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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
5THF SCJFNCE OF BUS STOPPING

Illustrations by ETHEL PLOMMEN

1f Won give the matter close attention
,ou will find that every known ouS
stonper may be classified in one Oh '''eSe
two schools. The tanned litIie man
from the country who agltates on tic
corner Of Twenty-third Street wnlle
the Riverside bus he wants is crossing
Eighteenth is obviously of the sparro"
tyne of school number two. his large
wife. however, who stands back IN tl'e
shade. saving, "Now, father, don't let
everybody know you've never look
STAGE before" is an unconscious mis-
tress Of the technique of school number
one. The fluffy damsel who waves CO.
ouettishly at the bus from out OF
crowd of bus shoppers at Forty-second
Street dimples at it, and then mlnces
aboard proudly is of school NUMBER
two. So is the down-at-the-heel femaie
who waggles a dirty glove frantlcally'
only to discover after the bus has
stopped that it is not the one she wants
The we'll known editor, who WIN
marked powers of concentration reads
his paper under the lamppost, but huris
himself without warning at the rrst
bus. is of school number one. so IS the
slim young lady who stands on Fifty-
seventh Street, looking artistic, but VINO
becomes distinctly injured when bus
meanders past her.
Probably the best examples OF tne
two schools ever seen side by side, how
over were the man and wife | dlscov-
cred one fine evening not long ago. we
IN the bus had just rolled into the
Avenue from Fifty-seventh Street. In
the middle of the street some three
blocks off | made out large, beplumed
lady. waving bunch Of daffodlls. She
held the flowers up like danger signal
"a we bore down on her, but cast
strangely FESTIVE glances toward the
curb It was not until we had almost
stopped that | saw the cause of the
glances. Half hidden by a waiting
taxi there stood on the curb most dis
gruntled gentleman. He tapped the
sidewalk with his cane and glared at the
ladv of the daffodils. Nothing seemed
more improbable than that ne, too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
Bv HELEN G.. DWIGHT.

with solid dignity. If the bus goes by,
she stands well in the way OF all other
traffic muttering things that are tortu-
nately unintelligible.
The blase youths who affect this same
general method go about 1t quite an
other way. Their idea, like that OF the
ladies. is to avoid letting the bus know
up to the very last second that they have
the slightest idea of taking it. But they,
unlike the old ladies, do not Turk behind
limousines or hansoms. Instead, they
choose a particularly open curb. Here
they stand, twirling their sticks, ADJUST
ing their bone-rimmed spectacles or
otherwise occupying themselves as II
they had long thoughts far beyond
buses. In reality, they have spotted
their bus from afar. They wait until
the numbering thing is almost on them.
Then they stroll out, as if to cross the
Avenue. AS the bus tries to swerve by
them they suddenly raise stick or
single long finger AS with the ola
ladies. the bus may get by-although
usually the youth can fling himself at
the step and get on without disturbing
any one but the guard, who may have
been trying to tell him that there are
no seats. If the bus stops, the youth
mounts it with a mastery air OF bore
dom. If it eludes him, he curses 1t
with an equally mastery air. Indeed
| am convinced that the thing that binds
the youths and the old ladies together
in this school of bus stopping is their
delight in being able to curse the black
world if the bus goes by. Both old
ladies and blase youths find 1t hard TO
find sufficient cause for demonstrations
of deep feeling. But to have bus roll
by when you want it to stop!-surely
that is sufficient cause.
The other school of bus shoppers IN
cmdes both the major domo and the
sparrow type of male and female OF all
ages. Their method is to begin tagging
the bus while it is at least five blocks
off. The major domo stands as near
the middle of the Avenue as possible,
holding his rolled newspaper aloft, with
a fine disregard for the traffic. The bus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

Dlative faculties. 1t is comparatively
matter of touch and go.
Many man has gone out to get a
quick bite to eat between contracts ana
has been led back at four-forty in the
afternoon by a passer-by who has found
him, a gibbering moron, mutterlng 10
himself: IF take the little one with
the infamed joint It may be stuffed with
library paste, while if take the lemon
meringue pin-wheel, may find that the
meringue stops at the limbo and that the
whole inside is faxed confetti, while If |
take the-iobble, .jobble, jobble." After
seventy cases of this kind had been re-
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~K1NC FRENCH PASTRY: A HARDER GAME THAN C4ES

tons during the last two or three year
that it is being seriously considers
making a pleasure of it by making
it into a game. 1t would be played sinh
larly to the present game of chess, ther
being two contestants to each tray o.
pastry. Each man would have to cal
Immediately the piece he chose, and the
object Of the game would be to so choo;'
that the more deadly ones would be lei
until the end, when the contestant couE
finish on his nerve. If, for instance, on
of the players chose an arsenic-lined cu1
in the third round, the other man woull
obviously win out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

which he thinks will do him the least
harm. If he could take it to his room
and give little constructive thought 10
the thing it might not be so bad, but
there is the waiter holding it and CIV
ing every indication of breaking into
tears if the choice is not made soon, ano
50 it is little wonder that the player,
after feverish meditation for as long as
he dares, makes wild dab at the near
est pasty and says, "pll take that,
knowing the while that, of all the things
in the exhibition, it is the one that he
wants least.
The ordeal has assumed such proper
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ported at the State Hospital in one day,
an investigation was begun, and it was
found out that they were due to over
application to the choice of French
pastry.
And it is rather a pathetic fact that
the man who orders French pastry does
so to avoid choosing anything more
definite from the list of other desserts.
After deciding which of to-day's ready
dishes among the entrees to have, ne is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

"a NOST people, if asked offhand
ME what national pastime re-
4 = quires the greatest degree OF
concentration and involves the deepest
bordering, would say, equally offhand,
"The game Of chess Without carry
ing the argument further, let us say
that they are wrong.
Chess is all right in its way as
thought provoker. 1t undoubtedly IS d.
verting. But compared with the task OF
selecting a piece of French pastry from
a tray held by an impatient waiter
move in chess is like reaching for SAL
arv check in its demand on the contem-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09
By ROBERT G.. BENCHLE4.
Illustrations by L. NJ. GLACKENS.

so depleted that, rather than run his
finger down the price-list of desserts, nc
mutters French pastry" simply to get
the waiter out of the way. And what
is the result? A quandary of ten times
the proportions Of the one he has just
evaded.
For he is confronted with tray
which looks like a concentration camp,
with rows upon rows of varied types of
pastry from which he is to choose two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

wanted to take the bus. But, 10. the
daffodil lady, one foot on the step Of
the now quiescent bus, turned to say:
"Come. Jackw And Jack came. He,
moor dear. was of school number one,
and she, of school number two, had with
her daffodils quite spoiled his game.
And that, by the way, leads to an in
teresting idea. 1t may be that all per-
sons contemplating matrimony should
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to stop the bus almost before it is in
sight. But she fits back and forth be-
tween the curb and the middle of the
Avenue in a state of agitation that she
rapidly imparts to all passing chauf-
feurs, and even to the traffic policeman
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She waves both hands; she mods; sne
smiles at the bus; she cajoles it; ana,
when it stops at last, she trots on board
with the air of having done one good
iob passing we'll. But if the bus hap
mems to be full and goes by-what a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

bust the old lady dashes out at 1t
waving her lorgnette or her lap dog,
as the case may be. The bus may get
bv her. On the other hand, it may stop
with a terrific clatter, iolting its pas
sengers almost over its nose. In this
latter case the old lady Chambers aboard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

prise the bus, to Jump out at it sudden
". bringing it up on its launches with
a creak. An old lady, for instance, sees
the bus three blocks away. In order to
stop it artistically, according to her
standards. she hides behind limousine
AT the curb or stalks in the lee of a ham
som. Just as the bus comes bowling
bv. chanting Washington Square or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

tragedy! She makes futile dashes after
it and on her face is written the bitter
ness of defeat. She and the major domo
are both heartrendingly pathetic when
they encounter the bus whose guard
shouts: "No seats!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

meantime may be jerking up for an OLD
lady who has popped out at 1t three
blocks away, but the major domo holds
his ground. And naturally the 'Dus
never gets by him.
The sparrow, in like manner begins
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

II 8; s s., :: : :s s Is:
TO do il from afar?
DO you smile at it
winningly? Or do
YOU gaze at it with
an expression so
stern that it stops
out of sheer ner-
vousness?
Years Of intimate
study of the bus.
genus Fifth ArenUe,
have revealed a def
mite technique of
'bus-stopping with
two schools of stop
pers. School num-
Der one. made up
largely of enigmatic
old ladies and blase
youths, aims to sur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-09

find out to which school of bus stopping
the contemplated one belongs. Nothing
could be more annoying, surely, than to
90 through life with person who stops
the bus the wrong way. In other
words, before going to the altar watch
him or her stop bus.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
ASSISTANT ATTOR%EY HELLO
 gS ACCOMPANIED BY BRIDE

The district attorneys office at the Idit- arod term of court which opens next Mon day, is represented by Assistan. District Attorney Reed N' Ha.l;g, who is occ@mpa- nicI by his bride of few weeks The young couple were married at FairoarEs on April 6 last the ceremony being performed by Judge Burnel1 which WAS the first time his honor had otficiated at such an event
 The young couple are both well and ia vorably known in Fairbanks. MT HaJlg i, looked upon almost d. a native son. for he came North with his parents in early days when but boy, and with the exception of the time spent Outside while going to school he has made his home in Fairbanks con tinuously Mrs HeiIig was formerly Mr- Lillian Martin and h., resided in Far banks about five years. during which time she has been prominent in the sociaL life oI the city. She is said to be musician of more than usual ability.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
ARRIVAL OF WASHBURN WITH NEW FOOD PRODUCTS
 AND MANY PASSENGERS

With io2: '.ng, her decks crowded with passengers, a'G pushing heavily loaded barge, the steamer M L. Washbmn swept into the harDor at IGitarad on Saturday afternoon last, taking advantage of the high water.
 The occasion psT,ook somewhat Of a gala nature. A large proportion of tie Norula ton was at the dock to greet the visitors, and many flags Were displayed on business and public buildings !n honor Of the occa- sion
 Among He passengers were the court party, headed by Judge Bunn@.I, and re turning I6i.arodels who had spent the "ia- ter Outside, be>iGcs uavci.ns sale:men who make annual trips here.
 The freight consisted of new fruits and ye-etablas, egg park products fresh meals and various articles the stocks If which he'd been depleted and the demand for which warranted shipment by the expensive lover the ice' route Regarding this freight the local merchants state that it was all received in splendid condition, and showed cvi&cuce If the care taken in it's handling.
 Ca.t4n Joe was at the wheel cf the Wasabuu. and v9 given coG,lal greeting by IIs many friends here. and most of the officers cf the vessel are oId-jimers with the #a hbuIA.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
JOHN HAD Al ADVENTURE

The following story concerning John Me Giun. the wni!-<nowa attorney who is in attendance cn the IIitMod term of cout is going the rounds of the territorial press:
 Tn letter written hy William \. Cii- more to a friend in Nome he tells about an escapa3e in which John McGjnn and George EstelIy are the heroes. The DOT ten of the letter dealing with the robbery is as follows:
 "A few nights before l left Johnny Me Cnn and George N E,terly of Cordoy& were ort at the Cioarmont roadhouse, near the Preside, with others, and four auto bandits came in and held the place up. They wore masks, and it was as good as q circus to hear Estcrly and McGinn tel how it happened. Esterly thought it joke but the bandits soon convinced him, and he stuck his hands at least eight feet in the air. while the bandits rake5 S250 cut of him McGinn lost >25 and q valuable fob
 "Jahn tcII the fellow to hurry up with the Jcb as the p5cc closed in five minutes aud it was too late to go anywhere else for drink One patron edged out of the room to the telephone and called the police, As the four bandits lett the police auto arrived, and in the duel enc r2bbar was killed and police cocp.ral mar;2lly wounded IT, las since died. The others aso.,ppI :"
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
CYRII. P. WOOD RETURNS
 WITH INTERESTING NEVIS

Cyril ?. Wood. manager of the Northern Commercial Company's stores at Ioitarod, was an arrival on the steamer Was3hurn CT Saturday last, and gat into tLe harness in time to relieve Jim Cody before his de- parture fir Ruby Ms Wood and the chil dren will not come to I..itarod until later in the sumner.
 Mir. Wood brings the interesting annognc~- ment that another lusty young olive branch has been added to the Wood family, a boy having been born to 0Lr. and Mrs. Wood at San Francisco on April 23 last, only a few days prior to Cyriis departure for ldit- arod. He reports Mrs. Wood and the little stranger doing fine.
 Mir. Wood will leave soon for ToEotna on company business. While expressing himself as glad to be back once more among his Iditarod friends he admits that he had been somewhat reconciIed to the Outside, and had enjoyed d splendid time there
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
FORMER IDITAROD LADIES
 CONSTRUCTING FINE H0TEl

The Anchorage Pioneer of recent date con tains the following item Of news:
 Mrs kllroy and Mrs. Lang have leased a portion of lot l in block 26 from E. J. Emard, on which they will erect modern three-story hotel. John Leiren has the con tract. The lease was made through the Anchorage Realty Company
 Mrs George F. Kilroy and Mrs Minnie Lang, the ladies mentioned, are both well and favorably known in Iditarod, having lived here for several years. It is stated that the building which they are erecting is to be pIastered throughout. and is to be a first class hosteIry in every respect, and that no expense is to be spared in furnishing and eqnpping it.
 The many IditarQd friends of the ladies will wish them unbounded success in their new venture.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
WIRELESS PLANS

A recently received issue of the Fairbanks News Miner states that Falcon JoaIim, pge i dent cf the Alaska Wireless Company has ordered the radio plant intended for To kotna to the scene of the new strike on the Talstoi. This appears to be an error. Ac- corGing to the latest plans of the company the plant for ToEotna which i, now a. Bethel or on its way up tho huskoIwim, will be installed at Tokotna during the coming fII. A telephone line to Ophir prob ably will be built to connect with it.
 IL Is possible that if the ToIstoi develops into camp of any importance plant will be installed there later,
 Apparently there will be no wireless plant at Dikeman this summer, the White Pass company figuring out that Its business can be transacted through the aid of the plant now being installed at Holy Cross
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03

The United States district court for the Fourth division, territory of Alaska, will be opened at A. B. hall on Monday morn irg next for the special I,jitarod term No grand jury haS been cailad for tins term and consequently there will be 10 criminal cases cn trial The above list of petit jurors was drawn yesterday morning from the list of qualified voters by Jury Commissioner Joe smith and Clerk of the Court Clark, in the presence of the court and members of the bar. The juror. are summoned to ap- pear in court at 10 o'clock on the morning of June F.
 While court will nct be formally opened until Monday next Judge BunneIl has been hearing arguments cH SeVer.l cases during the past week, with view to facilitating business after court is formally in session These include several eases on appeal from the commissioners court amd the case of ]. F. Bcattie versus Dave Strandberg in vcIving wood cut from 2 mining claim.
 The Trial Caeniar
 While the following cases constitute urac- ticaliy all the business that iS formally be- fore the court. there are several important eases to bc tiied which are not yet al issue These include tie eases If Ma~-tcn vs. Nm- stun and two eases .ny, Iiny water rght~ on Eoul fer creek, which Ja expected to take up considerable of tie time of the court. The following ls the trial calendar David Johnson vS. Joseph Servo, Charles IIclty and Adolsh Riira
 Barney Fa4gsrty vs Riley & Nar>ton.
 G. " Abrecht ct d. vS J. A Mckay ,t
 Bank of British North America vs. Anna C. Cleveland
 Harry Cunningham y~. Aiken ( RiIsy.
 Jerry Ford vs F. R king Cappeal,
 Tim Corcoran NS. STan@berg ct ai. lap- peal.
 Naturalization Calendar
 The following naturalization cases gre on the calendar
 Charles Boyd Witnesses. R C. Button and Charles F. Taylor
 Ores Totland, Hat Witnesses, Jerry Ford and C. Anthoniescn.
 William john Beayen, Fat Wi-nesser, Thomas Mckinnon and c. Anshonioson
 John Herman Jensen Flat Nitnesses. Sam AnGIe5aum and T. B,as
 James Cody Id;taroG Witnesses. Henry Weir and Claud Baker.
 William Ray Day. Idit2rod Witnesses Earl Byers and R, R Henderson
 William Henry IIejtman. IIet Wit nes.eS, ], E. ket-IoHel and William Fly land
 Walter Richard Elliott. Fairbanks and Iditarod- V Witnesses, F. 4. Smith and H. \. ohead with depositiousl.
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
JANES CODY AND FAMILY
 HAVE DEPARTED FOR RUBY

On the steamer Washbu". which left down-river on Tuesday aitorhua were Jane, Cody and family who are "n their way to Ruby to make their future home Mir. Cody, who has been in charge If the Northern Commercial Companys interests here in the absence of Manager Cyril Nooo goes to take charge of the company stoE. at Ruby.
 Mir. Cody has been with the \. C. Co. at thi~ point for the past two years and half, coming here from Fairbanks with his wife shortly after their marriage at that place. The hosts of friends of Mir. and Nrs. Cody and little Jack sincerely regret their de- parture from their midst,
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
June

Julia B 1owo Hot 5rrings. 1:+5 p. m. May 31
 Columbus for Logjam from Fairbanks to- day.
 Martha Glow and L5vensood billed from Fairbanks to To.ovana river points 10 o'clock tonight. Kelly up Birchcs 9 a. m. Benctley at Gibbon, Reliance billed from Gbbcn to BettI,s i Y Beira biIie4 from Gi55on to Fairbanks 10 a. n. tcday schwatka down Nenana S.30 8. Iii. Taua down Nulato May 31. Jacobs scheduled to sail fro mGib5yn for Fairbauks neon today. The ice is running at kotHk
 June Tam down Nulato 1 a. n. Del at Hot Springs Landing down bound.
 Julia B. down Tolovana :: 30 a. m. RrEauce down Circle, 30th. Schwatka down Fairbanks 10 D. n. 30th.
 -$- Job Printing at The Pioneer office
Iditarod pioneer., 1916-06-03
BIC MAIL CONSiGNMGNTS
 ARRIVED EARLY Ilj WEEK

The launch Comet arrived on Monday last, having as passengers the mail carriers Tom and Bob Boyd with several hundred pounds of mail, which it picked up at Dike man. The Boyd brothers had brought the consigomeuts down the Innoilo from Ophir in small boat.
 There were three of the weekly consign- monts in the lot, which it had been impos Sihe to bring over the trail owing to in ability to make the many river crossings.
 Much of the second-class matter was in bad shape, having been repeatedly soaked in water. It Was explained by Tom Boyd that the mail had been caught by the bIeak-u in the upper reaches of the kus- kokWim and had to be held until that stream was clear of ice, when it WAS hoateI down by boat h several places on the Seward end the trail was under several feet If water, and it had been impossible to keep # dry.
 First Outside Mall by Water
 On Sunday last Frank Larson received word to proceed to Dement, with the launch Sea Wolf and meet the incoming mail launch from the Yukon. He returned on Tuesday with the consignment, which con sisted of several hundred pounds. Con,id- erabc comment was occa%,ned by the fact that the steamer Washburn, with freight for local merchants, had arrived here sev- eraI days prior to the receipt of the first mail containing bills of Iading for the freight.
 However, grievances were soon forgotten in the pleasure of once more being in mali communication with the Outside world.
 There will be a weekly mail service dur ing the navigation season.