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Show Lights of New Newyork Newyorkby York Yorkby by L . L , . L , . . STEVENSONLearned STEVENSON STEVENSONLearned Learned of thiee th1ee three attempts to work workthe workthe workthe the old oM badger bntlger game g'1me g1me ' on the streets slrClts ? ofNew of ofNew ofNew New York As In each cach Instance fnst'1nce fnst1nce lnst'tnce lnsttnce ' ' , tbe the tbemethol1 themethod themethod methol1 method used was the same , a ParI Park Parkavenue Parkavenue . avenue Incident may mw be cited The Themanufacturer Themanufacturer Themanufacturer manufacturer of ot an Internationally Internationallyknown internationallyknown Internationallyknown known children s remedy , accompanied accompaniedby by another manufacturer , was beingdriven bemg being bemgdrh beingdrhen drh drhen en up that th'1t th1t ' avenue . . . A tradic trafhc traffic hht hhtstopped 1 lightstopped . ; , ht htstopped stopped the car and a well dressed , , attractive at attzactlve attiactlve tzactlve tractive \ wonnn t\om'ln t om'ln omln woman ' opined opLned the door and andgot andgot got ot In The two manufnctuiers manufactUlers manufacturers loohcd looked lookedat loohcdat lookedat at her In surprise " "Don't Dont " ' ) sou ou 1 emom lemem lemember lemember emomber ber ' ' ' down InMiami In InMl inMinmlwell me me1 ? she asked ashed 'It It It was Ml 1ml-well 1ml well Minml-well Minml < - well , , I Ivc Ice \ e vvon won another s swim swimmlng swimming " 1m 1mmlng mlng championship since I ve 'Ve ' seen seenyou seenyou seenyou you youIt It " ItIt It happened that neither occu occupant occupant occupant pant of the car CJ.r CJr . had hnd been In Miami for forquite ( forquite or orqUIte qUIte some time and so they told the thehdy thelady thelady hdy lady It was "as as " her turn to look 1001 , surprised surprised sur surprlscd prlscd prised "I I " must have h:1e base h:1\ h:1 h1 : \ e made a mlstahe mistake mistake"she mistakeshe , , " she said , , apparently npp\rcntly npp rcntly ' \ confused greatly greatly"I'm greatly"I'm greatly"I'm greatlyIm "I'm Im " ' ' sorry But you're youre ' going my "ay ay say " waymay , may I [ ride along a few blocl blocks .s s > . t\ t w \ tIth withlou7 Ith lth IthJ lthsou J sou ou ? , I'm Im ' ' upset-reay upset reay upset-really really upset - really ] I amIt am It " * . . As the car cn continued to roll uptown uptownshe uptownshe uptownshe she recovered her composure and nnd wasInclined was wasInclined I IInclned Inclned Inclined ] to treat treat tr at the whole matter as asII asa asa II a Joke ' f'JDaI fJDaI ' Finally y yshe sherextended she . e\tended e tended .e\tended .etended .e \ ' an tnvl Invi Invitation Invltatlon ; taUon tation to visit her apartment and have havea a drink drml < Her Jer tier ( technique techniqueas was \\as as aas \ \ excellentbut e excellent excellentbut ce1Jent ce1Jentbut but her 1m invitation insitatlon Itatlon was refused At the thenext thenest thenest next nest trade tr.ltI.c trltI.c trltIc traflic . . stop she got out and nnd tool took tookup tookup . up her station st'1tlOn st1tlOn stltion ' on the corner [ In n nn an nnother another another other Instance Inst'1nce Inst1nce ' the car owner , , recognling recog recognl11Dg recognhing nl11Dg nling ? the racket racl.et raclet . at once ordered hIs hIsch'1ulTel1r hisch'iuffeur hiscInulTeiir ch'1ulTel1r ch1ulTel1r ch'iuffeur chiuffeur ' ' to stop the car c\r c r ' \ nnd and assistthe assist assistthe assistthe the woman out . . But she dl didn n t wait waitfor ' " waitfor nit nitfor for assistancee a assistance cslstancc : e . e * . e . eI1'irry [ Harry hrry I1'irry I1irry ' I G 0 ) Tudor , wlio who " was "as as formerly formerlyman'1ger formerlymanager formerlymanager man'1ger man1ger manager ' of the late I rank ran1t Bostocl Bostock's Bostocks Bostock'sanimal Bostock'sanimal Bostocksanimal ' 's s 'sanlmnl ' anlmnl animal show . , told ( old me of an incident Inan In Inan Inan an amusement park parI . 700 you , of which hewas he heas hewas \\as as was \ \ the manager m'1nager m1nager ' , , In Glasgow Glnsgow , . , Scotland ScotlandAmong ScotlandAmong ScotlandAmong Among the animals ammals was nas a gentle genUe In Indian indian Indian dian elephant known hnown as Paul Puul One OneSaturdnv OneSaturday OneSaturday Saturdnv Saturday afternoon , . , Tudor received ahurry a ahurry ahurry hurry call and found Paul in a wildrage wild wildr'lge wildrage r'lge rlge rage ' . . . The big animal anima1 , . was p'lclfted plclfted p'icl8ed picl8ed p'icl8edonly p'lclftedon1y paclfledonly ' ' on1y only ' " with ith the greatest greatestdifilcrrlty greatest difficulty dlfficuHy difilcrrlty In Investigation [ Invcstigatlon n nvestlgntlon vestlgntlon vestigation disclosed the fact tliat that a avisitor avisitor avisitor visitor had fed him a bun In whichthere which whichthere whichthere there was a laige lalge large needle Two of or the thekeepers thekeepers thekeepers keepers had h'ld hld ' seen a man who'had whohad who \ \ ho 'had had " ' ' ' had actcd act actcd acted cd ed suspiciously susplclonsly and Tudor ordel ordered orderedthem ordeiedthem cd cdthem them to ! . keep .eep eep Leep watch w1tch But nut nothing hap happened happened nappened pened during durmg the rest of the season se'1son se1son seasone ' e . e * . e . eCarly Cjriy C.1rIy C1rIy Carly . the ne\t ne t next \ ' summer , , just nfter after nftertbe aftertime afterthe tbe time 700 100 roo had reopened , Tudor received receivedanother receivedanother receivedanother another buiry hmry hurry call Paul had knoci hnocl knoel cd ed cddown cddown eddown down aman a man m\n m n ' \ \ with \ Ith hib hb his trunk and anll onlv only onlywith onlvwith with ' " ith the glentest gientest I entest lllliculty dllllcnlty difliculty ( had h'1d h1d ' been beenrestr'1lned beenrestrained beenrestrained restr'1lned restr1lned restrained ' from . killing f.IJllng fIJllng him Tudor Tudorsent Tudorsent Tudorsent sent the t\\ t two t0 \ \ 0 keepers heel1ers secret secrete secretls I ) to TudorI the thehospital thehospital thehospital I hospital and they positively posltl\"ely posltl "ely ely \ " Identifiedthe Identified Identifiedthe identifiedthe the injured man m'ln mln ' ns as the man m'1n m1n ' who had hadgh hadgiten hadgiven gh giten en the elephant eleph'lnt elephlnt ' the nee needled led bun bum bunWhich bumWhich bunWhich Which . , Tudor holds hold'3 hold3 ' is proot proof . that * ' the theLlpphnnt thet.lephnnt thetipphnnt Llpphnnt t.lephnnt tlephnnt . ne\ ne net never neer \ er em ' for forgets for.ets forets . ets etsII II " . e * . e . eIncidentally Incidentally tlie the time victim vlcthu of Paul's Pauls ' ret re reI revenge I t \ enge brought suit for d damages d'1maJes d1maJes ' ima , es Tu Tudor Tudor Tudor dor sprung his two surprise Itnes.es Itneses witnesses witnessesthe " , witnessesthe Itnes.esthe ! : . the victim victlm victims s cnrefiillv cnrefullv carefully rehearsed rehe'1rsed rehe1rsed ' test test tcstimony ! ( mony blew up and the judge jude . ; , . Insteal1 Instead Insteal1of Insteadof Insteadof of awarding awnrcUng damagps dnmn.W8 dnmnW8 damars . ? . expressed e\pres'3ed e pres'3ed pres3ed ' \ ' re regret regret regret gret that It wasn t in his power POer PO\\ PO pow \ \ er tosend to tosend tosend send him to jail for { five the h e veirs seirs } e Irs The affair affnlr received wide wld publicity publIcity-and publIcity and publIcityandduring publicityandduring - andduring during that season , , more than a mIJ mil mIJlIon million million lIon Scots SLOts paid admissions to the ioo coo " ' 00 . e . e * . eReports Reports fleports from various sources Indl lndl lndlsate Indlcate Indlcate cate sate that t11.1t t111t . tqe the the blc\ blc bicvcle blccle blcrcle \ cle Is coming COIDmg b1.ck b1ck beck b1.ckSporting beckSporting backSporting . Sporting goads go ( ds s stores and nnll departmentstores dep'1rtment dep1rtment department departmentstores ' i istores stores report Increased sales So do dothose dothose dothose those who sell clothing and shoes th\t th t that thtgo thatgo thatgo ' \ go \ with Ith bicycling blcychng Many hoy wheelsthat wheels- wheels wheelstllnt wheels wheelsthat - that tllnt s \ what \ hat we used to call c111 them anywayare any anyway 1y-nre 1y nre way-are way are " ' - are bought boubht by residents resJdents of LongIsland Long LongIsland LongIsland Island Wcstchester Westchester and other suburbs sub suburbs suburbs urbs A New York Yorlt newspaper reportsth'it reports reportstl1t reportsthat tl1\t tl1 t th'it thit ' \ ' blC\ blC bicvles blCles blcxles \ les are fire replacing replaLing replat.ing replating . second carsInstead cars carsInstead carsInstead Instead of sending a n sen servant seriant ant for the themaIl themall themail maIl mall , Illundl laundly laundiy y or on errands in a 8 . SDJal1 small SDJal1car smallcar smallcar car , heads of country estates are urJ urJIng nr nrgIng , Ing handymen to learn to pedalf pedal f ( ) 1933 1 33 Boll Doll Syndicatew Syndicate -w w - W WMJ U Service |