A BOON FOR SHORT PEOPLE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12, 15 August 1911, Page 1

A BOON FOR SHORT PEOPLE.

The difficulties of sightseeing iu a London crowd when processions are afoot have been solved for all short people by a cheap adaptation of the periseojw (writes the 'Age's' London correspondent). A little man finds himself, let is say, in the second or third row of an immovably jammed mass of spectators in the Strand : Instead of attempting any impossible feat on the tips of his toes, he plants his "giraffe," as it is called—a little oblong cardboard box containing an ingenious arrangement of .mirrors—against, the back of the nearest person who is obstructing his view, looks through a small hole at the bottom of Hie box, and eujoys a complete reflection of. tlie passing show. He gets the picture from above the shoulder of his tall neighbor; and as the latter is usually sympathetic and good natural on such occasions, ho doesn't permit himself to be worried by the little ■Man's device. The "giraffe" is going to be popular. It can lw bought at from 2s fid to 4s fid, and is less than a pound in weight. The inventor-of ii ought tit. have come on the scene earlier, when the matinee hut was more of a nuisance in theatres than it is now. The London police keep a very vigilant eye on the behaviour of crowds on festive occasions. Anyone who should attempt to use any sort (of pedestal on a footpath would gety into serious trouble. Hut the "giraffe'? has been officially approved.