The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-18
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'NTYRE.

New York, Sept. I7.-Tin Pan alley has
Forty-seyenth street and the result Of
the removal means q very noisy street
indeed. The first move uptown was
made by Ted Snyder and Irving Berlin.
the foremost Of song writers, who took
ofdces in the New Strand Theatey Build
ing for the firm Of waterson. Berlin &
Snyder Co., the biggest Of the song
hit houses. In Forty-seventh street just
at this time the struggle Is on to pro-
duce q neutral war ballad that viii
sweep the country. To write q war song
genius. II you mention the fatheriand
as Germany you may have couple OF
Englishmen or Frenchnen kissing you,
and so II goes. One ought to have some
geographical knowledge Of the country,
too, now that people are studying the
newspaper maps. The man who wrote
the words to The Trail OF the Lone
some Pine placed the Blue Ridge Noun
tains in Virginia and did not know until
after he had received 81, 900 In royalties
that said mountains were in Kentucky
Tin Pan alley has produced many young
men who have tripped lightly from auto
mat to automobile. Possibly Irving Ber-
lin Is the most notable example. Last
year he Is said to have made 800, 900 and
he Is not yet thirty years old This year
he wrote He's a Devil in His Own
Home Town." IF That's Your Idea Of
a Wonderful Time Il Want to Go
Back to Michigan" Follow the Crowd"
and several others. and his profits are
expected to reach the $4,000 mark
By heck! The pustofis Il q being
moved in our town Any Of the village
folk who have been going down to the
postoffice after the mail comes in 10
have Postmaster Morgan read the neigh
bors postcards will have to go up
town now. The postoffice has been NOV
ing since May Is. 1911 At that time they
moved the newspaper and parcel post
distribution to the new building which is
Just behind the Pennsylvania depot, be-
tween Thirty-frst and Thirty-third
streets, and fronts on Eighth avenue. The
supply department was next to move;
that was in April Of last year. but the
business of selling stamps, mailing and
delivering letters, and sending money or
ders has remained until last week in
the dirty, ugly old stone building on
the triangle of land where Park Row
and Broadway form the apex and Mail
street the base, just below City Hall
Used to sitting around the postoffice,
splitting on the stove and talking war
talk with Postmaster Morgan will find
that he will be too busy for them up
in his new building.
There has been a great change In the
stage Southern colonies in the last
few years. but the most marked con-
trast Is seen in a new Southern colonel
part now being played by Burr Nc
Intosh in ''Cordelia Blossom" The typi-
cal Southerner has always been the big
hat. goatee, long hair. and BY CAD,
subj" Mcintosh this season appears as
well set-up, middle-aged man-dressed
like a Broadwayite and using only q
touch Of Southern accent. 1t Is quite
relief. too. The old stage colonel was
overdone and unfair.
Hats OF to Police Commissioner Woods
We are for him. which no doubt will
cheer him dreadfully, really. At any
rate. Commissioner Woods is remember
ing the kiddies of New York. They have
a hard time at best having a good time.
He has closed nineteen city blocks TO
wagon traffic every afternoon from 8 10
s and they are opened as Fairgrounds
where the youngsters can run wild and
do as they please. Mothers bring their
babies and sit them down on the asphalt
and big sisters lead little sisters to the
free gUod-time zone. 1t is also whispered
that Commissioner Woods is missing
during the kiddies' playtime and rumors
are af oat that he goes down and join
them and is the biggest kiddie in the
pack. That may be the reason he closed
all the streets for that purpose. Who
can tell?