New Yorkers, all of whom are seen holding small appendages to their ears into which they are speaking excitedly, react to the earthquake this week. From the evident level of high excitement it is fortunate that they do not live in California, where a quake of this magnitude might not be noticed. I can only assume that one man was found whose battery had run down sufficiently to talk to our on-the-scene reporter, else we would have had to rely on hear-say from those on the other end of the calls.