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Show BIG STICK8 IN LONDON. fJjJH fH .Johnnie Carrying Canes of 46 Inches il and 8lze Is Growing. il The Lpndon "Johnny" has a now - j fad. This time It concerns bis walk- , 9H lng-Btlck, which has now reached tho . LH extraordinary length of 4G Inches, and ; Hl Is still growing. H Of course It is lmposslblo to make PLB1 much ubo of such a stick as an aid to ImH walking. Tho Londorf dudo carries hla Ijaifl horlzontalwlse, much to ,tho annoy- rH anco of other pedestrians beforo and iH behind, and especially at crowded 11 crossings. & -i.l It Is hardly reasonable to suppose' j fH that tho Now York "Wllllo Boy" Is J lH going to follow In the footsteps tit, lH London's "Johnny" In tblo matter (Hi jH walking-sticks. Neither New York fM nor any other busy American city iH would stand for them. .fl Imagine ono of these walking canos, ?H carried horizontally, attempting to H board a subway or Drooklyn bridge IH train or to turn a busy Broadway cor- iH ner during rush hours. Everybody ,. H who hav attempted to board a train H carrying even a small package can H imaglno the fate of tho walking-stick. aiH N. Y. World. H |