The Washington herald., 1914-07-17
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

New York, July ls.-The most exclu-
sive club In New York has been dis
covered. and strange to say II Is only
| nine doors from the rattlety-bang Of the
Third avenue Il" on the north side OF
East Forty-fifth street. II Is called The
Meeting House." and It has exactly
fourteen members. II Is a club without
officers, without dues. without charter,
and without by-lawA Members lodge.
dine, drink. and smoke without signing
checks. They order what they please.
when they please. Two or three times a
year the steward renders an account Of
the bills due. and each member gives his
personal check for one-fourteenth OF the
amount The majority OF the members
are mulumillionaires. They include
Harry Payne Whitney. Larry and Monty
Waterbury. Devereaux Mnburn, and
other polo players.
American raEtIme Is still holding Lon
don. II the latest reports can be be-
Iieved. Frank Case. manager Of the Al
gonquin Hotel. has Just returned from
quick trip 10 the other side, and says
there seems to be no abatement OF the
craze. However, according to Mr.. Case,
some OF the songs must travel slowly
across the 5000 miles Of deep sea, for
their words and meaning get terribly
lnlSltd HOH NltAls MI Ndst BEOAshA
with him a story OF raucous-voiced and
chicken-feather-hatte coster women
swaying their shoulders with their pearly
princes to the strains OF an American
song that turned out to be. Hob, it's
gryte. nyte, wythin hon the levy, wytin
for the Robert Hee Lee"
The Duke Of Manchester. who married
q Cincinnati heiress. has been exploding
few myths about the business OF
duking around these parts. The duke.
who is a sturdy. outstanding chap with
few frills, declares that the American
idea OF a duke when he dukes is all
wrong. A duke. he declares. is not an
imposing parsonage robed in crimson and
ermine, and duking all over the place In
tin hat. In fact. the duke said he
never wore his robes and tin hat but
twice in his life-both times at corona
tons The duke does not even drop his
''h'' md no one has ever heard him
ping. WHAT
Col. Samuel Pomery Colt. the rubber
king stretched 1--WE must have our little
JokeD one Of his parties into a rather
unusual event the other night. In a
style befitting a man Of millions, he in
vited twenty-five guests to his town
mouse. ana after they had Deen Wined
and dined and danced until 4 o'clock in
the morning. they were all invited to ac-
company the host TO Europe with all
expenses paid. Five OF the twenty-five
accepted on the spot, and six hours later
sailed with Col. Colt on the Aquatania-
Burton W. Gibson. variously known as
The Devil Lawyer" The Death Deal
er," and The Nerviest Man." has gone
up TO Sing Sins for fifteen years. still
cool and smiling. For eight years ne
has played a game OF tag with the law.
On four separate occasions Gibson has
been arrested and charged with murder
in the first degree, but no jury ever con-
victed him until last April. when he was
found guilty OF grand larceny. Commits
sioner Dougherty and Inspector Faurot
class Gibson as the cIeverest criminal
unhunE. Death has persistently gone
hand in hand with him. To be a client
OF his was equivalent to signing your
own death warrant One by one his
clients died sudden. violent and inexplic-
able deaths. But always he turned up
with an alibi or defense too strong for
the prosecution to break down. With
his life in the balance Gibson has re-
peatedIy baffied his questioners at every
turn with an easy grace and amused
which time and time again
has goaded to anger almost uncontrolled.
Gibson is thin. angular. and stoOp-shoul-
dered. and his pale blue eyes seem shift
ing and narrow. He is always smiling.