The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
TO-NIGHTS THE COMET NIGHT
Continusd FROM Riral Pogo.

Continued from FiFai Page.
aodAl AppendAge did not help 70 reassurS
the anxious east Of Broadway.
East Side school teachers have been
doing much 10 reaAsure the old men and
women by sending the little scholars home
with Instructions 20 repeat 10 the hons
Circle the talks on comet harmleaanesE
that the boys and girls have been listen
ing 70 in the classEooms. small group
Of newmis8 under the elevated in Allen
street yesterday after school hours all
apoke az once when they were asked
whether the comet was gong 20 nuTV
them. TIE smallest "a tAs party made
the longest speech.
sHo only Old peoples Il afraid Of comets.
he eaid. Teacher. abe aaid comets can .
come down from the earth. My father
and, like teacher says. lots Of fool mems
don't know comets u hgty miles out IN
the sky
However questionable the scientific
attainments OF the fortune tellers. there'S
no doubt Of the big part they are taking
In quigting East Side nerves. While a
reporter was In one OF their 'parlOrs
yesterday afternoon a middle aged
woman hurried in and jumped ahead
OF half a dozen women who were walt
ing their turn 10 have the future un-
iOlded.
The woman was perplexed. she said.
because abe had saved $50 and had in
tshded 70 put Il in bank. Now II the
comet was 10 wips ~ all out woulidn Z
Il b. better 20 blow the money for a final
good time and await the crack Of DOOM
When ahe had been assured by the
fortune teller that the ecmst wouldn Z
hit ~ she lett tho outer once relieved IN
Prof. HoOhmAn has felt the necessity
Of swinging q new sign from = windows
even II he ~ the dean of Fast Side SCOTS.
The sign depicits him gazing heavenward
toward an object with pink tentaclea
that II either Halley'a couet or q soft
shall crab Far north at his roe, up
near the home % Secretary Of State
Kosnig IN Seventh strest-that part be-
tween Avenues and y Known locally ~
! Political row the Dolics aay there have
been comet parties held in the evenings
that one should Avoid.
Two OF three youths or small boys viii
! gather, look skyward and cry The
| oometl A-a-abl@ 10 takes about one
minute 20 collect crowd on the East Side.
/ A boy near alao cries "A-a-ahl' a. he
searches the sky. The paaaersby stop
| and ask 10 have the comet pointed out TO
them When said passersby reach home
I tlaV often ma mat Nnealf FubAM nave nenn
! picked from their pocket.
The interest beng shown BY Broadway
and vicinity In to-niRht'a Phenomenon
was evidenced in the preparations that
were under way yesterday In the hotela
Al the Belmont and Manhattan hotels to-
night express elevators will be run % the
root from 10 O'Clock on. The restaurants
hope for q regular NeW Years eve or
election night celebration.
Up on the roofs Of the ~. Regis. the
Gotham. the Waldorf. Majestic. knicker-
booker. AstoT. AnaOnia and other big
hotels comet parties are being planned.
A number Of diners have booked tables
in the sun parlor on the top Of the Waldorf
Dinner parties and supper parties, ~ IL
seemed yesterday. will run more danger
81 cnllldlng tonight than the comet and
earth. for most Of the dinner parties asked
90 BE- booked for a late dinner and most
% the supper parties are asking for tables
fOran early supper. and two bodies 81 wine
agents can't open AZ the same table az the
same time From all OF which Il ~ evident
that Broadway's fear Of the comet was all
summed I'D yesterday afternoon Ia a re-
mark made by Bill Hepner.
Afraid Oh. huahl' said Bill. This
town Ia 20 used b being brushed by ton
serial internes and restaurant coat boys
that it'll welcome anything. even a comet =
tail, that only brushes Il once IN centuries
and then doesn't have 20 b tipped
-Colored fOlks tOo much afraid q the
comet % 70 % worki' repeated Bert
Williams when Interviewed AZ Forty
second street on his wAy % a vaudeville
theatre - tell his Martin story. Muffin
% IL. Il don't take no whole regular
Comet to keep W col0rcd folks from
goin' n work Amt scared n no oomet. [
But wait till Martin cOinesl' And his
face grew ashen as be hurried on.
Nevertheless Broadway a. well a.
other parts of the town Robbled up all I
the 'spoain' yarns under the scGreheads
at the dinner hour last night. 'Spoain' I
tho comet fOcuses the rays of the sun 1
in a thousand mile band OF unimAginabls I
heat and all seven seas blow up In steam. I
or boil over till they melt even DR.. Cooks /
brass cylinder a. tho pole; or 'sposin' 7
we yAnked od a couple Of billions Of hand /
fuls Of the hig tail and II formed a Saturn |
like mig around the earth. thus turning /
Oh the sunlight. blasting human life /
and vegetation; or 'sposin the cyanogen |
gas puts us out Of business? Even the !
reaasurances from eminent astronomers /
all over the world accompanying the !
scnrehead articles that We run no danger l
% hsing suhOcated. strangled or fried I
didn't altogether rsassure,
Down in Fourteenth street Tom Shar
ksy treasured everybody az they came
IN for breakfast and air at the Witching
hour Of twilight that there's nOthin' % Il.
Even the extreme cases Of nervousness
that came TO Tom for scientific advice
vent away happier when Tom told them
OF the information published yesterday
that alcohol and water are solvents Of
sjust keep dFinkin' hiRhballs with plain
water, Kid Tom would say sOOthingly.
sfrom sunset till sunrise and there's
nothln' 10 u. About iiaO p. NJ, whan this
chow atarta. III present you with a last
wears birdie nest from mo own place at
5heepshead Bay. II you care whether the
comet hits ~ or not.
Il say that, and see two comets IN me
life and both times loss. One was In Juns.
1890. whsn meet Gus Rubin and We col
lida In the hftsenth. and the next Waawhen
meet Bob FitzaimmOna that same August
and We both get into the same orbit IN the
second
A voics on the telephone yesterday said
hat u belonged 20 tho Rev. William Cook
N Philadelphia and impl0rod Robert
Adamson. tho Mayors secretary. 10 have
he Mayor Issue a proclamation calling
IN tho people 70 prepare themselves for
he worst Whan the earth passes through
Inc comets tail.
This Ia q very serious matter said
he voice. From tho accent Of the man
Eh0 was speaking 70 him Mr.. Adamson,
who Il a S0uthofnsr. thinks that The Rev.
Mr. Cook is a oolored person.
A woman 90 years old came 10 tho
1ity Hat and asked b see the Mayor.
When she was asked the nature Of kar
business aho replied: About The comet
~ che vas cent 10 Bellevue for examina-
ion. In her aatchel was eioS in money