The sun., 1907-08-12
new YORK FROM A DESK TOP
Rural HONEY MOONERS DO 4 NEW
SIGHTSEEING ACT.
NegapbOne Artist Docs the whole show
for His Friends From, Dallas. Pa, With
cut Leaving the once and st sure Was q
Treat for thauncey and Regina.

Treat for thauncey and Regina.
young man who said he was Chauncey
Bowman Of Dallas, Pa, which. he insisted.
Ia near Trucksville, which In turn adioins
some other place. rang a new change on the
Seeing New York industry yesterday after
noon by getting away with the feat Of taking
his bride Of twenty eight hours on a seeing
Chinatown trip while seated on roll-top
desk that had no other running gear near IL
except an electric fan at each Of the four
corners Of the desk.
Never would this the first trip OF Its kind
In history, have seen the light Of print were
1t not that q reporter while passing the
booking Office Of one OF the Sightseeing COM
panies near Madison Square about o'clock
yesterday afternoon caught q glimpse
OF what was going on back Of a swaying
window shade. The glad sight of a young
man wearing new patent leather shoes
that hurt and neat gray derby hat sur
mounting a suit Of artificial black clothes
trimmed with braid and seated on tho roll
top beside a young woman In gray going
away suit under a lid crowded with pink,
blue. yellow and light green roses suggested
possibilities. Naturally the only thing
TO do do was to pray for admittance and
respectfully inquire how about IL.
Gladly did Dick Herlihy. the star sight
seeing lecturer. who says he 10 known TO
the small boys along his megaphone route
as Hot Air Dick. tell Immediately not only
how the odd trip on the desk came about,
but with the aid OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
he added details Of the charming romance
of the blushing bride and bridegroom from
Dallas, Pa.
Manhattan never may have heard Of the
jealotts fights about the actual birtbpIace
OF Hot Air Dick that constantly are going on
between Dallas and Trucksville, but 1t
seems that as each claims the honor OF
having produced him they are always scrap
ping over 1t az II they were Camden and
Philadelphia or Minneapolis and Sc. Paul.
As a matter Of fact Hot Air Dick. the great
est megaphone artist In America and dean
Of the profession. says he was born on the
dividing line.
He hurried away from Pennsylvania AZ
soon as he had reached tho age OF reason
and came to New York. and after trying
many things he and Edward Samborn.
now manager OF the rubbcrneok plant
with which Hot Air Dick 10 connected.
saw a great light and invented the sight
seeing industry. Trucksville. Dallas and
Dick now point with pride TO the fact that
the scheme is being initiated all over the
country and that Dick. In return for his
bright thought. is now permitted by the
parent company that owns the omnibus
autos to be the fiossiest and highest paid
lecturer behind a megaphone
When Hot Air Dick saw the new Mrs.
Chauncey and her husband from Back home
ias< th aft
you might think from his joyous yelp that
he was standing on the bow OF his rubber
neck wagon careening down Broadway
and had just caught glimpse Of Richard
Harding Davis. william Jennings Bryan
and Tony Pastor coming along the street
arm in arm. followed by oliver Herford
and Finley Peter Dunno. To come TO
Manhattan 20 see the island on Dick
crowded cart is as much Dart OF Dallas
or Trucksville wedding ceremony AS paying
the dominic his fee, and, as Dick says. he is
able TO keep in touch with Backbone.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey's visit yester
day was the first intimation Hot Air Dick
had got. he said. OF the news that 8 stirring
all Luzerne county the past week; that
Chauncey Bowman. the genial bookkeeper
in Ryman's sawmill. Dallas led TO the altar
at high noon Saturday Miss Regina Edna
Boyle. the young and gifted daughter OF
Of fashion that filled every seat in the Meth
odist Church. The bride. the bridegroom
and Hot Air Dick we're chucking joyous fits
of reunion yesterday afternoon and Dick
was saving again and again. well, Bow
man, how d you ever get up the nerve after
all these years. when along came the first
cloud to cast shadow upon the bridal trip
Dick remarked TO the bride and bridegroom
that on the Chinatown trip tonight he
would ace that they got prize eests right
Avrotth hAte eAr
known along the route as Smitty
Chauncey replied that as he had to get
back TO his desk at Ryman's sawmill early
Tuesday mornipg he and the youthful Mrs.
Chauncey must take the Sunday night
rubberneck cruise or not at all. Dick ex-
planned with shaky voice that the auto
doesn't get under way on Sunday nights.
When the black truth was out bride and
bridegroom grew pale. There was ghastly
silence
@Smittyl' yelled Hot Air Dick. king OF
the barkers. approach me- Smitty
dropped his Sunday papers and came from
the inner office with alsority and stood
| at attention. 1--WE got an idea, Smitty.'
explained Dick. First help me get the
at each corner OF the desk.' continued
| Hot Air Dick the imaginative and turn
on the Juice. On our right Smitty. we
have Q bunch OF photographs Of all the
DlaCts We pOinb OUT On lnt meg TlucS.
Place EN- around the room in their regular
order.
Climb on the dashboard OF the desk. =.
Smitty. and hold the letterpress on your
lap for steering gear. Chauncey, you and
Regina climb up on the desk snd-no. use
the ladder to 60 up In the real way. Move
over bit. Regina, and make room for me.
Ready. Smittyp Start the fans so they
make a noise like can OF gasolene. Let
'er go!"
The fans whizzed merrily. Smitty turned
the letterpress wheel sharply to avoid run
ming into Morris chair hanson and Regina
gasped and grabbed Chauncey tighter.
And then she closed her eyes so that she
could believe 1t all the better. and now Hot
Air Dick began to explain in an unofficial
way and without the aid of his megaphone
that they were rounding the cowcatcher
Of the Flatiron and beginning the cruise
down Broadway toward the open sea.
When the rolltop desk was supposed to
have rounded the Flatiron safely time
was taken to permit Smitty to pull down
the shades further and turn on the electric
lights so that the Office would look like
~ minutes to8P NJ. And now
Ladies' and gents" rang out the clear
voice OF Hot Air Dick. I'VE are now starting
on the grandest and most picturesque tour
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