK OF TUB BLTJTD. ' Attracted by a beautiful window 4t play In the Crafts of the Blind (Stop, No. 293 Livingston Street. I entard and was shown by the lady In charg- - ' tho tastefully woven basket, ruga ot soft glowing oolors, quaint aateen aprons, dainty kimonos and nightgowns and many other things. I asked bow blind people could sew such straight seams and was led to tno wornanop in tho back, where some eighteen young , and middle-age- d women wore' laughing and chatting aa they worked. Ona .of them arose and walked briskly In rny direction. Her movements war so quick and suro that I never thought to step nsldo and she coilldea win. mm. Watching jome of them at woric i smw them stitching, without basting, aaaauf much stralghter than I could nara sewn, with or wunout Daaiing. n L. Huston, No. S7 Eighth Street. Brooklyn. SAVE Oil KEEP YOUR JtOSB t THE OnEtDSTOjna. I saw E. E. Olcott. President of the Hudson River Day Line, who had Journeyed thither for tho express pur pose, open a SU account In the Fee-MI- N. Y. Savings Bank. Ho said ha wanted to follow the example of Chaun-ce- y M. Depew. with whom ha had talked tho previous day. He told C 8. Allen of tho banlc that Senator Depew. had shown hlmta recksktll Savings Bank book with n. credit of 1900 that grew out ot a 100 deposit made In tho \CD's. Horn and raised In Pceksldll Senator Depew opened the account when a young man and vowed never to touch It unless ho was actually hungry. Easy clrcumstancea and his fame aa an nfter-dlnn- speaker spared him that fate and compound Interest 'did the rest. Mr. Olcott Intends to let his deposit multiply Itself as Senator De-pe- has done. I received a valuable lesson In money's earning power while witnessing the unusual occurrence. T. J), Kaucett, No. 403 Parkslde Avenue, Brooklyn. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY l HOT OOVE. On Wllloughty Avenue, corner ot Throop Avenue, y I saw a wheel como off a baby carriage loaded wltj old clothing, which a very old woman wus pushing in the middle of the street. Tho nut was missing and I could not muko the wheel stay on tha carriage. The owner of a swell tour Ing car was lust ' emerging from an apartment house and, learning the cause of the woman's grief, he picked up tbs carriage, clothes and all, and put It into his car, then bundled the woman In after It, asked her destination and chugged off. David M. Frank. No. 101 Kutlcdgo Street. Urooklyn. KiKST runsov sivr.t'LAn. After a pupil hat been abtent In our tchool he mutt bring a net from his parent or guardian thaw- ing why he ttayed away. I carried one y to the teacher. Bhe was out, and at f started to lay it on the desk I could not help but set another lying there. It read: \My Dear Miss : Pleate excute my abtence yesterday, at 1 was ill. Yours truly, Mrs. Smith.\ .Uarma lioscn, .Vo. tSSS IT. 3ld Btreet, Brooklyn. A FIXE IHn FAMILY. This morning, after having spent UiiT night with a friend who is a worker In the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, West 37th.\ Street, I was much Impressed with'', what I was shown In tho home. Abott 600 boys and 400 girls sat down in an enormous dining room,', the girls In one section and boys in After tho blessing they aleft heartily of cereal, buttered bread anej cocoa Another prayer followed, a belli sounded and tho children marched to' their resp'-- t tlv.- duties. I wondered thai' such h host of llttlo ones could ba to cupubly cared for when mothers of six children often complain of the burden of their responsibilities. Motile J. Baa-se- n, No. S76V Ocean Parkway, Brooatym. 0 0 f ...11
