A BOY'S TRINKETS

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3762, 25 September 1940, Page 7

A BOY'S TRINKETS

CONTENTS OF POCKETS A POSER FOR POSTERITY The directors of the New York Madison Square Boys' Club have had the idea that, in addition to the conventional articles usually deposited under a memorial stone, it would be interesting to place under the corner stone of the new club house which they are now building the contents of a typical boy's pocket. This, it was argued, would "provide some future archaeological expedition with a clue to the cultural level of A.D. 1939." Accordingly, with no previous warning, they requested several youths to empty their pockets, and then selected the contents of the pockets of William F. Stone, 15 years old, for their purpose. So it has' happened that underneath the memorial stone of the new clubhouse the,, following articles have been deposted: One corkscrew, one lock, one piece of chalk, one electric switch, one piece of red glass, six foreign stamps, one old watch, six match box covers, one skate key, one club membership ticket, one bunch of old keys, eight marbles, one piece of electric wire, four rubber bands, two photograph negatives, one piece of leather, one note book, one handkerchief, one magnet, one piece of knotted string, one gas tip, one envelope of cleaning powder, one piece of iron, two pencils, one penknife, a lolly pop, three screws, a medal, a piece of used chewing gum and one dice. Will posterity understand?