The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-07
MAD,
POLL PARROT
"KIDS" EN-
mix on De Noise Gag!" Is
Cry of RidgeWOOd Ave.
"AIarm Clock"

When the city fathers planked their
feet on the soft pedal and said TO the
citizens of Newark, This for yours
hereafter" there were ~gladdened hearts
In Ridgewood avenue, for the passage
Of the city ordinaee against noise was a
great thing for them. they thought.
Now they think differently, n an In
nocent poll parrot, with a tendency to
use slang, is the cause of much sad
ness in Ridgewood avenue, and regret
over the failure of the noise ordinance
to bring relief. The indignant citizens
want Captain Ryan, of the First Pre-
cinct station, to lead the forces OF
peace and quietness or the turmoil
in Ridgewood avenue n bring about
a reform In the noise up there
An indignation meeting, held last
week by some twenty Of the residents
of the street against the poll parrot,
the passage of wagons through the
street and the hum of machinery some
distance away resulted in three differ
ent committees being formed to seek
relief. One of the committees was to
seek ways and means of doing away
with the noisy bird. This committee
SEM a letter to Captain Ryan, calling
his attention to the fact that there was
a NOISY bird that screeched at all
hours of the night and day.
The other committee was to see that
the wagons laden with sand from Clin-
ton avenue be prevented from passing
through Ridgewood avenue / car
rying the sand and gravel to the dump
ing ground. This committee waited for
the teamsters. 1t was made up mostly
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stopped the Transfers and explained to
them that they should tax another
route with their wagons instead of
going through Ridgeewood venue, as
the wagons were too noisy.
mix on the noise gag, loidy," said
the teamsters; this is the shortest way
fer us, and his is the way we 60
julius Abeles. Of "a Ridgewood ave-
nue., has a parrot. He is an intelligent
bird and can go some in the slang line.
The parrot was roaming around the
porch inclosed in a wire netting and
heard the committee wait upon the
Transfers. He heard the answer and
learned it well.
mix on the noise gag. loidy," they heard
the parrot say when any one went by the
place. Every teamster got on speaking
terms with the parrot and they shouted
back, mix on the noise gag, polly 1t
went this way all Monday and yesterday.
The parrot let no one go along the street
without coming out with mix on the noise
gag"
Indignant residents put up their noses
and shouted 'Monster!" 'Brutel" and a
few more pet names. Polly learned all
these names and sent them back at the
z teamsters.
Prince street was like a graveyard COM
pared to Ridgewood avenue yesterday be-
tween the parrot and the teamsters. Word
was sent to the First Precinct station to
have the Transfers prevented from going
up the street. The police took no hand In
that, but Plainclothes Policeman King was
sent to the street in answer to the letter.
The address given in the communication
said that the NOISY bird" was at No. So
but there was no such number
King went up 70 81 and the first salu-
tation he got was from a polly. who
screeched:' Nix on the noise gag. loidy."
King inquired from Mrs. Abeles II her
house was the storm centre for the pro-
tests of the ~neighbors and she said that
she had no complaint.
She admitted allowing her parrot to run
free on the big porch, which was enclosed
in a wire screen. The woman was will
ing to keep the parrot quiet If a complaint
had been made to her, but as she did not
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not agree 70 sell it or dispose of 1t.
When informed that polly was In the
habit Of getting UP at daybreak and wax
ing everybody up, Mrs. Abeles admitted
that the parrot was used by her family as
an alarm clock, but did not know that 1t
disturbed anybody else.
King told the woman that 1t would be
advisable to do something that would
appease the wrath of the neighbors. and
she made a promise that she would.
In the meantime the wagons are passing
through the street. This morning 1t was
quite lonesome when the Transfers went
by, for Polly had been takep into the
house and put in a small cage. No action
will be taken by the police either against
the shops In which the machinery so dis
tressing to the nerves Of the Ridgewood
avenue residents is used. Action under the
noise ordinance can be taken, the police
informed the residents.