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Show DIFFERENT KIND OF SOUVENIR. English Tourist's Mind Somewhat Hazy on American History. A couple of English tourists "seeing New York" were busily occupied the other afternoon In looking over the stock of a Fifth Avenue shop devoted to the sale of Indian curios and handiwork. handi-work. They wero evidently Investing In souvenirs of this barbaric land with which to dazzle the eyes of their English Eng-lish relatives on their return They had chosen one or two baskets, some beads and wampum, and several pairs of moccasins, and were now turning turn-ing their attention to smaller things, possibly for little nieces and nephews "at homo." A very gaudy "pipe of peace" found favor with them, and the salesman was encouraged to bring out another trifle, a harmless-looking hatchet sort of object "Don't you think you ought to take a tomahawk?" he asked. Tho Englishman's eyes gleamed here was tho real thing. "By Jove, yes," he said, seizing it. but his wife put out a restraining band. "Whj John," Ehe ald, "don't buy that, we've bought one of those, already, al-ready, In Washington, don't you know?'' "But that wasn't a tommyhawk." ho objected, "they called it something else." And he paused, his mind struggling with the intricacy of American historical his-torical relics. "Ob, I know," ho breathed with a sigh of disgusted recollection, "that was George Washington's blawsted hatchet." Grand eleocrfe display and ball at Armory. Hall, January 8. Admission i 50 cents per couple; extra lady, 25c. -- |