New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
THE TtLk Of THE Day.

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Of the guests was reporter when the
Coxey army marched on Washington.
When the leader OF the tramp army ar
rived I'm New York he was assigned 10 soc
him lie still has copy Of tho circular
which was distributed that day giving no.
ticc of "a grand reception to General J. s.
Coxcy Of the Commonwealth Army, al
No 20 East 10th street. Monday evening.
April 90. 1921. by The Industrial League Of
Now York city. The general has promised
10 he present and speak. The Industrial
League has now an enrolment Of moro
than three million members in the United
States. and is rapidly growing"
SPRING ARITHMETIC
II Was tho busy hour of 8.
When from a city hardware store
Emerged a gentleman who bore
spade
! wncelbarroU.
From thence our hero promptly went
Into seed establishment
And for those things his money spent:
peck OF bulbs.
Job lot Of shrubs.
quart ~ assorted seeds.
lie has a garden under way
And II he's fairly lucky. say.
Hen have about the Last Of May
I squash vine,
! eggplant
radish.-Washngto Herald.
4 blind negro with little bag slung
across his back a cane I'm his hand and a
pedler's license pin I'm his coat lapel is
one Of the daily arrivals at tho BROOKLYN
Bridge station. lie finds his way 10 the
bridge exit walks unaidcd through tho
crowds 10 Chambers street and there
awaits customers tor the pencils which he
sells. few DAYS ago man who saw
him feeling MS way asked: where do you
want 10 90" ITO the bridge exit" he
said. and the man. taking his arm acted
as pilot When he reached the stairway
the guide said: Excuse me, Wen have
e. 70 back. | went to the wrong exit"
Used 10 that one I suppose said the
blind man. II knew YOU were going
wrong ! can tell by tho difference i'm tho
noise" Tho man spoke Of tho glare Of
the electric light" which no seemed 20
feel, for he was born blind.
Il want TO he well informed" said the
ambitious girl. Il want TO know what's
going on"
We'll" answered Miss Cayenne. g"
would suggest that YOU get one OF those
telephones that will put you on n line
with five or six other subscribers BAL
timore American.
In n group OF people who had gone 10 a
West Side pier to see a ship sail for the
West Indies was small boy who was much
interested In some 'longshoremen who we're
working near by. To his questions. What
kind Of wood ~ that?' why are they
weighing IT." none of his elders seemed
To- know the answers and on being ap-
pealed TO one OF the workmen delivered
a short but instructive lecture. why. my
boy" said he that's llgnum VITAE: IT comes
from IIayU. they get medicine from II and
what YOU see here IL made into all sorts OF
things from clock wheels 10 bowling balls"
The little fellow listened ntcntly. the group
pa ssed on. and when the incident was for
gotten by the others he asked his father:
"Wny does that man who knows so mu,h
more than you have to do that work."
II is proposed 10 build n t25.COOC0O high
way from New York 10 Washington Rut
is that the means of communication he
tween the two points are already too CON
venient. Louisville COurier-Journal
The shoe dealer I'm 18Th street from whose
place forty right" shoes were stolen, who
advertised for half of the lot in exchange
for mates" recalls the story told some
time ago by New York Clergyman who