The Washington herald., 1914-11-20
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. O. M'INTYRE.

New York, Nov. 19.-Fred Schumm.
Gothams most eminent stakeholder,
declares that New York is not the gay
old place It used TO be-things are
slowing up in a betting way. although
Schumm admits he Is now booking
wagers on the first snowfall.
Year after year the big betting men
in New York desopIt their thousands
! upon thousands of dollars with
Schumm without so much as a marker
| in their possession. He once held a bet
of S25. 900 on Presidential election and
the publicity he got out of II Rutomati-
calIy made him New York's official
stakeholder.
Schumm says there were no big bets
wagered on the election this year.
Just as many people are betting, but
Just now Schumm is holding bets on
the date of the opening OF the Stock
Exchange; that Charley Murphy will be
| leader OF TammRny next election; that
| il will be a green Christmas, and that
the Germans will win by February.
A big department store in Brooklyn
has solved the first aid to puzzled shop
pers problem. All through the store
the counters have been called rows,
roads and street, while the broader
aisles are designated as avenues. The
result is that most any one can find
anything he wants in the store the
same day he starts out to get 1t.
In order to facilitate the scheme.
sign posts have been erected at every
corner. There. for instance, are Glove
lane. Perfumery road, Jewelry avenue
Neckwear alley, Chrystal avenue, No
tion street and so on.
The new streets have also established
the aristocracy of the store. For exam
pie:
why the very ideer! As though we
girls of Jewelry avenue would think of
associating with any one from Hard
ware road. Amt it awful?"
The opera waltz, New York dance
that won the first Prize in Paris, has just
arrived on Broadway. The dance was
originated by Hiram n. Foster, q young
New York real estate broker, and Mrs.
Newton Adams. niece of the late Bishop
Potter. They danced II at Langer's,
the smart American dancing place in
the Champs Elysees, and scores of
Americans learned it there from them.
The dance was picked up in Paris by
G. Hepburn Wilson, who was there at
the time, and when the American
dancers arrived back home they found
II was being used extensively.
Briefly described. II is a combination
OF the prettiest steps In the hesitation,
Boston, tango and One-step-Just a sug-
gestion Of each-joined together with
the ld-fashioned 'one-two-three"
waltz.
John Gruelle. the New York Herald
Sunday illustrator. has coined q new
word-an occupation at which he IL
very proficient and which convulses his
friends.
His new word is 'pronz." GrusIle
used II on several occasions In compar-
ing different things.
Finally one friend said in q tone of
exasperation: PROM! whadda you
mean, pronZ?
Then GruelIe explained that pronz
was the tartar that was scraped from a
cab horses teeth in the mornings.
The Highways Protective Associa-
ton is seeking an ordinance prohibiting
roller skaing in ths streets and while II
seems a rather crabby thing to do II is
not when the figures show that 27s
children were killed in the streets by
vehicles in ten months. The most OF
them wore roller skates at the time Of
the accidents.