The evening world., 1911-10-21

There Is a new indoor spor, in town.
You ought to know about It. II has
been introduced by an English play
wright. He has made a fortune out of
It. But Just for FUN he plays At II two
hours q day. They are the happisst
two hours OF each OF his days.
The game is as simple as two and
two. Anybody can learn It. II s
called "Seelng-1s- observation-disclosures
at-People.' That IL not over clear. IN
1T But no sport itself Is sun-clear.
This Is all II amount to: Take a DO.
sition. standing mot sitting. because
Americans always think best on their
feet). by any window facing a crowded
thoroughfare. This English playwright,
says that New York has the best there
10 to be had. because II Is the greatest
highway on the globe.
Standing thus by . window. see the
passers-by. You will say you have done
It time n again, but unless you know
III game already. all you have ever
done 10 to look. not see. The difference
between looking and seeing IL the same
as between thought n mental stag
nation. To look 10 merely to exercise
ones optics: but to ZEE 10 to think as
we'll a. look.
LOCKERS ARE MANY, eEERs
FEW IN NEW YORK.
Look as much a. you ike-ali you
can. In fact. But think about what
you are looking At and then you will
see. In fact. tho mou Of thinking
that you do depends upon the amount
Of seeing that you do
II - . provabls fact hat New
YoEksss DO more LOOKING ana less
seeing than any other race on
earth. History remembers the
names Of those Who see ana ais.
tanguishss them b. the name Of
sssrs; but the mere lockers are
forgotten.
The English pla ywrisht who sets 90
much store by this Indoor sport and
practises II every Gay. says that his
University Is Lito. his textbooks the
faces n the deeds Of the passers-by.
AID that for sc!f%-cuiuvatlon and self
development Ito only other language
than his nativs tongue that a man
should study are h countenances and
things that he looks ut with such v!goT
that he translates them Into thought.
BY an open window facing Broadway
on tho fifth floor OF . prominent hotel.
during the two hours OF each day that
that street 10 thickest. stands q man
for whom the one most descriptive word
1, detachment He Is always within
seeing distance Of tho crowd. but never
of It. His demeanor has the aloofness
philosophic composure and reflective
thoughtfuiness of one who Is continu'
ously observing. His business In obser'
yation; finding the Significance. the re
lation TO life. the human appeal OF
everything that comes beneath his eye
This man Is O transient In our city
His real address Is No. LEG Wavertor
street. london. In a blindingly thicl
London fog one night a tramp coll!des
with him, excused himself and started
20 hurry away. But the look, the cur!
ously wan, hopeless but satisfied man
ner of tho tramp interested the play
wright so much that he invited the poo
, wretch to his apartment just T. see him
The playwright's valet protested a
tho Incongruous presence of the tramp
q an Act WlllCu upPSoAS
, playwright as Q humorous example Q
cona,ct. Now, emotional CONFLICT IL tn
q Of drama: 80 thereupon be
I .ar the writing OF q play. Had IN
nj PLAYWRIGHT merely looked at the tram
a Instead of seeing him. there woui
9 never have been n such p'sy .
"Passers-By." -.
o,Ip CITY PRESENTS NO REA
= "euRNs" TO CHAMBERS.
a For O, men and women known all oy'
!" the world, friends OF all stations IN u
N fondly thought Of, none is more hisn
e prized by Haddon Chambers than u
real Burns. who still walks the stree
Of London on a nightly pilgrimage
the Embankment.
but, however long I might stand
|: this window. looking out on that eeas