The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
TWO AMATEURS OF PRE-
PAREDN- SIS.
Singular Adventures Of Bill and the
Lost Blondes Brother.i law.

shohsuS
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. I
want to thank all those readers or THo
Sun who were no kind as to send me
names of blondes and 80 try to aid
me I'm finding my sister-in-law.
The realization of the fact. brought
home to me in this way, that there are
so many people In this busy city VINO
are willing to go out OF their way 10
aid a perfect stranger makes one reel
that this old world Is, after all. a pretty
good place In which to live. In times
like these, when the ideal OF the
brotherhood of man seems. at least FOR
the time, so ruthlessly shattered. small
kindnesses stand out by reason of their
very contrast to the sordid selishness
which appears TO dominate the world.
with this thought uppcrmost In my
mind and with my camera box slunS
over my shoulder, l started out to see
and to snapshot the great Preparedness
Parade. 1t was early. Preparedness
was In the air. on the train going
downtown were many men who. to all
appearances, were to march. ! could
see that the idea OF preparedness gripped
their minds. Their only topics OF con-
versation were corns. shoes and feet.
I. too. feeling that | was to have a
hard day, stopped In several places. ana
in each place found that they were pre-
pared, for behind each bar were extra
men. / further fortified myself with n
quart flask which some scoundrelly
p,ckpocket got before ! had n chance
to open II. The police are sometimes
not so vlgilant as one would wish.
ON my way to the line of march who
should run into but my old friend
Bill. Now | don't want to say anything
in the way of criticism about Sill. but
IL was evident that either he had got
up very early and spent his time noting
the arrangements different cafes had
made for the day. or else he had been
VI all night. Well. never mind People
who live In stone houses shouldn't throw
glass. and | am not the one to cast the
first stone.
We found a very good place on the
curb from which 10 view the parade
Everything would have gone well enough
~ I,ill had not every once IN n while
hulgcd out into the street TO the ex-
ASPIRATION of the policeman who was
stationed Just In front Of us and to the
misery of those on whose toes he trod
when he was pushed back onto the curb
Then. too. every time I tried TO take q
sra Bill would get straight in front
~ me. and although 7 use a wide angle
lens ! could see nothing but Bits back
on IN, focusing screen. ! think Il was
! one of these times wnen ] had my face
down in the focusing hood that the pick
pocket stole my flask. Finally wher
The policeman fatty refused to answer
fiIll's inquiry as to whether prepared
n. SIS" Is pronounced ''prenar-ed-ness' ri
'pre-paredness.' BIZ said What's th'
! city pay you for anyway and then III
walked off.
| WIS just as glad. hrcaus. NJ that
moment "A young lady ! happened u
know came m. She 10. ! am glad I,
say. extremely pro-preparedness. Sh,
hrl cot .-g.tF NJ s1. col ~ ~ nnGa1 4 "a Gt
Of counting IN the parade. She had ont
! OF those small adding machines which
look like a watch. Every time you press
the stem one Is added and II counts u
2 to 9.999, and II YOU press "A spring ol
the side II jumps back to 5000. Sh
4 asked me to hold 1t for her n little while
r counting the files as they passed by
o When she handed it to me tho little ma
chine registered about 800. She left M
pumping away AT the stem. After abnu
ten minutes OF this Il got to be YER
n tircsome. ! wished she would return
: then suddenly | feared she would. 70
o Bill turned up again.
When Blll IS sober he IS a charmin
= fellow who has so much to do tina
Is hard to make an appointment wit
z him. When he isl will not say DRUM
I Cor he Ia never tiat-hut Just VI
= sober. he Is a nuisance and YOU can't 90
- I'D OF him. "WatchyerCot1 " he aske.
j. seeing the counting Machine N my h2u'
= 'l~ il a O'Suli,vtu dollar wa h''
h paid no attention 20 him. lie diin
x seem hurt. but kept on, see" ne said
how we'll these fellows turn this COZ
rer right here" We were in the middl
of the block. 81 ho'Chi every ono {
ems wearing IncerSo,l rubber heels"
Just then the CIR, came back. NO
u I said to Fiji hurrieliv, This IS nc
u an Ingersoll rubber watch and don
= care who wears O'Suliiyan dollar heels
r Then | divcd toward the girl and hcl
n out tho counting machine ! had worke
$ So Faithfully. As she took Vt and hcfoI
q either of MS looked a. ~. ditl my iiuge
- touched the spring on the side and ~
q machine jumped back 20 0.aoo. Tea,
8 came in her eyes. She did not try
g express herself, She is too we'll hrc
d for that, As for myself. I never aga
e a To see another adding machin
Sc Yet every place | go they have thcr
'r They cali them cash registers.
le NEW YoDK. May -, T. r.