The sun., 1918-08-29
Swings OFF Bus Top, Displaces
Speaker and Sells w. s. s.
by Bushel.
PLACATEs COP WITH KISS
Makes Him Buy Too-Leaps
From Bus to Taxi Roof,
Then Into Window.

whirlwind OF animated femininity de-
scended upon 1t, took Its breath-aho
several hundred dolIars-away, leaving
in their stead War Savings Stamps and
was gone to other parts Of the city In
her personally conducted campaign.
Just as II It were the most natural
thing in the world to do, she swung from
the top Of a bus. suspended her body at
arms length and turned loose. She hit
the street walking. Nor did she hesi-
tate. Ignoring the gasping crowd, she
elbowed her way through it and unin-
vited and unannounced mounted the
speakers goods box. gently crowded the
astounded speaker off, and began her
sermon on War Savings stamps to the
marvelling crowd on the Public Library
steps-and made 'em like IT.
So jealous was she that group OF
chorus girls who were to have been the
whole show herded together. acknowl-
edging defeat. Making the best OF 1t
they entered into the individual cam
paiEn with encouragement TO the hatIess
girl, whose (real) golden hair was
tossing about loose with her emphatic
gestures in pleading for buyers. Soon
she had collected a wad of money that
looked like the mint's line of samples
When sales startedN slackening she
played her trump. kiss for every
buyer! Men who had never bought
stamps bought then.
A traffic policeman hove UP and
started for her. Things looked interest
ing. But he only wanted to warn her
never again to make her way UP Fifth
avenue-or any other avenue he was
holding down-by the unconventional
method of swinging from one automobile
to another. climbing UP and down buses
regardless of the stairs. and swinging
into taxlcabs through the windows, be-
cause she had nearly given an old gen.
tiemen heart failure.
Kisses a Policeman.
"All right Take that for your trouble
d Now buy a War Savings
Stamp"
Oh, boy. She had kissed him!
He bought-as soon as he could And
his money and voice. while the crowd
grinned at his confusion and bushes.
1t seems the feminine wh!rlwind
flashed into the avenue at Thirty-fourth
street, mounted a northbound bus and
climbed up the side. much to the delight
of the men on the corner. Her skirt
was too tight-but interesting-for
climbing She had large following right
then SO she descended and strategically
turning upon II, sold them stamps. Then
she hoped n taxi. sold the inquiring
chauffeur a stamp, swung off the rum
ming board to a bus, sold the occupants
on the roof, and swung to the top OF
another taxi alongside.
An old Southern Colonel. with more
gallantry than equansmity. saw two legs
swing into the open window. Reasoning
that the owner must be in rather
perilous position he began debate with
! himself as to whether he had best take
hold Of them or not /; for they were
| feminine legs Even an elderly Colonel
| would know that.
HIS debate was cut short however,
by the owner sliding in through the
window.
| Buy War Savings Stamp. mister"
! The Colonel was dumfounded. He
bought--at least, he thinks he did. For
she said Thanks, mister. Good-by,"
and was gone.
And when the reporter learned her
name. Miss Sallie Hankens. 14s Penn
street, Brooklyn, she sold him a stamp
and he was six days out from payday.
too.
| Paddle Wheels Spin for w. s. =.
Come on. boys. Try your luck. It's
only dollar a paddle 80 is the beseech-
! ing invitation to he heard in Fifth ave-
nue. from Fourteenth to Forty-second
! street. which has been turned into a reg
| ular midway of the old time county fair
| Paddle wheels are spinning everywhere
| on all four corners OF some of the cross
streets. The crowds anxiously and ex-
| pectantly watching for its individual
numbers to turn up and stop on the ih-
] dIcator extend into the street.
And the police stroll calmly by
For they're gambling for War Savings
Stamps
Some man with an idea and a shrewd
guess that the police would not modest
him II he chaperoned a paddle wheel for
citizens to gamble in War Savings
Stamps put one out on the corner of a
building in Fifth avenue and Eighteenth
street The growth was like mushroom
overnight. Possibly zoo of the wheels
lined the avenue to Forty second street
yesterday. And they are .reapng a har.
vest for the Government.
| The paddle wheel conductor gets moth.
ing for his services except Thank You =
from the lucky patron and a knowing
wink from the cop who strolls by scan,
ming the sky.
SO IL a rat-tat-tat smltes rudely upor
your ears in the avenue it's the paddle
wheel man drumming up his crowd by
beating on a goods box with a willow
stick. IL YOU feel inclned-well. the
games on the square. It's run "abso.
l-o-otely on the level" as the come or
assures you
Paddles are sold for n dollar unit
twenty, or the number determined be
no