The Washington herald., 1914-12-11
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

New York. Dec. 1O.-Enrico Caruso
the Metropolitan tenor sees to be ont
of the happiest fellows along Broad
way these days. And there is a reason
Caruso was worried for awhile that
Italy was going to get mixed up in
the world series abroad, and-weIl, he
doesn't like to fight, anyway. He would
rather gargle chiand and inhale spa
ghetti
Caruso would be completely happy IL II
was not for one thing: His manager
bothers him-irks him fearfully. On the
nights when Caruso is to sing the man.
ager sneaks up to his room at the Knick-
,erbocker about 4 O'Clock in the morning.
He awakens the great tenor and makes
him sing a few notes.
II he is in good voice, he can go back
to sleep, but if he is not he must get
up and gargle his throat.
New York cop called up Grantland
Rice, sporting editor OF the Evening
Mail, and asked for tickets for a sport
ing event.
How many do you want?" inquired
Rice
Two, If you can spare EN-" answered
the cop; 'one for me and one for my
bookkeeper."
He got them.
New York music publishers do not like
to be told that it is a long way to Tip
perary. Tipperary is a sad. sad story.
lights of, the Flower song and tearsD
One day in September seven New York
music publishers received typewriter let
ters from B. Feldman, a London music
publisher, offering the American rights
to the new song for s., 500 advance royal
ties and an agreement to pay him cents
for each copy sold on this side of the
damp spot.
The same morning all of the newspa-
pers had accounts OF the British soldiers
singing ''Tipperary'' as they marched to
battle. All of the New York publishers
rushed to a cable office Many OF them
spent the time waiting for an answer
in looking at limOusines and fine homes
on the avenue. Then one cold, gloomy
morning the seven publishers got a
printed notice that the rights Of the song
had been disposed Of to a London drm.
Their messages had been delayed in
transmission. Coises! Coises!
The famous old Paul Kelly dive on the
Bowery has been transformed into a
Mission annex. where a reading and rest
room have been installed for the home
less men Of the Bowery. The old dive
was taken over by Rev. John Callahan,
superintendent of the Hadley Rescue
Hall, a reformed crook, who has saved
hundreds of men from drink and started
them out in life afresh.
The dive was run for years by Paul
Kelly. and it was here that the East Side
gunner congregated nightly. The four
men who went to the electric chair for
the Rosenthal killing were regulars. and
Jack Rose who sent them there, fire.
quent visitor.
Fights and gun plays were frequent
The resort closed as soon as the new
owners could accomplish 1t, and the place
has had only temporary occupancy since
Ostrich is now on the bill of fare in
New York. The first one was served at
the Cafe des Beaux Arts. The bird
weighed thirty-two pounds stripped, and
the first slab of il was served to Karl
Kitchen, a newspaper man, and Herb
Roth, a newspaper artist.
The bird came all the way from the
Causton farms in Southern California. 1t
was only a chick which had been fed on
dates and selected herbs II you have an
idea that ostriches only eat knives, scis-
sors, and other indigestible articles, you
are much mistaken and do the birds an
injustice It took four walters to serve
the bird.