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Show BIQ 8TICk8 IN LONDON. "H Johnnlta Carrying Canes of 46 Inches and 81m la Growing. - HH "'HH The London "Johnny" has a new fad. This time it concerns his walk- 'r Ing-stlck, which has now reached the liflU extraordinary length of 46 Inches, and i iWH is still growing. n S'l Of course It Is impossible to make mS'H much use ot such a stick as an aid to , &H walking. Tho London dude carries his ' 1 horlzontalwluc, much to the annoy- r'HI ance ot other pedestrians before and ' behind, and especially at crowded ' "M crossings. -'1 It Is hardly reasonable to suppose lil that the Now York "Wllllo Boy" U . ' . .H going to follow in tho footsteps .of "'j'll London's "Johnny" in this matter "of ' ?H walking-sticks.. Neither .New York "vH nor any other busy American city ' "' H would stand, for them. iH Imagine one of theso walking canes, 'H carried horlsontally, attempting to , board a subway or Brooklyn bridge train or to turn a busy Broadway cor- M ner during rush hours. Everybody 9'' M who haf attempted to board a train M carrying even a small package can lSlfll lmaglno tho fate ot the walking-stick. Hflk: N. Y. World. '-il |