The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-07-25
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By LII STEVENSON

WIN TWO grips, enoeaVCreu 10 leave
the Forty-second street station Of
the city-owned and operated subway
by means Of one of those turnstiles
which revolve in only one .direc-
ton and thus keep out those who
would ride free. When the thing
made a part turn, she found that
while she could get through all right
she would have to leave her baggage
behind. So she called for assist
ance. Two young men responded.
One thought that by hanging the
bags on the crossarms the exit could
be made. But again the thing
clogged. Then the other had a
bright idea. He pulled the two
grips back inside. Next he ground
the lady out. Then, placing one bag
on the floor, he slid that out to her
with the revolution Of the turnstile
and did the same thing with the re-
naming luggage. And the woman
went on her way with much graft
tude.
New York Surprises: Four clocks
In one block and all keeping the
same time A skyscraper apart
ment house with a sign 100 per
cent rented" and a chalk mark
notation beneath, Thank Goodness"
A taxicab driver apologizing to
a pedestrian for all but giving him
q fender brushing A chicken
trotting dignifedly across Forty
third street A burly traffic
cop sucking on a penny lollypop
A ''timid soul" type Of man
standing under mo Smoking" sign
In the subway putting away on a
big black cigar A waiter re-
fusing a tip because he had spilled
coffee on the tablecloth An old
auto painted with wisecracks and
filled with young boys and girls pro-
ceeding through the street slowly
and quietly. (All noted by Johnny
Green.)
Difficulty: Among the hundreds
who collect MATCHBOX covers is a
Broadway press agent. He is not a
general collector, however, but a
specialist. Only match-books issued
by now-defunct night clubs interest
him. Included in his album, or
whatever collectors Of MATCHBOX
covers keep them in, are some
specimens which go clear back to
the days of prohibition. However,
lately he has been thinking about
making switch. His collection has
grown to such an extent that he just
about believes it would be better
to save only souvenirs from clubs
which remain in business.
Musical: Phil Bakers mansion
up at Marmaroneck has IA rooms,
six baths, four-car garage and SO
(count them) telephones. He has
a telephone in every room, includ-
ing the bathrooms and the garage.
Not satisfied with that, he had an
inter-house system installed where
by every room, except the bath
rooms and the garage, can be dialed
from any other room. The tele-
phone company also services the
house system. The hardest job was
to satisfy a whimsy Of Mrs. Baker.
She insisted on having each one of
the phone bells tuned to a different
pitch.
Information: In a conversation
with a stalwart young man who
makes his living by working under
water and who at present tolls in
the Queens-Midtown tunnel under
the East river, I learned that sand
hogs, as workmen such as he are
known, are always glad when they
come to solid rock. The reason is
that when the roof Of the tunnel is
muck, air pressure has to be used
to keep the wlter from seeping in
and drowning everybody. It's hot
and hard labor when there is air
pressure, also the risk of that pain
full and often deadly disease known
as "the bends" When rock is
reached, there is no longer need
from air pressure. Hence the relief.
End Piece: Whenever I pass
those public lockers in subway sta
tons, wonder what's in them. One
day last summer, public lockers out
at the Worlds fair were found to
be full Of live geese, the birds hav.
ing been prizes in some kind of con-
test and the lucky ones not wishing
to carry them around, had deposited
them. Recently, in a locker in a
midtown subway station, the police
found 80 sticks Of dynamite which
had been placed there by a safe
blower. They collared that yegg but
there's no telling when another NAV
follow his example.
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