Show faai ATO BY ERNEST WAD arl BY BT OBSERVER long taxi tail ride nide A nyack woman nyack Is just outside of the elty city hired a taxi to take her to her mall mail order suitor who wed in wal kerton ind the other day when she got to indiana she changed her mind and drove back in the same cab mrs airs ida wheaton who la Is 55 had corresponded with the man mail in the case tor for years she finally decided to go to him and shipped her furniture then she loaded the cat and canary in frank par tows lows cab and traveled miles in thirty hours she called it oft off when she found her intended husband was only 36 years old and sickly it cost her exactly far taxi tare fare both ways the incident shows how used to taxicabs new corkers have become courtesy cops new york has had so many comell cimpl I 1 ments mental paid it on her fine policemen that commissioner Mi drooney decided the ane I 1 other day to go a step farther I 1 he selected eighty four of the h bandi sorriest and best appearing policemen policed e on i the force and detailed them to times square and other busy corners where visitors are thickest with instructions to consider themselves as a welcoming committee I 1 I 1 claims they form a finer body of men than hall the famous coldstream Cold stream guards or royal horse troop are to london the shortest man on the new detail Is only one inch short or of six feet IS HR R H al AI smith the king of slam siam was taken to the top ot of the empire state building the other day by al smith and shown what new york looks like to a bird the two bad an enjoyable visit and the kings eyes did not bottler bother mm him in least scoring one more bullseye bulls eye lor for american surgery wi 13 I 1 A funny thing about the visit Is that Is has hung a new title on the man who I 1 earn came close to the presidency his anti inti I 1 i mates now refer to him as his royal highness the title used by royal heirs what he gets tor for being boss ot of the worlds tallest building build 1 flyers got works wuey wiley post and harold gatty catty got a full j jolt of new yorks welcome the other day GALLEY NO SEVEN when they ended their globe circling trip it was so strenuous that they insisted it awas was the most trying part of their whole trip rip but they enjoyed every minute ot of it particularly the noise post I 1 helping out in the din by hanging banging onto the whistle cord of the 11 ma macom com th the 8 cl cites tys official boat as it streamed down to the battery he gave up in disgust when the macom passed the aquilani itani a ti the is big liner let go 90 with its own big whistle whist Is and it drowned out all other sounds for a minute the two flyers made tt a big hit with everybody except when it came to speeches neither one ot of them Is an orator n mf few fireworks i new york Is not net a noisy city on the fourth ot of july any more or a T time ime used usda to be when the papers always carried a long list of dead and injured the day after the celebration but those times have passed now kow the youngsters have to get outside of the city limits to buy chinese firecrackers and other noise mak ers and then take a chance chalice some op cop around when he sets them off it certainly Is an improvement over the old days except that we feel sorry for the kids who are stopped from celebrating everybody agrees however that a good rule was passed when the sale of fireworks was stopped it cost too much buffering for the small amount of pleasure gained i J |