| Show li lights gats of nw new york BYL ay LL j stevenson dropped nto into the little church around aroun d the corner A wedding ling ceremony was nas being performed perform edIn ln the beidek brides chapel nothing new about that there are many weddings i at tl the I 1 e church first made fa by the late joseph jefferson was told there were 30 or more I 1 I 1 weddings scheduled for tomorrow tomo irow saturday day which la I 1 s tile the most popa lar day but the little church around the corner felt the depression 81 on 8 severely indeed in id fact it if I 1 up am correctly informed there was even a saturday or two when there were no weddings but now there Is a rapid approach to the old average so the country must once again be facing the sun since so sd many more young people are con vinced that two can live as cheaply as one or that the ille seas of matrimony lire are other than troubled ad discreet inquiries liere acre and there developed the fact that tile the increase in the number of weddings at the little church is not the only prosperity sign the number of we weddings d with has increased and oftentimes the large as well as the small chapel la Is used with couples waiting their turn to face ace the a altar but that what I 1 intended to say last year a number of the couples after the ceremony was performed had to borrow barrow carfare car fare to get where they idere g going 0 90 o far thi thia s year no money requests have followed ceremonies and a reliable report has ha a it that tho the amounts given the officiating clergymen ore are far larger than usual so happy days daya are here again 1 speaking ot of churches I 1 am reminded of the clergyman over in new jersey who at easter time preached to an extremely large cofi congregation gre gation at the end of his sermon he wished milled his parishioners a merry christmas and a chappy happy now new year puzzled some gome waited and asked lilan what he meant by that well replied the parson there are only three times a year that I 1 beeso many of you so I 1 am anticipating our next meeting g 1 returning rapidly to the city of the seven million there were those five stalwart young men who rode to the top of the N empire state building it being a chilly day the guard on duty at that time on the one hundred and second floor stopped stepped inside a minute to 6 get warm when he returned lie ho found to his horror that four of the five young men were taking their view of the surrounding scenery while standing ian on top of the narrow wall that thai keeps visitors from falling failing 1250 feet while the fifth was wai lying down on that same wall the guard ordered them down in a hurry and when they alighted inquired angrily what are you acrobats ro bats no replied the man of the group were norwegian bailers bailors rs and we often walk the bowsprit lu in a heavy sea yoost for faunl fun robert J casey journalist artilleryman in tile the world world war author and world traveler lies hes varnished the labels on his portable typewriter so BO stay on has purchased chances on everything from safety razors to strings of pearls once upon a ume time lie he took a athance on a piano and won it ile he had a piano at home and add apse use two 10 so he placed ills prize in storage that was 14 years ago and ever since then he has been bf en paying storage charges because lie he doest want to sell the only thing hesi hes I 1 ever 1 won I 1 eave subway eavesdropping stropping ile he says to her that hes he got to meet a man on business and she smiles to herself because she thinks shea going to get tier her divorce sure but all ber ier detectives could dig up oa 01 him was that lie he met the guy ho he said he was going to ta and landed a big contract aint that thai the adamd eat cst luck for her I 1 ill 0 money that will stretch a long ways is now nov being sold cold on broadway at the rate of 5 cents for 5 it Is rubber one of the salesmen chants heres your chance to pay your all alimony mony 0 bell nervi berolo Berv lo |
