The evening world., 1901-01-18
MOVING STAIRS A
RHEUMATISM CURE.
Some Strange Sights
on the New o.
Escalade.


ssEcf the lands sake
'1t Il a!a't raosih' rtps"
II do teclare"
They looked as /. they had just come
ovr from Jersey. and the foregoing con-
versation was occasionci hv the riGh'
Of the moving STAIRWAY lcal-nE NJ t ths
Twenty-third street IL" station
Then, kind o. Jays comes here every
day." said the handsome policeman sta
toned q, the foo, OF ;ac st,!rwiy. and
they Jus. stand around and ub5er as
n they had never seen an 'tscaladc
before"
"Glt out OF the way, there Move on
and give them ladies' 5. chance 70 20
up! Cont block W the whole street..
And then the policeman Jasaed aside
the crowd OF "fuhhern.cks" who
threatened TO blockade the stree,
"why don't ye pay 10 cents and 20 over
to. the museum across the lay? THIS
Il no side show!''
Hut II Wns n show.
But II Is 4 show. and everybody seems
30 look at II that way Some wide
eyed. wondering suburbaultc will wax
up and plant hImsei! do.n SOLID In
front OF the entrance to watch thc cling
work. hnui::-r liras MP 20 see what h"
n booking At. and then begins a rash
oftpcople who ere afraid tGcy WI miss
something.
In few minutes the immediate viesn-
ity OF the stairs entrance looK- Ike a
bargain rush IN one o, the big depart
ment store. In the same street l. IS n
trying ordeal for the people who go up
but they arc 4 brave lot, ana r,ry IN
tsrest!ng timo may ba s!rn, there
watching them.
Along comes the man who has been
there before. He approaches at n brisk
gait. a sel:-conscous al. OF importance.
He pushes himself courarcously into the
!, entrance. lands on a stair AMI "Iks
right up and on to the ticket ".rdoa
2 Its easy. ard the crowd q; rubhernrcks
can hardly be restrained frOm giving
him n round OF applause
each other. but i;Ist walt tn yuu see
woman try it Here comes the woman.
She carries n bundle. She sails r!sAt
IN. stands still and up she goes. step
ping on gracefully at the top
"Oh. pshaw. Sh. thinks she's great.
4 I'll bet she's been practising that all
week. remarked little hu'gHct-flce
woman with a big load of bundles who
stood waiting and calculating. Finally
she dives across the street and walks NJ
the steady stairs IN ilssti5t complaining
AGAINST the company ana looking around I
trying TO ind somebody's number 10
take ard rcDor; TO the company
Dread the E.cnIndr.
She Is no, the only one who walk. N
the other stairs. woman will cH,nc
along. block up the entrance FOR nbouy
an hour figuring ON now to make IN.
Then she will suddenly weaken aud
make wild jump Tor th. other side OF
the street. II does tax" !, little nerve 80 I
try II for the irst time. hui the "ppzy'
feeling Is me when you get ON and feel +
Nearly ali fhc climbers hesitate the
nrss Tine they go IN, against IN"
esca.ade. Some do. little Jig sion Try
Ing TO keep away sr1n the pitfalls that
are not there. \ man with a golf suit
on went Up last week. and ns he scttl"h
himself on one OF the steps for his night
he shouted fore" nj the guard NJ the |
The pretty girl In pa,en, lea her boot,
comes along with little bundle y
pink ribbon In her hand and hiushc
rosily as she lifts W her lingerie and
Einserly cptocs on 10 the lower pia,
form.
shes gone to join tho angels, r.
marks the rubberneck.ng wax nj IN
But she arrives all right,
Along comes n colpred hoy OF about
fifteen years. He carries a satchcl
siSSns over h,' ya aopia Mo, ana Z EaS
He tackles the stairs in n busincss!ik"
way. and as ne lambs h. Clnnly squat
down on a step and takes his ride ~
sitting down. lie has the escalnd" dow.
to science.
II In easy 10 tell the professional
climber. He or she will nearly AWAY
keep on Walking white III. stairs mlt,-
Z II Is n rapid flight IN that way,
Took II ns Cure.
a man up In Harlem used to take TIC
In A 81 IL & !
tism," he said. He had the hault $,
verely, and used TO call Il the =ia!t-Cuf,
One day last week hts wife found him
standing out on he frprt steps N h,s
house at : O'Clock In the morning.
why, John. what's the inWttcr" WIN
don't you come I'm the hoHsr7
"Was.in--hic-for d--u stait 70 move
The policeman On guard ~ thg m1vir
stairway says he has 70 keep some url
away from H. He n'Nays siocr- 1 'yag
over 10 the other side ~ tHu street
he.
At the top OF he stairway the scene,
are quite ~ E.icr"srr : mo penptr
90 half way no md then grow pale and
COVER wlen the. ,hlnK Of the aw.!tI
TAI. awaiting thea when thuy arrive
The way TO land Us - step on y:ith thu
!isht foot first bui very fcw aopiu go
Know II. and even when they are "a.
y!sed by the guard they sniIruty grt|
frightened and forget wh III IS 'arir|
right foot. They do all sorts 81 w,3td|
mixed heap Some step of loft foot Il 81
and their r.sh, leg etpwi" Winds upI
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