Palisadian., 1917-05-05
Palisadian Girls
See N. Y. Sights;
Hold Big Diamond

A number of young Palisade girls
were taken to New York last Satur-
day by Mrs. Ernest Sibley for the
purpose of seeing many of the sights
that most young girls have never
before seen. At twelve o'clock they
met Mr.. Logan at Tiffany's where
they had the pleasure of meeting DR..
George +. Kunst, the worlds great
est geologist in minerals and precious
stones, who showed the party the
world-famous Tiffany diamond, val
ued at 100000, and which each one
of the children were allowed to hold
in their hands.
The next sight there was the won
derful mechanical gold singing bird,
worth $500. The little songster is
made with natural feathers, and
comes quickly out of gold enamelled
box upon the touch Of spring, and
sings beautiful little song, SO sweet
and tender that one marvels at it's
naturalness. One of DIR. Kunst's as
sistants pleased the children by MAX
ing the little bird perform again and
again, and each time they wondered
and wondered at it's great beauty
It's body is like tiny humming
bird, and it's voice unlike anything
ever before heard. They just could
not get enough of its singing. The
bird is about one inch long, and with
body the size of small pencil.
DR.. Kunst was more than cordial
to the little party, and they were al
lowed to 60 to all parts OF the store
looking in wonder, also, into the great
display of diamonds in jewelry, where
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in diamonds.
The big Tiffany diamond paid of
more than $1,000,000 in obligations
from the party of Palisade girls to
DR.. Kunst for his courtsey, each child
attesting that sum when she held the
diamond.
One of the most interesting ad-
ventures of the day was at the Auto
mat in Sixth avenue near Forty-sec-
ond street. The girls were provided
with nickels, and they went from
pillar to post hunting for the food
they wanted. When they got to the
compartment marked Chicken salad
their feminine taste asserted itself
and the most of them paid the price
of three nickels and got the salad
Fortunately the party had the good
fortune to get two adjoining tables
and SO sat together. The automat is
a lot of fun to little girls or anyone
who never saw one before, and the
food is "just splendid" as Eleanor
Brown said about it. Helen Ander-
son had the misfortune to lay her
pOcketbook down somewhere in her
search for appetizing things to eat,
and it walked off, somehow.
Maxine Sibley thought the choc-
olate elegant, and Ernest Sibley
filled up, on apple jelly and corn
mullins,
The next place of the rendezvous
in Gotham was the American Theater,
where the children just had the time
of their young lives. AS Helen Ander-
son said, lit was just great, and you
should have seen it. The whole
vaudeville bill and the movies were
all splendid. But say, they ought to
be ashamed to treat us like they did
in one of the movies. We got all in
terested in The Man in Black who
kept on doing wonderful things, and
just when we thought we would come
to the climax and he would be found
out, the plaguey thing came to al
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sTo be continued next Saturday. All
the girls said they were going to ask
their mothers to let them go again to
see it. Oh, it was awfully interest
ing. l could have staid there all
night"
Mrs. Sibley got the party home
near seven o'clock. 81 had promised
the mothers to have the children
home by six," she said, "but l wasn't
strong enough to move those girls
away from that show. 1t was not
hard for me to stay, either. 1t was
a great outing for US all, ray of
sunshine for those who do not get
out great deal from home"
Mr.. Nicholas Schenck compliment
ed the party to seats at the American
Theater, though this courtesy was
not solicited. He said he was always
ready to do anything for the children
of Palisade.