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TWO DOLLARS' will be paid for each item printed on this page. Checks ars mailed doily. The weekly special awards, announced on Saturdays, are in ad dition to this payment. Open to all readers. THE EVENING WORLD pays liberally in cash for FIRST nows of really Impor tant happenings FIRST news of DIG news. Call Bcekman 4000. Ask for the CITY EDITOR of tao Evening World. Every reader n reporter. i m MANHATTAN. A GREAT DAY FOR TWINS. Mr Jlttlo daughter and I saw at Broadway and $6th Street to-day a pair of engaging twins dressed in green. They were Interesting and wo were sncaklne of them when a moment later in the next "bjock we saw another pair of twins also dressed in green. We had to laugh in the next block, for hero again we eaw a third pair of twins dressed magnificently in gray brimmer coats nnd caps. The collector's fever possessed us then and we walked on looking for more twins. Sure enough, in the next bjock we saw twin girls dressed in navy blue with bobbing red pompoms. Four pairs of twins in four blocks! But our day of seeing twins was not ended. We r.av another pair at 72d Street, this time Jn Aljco blucl trs. J B. Welch. No ns West 70th Street. OSS H&12D A a rmjmprf, 1 1 . mm n itv. 9 yy it IT'S A UUAIt! Alter ocliqol hours I help my father The heating system In the Columbia! Itj hla toy shop Wc have u targe bcarl.aw School was out or order for anl on wheels displayed In tho window. To- hn,.r ..j j ,h -t... i ,...i... day we had four Inquiries about it. but! one man called it a pie. another a horse. a third a camel and a fourth an ele-1 phant, although It Is a perfect specimen of a bear. Albert Millet. No. Ill l'ark How, fAllT OF A riiAYCJOISIl'S THOflllXt. Two scats nest to mine were vacant after tha curtain had been raised to- I. .. , V. ..... . ,, n.A9Hurnv nn.1 "Will Street. Presently a couple came in, ana overybody In the whole row to our left lad to stand to permit them to past. Wo wero grateful when they had flnullv become seated and wc could oBain con centrate on tho play. But it waa not to or. Tho uoher came down in u minute r so and asked the couple for thmr checks. The man seemed annoyed. He aaJd ho could not llnd them. Thn usher ntlated, declaring another couphi had flecks for the same teats. Everybody m tho nelfhborhood now was more en grossed In this by-play than In the play t , tj t . . ....... f i t p , K M31.. ii-vhu, mid ..Kill tumm inv uvw.v... iiv M.iii.1 noriiiu i.ti iin.ii. H and declared the couple would have o vacate In favor of the later arrivals. Tho former's checks were for the pre Vlous night. So we all had to xet up ngraln and remain slandlnc until the new people wero seated, and nieunwhlle wo missed hair of the first act II. II. Uohm. No. 21)5 Wcot 103d Street. VANITY NOT lll-.ll lVIMKMISS, Tho millinery department of a largo tore at Sixth Avenue and 31th Street to-day was aglow with color nnd finery. Tho crpwd Id it was athrlllod with ex .ttement at the display, when suddenly there wan a lull as a woman dressed entirely In black with a black kerchief lied about her had emerged from the elevator, followed by two men evidently her sons. One of the men spoke to a saleswoman and Immediately there was , ha. most courteous response. A chair I waf quickly placed In tront of n mirror Sanu the mother wns seated nnd persuiid '4 to let the- kei chief be tak i Horn her head. She looked nt herself with ron- i-crn when a turban was placed upon her smoothly parted hair. No, no nhe exclaimed decidedly, fchrinkin: from ho vision In the mirror with aversion Many different styles of Imtu were tried on her, but she discarded them all. Then she solved her own problem. She put on the kerchief again and stood ready to so. her faeo shining with serenity and her "manner said: "The world may Ko mad, but I shall remain myself WlUa Hagerman. AlontauU Avenue, Bay Sdc, Queens. THIS WAS XOT WOOUIV4 I'l. . On 37th Street between First and Sec ond Avenues to-day I saw a viagonload of coal being dilvrn slovI along when x boy ran behind the wagon and lifted .ho latch of the drop board. Immedi ately coal began falling to the pa va lient- The driver did mil discover his oss until ho had travelled half a block Hit In the mcnnuhlle scored of children ind rushed Into the ttrcel with Unci rts and bags and wero picking up the iiel to lake home. T. Spices, No 3uu .;st 92d Street. oii.vii roiti;v i:it. In the window of a malt and hop rtore on Third Avenue near 35th htreet to-day I taw u tln which read. "Wish Ins You a Malty Christmas and ! llonpy New Yea.." Geiall J. ' Venter, -No. 317 IJ. 3Cth (itrcit. TIP-TOP fi.HIC. V'roni a wlnduiv on thi- twnlv- rtil.th flaol r l,,p Woolwortli UulldlnK l-d-y l I sa saw a baKketball name in irur un the roul ol a neiKnnorinK uunning Harry J btrachan. No. u liurdetto Place, J.'.malco, Queens FAIR WEATHER IN THE SUBWAY. WHILE waiting for an uptown train m the 03th Street uud Lex ington Avenue ttation of the subway Ihia morning at 1. JO o'clock I saw a lady enter carrying an open umbrella. She walked up and down tho platfrom with the umbrella held over her head, evidently waiting Cor a train. And It was not until she had attempted to enter n cur that she realized that the umbrella was oppn. Mrs. M S Levoff, No 111G IIoo Avenue, Uronx WHERE THERE'S A WILL ItSAW the driver of an old fashioned horse cab waiting for a fure in front of tho Hotel Mi Alpl.t l!r walked about in a sm.ill circle, .tumping his feet and hwnulns iiu mo uuiiuicil iii Imo, inn luu e'buunt, unit ears nnd noise mowed the t-ffci't of thu colli- Hlh ear?, j:i rtltulurl j . beamed lo bother him, and he rubbed iUem vigorously "Forgot my earmulfs," he mutured. Then came a saving ideu. Ho removed tho blinders from his horse's brldlo and strapped them over his head. They wero wool padded and answered the purpoan of earmuffs admirably. Annette H. 1'reu- tnan,$!o. 665 Fifth Avenue,' Room gazing into a shop wjndow, these SETTM5D OITT OF COUIir. ... . ..... .. . lt,' e(ully ' ,he th"t Its members lmtl 10 suffer In consequence. Ail savo one of thu classroom windows were closed, and throuttli tho open window a wintry blast made Itself felt. A student I who perhaps was afraid his hair would 1 be. blown from bis head, rose and closed tho windows Another student who I cared not a whoop what happened to his I nair arose and reopened It, Inquiring of I me other ir ho wanted every one to suf- locate. Bitter words were exchanged and a fight seemed Imminent. The dis putants, of course, were warm so the I w Indow remained open, llut half nn hour luter when they had cooled off nnd the sharpening wind seemed llko to I mnk Icicles of our brains. Prof. Patter son requested that tho window be closed. rho compromlso" appeared to please I every one. Aaron Salzbers, No. 019 west liatn street. SO, TIIAT'S WHO nous IT. I've often wondered who drew tho nen- ell mustaches on the faces of the young I Grcik gods who advertise collars on sub-1 way station posters. To-day I cauKht at I .n. ..iU1 ui"i iii uie nee. iwoi.irilE SA31K TO YOU, AUD MAW train nt the 72U b'trcct station of the Uroadwoy subwny. One of the rlrlsl opened her squlrrel-skln coat, produced I a silver pencil fastened to a Jong black I rluuon and started giving the yountrl knight of the collar a mustache. Ilerl work was but half finished when her I train pulled In, and she had to leave It. Cailton Short, No. 185 West 87th I Street. li KMLmiin.v.vcr:. I saw something to-day that warmed my heart and which I never shall for get. I have been laid up with the! grip and unable to attend school. Moet of my rlajiiintes live uptown, and I had no thought of a viidt from any of them. Having finished rendlns a book. I was thinking of what a dreary ufter- noon I had before me when our maid I came in with live letters from class-1 mates. I saw that tlvcy had remem- be red me anil was cheered. My dreary I afternoon was transformed by the kind thoughts of others. Helen Cleary, No. ::i East 17th Stieel. Till; ALLIES AT CIIUIbTMAS TIME. At Uioadway and Mafden Lane yes? terday noon I saw a welltdressed man walk up to tho Salvation Army Istile st-vtloned there nnd ask her to loan I hlm her collection tambourine. She I handed it to hlni and, facing the crowds I thronging past, he snouted: "L.adics and Kentlemen. I will give twice as I much as the amount of an coiurimmons pue imo una laiiiuuuuuc (ur uu iiudic cause." the response was so instant anu AU Eer.tTOiiS iiui ie evfincu it the peopli thought ho must be a mill ionaire. Coins fairly pound In: almost every passerby gave toniethlng. O. Oumaellus jr., Jamaica Park, Queens. V. ltHKUSK.S TO nH I.TRIt- IIJWKD. I saw my friend, Civic Virsue, In City Hall Park and in fancy I could seo hm shivering from the coating of enow and ico on his otherwise bare, body. "Hood mornliio'. Civ," said I, how an. you enjoylnc this blusty, musty day7" Nary vord from him Just a dark, dirty look. lie vas so cold he could not even move his Hps. Hut he deemed to be thinking unprintable thoughts about Aldermen who would condemn hlpi to sund ulono In thu big city, save for a rnnnlc .if the danzcrous se. to become a target for merciless newsboys' snow hall. Uiwrence II. Kin?. Ku. H31 Yyso Ave., IJronx, bin arms to ke-op warm Though S17. Maahattau. A PAGE OF BRIGHT, UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS REPORTED FOR READERS OF THE EVENING WORLD BY READERS OF THE EVENING WORLD $100 $100 $100 Bchool and college contributor MUST name their schools. Walt for the worth-while Inetdsnt. Do not try to writ svsry dy. Boar In mind the qusstioni "WHAT DID YOU SEE TO-DAY?" Not what somebody saw, not what you heard, not something that happened last aummer. What did YOU ase TO -DAY 7 Contributor to the page should write of subject with which they r familiar. Choose, preferably, thing that happen In your awn neigh borhood. Tell your story, if posnlble, in not more than 125 words. State WHERE the Incident took place. Write your name In full. Writ your address carefully. Address your letter to "What Did You See To -Day 7" Evening World, P. O. Dox Ho. IBS, City Hall Station, Ntv York. BRONX. SHE DROPPED SOMETHING! . OV N Prospect Avenue between ning I heard a boy shout: Hey, lady, you dropped something!" Looked around and saw a runplng breathlessly down the street. Twenty yards further on she picked up and pressed to her breast In a blanket. Meyer Fischer, No, OF TIII3MI" ilu npurtment bell ra (his morn- inOi i'l tchen I opened the door a sairtmm -nanded me u small brush tcfttch is company mo uivlng nicoy n an adverllscmrnt. Ho had evi dently rung the hetl of the neigh boring apartment at the tame time, tor an tlderly lady, icho lived in it, inquired (Oho teas there, r.io sales man said.' "Open the door, lady, I have a turprtte for jou." Instantly came the response: "J have a sur prise or you too. I'm not flolnp to open the door.'" llelen L. ftucho, Ho. S03S ilorris Avenue, Uronr. XKIUSCKI.US." In my chemistry class In Stuyvesaut High bchool tu-day we had an experi ment with sulphuric acid and zinc. The fellow neit Id me was cautious ' uml added but n little acid at a time, and. noticing that his sine did nut dissolve rapidly enough In his test tube, ho poured lp tome more acid and quickly held Iho test tube away from him to ward me. Suddenly a spray of sulphu ric acid shot forth and struck me on the forehead and about the cye.. I.ucklly I wad not very near or I would have been blind. One of my classmates Immedi ately dubbed me "I'reckles" Harry, and this evening my mother wanted tq know ( I had been In a scrap iocepn jie- nick, No, 613 piaremont Pirkwaj' Bronx. rntsp I THE TEJieLE. My two.ye,r-old daughter uAially sits 5esl(jt mt whll I roll the baby to sleep, i,, ,hl. .-n.,,!,, v,b waa restless and walked down tli flairs to the eidewalk I gave her permission to wal',1 up and down in front of the house. Presently I saw jhe had disappeared I became alarmed I lelephonsd a neighbor, but she was not there, fearfully. I went out into tins street Thero is a temple on our street where my niothr.r.n-Iw tots every Saturday. I went in merely I to ask If anyone there hod ucejj my I child patd, and wien 1 ppencj the door 1 I taw my daughter bitting near the floor I ghe invited mo to sit beslda her, but I i took her homt-.TrMargarct Welding, No. 776 Hewitt Place, llronx. (iOOn l'Oll IiTTA. In my ciliji In Bvander Child High School it. u blind fcdrl. Etta by name. I Since f hu cannot participate In the gym I nusiuni i xereltei, to .Ills take her walking in inu senooi yarei ounnK iniu period. Tlie ncnooi yaru aiopea aioepiy at ita outer boundaries and tho two Kit la Jlldo dewn It. Hut. this mornltiK 'icn I looked out I taw Etu sliding aUo. and the reemf'l to enjoy It moro than her friends. Elsa Netuer, No. 665 Kast 178th Street, Uroni, II CT THBY HOT ACI108S. As I was crossing the bridge that spans 'Park Avenue at Tremont I raw three s rls ahead or me nreaK into a I run so they could get across before an I upproachlng train pasted under the bridge, since it la & .UIFjuugil '!", to have u train pass under one on a bridge Is bad luclt. Hut tho brldgti was slippery and one gtrl fell. Another tripped over her, and tho third barely managed to escape falling by grasping tha handrull of the biidge. Then nil gathered thcins-lves together and made uuolher dash, reaching the other side just ae the train reached the bridge. draco Cameron, No. 2JJS Valentine Avenue, llronx. THE MIS AT MUYKIIS ST it IK I", I saw a luree crowd of women gath ered In front of a butcher shop on i:at ISSth Street. I jomeu mem nnn preu ently saw a man But out uf an auimno. pile, enter in, sni'i and uuuia uuw in n few nunutos, oanylng rjmu papurs. Then he tM to the croud' "It's all right, It's l 11 tettled." Then the womn went In and iiurciufceu meat, i learneei these women buyers had gone on strike because the proprietor of the shop had discharged ft workman and had hH wife belling meat. 5Irs. Oeorge Burner, No. IV Ksjt UUt Btreet, Uronx. New Program of Awards and Special FOR THE BEST STORY OF THE WEEK; $50 for the Second In Merit; $25 for the Third. TEN stories adjudged Next in Merit, $5 each. This competition is open to all readers. , Special Awards for High School Students will be divided weekly amonr high school pupils contributing to the "Wliat Did You Sec To-Day?" page. For the best letter sent in by a high school student, $50 ; second best, $25 ; five next in merit, $5 each. Special Awards for University and College Students "will be divided weekly among university and college students contributing to the Pnffc For the bc&t letter of the week, $50 ; second best letter, $25 ; five letters next in merit, $5 each. l'Ust and 162d Streets the other eve woman drawing an empty aled a bundle It was a baby wrapped 1060 Forest Avenue, Dronx. "AHK YOU mOM OEQItGIAt" On IClst Street, near Tlnton Avenue, to-day I saw several small boys play ing, among them my seven-year-old cousin from Georgia. (Suddenly It started to snow. Instantly my cousin stopped playing, looked up with a hor rified expression nnd Ecreamed to his playmates "Hurry up, better get In your house! It's raining salt! We'll all turn to salt! Hurry up1" And he ecampercd as hard as he could Into the house. He knows his Bible, but he has still to leain about New York weather. Frances K. Nathanaon, No. 976 Tin ton Avenue, Dronx. HSOI.fTEI. . icna enjoying a. horseback ride this inoniliiy tchen 1 sum ait im provement on the old custom of eel ting ..ji a Irro on lAe ildyepole of a nearly completed house. That old custom urns for the double purpose of affording n resting plnco lor birds, to bring good luck fo the house, and also to tiijlcrtlo la tho builder that it teas time tor him to set up :he drinks. Instead, howtvor, of erect ing a tree, the workmen on the house I passed had nailed el stick to the ridgepole One end of the stick protruded over tlie roof's edge and from it teas suspended a bottle empty, no doubt.-Uathilde Jukj ter, .Vo. 3it Dement .lveittie, Il'est fJHflftfoit, Statctt fsland. tiy.vi ivonu. To-day as I was leaving Curtis High School for home I saw a man of about sixty yenrs. who wanted to get from tho third floor to the ground. Instead of going to another part of the new building and descending by a ladder, bo walked to ono of the ropes depend ing from a pointer's scaffold, swung himself clear nml went graosfully down hand-over-hand. All the departing stu dents cheered him. M. W. C, Statcn Island. NOAKINO IJT. On tho top rloor ot Curtis High fchool s- new building arc two rojnij, from one to the other of which ono can gu cither way by ellu.blng over the wall separating them, or by going Into the old building. To-day 1 aw a bo going over the roof from on loom to tlie other. Nearly an houi Inter I taw the sanio boy, soaking et. In the hallway. Ho told me llut when he had lUKOti nted the separating wall h had fjund the door of th' f-ci jnd loom locked anil, returning, hud found tho door of tin flret loom locked also, thus making him a prisoner. It was only by chance that a fellow. student dlecuvered his plight aqd released him. It had rained quite hard during his Imprisonment. Prank M. Slclntyro. No. 30 Homestead Ave nuo, Port Hlchmond, i. ! API,AHI3TI.Y. To-dav as I was enjoying a elroll """.i- If lit Von Kull - ... .. ,. I.,,,. frr,m liner, wumii in (. rnui , vi my homo. I an nu u'hl'tlcally tiuitt man seat himself on a rock beilde the stream and fiulokly strip otf his clothes Then he stood un tn a naming sou Without hesitation Ivi dovo into the Icy water and swam about, apparently as pleased with his cold bath as If It wero a warm summer da teari e,nart' stream, No. 1 67 1 Hlchmond Terru.ce West Now Urlghton. Statcn Island. nVl'.HYIIOIIV'i. I.I Hit AH Y I was selecting some raadlns matter to-day In tho public library here when my attention was uttrue'ed to a noman apparently sixty years ol age, nho sl t.lutii-!ieu iii tt .iiaii iii.i .li- f'litoj a a aht. mended socks. The librarian eln3 my Inletcst, said to me. "She comes heio ovtry niornlng and sews until late In the afternoon. She has no coal and must llnd shelter somewhere so I guess this Is her logical refuge, for awhile at least. "Anna McDertnott. No 113 Targee Street. SUplcton, Btaten 1U and. OUT OF TOWN. THE RIGHT STREET, BUT THE WRONQ HOUSE. FOR fifteen years we lived at No. 309 West 15tb Street, but becauso of tho sale of the property, were notified to vacate by Jan. I. Wo bought a small house In Arlington, N. J., and deciding to patronise our new neighbors, gave the moving Job to a transfer man In the vicinity. Coming to Arlington by train ourselves wo gavo the movers tho key to tho house, so that they would not lose any tlmo should they arrive first. When wo reached the stroct In which our now homo was located, tho truck owner walked toward us, his taco wreathed In Brallos. "Everything's In," ha said, as ho turned and accompanied us. A moment later, to our constornatlon and his, top, wo discovered that everything was "In," but not In the right house. Although ho had the key r.ud the address, be hud put our two van load of furniture In a'house two door3 from ours, tho door of which happened to bo unlocked. There wero only two empty houses In a row of eight. Ho plckod tho wrong one. Mrs. Charles Johnston, No. 400V& Forcat Street, Arlington, N. J. TIlIAt- To-day as I was coastlns down the Hamilton Avenuo hill, I saw a class mate with a brand new sled, which he ws taking particular pains to avoid scratching or marring. I Inquired hov ho happened to havo a new sled hut a few days before Christmas, and ho cald he had found his hidden present In the attic, and, as his mother was not nt home, had decided to give It n tryout. Richard C. Oldfleld, No. 1 Central Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. RICH&IOND. WHAT KIND (IP AN OMEN IS TIIIST We were sitting In our kitchen having a cup of tea about 7.30 Christmas eve ning, when tho spook came. Wo have a clock standing on the parlor mantel which has not been going for eighteen year. Buqdenly It struck tnce and live minutes later it struck once. We were startled and frightened. Investi gation disclosed that no one had been near It nnd It had not been touched, nor was It running. Its hands pointed to 7.12 Mrs. C. Gallagher, No. 984 Bay Street, Hose-bank, 6. I. LAUXDHY MATtK. On my shopping tour yesterday I for got to purchase a little Madeira dolly which I had Intended to stnd on its way this morning as a Clirlttmas gift. To save myself another trip lo thu stores. I dee ded to give one of ta dslntlist dollies from my own stock. I picked out a very beautiful little piece, washed It carefully and this morning I Ironed It. The result was perfectly satisfac tory end I vas Just folding It up In snowy tissue paper when In one corner I eaw tho Incriminating mark, "pvix. Down went my spirits, and on went my street clothes, for even one' closest friend might be excused for looking with distrust upon a brand new Chrlctmaa hiii wnicn bore an uia isunnry marie.- Mrs. W. II. Co e. No. Homestead Avenue, Port rtkhmond. Dtaten UlutiJ. M ltANGO STOItV OP AN OLD SALT. we've all heard of babies blng b6rp wtth teeth, but I mw a man of seventy- sis who never hud a tooth In '.vis heud. e came to my hardware stora to get jnrnethlng for the birge on which he orks as stews rd. He told me he never had -it u toolh, but thut ho could t anything he denlred and never had flit tered from Indigestion Paul Iv Olse.i. No. 3000 lllehmonil Trrraco, Murlnei's Harbor. SUtun Island. WHO'S who i. nrcimosn poli tics. At the Democratic eurhro last night at the Stapleton Club'-j rooms I saw, among the 1,000 or more people, quit nunvbor or politicians- Among tnem were I'resi dent Lynch. Judge Harry Tlernon, Judge vvredemeyer, Commissioner or purile Works John O'Rourke. Park Comml sloner Thomas McQlnley, Assemblyman T. Murgrove and Assistant District At torney J. De Cren'co. Klla A Con!y, ,S'o. 13) Heach Htreot. New Dorp, Stattn SHIPS THAT PASS IS T1IIJ .MOIl.Y- I Ml Crolng the bay on the Slnten Island ferry thin cold morning. I w tht steamship OrUaba. with lee-crurteJ prows steaming In from the Narrow. As though glad to meet an old friend, the liner camo almcnt alongside our humble ferryboat and then dropptd in turn tei wait for u liny tug to guide her up tho river. Mls Juno O'D, lloasa. No. 19 1 Itlchmund Terrace. New llrlrhtnn. M I IVIIKHK CN tOt' riTlill.VM M)T Tu-day while watching throu.'li my tee-covered window fur the coal in. in I saw a man trundling a tawnmowor down the centre of the street. There's an optimist for you. Mrs. N, H. Mundy Jr., No. 95 Post Avenue, Port Rich- moad, S. T Prizes A DOtiBMS-nAUnEI.t.UI) KTORT. The capital prlie. which was awarded I to me for my "What Did You Bee To 'ayT" story last week, arrived to-day nd I hato placed It on my desk, when alternately I am smlllnc and frownlni at It. Tho article which won for mi tho $100 lost mo my Job, My forcmuu Kavo me a black look and my fellow worker grinned at me when I reported for work to-day. They had read the I article, and, I was told, the tnclden' should have been reported to the offlce and not The Evening AVorld. I was In- Itcd to get my time, nnd I had to ac cept the luvl ullon. , , . Hut na I looi at my check now, I smile. Harry P. Isenhut, No. SO yonkeni Avenue, Yonkers. N. V. This la thu double-barrelled storj whlrh won (100 uud lust a Job for Mr l.lee-nliut: NO sMOKIXI. Huslness exiled me Into the Yon Vera Uiilldlng, In which the Otis Elevator Company store It oils. Almost on my htels followed a dark skinned stranger, who carried a big can and an order for oti oil; he alio carried a lighted clgaret. . . Leaning against a barrel of highly Inflammable ell, the man was purl ing hi clgaret ln serene comfort, when he was spied by Mr. Chart drawn Mr. Crown la In charge of the place. He was at th stranger In flash. "(Jet out of here!" he cried "Outl om! out! before you Mow u all to kingdom come!'' The thoroughly frightened vlrltor, sens ing wlut was virong. shoved hi lighted elgaret Into his coat pocket. The coat caught flro Tho man ran. Mr. Urown was almost speechless for a moment, hut when he recov ered he throw a lot ot words after that durnbhall that I havo been un able to llnd In Webster. AM, WI5M. KHOH 1'OH cnii.imi:,. On the I. ft trln this atterooon from renu neaiion to Jamaica i saw u youni: mother and hr girl of four and eon of sis who evidently had been te ae Hanta Clan In on of the big depart ment store. The little lass entertained everybody within hearing by telllni what wonderful things old fanta wou.:l,u ornament which adorned tho vurl- nrina ncr. winning up vnn in inruimi; statement that "He'll have to be drefful careful not to get bun tunnnln' dowi our chimney." Up to that time not i. word had come fiom the boy. but then he buret out with ''Aw, hush up! Hov long do you 'spect me to stand tha stufTT ' Thu was demonstrated the In flnltude of difference between chlldi: tour and grown-up six. Mrs. Alfrel J. Thorn, No. J13 Jefferson Avenut Mlneol. U I. rinar CfiAHTiwn acoidunt oi THU SKASOM. While focusing my omtr to-day o i pretty winter scene In floger William Park. I saw the marks Itft by a child' i sled down tha snowy bank and acros i the walk and past an ominous "Danger ten on the oxtreius edge of the openln t through the bushes to the lake. He yond. the smooth surfaco of the lak had been roughly broken for severt feet and encased In the new covertn t of di rk colored Ico were leaves, twig i and pieces of brush that had bet'i stirred up from the bottom. On thi shore nearby was u row boat. All the') were mute witnesses of (h tragic end to a happy little boy's afternoon sport I rend a letlei or lh- I'ltlu fel,ow 1 1 r, f .1 k- ! ' i 1st ttwt.'l - Kthl l S ScOtt, .So V iy tl'io Avnliur, I'tut ideneu, II. 1 nv.r. tiit. rot t.. Outside a garugu In Washington Avenue. Urtlevltle, I saw a sign which read i "We Weld Everything but . Uroken Heart." W. E. Cohocne. No. 13 Aster Place, Manhattan. QUEENS. nAi'ry ABToniAi On a Btetiuoay ear thlt marninir J tait a young woman approach tho conductor, atture hertelf he teas jo in to makt thi return trip tAroupn Sfeintoay, then hand Mm a buneh of keys and a dollar bill. She r gursfed Aim fa (save the keys with her titter at No. its and tell the liter the keyt had been taktn by mistake. There ca a hart icrtinglt 04 to whether a tip were needed tor a courttty, but tha point is that the conductor agreed to execute thi commission. Talk about service Come over to Astoria . ami ice'H ow you some. Sylvia Olucunmn, So. Hi Ste'mcay Avenue, Astoria, Queeiu. cnosMMi kijUiuic nniunR. Mondav's afternoon cane had sc- count of a Port Washington train belnij Hailed moro than an hour at riusmns Bridie, due to a scow collldlne with the I drawbridge, i was one or tho Passen gers. nd hero aro some of thu result IUiai I saw; ino aw or mro jinonoiisvi. had to nllent from the train nd cross tha trestlo and walk some blocks to n I other truln. The trip aenwa tho trestle waa haxardous, to say mo least, ino tut) small plank used for u footpath were Inefficient for the crowd, so many of the pajseneera, Including soma elderly women, had to walk the ties hi the tact of a howling- wind off the bay. A Blimps of tho swllt tide, seen through the I ties, was enough to test the stouiim Inarvn. llut nerhacs tho shopper, know- Ilne what they were to encounter In the holiday crowds In Manhattan, thought l but little of such lunger. rran iinn. No. 131 Cherry Street. Flushing, uueens. A niltTY THICK. On Main Street yesterday t saw a well dressed woman and her fluffy llttlo dog got line their cxerclso. Along curan a hlc St. Ilernnrd dog. Grubblnc the poodlo by the scruff of Its neck, ho ran screws the street nnd dropped him In a blB, deep mud puddle. I wns too far away to hear what the poodlc'a mistress old When sno aiscovereu no nun changed In color front, whlto to brown I James Mount. Cammerer Avenue, lost Itockaway, Queens. LOOK OUT, IlOVt I was waltlnit for a cur nt the lidse- mere station to-day when I saw a six A lmv Kiuirchln? for a nickel ho had lost. He finally located It under the third rsll nna was rcnciunK iur n wlin I crabbed him. Tho niche! Is still there. I aivve him another in piaco oi It and exnlnlned the daniicr of touchhiB Iho rail--a d.inBer that his parcnis should have maao cieiir hi nun. .ma. It. 1.. .Shea. No 437 lJeuch tlth Street Cdgcmcre, Queens BROOKLYN. THE MIS8INQ PASSENGER. U6T as I cntored a loft building on Washinston Street to-day I saw tho freight olevntor settle at the first Hoor. Tho operator looked startled. Ho looked up. exclaimed: "Oroat Scott!" and quickly J reversed his levor, whereupon tho car shot upward. Presently he came down ncaln. and on tho floor of tho lift lay a young man uncou. sclous. This elevator Is only a platform no sides, no top. Th operator told me later that ho had taken tho young man aboard at tbn llttlt floor Ho had fainted as ho car started and had fallen apalnst tho wall, from which protruded an Iron bar. His coat waa caught on this piece of Iron and as tho elevator descended tho young man had hung there on tho firth floor unseen until tho operator looked up when ho reached tho ground and mlssod his passenger. The young man seemed no worse for his experlonco. Louis Strponlng, No. 1D2 Clnihnin Avenue, Urooklyu. AN ADYnitTISBMEST THAT OIIATKS. rtldlng tins morning on a Tompkinj Avenue car, I w printed in letter four feet high on the side of a building. "Iia foro laying In coal, see" naming tho dealer. Above this advice wo a pic ture of a man tylnir on a heap of coal. Which was wrong, tho artht In Illustrat ing "Ulng" with "lylnc." or the ad vertisement writer In laying out the lay out for the ndvrtlomnt7 K. Ilohln. v. i;fi7 Lincoln puce, lirooklyn. C(l?V ISLAM) IN H1XTRH. Few people roalUe what Coney Island looks like durlnir tho winter Dark are the brlrht lliht of Luna und Steeple clmse. Gon are the banners, bunting ous resortf. ciojoo aru tno nues. chute and merry-go-round, and silenced for another yiir ar the rau couo crle of tho hot vunders. Conev Isktnd I a quiet a a churchyard. No longer do guy crowds throng brilliantly Illuminated etreets. Thoro are no suckers to play games ot chance Coney Is but a storehouse of memories until next summer. Nat Plnkelsteln. No. 1817 W. J7Ui Street, Coney Island. KATK nOUOI.AS WlfiOIS, On Friday I had thi pleasure of tea- Ing Kate Douglas Wtffgln. the author of Tlebeec of Bunnybrook Frm." Shi vddresied the Mxwll Training Schoe 'or .Teachers, which I attend, and b my nstlmatlon sho Is one of the most charming women I havo ever met. Huih Newman, No. Zi3 Stockton Streol. Urooklyu. WIll'.N TIIK "LAW" STKI'S IN. Yesterday afternoon 1 saw a collector for a dairy product concern present statement for S7M3 to a grocer, who declared thst every item on the bill wns an overchargo and that he would not pay It. "I ll get u court summon and you'll havo to pay the court expenea In addition to tlie bill," the collector thre-atened as he left. About ten ndn lllrs later iiu I upiM-'rtruii ami itspiueii to th groivr a puikt bearing; a re J seal It lookt l like a summons and thu ro cr, unabb' t" read KiutHth. quickly or dereil hla daughter to write out a check for the 73.1s. Ulr I discovered that 1 the "eummona" was meroly a circular adverttiemunt of a ihoe firm. Paul Palkoff, No. 1(9 South Klghth Street, Urook'ti. AND IT COST JiOTIJI.NO. This piornlng while on my wjf business. I tw on of pur D. 8. (5. Veteran cotleetlnc rubbish nd H'JV" tng paper bags. A It was starting M rain he took Urge piper bag eff W wagon, made slit for hi b4 and arms, pulled It nn, and hi ralncoit wa complete. M R. Cortwrjght. No. 8St JOth Street. Woodhaven. Oun NOT SO DAD, ArTXB ALL. I had occasion to-day to visit tha Town Clerk's ofllce In Manhssset an4 there t saw a young couple come In to procure a marrlago license. The mm was little, rotund and obviously Follso and his countenance beamed. taughlr ft lily bubbled from hi throat a M answered the clerk's question. Th young woman, on the contrary, ieonea like a lamb being ted to the slaughter She waa terrified and so nervou that she could not respond to any of to questions and her flnnco had to answer for her one blushed wnen the cierx asked If she could write, and replied, 'Oh, yes, but I couldn't to-day." H reassured her, however, and finally she signed her namo. The couple, eA compnnlrd by n Justice of the Peac. disappeared Into another room, and B llttlo later, looking through a window. I saw them going down tho path. Sh8 was considerably shorter than her hus band, but he had his arms about her waist v Ith n protecting air. and in looked a lot happier. Mr. P. II. Denn lr. No. Amity Street. FlutnlnSi Queens. BHB WAS ItlOIlT, AUSOLtJTIXT. The woman who run a nearby fan? en Hillside Avenue. Queens, offered this morning to sell me a bushel of walnut which her boy had brourhj yesterday. Jho took me out to the barn where she had left them In th rear of an old flivver. When we looked for them there were but a handful left. A hole In the bag and the excited chnttcr of a squirrel on an overhead beam disclosed the culprit. We found he had u nest far up" In the corner of tho barn, close under the roof.1 In tha nest and all along the end roof beam we found tho missing walnut. That squirrel must hava been Incredibly busy, a the whole bushel had been transferred In less than IS hours. We figured he had traveled more than eight miles, and that meant climbing, and dodging and ducking about a only t squirrel can do. rerhap It was a weakness on my part, but I paid for tho entire bushel upon condition that at least u peck be left In trie equlrrtl' cache na a reward for his Industry. Mr. Bllmbcth A. nrown. No. fOill l'tcasant Btrctl. Queenn Village, Qurrne. HOT WIIKN TIIK WOOn 01O8BD I was on a crowded Lexington Avenu subway train to.day when a fat wan managed to cqueete all ot himself In ti save hla tomach. The door tntel the protuberance In closing, and being; of the automatic kind (th door, not the stomach) sprang open again. twio this was repeated, when the guard bel lowed. "Hold your breath!" And hold! when tho fat man blew out old breath tho door closed, AbrahoW SchuUar. No. Hi Christopher Avenue Urooklyu. tlHAT THAT TKACHTJIU I saw the freshmen and ophomofil of Trinity High School combined In U Little aguluvt tlie Junior Just few the vacation tho first time I ever v the tvto lower olassej united against au upper clin.3 The Juniors were t tiontKi at "ir head of tho stair leadlnr4 to (he drinking room and were deter mined to keep the school dry. Out th "vvets" were Just achieving victory In mifhlng them when a teacher appeared and stopped It. L'dward Kelly, No, CS Hradfoid Street, lirooklyn, HKIt STOCKINfIS WEnENT MATH. w wr out for recreation Trldar. and while walking about ten bto;k along fourth Avenue, we all notUeeJ that our gym teacher had on on grep woolen stocking and one of black ilUc Finally she noticed our giggling r5 tho amused looks of pawen-by and wa bur Ifled when w explained to her tha eaute. She said bo had been called t the teUphons while dressing to go oul and had forgotten to chango both stoch Ings.-Mlrlam Oftln. No. K56 E8th Stmet. Urooklyn. ( nOOIl MKV CAST 1113 KBIT DOWSi Iast night I attended a dinner Will entertainment given by the Cast Flat 'msh Community Club, at Publlo SobooJ No. ISt. to some of our war heroes wh are still In hospitals. I saw about thirty-five sailor there, many of whom had artificial legs und walked wtUl ranc. After a delightful show ftXl dlmioi liiom daiiotiiK, and I vm surprised to see tha boys lay aside en el cuuea and dance. Of course. It most havo hurt them, but thsy enjoyed It nevertheless, executing all th UleeJ tep4. A they were leaving each vm given two package one for hlmoali and one for hi buddy. Mr. Wniu head. No. 3018 Clarendon Road, Bro fyn. s :1 I i 1 .vera