Show 9 AA W IS IT f nj OW STERNEST C JQ RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE the nie other night I 1 attended a banquet and saw a jewish rabbi a medal to the catholic archbishop hanna of san francisco aster alter the presentation rabbi landman clasped the archbishop warmly by the hand while several protestant bishops applauded the medal an annual presentation was awarded to the high catholic prelate for his work in promoting a better understanding der between jews and christians the american hebrew a periodical making the award last year newton D baker was given the medal henry gen thau former ambassador to turkey was toastmaster the association Is a national one and Is devoted to the purpose ot of promoting a better understanding among the religious it was voiced at the banquet that only in this country could such an organization thrive it did me more good to be there than to attend church services I 1 believe CITY one of the biggest municipal problems here Is the removal ot of the garbage every day the dilly dally collection atwould would nil fill a dozen long freight trains ar and d most of it Is hauled out to sea in canal boats whose bottoms open and allow the contents to sink to davy jones locker the lighter refuse floats however and spoils a lot of the ocean bathing on I 1 beaches plans are well under way to t 0 t tact cat huge incinerator plants and oc ocean ean dumping win will cease in a lew few years another method ot of disposal has been to fill up waste spaces one of the most popular and prettiest golf courses here has been created out of a mosquito laden swamp near r lushing flushing few of the golfers realize as they tramp ovet over the beautiful course that a few feet below them exists perhaps the most unsightly collection of empty tin ans rans r in the world the plan could be followed to advantage by golf clubs out on the prairies to create rolling courses 0 4 SOUVENIR HOUNDS new yorkers more than the citizens of any other towns it Is said are keen hunters of souvenirs it if they are free so much the better As an indication how people bare go in for souvenirs can be mentioned the opening of the new waldorf astoria hotel last fall the management had three thousand ash trays made with the initials of the hotel stamped on them lath these here were ere placed about the new hotel in the opening day to save floor coe coverings rings and tables the next morning it was discovered that there was not a single ash tray in the place every one tad had been carried off by the guests SPECIALTY SHOPS this city probably has more specialty shops than any other place on earth strolling along fifth avenue the other day we passed one shop entirely devo devoted to selling childrens spectacles another caters only to the blind others sell dog and cat luxuries lots of them the M carry only one kind of of goods such as cigarettes orange juice nuts and so on of course there are the usual haberdashers haberdashery haber dashers and lingerie dealers that one sees lit in every town ton of any size one of the larger department stores here caters almost entirely to children the lines for grownups grown ups being sold mostly as an accommodation then there Is the place where only large women are catered to while the men have on one c chain that sells only pants they guarantee to duplicate the material in any coat and vest you wear they do a rushing business |