New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02

In addition to these charms he has two
of the cutest little teefes, both of 'em on
his lower gums etc, etc
"All right, well find him for your says
the officer, and sends out the description to
all patrolmen.
An hour later his telephone rings again.
1t is the formerly distracted mother who
has become very happy and apologize in
the meantime.
II just wanted to tell YOU" she says,
that he wasn't lost at all. He was under
the sink asleep in the clothes basket, all
the time. ! wish you could have seen him,
lieutenant. He had thumb in his mouth
and looked just too cute for anything.
Thank you very much. Goodby.'
Then there is another kind.
Say. officer" erowls the man at the
other end of the line, II wish you would
send a bunch Of your best policemen
around to my house and run off this gang
OF boys. The Young desperadoes have
dared me to come out, and have threat
ened to burn the house If 1 don't Hurry!
Hurry
BY the time the man on the beat gets
around to the endangered home the wary
haven't, it's up to the officer to show how
much of a diplomat he is. If he is too
rough with the boys he gets them down on
him, and they can easily make the rest
OF the life he spends on that beat unen-
durable. If he fails 10 make some show
against the young "desperadoes." the irate
citizen goes up in the air
About the best thing he can do is to make
an awful face and chase the kids around
the corner for the benefit of the watching
citizen, and then he can tell the kids 10
cut it out or he'll paddle the whole bunch.
And he may do It, too.
The gathering of crowds is another thing
that the cops are constantly kept busy
preventing. 1t IS an admitted phenomenon
that a crowd will gather In New York with
or without the slightest provocation. Let
man pause and look intenty IN a window.
also In the window; then a third, and be-
fore long there is n crowd gathered, all
looking in at the window.
It's the same way when a gang OF ordi-
nary worlmen begin such a prosaio pro-
cedure as repaving hit Of asphalt or dig
ging ditch for a water main. They are
soon watched by a gallery Of onlookers,
who stare intenty at the workmen as
though they had never seen such a mar
vellous thing in all their previous lives.
Recently the street in front of a building
in East 2lst street was blockaded by the
sight of a woman sitting in barber shop
chair. The young woman was going to a
wedding on First avenue and wanted 10 be
all dolled up for the joyous occasion. She
observed that Signor Corisaf's shop adver-
tised electric and hand face messages"
and she quite naturally went In 10 get one
OF the former.
4 small boy saw her and let out a yell.
The ever ready crowd did the rest. Now
IL doesn't take much To change a crowd
into a mob, so that when the angry signor
came to his own door and waved angrily
for the crowd 10 peat it they came very
near tearing down his shop.
The copper was on the job, however.
! Here. here" he said roughly move on
there. You're blocking the sidewalk. Move
on or III run you all IN" And they moved
That Move on phrase is one OF the most
frequently used commands in the police
| mans vocabulary.
II isn't every citizen who tries 70 make Il
easier for the copper. For instance, not
very long ago "A resourccful press agent for
Seventh avenue burlesque house arrayed
three young men In pink union suits and
barrel each and turned them loose on
poor old broadway. They were to attract
attention and advertise his show. one
headed west I'm l2d street n second east in
the same street, while the third was told
Just to wander casually south IN the Bright
Alley
The east and west ones have not been
heard from since. Before the southbound
barrel had gone "A block 1t was surrounded
by thousand hooting and jeering men and
women Some one suggested tearing of
the union suit and disintegratng the bar
| rel for sapsticks to he applied forcefully
| to the immodest advertiser. There was a
dissenting scream from the women present.
Patrolman Collins finally succeeded In