The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-16
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New York. = In spite of its size and
its misunderstanding blatancy, New
York City Is almost childlike IN us
love of being loved, especially by Its
people who have left It. And so 1t Is
getting quite pleasant little glow
from the words Of Princess Shristo-
pher, Of Greece, formerly Mrs. Leeds
wife of the inplate king. Prince Chris
topher has been much in the pubic
eye during the past two years. ana
among other things, a delegation one
day came to offer him the crown Oh
the newly created Lithuania. When
he told the Princess, she exclaimed
"Td rather be lamp-post in New
York than Queen of Lithuania!' she
probably be given half the lamp-pos's
of the city just for that If she ever
comes back.
Gentle measures - getting rid OF
ones enemies by distance rather thah
roughness--that's the motto of Mayor
Hylan When $4,000 was appropriate
ed the other day for side-carrier mo-
tor cycles for the emergency ponce
who were to scout for bandits, Bor-
ough President Curran objected that
motor cycles make as much noise as
a brass band. They'll scare the burg
lars away before the police get any
where near" That's just what we
want!" replied the Mayor.
It's very bad habit-that of being
late to appointments. There's no tell
ing how It may affect ones life. JACK
Stengle, a young man of the Bronx
was to have married Miss Catherine
Lillian Meyer, of Brooklyn, and FOR
that purpose had made an engagement
to meet her at the Brooklyn marriage
license bureau. He was late, Ana
while the annoyed bride-to-be was
waiting, along came, Walter Firsch-
ling, an old beau. "Why wait for JACK
Here am right here and everythins'
argued Walter. His argument carried.
And the tardy fiance's sister, already
there to witness the marriage OF her
brother accommodatingly acted as
witness for the new arrangement
It seems pretty good to have Madge
Kennedy back on the speaking stage
"Cornered." the melodrama in when
she is starred has just opened at the
Aston Theater, and the old admirers Oh
the star of Fair and Warmer are
turning out in numbers and enthusi-
asm to greet her. She doesn't have a
change to be quite the same Madge
of those farce comedies which she
could handle so deity, but she uses
her comedy sense almost as effectively
in applying Just the right touch &c
banter to the serious-nesses OF cor
nered." It is another of those tricR
plays in which the heroine doubles as
twins, this time dividing her time be-
tween the role of an heiress and thai
of a thief. As so often happens in
plays, the thief Is very sweet girl In
deed and feels quite badly when she
finds out that the lady she shot in the
head is her long-lost sister. OF course
the wounded heiress has no hard feel
ings as soon as she RECEIVERS sufficient
" to hear the story, and all ends hap
PLY.
Business Is business. whenever u
takes one. Simply because a thrift!
person is forced to give his morning
over to hanging about police cour
on a charge Of some sort, is no reason
for letting that time be a loss. 81
reasoned peddler who was fined tive
dollars the other day In the Essel
Market Court for peddling without
license. He gave ten dollar bill II
payment, received So in change ant
was we'll on his way before 1t wa
noticed that the bill had started out II
life Us one dollar certificate and hal
risen solely through the efforts Of tn
peddler and a paste pot. Thirty push
cart peddlers had been fined tina
morning and Identification was impos
sible OF the one who had had vision t,
see profit in being fined as well as II
any other activity Of the day.
Bandits have sence OF humor bu
none at all OF fitness. Four OF then
the other night slected as their vic
tim. Max Hoffman, the keeper at tn
Mt. Vernon police headquarters. DE
lighted at the discovery Of whom the
were attacking. they went the entir
route. The took his new overcoat, 81
in cash. his revolver. police shield.
watch and medal from the War De