New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-19

R %t b his S By aPPs3r at their doors
@Why< Uncle iin excai13ed e1e Of them II
thought you settled life in the home. What
''Yaas' Tr-yaas' replied the old man as hs
f tn his cap In an embarrassed way ,Dey did
inspiration seized hiun-"dey didn't give me any
sugar IN ma tea and man can't hive soE'
The sight of the big plate glass window in a
clothing store in Westinghouse. BrOoklyn. with
two-inch scantling protruding three inches in
side and outside has blocked the sidewalk with
spectators wondering how It happened. Long zig
gag cracks spread out in all directions rom the
place where the plank evidently smashed into
the plate glass. A placard underneath states:
Smash. Smashing has been done here and in our
prices" This sign caused the wise ones 20 look a
little closer They discovered that the six-inch
piece of board cut in two at an angle and the
ends carefully glued inside and out. with small
pieces of glass glued the plate glass they
touched. Inc zigzag cracks we're accomplished by
radtating from the piece OF wood
Strange isn't it." said a man in the Waldorf
lobby recently what an Influence expeditions OF
the occult have the minds OF persons and
how mere Hpretehee at mystical knowledg. win
impress some sensitive sCuls2 When abroad soma
time ago 1 at evening entertainment in
London. where of the guests. who made only
amateur pretensons as a Qalmist. was contributing
to the varied merrimeRts of the occasion by read
ing the hands Of those who cared to test his
accomplishments. Most or the SUBJECTS Olched
the experience in a tocular frame OF mind. while
few we're apparently impressed with the seeming
profundity and introspectiOu. as well as the pene-
tration OF the future. displayed BY the glib tongued
entertainer TIE mock professor of palrnIstry had
about decided TO SO out OF business. when n poet
and playwright whom hckle Dame Fortune studi-
ously sighted thrust arm. Of the slender and
attenuated type. through rist in the little group
and in manner that was not only earnest bat
actually beseeching. sought u revelation of his
future depicted in the Of
a palm that seemed too small aud Shrunken syer
TO grasp ire horn OF plenty. Tell m NJ Won
In ny palm. was his request but simply for th9
sake or ending the seance the reader answered
No! don't want TO tell YOU Net merely tbs,
answer but the manner Of IL. conveyed a diref,,S
siSnlncanse; ana the poet withdrew himself the
Well, I've been showing a country cousin about
town. : remarked The LOafer who had about him,
Had been counting on some fun with a man vrbC'
we were kids. He's lived all his life in a u,,Il
upstate town. and never'd seen this burg Wen,
maybe he didn't know the ropes but he ha. il
wonderful knowledge OF general principles A.
the way he gathered up a few handy strsnrs 80.
pulled them makes my head swim vet Whs- y
think OF II lied arranged ahead to meet sh.N,,..
aozsn LelioWs nc knew from around home ana hs
worse Tor Wear when he insisted on our shoNvSnls
him the Tenderloin. Well. did, but he 49, IS
morning getting about half OF 10 bed Thsr' "
slept tHi about and started out 30 sxDlore sio,
1 came 10 a minute when he went out srd -
looked as though he'd Just home from S, ns
him VI" - s-s