The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-23

f"H iditf near folst. Idaho. she
sat IN her room in NormandIe hotel
telling her father. Beverly Nandvct.
IT the plain. u~nNarnished language Of
'he plains what she thought Of the
vaudeville managers. For GtrtIe ha,1
brought to New York her calico
pony. babe. her dad Beyerly-.n,
ola Idaho name that-and her xo.Ue.
which she herself acknowledges has
z range Of two octaNes for everyday
use ana another octave and SIX notes
more for classy occasions. and She
was looking for an enlightenment which
mad not been forthcoming.
Ioor Gertle again. She might have
been sitting there in her room Vet If
she hadn't donned her Khaki riding
suit with boots TO match. strapped Il
bolster around her waist. mounted
Babe and ridden to Times square
Thursday night. AS 1t was she spent
the evening sitting in the West Forty
seventh street police station and in
the Nomen's Court in jefferson Mar
ket. But take it from Miss Nandyck
herself she might as Well be doing
the latter as the former.
The mineral water clock had inst
registered $ when Gertie and Babe
drew up just north of the subway sta
ton between Broadway
ana Seventh avenue on Forty-third
street. says the New York World.
Immediately she turned on the three
octaNeS and six notes, and a crowd
began to gather. 1t was the hour
when the few thousands who hadn't
fled the sane Fourth We're hurrying
theatre-Wards. and most of them
stopped to listen. Presently those in
taXls and on foot who didn't care 10
stop were forced to because the MOI
blocked traffic.
Lieut.. Sherwood, Of the traffic
! squad, was standing at the Seventh
avenue intersection directing the work
Of his detail Of men on duty at the
nearby busy crossing. When the
crowd began to cOngest things he or
dered Policeman Caulfield to order
the cause Of the obstruction to move
on.
He did, but she didn't. Instead
Cert tool another hitch in hers and
turned loose her emergency octave,
without missing a note. The crowd
hoWled for JOY TO see the discontinue
Of the guardian Of the majesty Of the
law. That individual was not Sc
pleased. however. He addressed a
and when she kept on singing 1t
caught Babe by the bride and led hel
into the middle Of Seventh avenue.
Babe reared up and scattered the
crowd, and at her mistress voice can
tered back to her original position
when the policeman had released hi.
hold. More bowls from the crowd.
Caulfeld was red hot by this time
and he went to Lieut., Sherwood fol
instructions. The lieutenant ordered
the singers arrest, and this time tn
officer did not release his hold wher
he reached the car tracks, but KEEP
right on. The mob followed. shrek
ing and clapping, but failing to drown
out Miss Vandyck's six notes above tn
third octave, which by this time hat
been called into use.
Meanwhile the parade was march
ing toward the West ForK-seventi
street station. Across Forty-thir'
street to Eighth avenue it moved
Babe with one hand and brushint
with the other. to shoe away the en-
of Gertie's uirt, with which she KEEP
tickling him slyly behind the ear, t
the great delight of the crowd.
5 Eighth avenue emptied its deiica
lessen shops TO join the processio
/ and the children dropped their dl
, pickles and ieecream cones in thei
excitement. And Gertie never MISE
5 a yOte.
? When the station house was reach
Nu IL II iih0 - -
2 portions that 1t took all the pOliceme
on hand to keep the people back fror
the doors. Inside Miss N~andyck, ne
face flushed and her blond HAIR
regular blond, as yellow as the range
of Idaho in autumn hanging dow
I her back was telling her story /
* Lieut.. Gaulkner on the desk.
I've got an act that's as good 2
n anything on Broadway. Il | couldn
a get q manager to listen 10 me. 50
made up my mind Id make them II:
q ten. That's Why | sang on the stree
: and if l don't get a job | VIII SIN
there tomorrow night and keep q
- till they take me.
Miss Nandvck said a lot NOR
: Dunctuating her remarks with raps
her QUOT on the desk. She offere
J to sing forthe lieutenant. but he q
: clined, and ordered her 70 he tak (
10 court and Babe to tie sent To
livery table.
In tN Women's Court Miss Va