Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-28
PINK FEET AND CIGARETTE
Phenomenon Interests Youth, but Dell
uge Aimed at Him Hits Woman
and Anglers Her

Phenomenon Interests Youth, but Dell
uee Aimed at Him Hits Woman
and Anglers Her
Special to The Herald.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 29.-Lights had
gone out in the shop windows all along
Broadway and all was quietness at the
Hopkinson avenue corner except for the
chug-chugging of an auto now and then
as it sped along Brunswick avenue, a
block distant, on its way to the great
race. A white-robed figure appeared
at a front window on the second floor Of
a house few doors from Hopkinson
avenue-it may have been two doors,
It may have been more-and gazed IN
tently at the moon flirting with pass
ing fog clouds.
A young man passing down Broad
way across the street stopped and
gazed. AS he looked the white-robed
figure-a girl of 20-placed a cigarette
in her mouth, struck match and held
1t to the end of the cigarette until
tiny curl of white smoke ascended, and
was waited out of sight i'm the damp
night atmosphere. Then the figure set
tied itself into comfortable chair and
placed it's pink feet-there was nothing
to hide the pink-on the window sill.
The young woman smoked, the young
man gasped.
Two men, apparently returning from
bowling tournament, appeared, COM
ing from somewhere down Broadway,
and Joined the single young man who
was gazing. They gazed, too. The lit
tie group grew rapidly after this until
dozen persons stood gazing at the COM
Portable white-robed figure in the win
dow. of the house opposite. The first
young man, encouraged by the new
corners, no doubt, called out to the girl
with the cigarette: "Girlie, you look
lonesome"
There was no response from grille.
Young man whistled; another chlrped.
Then the first called out:
Say, grille, you look awful lonesome;
can 1 come up?"
Grille never made reply; neither did
she move. The persistent young man
left the group, which had now grown
to crowd, crossed the street, and be-
gan to climb an elevated railroad pillar
directly in front of the house where
grille was enjoying her siesta. Up
sprang grille, down went the window
shade, and out went the dim light in
her room.
While all this was going on man
and woman, arm in arm, rounded the
corner at Hopkinson avenue and pro-
ceeded up Broadway.
The couple had just reached point
directly under "'girlie's" window, when
up went the window shade and grille
appeared with a bucket of water. She
aimed at the persistent young man,
still perched on the elevated railroad
pillar. The water fell short of the mark
and drenched the woman, who, with
her escort, was passing below.
The woman cried out in alarm; the
crowd, numbering fifty now, shouted
with glee; "girlie" disappeared like
fash The wet woman shouted so lust
ily that two policemen came on a run.
So did some of the neighbors, while
others, not dressed for calling, leaned
out of windows to learn the cause of the
trouble.
"I'm drowned! I'm drowned. and
nv new hat is ruined!" cried the
drenched woman, as the officers came
up.
"I want someone arrested for this
outrage" said the man, in an angry
tone.
"Who did it?" asked the officers, in
one breath.
"a young girl in this house." volun-
teered the persistent young man, point
| ing to the window where "girlie" had
| been sitting.
ITS an outrage to say that" said one
of the neighbors. Nobody lives on that
floor but an old lady S6 years old, and
she'd never do anything the like o.
| this"
| The officer made a thorough search
| for "girlie" but she was nowhere about,
and the drenched woman, with her es-
cort, went home, disgusted.
"They said the water came from the
second house this side of Hopkinson
avenue" said a policeman who was
present today. 1.-THE woman? She got
drowned. Yes. there is a record at the
station house, and under the caption
The Mystery of Broadway; or, Who
Threw the Water?'"