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Show MAYOR OF NEW YORK TAKES HI8 PEN IN HAND In January American Magazine appears a collection of lotters written writ-ten by Mayor Oaynor of Now York City. Mayor Gaynor has distinguished distinguish-ed himself as a public official who takes pains to send wise, humorous, witty and gentlo good natured answers an-swers to his correspondents. To a stenographer: "If I woro you I .would do everything every-thing 1 was' asked to. That Is tho way to Got on In life. Did you ever hear It said that ho who takes care to do no moro than ho Is paid for will novcr bo paid for moro than,, he does? Oo right In nnd do everything from sunrlso to sunset, and you will go right up." To a little girl: "I huvo received your letter telling mo that you and tho little girls In your neighborhood havo no place to play after school nnd that wherever you go to play you nro chased. I am very sorry nbout It, nnd I will see It I enn do something for you. Do you know thnt I recelvo letters dally from men nnd women who hnto to seo tho children play in tho streets nt nil, but on inquiry I find they nre peoplo who havo no children of tholr own? "You say you want to skate on roller skntes. Muybo I can get tho pollco up that way to wink so hard with both eyes that they won't Beo jou when you go by on your roller Bkates. Hut bo caroful not to run in to anybody or bump Into an automobile. automo-bile. When ono such nccldent happens, hap-pens, a lot of peoplo wrlto to mo no though it woro tho rule Instead of tho exception." To n preachor: "Your letter Informing mo that as you walk about the city, visiting tho "" ' - homes of your parishioners, people apply opprobblous names to you, and throw empty cans and rubbish at you and otherwise assault you, on account ac-count of your beard. Is at hand. "You aak me: 'Is It a crime In the city of New York to wear a beard? No. It Is not, I wear one myself, and nobody ever takes any notice of It. How is It they take notice of your beard? Havo you trimmed it In some peculiar way, contrary to tho Scrip-lures? Scrip-lures? You know the ScrlptureB say: 'Ye shall not round tho corners of your headB, neither shalt thou mar tho corners of thy beard.' Are ou certain that It Is your beard which Is the causo of the trouble?" To a chicken raiser: "I sympathUo with you In tho loss of your chickens. My hen roost on Long Island has been entered. You say thero are slxty-Blx policemen in your precinct. Down my way there nro only four constables In a territory terri-tory about ten times as large as yours, with n population not much less. It Is pretty hard to keep chicken chick-en thieves out of hen roosts by policemen. po-licemen. However, I oJJall seo what can bo done for you nnd your neighbors. neigh-bors. Cnn you not induce tho chickens chick-ens to roost higher?" |
