The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
HAIRPINS.
New NERVES. At,mena Threateas Peepse
IN the CIty etreess-

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New NERVES. Al,mena ThPeateas Peepie
IN the City streess-
PRIVATE NoTE-Ths enclosed we're actu-
NY picked up from the sidewalk on four
short blocks on seventh avenue near i5sth
street Lay them out In q row and look at
them:
Tho enclo~ed' consisted of q quarter
, pound Or 20 of A-~ortsd hAirpins and the
writer Of the communication offered
these remarks for publication:
! live in Harlem. Well that's moth
ing: but I was taking a stroll on seventh
avenue last Monday when noticed two
hairpins on tho sidewalk Well. that's
nothing In particular either: but just
about four feet from the two lay another
and q few steps from that still another.
Then I began 20 take notice and was
wondering Why this should 10 - when
sure enough I sDied one moro. That
made Ave. crossed the street and be-
ginning a hew block naturally began
20 count There were fourteen in that
block ! saw nine in the next and
twenty-ons in the third. short blocks,
mind you. How wA- this
The why % u Interested me. thought
81 Sunragetts nesting. hairpulling
| Amazontan scrap. bargain counter
attack. hut ~ continued NV stroll they
still continued to be in evidence. That
busted that theory. Then ] saw another.
then two on the same paving stone.
| I began to get nervous. WIN did !
notice them in the first place. My ner-
vousne~s made nie observe them nore
closely saw that thew were % various
styles. -izes and conditions. They began
To assume shapes. ! could recognize
heads on @ome 81 them. others were all
arms or legs There were all HOrtS. long
/ legged. ahort legged. bowlegged. kncck-
kneed. some kicking out. others sprawl
| ing still Others in the attitude IL dancing
! One RECKLESS pin at cross legged like
/ a Turk or tailor. some seemed Ia wriggle
! like the limbs ~ Ruth 81. Denis In a cobra
dance
/ TasaVe my life now I couldn' keep from
/ looking for them. Invcluntarily nv
| eyes wandered from one side of the broad
walk 10 the other. ] became anxious
lest some should e~cape. Each new dis-
covery seemed 90 present some rev fea-
turs and naturally led me 60 think %
the various heads from which they rad
dropped, the multitude ~ cotFures. I
believe they call them. with all the mys-
tories ~ rats, mice. cotton nets and -
forth
tried n quit Why should ! he eoinR
along the street counting hairpins, I
asked myself. tfelt aome way enme~f~d
.
up into the trees. but in vain. the very
branches were only thousands 20 hair
pins tried 70 divert nv thoughts. hut
my thoughts ran something like this !
recalled the Interview that the Pope
didn't have with - There lie two more
one all twisted and ore freeh FROM the
store had seen Mrs. Fiske biting
her lips IN an Ihsen play the night before
, and thought that the con mldrum % this
Nv go.h. there's a funny one: looks a. II
a. 4
my mind or 20 stocks. ] was interested
in United States Steel and New York
Central ard hogan 20 speculate whether
to buy or sell wh.Sy -!shs in plain sight
within a radius % three feet lay three new
varieties.
I dashed down tho subway hoping that
semi darkness would break the spell. hut
here my visa via waa . Young lady -
beautiful3 I don't know What I saw
~ a face framed in a heavy outline %
hair held in place nv innumerahle hair
pins and sure enough there was one
courSe she would lose II. I wondered, "
! would get il and was IL straight or cor
rugatei
began a mental calculation 10 figure
out how many u would take to hold up
the huge pomnadour construction and A.
figured and looked her whole crown Of
glory seemed a wTiRgiinR. -eethinR mas
% hairpins Nv sheer force 81 will
tor~ my eyes from this unplea@Ant sight
and obp~rved her DlIdgv little hand lyinS
peacefully in her lap: but her index Snd
middle finger outlined a far hairpi1 and
her ring and little finger anoths. Even
the two life lines Of her lovely palm looked
exactly like the last hairpin had picked
up-as 10 Il had sunk In and left its inn
print.
Has any one. ! wonder. ever noticed
this BEFORE should hate 20 h rssponsi-
bio for tho spread ~ this maladv. fog
when once properly infected the old com
plant NJ the "Blue strip slip and Punch,
brothers. punch With care n not To be
compared with the disturbance caused
by hairpins.
Don't notice the frut. for " YOU
begin 90 count YOU are lost. Can this
whiriwind distribution and waste 81
metal In any way contribute to the re-
ported prosperity 81 the steel trust and
Incidentally affect the cost % hvinGp