Show by L L L STEVENSON alarm passengers on an uptown subway express one of at this departments scouts reports were made somewhat nervous by bi a ticia ticking 9 1 sound that came from a package c carried b by y a shabby man seated d in the center ot of the car 0 because u ot f re recent nt happenings thoughts though 1 l naturally turned to bombs andt and t there was a discussion flon on the part ot of two strap hangers as to what action should be taken one thought the proper thing to do would be to notify the motorman so that he be could give th the whistle at the lexi next station but the th shabby man evidently over overhearing earing what was being said took a hand while other passengers gave him plenty of room he unwrapped his parcel and exposed a big alarm clock he had bor borrowed it from a friend he explained because he be was going on a new job in the morning corrlin g and want to risk being late and tension came to an end 0 street sc scene ene four ou ragged youngsters eyeing a truckload of 0 water melons the driver and his h helper evidently suspicious eyeing the small boys A tired looking woman seated on a a stoop sewing on a babas garment and stopping now and then to shout a warning to an all but naked lad that he ha must not go out into the street an ice cream peddler his white apron flapping about his legs and his white cap at a rakish angle chatting with a girl busy scrubbing a hallway A housewife back from marketing and well laden with bundles tumbling fumbling in her purse for or her door key finding it it she holds it between her lips as it if it were a cigarette as she marches into the house A street gleaner cleaner humming bits of grand opera as he goes about his work variety shortly af after ter their arrival for or a brief vacation mr and mrs fred once new yorkers but now detroit residents called on a s sick c friend who manufactures novelties ovel ties mrs Sc bader as so many w other women are doing was wearing one ot of those small jeweled american flags when his eyes rested on that emblem the sick man grinned the flog flag he be said reminded him of a dealer from the middle west who foreseeing a great demand had bad come in to place a large order tor for miniature flags but he insisted they had to come in assorted colors great ships idly rising and tailing with the tide the queen elizabeth pride ot of the british merchant marine and the worlds largest ship continues to lie at her mid town pier As perhaps you remember the ton 14 deck liner slipped into the harbor in march and quietly tied up at the toot foot of fiftieth street with the normandie Nor mandle frances largest ship as her next pier neighbor at that time the worlds second largest ship the queen mary was also here but one day the queen marys lines were cast off and the she disappeared down the bay since then there have been many rumors that the queen elizabeth would join her sister ship in transporting troops recently the queen elizabeths tanks w were re filled with oil and it was expected that she would sail on the next tide but she and report now has it that she will be here until the mhd end of the war where to go speaking of ships there ivas was the business man who after 50 years of valuable service was retired ona comfortable pension also he had saved his bis money and made wise investments so he be had no tear fear of the future nevertheless he at all happy so seeking to cheer him up a friend reminded him that at last he had leisure to do what he had bad always wanted to do travel travel repeated the veteran that would have been all right five years ago but now where can I 1 gov different while jack price was riding in a bus over on the jersey side d of the hudson he noticed a ign sign which stated that the name of the salesman of that bus was mr so and so it also requested passengers to refrain from conversing with the salesman while the bus was in motion being curious about the matter he made inquiries and found that these days in new jersey bus drivers are not bus drivers but salesmen nevertheless they continue to sit behind the steering wheel and collect fares just as bus drivers used to do bell syndicate service lett |