New-York tribune., 1913-05-25

VASES Of this type represent large class about all
- Walled Cities Usually they are TRUSTEES, men VINO
rc naroed and allowed to go about where they please
without being watched. One happy and c0ntented
German citizen Of this type named CnaIle De@l',,
had sent twenty wears in the daily task OF taking care
f the garbage Of his City, and incidentally IN shooting
millions of imaginary rabbits. While working away
haDDv at his garbage cans the Wnlte-hlieu ou leHo
talked and laughed continually to himself at the sport
he was having. Now and again he would pause IN ms
work, raise his arms as if holding gun ann careluy
and then shout, Bang. H. .;,o
II an officer happened to be passing at the time,
Charlie would run up to him and exclalm gleeluiy'
shoot ten t'ousand rabbits! :.,
"Onlv ten thousand? the officer inquired SuiPii9eu
aTcn t'ousand million" Charlie hastened to correct
"Ten tousand mllion-at one shot! H..
So all dav long the old man enjoyed hinSeii WORKING
and killing countless numbers of rabbits Always ne
killed ten thousand at the first shot, but II there were
n dobtinp Thomases about he willing to ralSe the
number glbly to fifty hundred touSand fhiinon, d.
occasion might demand His ideas OF numbers were
apparently completely perverted; but let one garbage
can less than the regular number be sent out, or let any
other mistake occur in the line Of his regular work. and
was soon discovered that his perverted IDEAS aPPeu
only to imaginary objects, particularly rabbits
A BOON companion of Charles, Of about the same
n age who had spent years in the City, ana was d
trusty was Tom Walker good-natured Dlu llsiIliiI
who believed that he was the Creator HIS particular
duty in which he took the greatest PRIDE was caring
for the small porch and stone steps at the entrance 70
one Of the buildings But never for moment not even
during the somewhat loWly task OF ScruDDih8 ue
stones did Tom forget that he was the Creator.
@Tom who are you?" someone would ask him
I'm God Sor he always replied promptly.
"And did YOU make this world; they would ask.
Tom would always pause and smile at the ignorance
of the o,,cstioncr This world: he would say scorn-
fully aIIuh Mon This is of the smaller worlds
rs nithn'" And then, becoming confidential and
putting on his most persuasive smile, he would come
closer and whisper, "Have you bit o toDaccy; ana
when the coveted morse was given him he would 90
back to his scrubbng, chucklng to himself, happy
and contentcd deity.
ONE Of the most striking lessons Of the Walled Cities
~ +, the fact that no such thing eternal vigilance
i ,osie Their. are unaccountable moments OF laMty
on the part Of everyone about every institution from
the most trusted officer to the newest cub attendant
Not only moments. but days and even weeks, OF al-
r.nt ob'tisaucss to the most garng apScS OF diSCl-
,lnc mass under the very noses Of a dozen persons
Then something happens the lOoSeness IN one parci-
lar quarter is corrected, and things run along smoothly
AS before until another something occurs.
The finding Of a miniature distlery few years ago.
r,,nnn5 j., f blast in the very center Of one Of the
Cities, where very effective, if not very paatape rum
was produced and doci out 20 The friends o the rus'y
citizen dsticr instance where the ctclhd! Ell-
llrlc Of an institution was caught mapping Curpuay
enough the still itself not dlScoVced or us exist
cncc suspected. until the reckless tipping oi some
citizens who being returned TO prison made II eVi-
dent that there must be some kind o alcohoIprodu,S
apparatus somewhere about the place.
The trouble began when the warden OF the prison re-.
ported to the superintendent OF the City that the men
were delivered to him roaring drunk he suppo5i-
tion was that the two officers who had had ch3rge oi inc
men in transit had given them liquor; Dut tis 9ccgI
unlikely. and was practically disproyed. Then the
warden finally dragged from the two prisoners a con
fcssion that cleared matters compctcly-to the great
discontinue Of the City authorities. For guided 'F
the statements Of the
two men, the officers
found miniature dis The Cook was Soon -
tillcry in an out-oi-thc- ri,,,,, C,seea fSEV