The evening world., 1908-02-03
FIRE IN HELLO
STATION STARTS
HOSIERY SHOW
Display of Lingerie Along
Broadway Arouses the Envy
of a Press Agent.
OUT THE CHORUS
Starts a Rival Exhibition That
Startles Even the Sea-
5oned Firenen.
CALLS OUT THE CHORUS

The band Of smoke-ea ters who dashed
up the Rialto N response to an alarm
from Thrty-eighth street and Broad
way this Afternoon saw more varieties
OF hose than were mentioned in the re-
cent Fire Department investigation.
They also saw other things with spark
ling gems in them, but it is not likely
that they will mention them to ANYBODY
but their wives.
The alarm rang out of the Thirty
eighth street Hello Central, where
there are sixty-eight girls employed
M one In the building knew anything
about a fire until the firemen arrived
The automatic alarm under which three
red haired telephone girls sit had sud
denly developed a high fever and siz-
zed call into Fire Headquarters.
Starts a Panic.
When the firemen came up the stairs
and saw the red-headed girls they let
60 their eStinguishers and that started
the hose panic. The red-headed girls
wore Scotch plaids and got to the street
first shrieking Historically. Then
down came their sxty-five sister work
ers their lingerie dain;ilv lifted
Blinded by the display. the tiremen
shaded their eyes and backed against
the walls until the last hello girls hsd
sounded out into Sixty-eighth street.
where they were met by the reserves
from the Tenderlon station ard the
press agent of the Knickerbocker
Theatre.
That young man is not a slow thinker
and he felt right away that he wasn't
paid to allow a bunch OF giddy tele-
phone girls TO throw the hot throbs into
the Rislto on a mere false alarm. Was
there not a bevy of beauty and galaxy
OF gloriousness going through the after
noon rehearsal for The Talk OF New
York You bet there Was, and IL
Broadway would thrill over sensational
revela tions in hose he would give it to
them quick.
New Show IL Hosiery.
All this went through his mind like
z...., And before the last troop of
central ladies had .!splayed the latest
shades in mauve he was dashing
through the wings of the theatre cry
ing Fire next door, girls! Get out
quick, Don't stop FOR wraps and pick
up your skirts, for its wet outside!'
The young man wasn't exactly truth
full about the wet part. In fact, 1t
wasn't wet enough to dampen the sole
of slipper. But the trusting show
girls took his word for 1t and waded
out into Broadway. In fact. they made
a ford Of it, and what the fremen had
missed at the exit from the Thirty
eighth street build!ng they were amply
rewarded for when the pony ballet
flashed into the sunlight.
One Fireman Swooned.
One modest young fireman was so
overcome that he swooned in the arms
OF comrade, As his senses left him
he murmured. Gee. never knew they
made EN- so long" One of the dainti-
90, dancers OF the show passed an ell
derly team OF fire horses attached to
n hosecart. These horses had been
brought up among hose. but nothing like
hers. They took the bits in their teeth
n nd balked as far as they could through |
the press.
BEFORE the panic started there were
not half dozen men on the street In
the ncighborhood bat before 1t was
we'll under way the bars and hotels
were empty of males, and those who
roeded glasses got them on with tremu
,ously nervous fingers.
Why. 1t had the Flat'ron Building In
a simeon looking like "A village CROSSING
with an elderly school mistress shown
the tops Of her Ga!ters.
The girls hadn't all got out before
tie press agent appeared IN front Of
~ ,heatre and s'slaIlcd ':ant!callN fJr !
a the reporters IL had The chp.LS
,uv.roll under h!H I'n and gave oIt
II the rame. % tac %curg ladies' y D
hal 50 narrowly ,sr"rCG. iie Ga'e HH
80 name ui t'.n SI,l vi,it ,hc s!n ,sI