The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-05
SeUen Days in LIP or New YatUk
Rr IEssE HENDERsON

Special Correspondent of The Age-Heraid
 Copyright. 1929, by The Age, ,Herald)
 New York, February 4.-This week has been run off in the boisterous old melodramatic style. The dead hero came to life. The maniac raved in the millionaire's office. The De- bonair Rallies, a flower in his hat robbed men and complimented wom- en and bowed himself gallantly into the gathering dusk. The ghost haunted the house and, as the comic touch, skinned a back yard fence one jump ahead of inquisitive po- lice. The daredevel yegg held up 12 men in 15 minutes. And the brave fireman, swinging by his foot, res cued four children and the heroine while the worst blizzard in years rip snorted across the background.
 R-r-romance, currime, lohve, ad- ventuAe, and myssstery-what more do you want for seven days? The town has watched with eyes popping and hair on end.
 Nobody In all the busy week was any buster than the Jesse Johnson family. Ordinarily husband and at tendant relatives have enoungn to do when the stork pays his first visit without bothering with details. LES peciaily when the details include a fire engine a flock of ambulances and two relatives in the last stages of asphyxiation. The doctor told Johnson to heat some water and get some alcohol. Johnson lighted a rented new gas heater. dashed to the drug store, persuaded the clerk after 20minute argument that he wasn't going to drink the alcohol. got the alcohol dashed home-and found: Aunt Marie unconscious on the dining room floor; Aunt Clothilde unconscious in the hall; the doctor very dizzy but even more busysthan he was dizzy; and,eall the Jets in the gas heater going full blast the burn CTS having been blown out by air in the pipes.
 Man of Action
 Johnson is a man of action. He threw open windows, turned off gas. telephoned the hospital, rang in d fire alarm and shouted for help. Simultaneously the ambulance and the fire engine roared up to the door. A moment later the doctor put his head into the hallway and said: Its a boy"
 It is not often that the bond sales men quote Epictetus to the guard outside millionaire's office. To the guard the ancient's name sounded foreign and he thought Bolshevist Hdu ueSl6HS oQ MT. ScnWaD. The en- suing fight. tragic though the sit uation was, had it's pathetically hu- morous side and 1t is likely the Beth lehem Steel employees did little work that day. The unfortunate man who quoted the ancients went to Bellevue for observation.
 Styles in bandItry change, as in every profession. It is considered smart now for holdup men to wear a pink carnation Jauntily in the hat band. Three youths, thus ornament ed, bound and robbed the proprietor of a grocery. hid him in a closet, waited onNa woman customer or two with debonair courtesy hnd vanished just as the grocer burst his bonds. Another holdup artist robbed a taxi driver-turn about's fair play-and held up Il men ia a pool room. emp tying his victims pockets with such accustomed dexterity that the whole thing took but 15 minutes.
 Ghost "MateriaIizes.'
 Where was ghost, too, who proved something of holdup artist in his own peculiar way. He material izod" at spiritualist mediums meeting which cost S2 entrance fee. Three spektical detectives were ia the audience and in return for the s6 they had spent. they demanded a minutes talk with the wrath of An drew Christie, who was very busy