The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-01
DON'T TELEPHONE TO Mr.. FISH
NUMBER JTSS RECTOR rs NOT
ANSWERING az APRIL T.

No. OSS fremont u Another TelephOnS
That TSa May as We'll Ret Alone Tor a
DaS-Cail kelly and Let % Go at Thai
-Nrnders Have some New Tricks.
The gowk who calls up 37s Rector
to-day will get a splinter ia his finger il
he scratches his head. Nothing doing
with S7s2 Rector From cary morn
tin dewy eve Mr. Fish. Mr. &. Horse,
Mr. Bass. Mr.. skate and other inmates
Of the aquarium will be Inaccessible by
phone
Nobody loves joke better than Charley
Townsend. the director He keeps in
his private Office. in a specially con
struCted tank, a particularly joviRl speci-
men of the laughing fish OF Borneo. which
lie cali Wilton. Charley and this fish
laugh for hours one with another after
the whistle blows every day They have
bully times but there ~ one kind 1T
jest that serrate- Charley = SENSE IL humor.
the April fool kind
One or two "a day would 30 toleTabie.
bat when from SOD TO coo silly land fish
call up their friends in the Aquarium
and the director has to knock OF work
every two or three minutes tho thing
gets tiresome Consequently he has
instructed the New York Telephone Com
pany to instruct i;s Operators TO tell all
inquirers for Mr. Fish and Mr. Bass to
call Kelly
Nor will il be easy 80 get the ear Of Mr..
Fox by ringing up $50 fremont. Mr.
Crane will he out for the day. and Messrs.
Wolf, Lamb and Lion will refuse posi-
lively to be interviewed over tho phone.
Director William T. Honaday 81 the
Bronx Zoo 10 as fond 81 innocent amuse-
ment as Charley Townsend. hut like
Charley he has decided that enough j.
enough Whoever calls s53 fremont
will he put through a third degree by
tho operator. The telephone girls in
the fremont exchange will al he from
~. Joe to-day
But in spite Of the cutting On oT these
traps for the unwary there will be plenty
Of tricks with which TO catch the poisspns
d'Avrl Between April and April most
people forget how they have been gov ked
and mOcked. and bite greedily the next
time. There may lie two exceptions.
stunts dear to tho kids Of many genera
tons, the pocketbook on a string and
the brick under a hat But you will hear
to-day, as you have heard on All Pools
Day for many years past. the voice - an
excited younRster hailing n truck driver;
Hey Mister yer wheels toinin"-
And you will laugh like the dickens
when the husky driver hobs head over
the side Of the truck to 500 what's the
trouble with a perfectly good wheel
Don't get fused IL somebody pms A
rag 70 your coattAils even n the passerS by
for blocks have be.'n smiling az YOU from
hehind their hands You did II yourself
once upon a time. and Il you get really
into the spirit Of the most foolish day IA
the year YOU are likely to harR the same
flag TO somebody else's Coattah
To-day IL n day when nothing save
eternal vigilance viii preserve the goat
Collectors OF the animal will bee out with
new ~ well as old snares Cigars we're
being sold yesterday that are warranted
To produce a pyrotsChuiC display These
are not the old dangerous variety that
were az likely &C. lift 81 a part Of the face
as anything else. but harmless though
-cary OOntraption emitting a furry 81
sparks which do not burn
One OF the devices that was on the April
Tool market yesterday vas a half burned
glowing at the fire end LAID
70 fuss a waiter crafty. II j. made "
pape- with bit o.! raj I-iug.as- and gray
wool At the end
The street fakc-- Did very we'll with
an arrangement SHAPED Ike an .uyplupa
Whoa YOU bought. tna fak.r handed D.
." YOU between finger and thumb 80 thar
tie flaps were held tightly. bur ~" minute
ne released his finger up hsw the hAp- and
a buZy-r cat ioo-,'.
There was a match -afy. Just plain
ord nary looking match -af. " N a hinged
top Look out FER that match -sfs Gou
lift N" top - ~" thing and som. thing
inside goes on Ike tho crack % pistol
tn" fakCrs w"r" rvrUmnent,uE tht-
article Tor special ia ~ sections v h,.r.. the.
going - too lumpv for 10. water wagon.
some 81 the mill merry +turs along Fifth
@yenue and Broadway w.lr turning out
a bat OF work 'hIt will maxi. gav-tv IN
the restaurant, tonight. q fruit basket
hat. II looks eva ~ Lk" many hats
you have seen that we're decorated with
lunches u grape. hiE blue plImS. or
anges and other things that make w
D."ely m WaN The Glfsreno" between
this Kind Of I'D and ~" one Of ordinary
commerce - that IN. fruit o., real The
ldea Ia Of course that any grl who f'.ala
Ike u Cnn g, under on Of the hats and
fool her friends - long n she f,,.i- like
u. Then dessert may b" rsr, - from tn"
hat.
Nobody really know. whom reopl. ar-t
began To use April A. n day FOR sending
other people On hoctless srrands or 10
arrange hoavea The custom goes pretty
far back. som" artiquar.ans think thar
II originated ia France. whence IL spr..nd
over Europ" and then got over the At
lantic. Others believe that 70 came from
the old Easter miracle play. which some
times shO wed Christ being s"u' from Annas
20 Caaphss and from Plate 20 Herod
The Hindus played such tricks nv their
Hull festival. held on March 81 hy our
reckoning. and the Romans had n Feast
~ Fools on February y
Az ARDENT STHOL ~.