The Washington herald., 1914-08-07
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
sy O. O. M'INTYRE.

New York. Aus. S-Broadway near
! Forty-second street is always Hooking
| Valley in July. Most Of our hard-workinS
actors and actresses have been out OF
work for weeks For most OF them 4
/ has been a case Of all going out and
nothing coming in. with the result that
they are hooking their rOcks-hence.
I Hooking Valley. This is the season OF
the year when "Old Pop" Bacon cleans
up a nifty bankrol. odd Pop Is
contractor in and a wholesaler and re-
taller Of pawntickets He always has
enough tickets on hand to paper a room.
He doesn't maintain a snowy emporium
for his trade in pawntickets and he hash
an elaborate showroom for his recherche
and au fait stock of baubles. In fact
he does most Of his business on :he
street corners, although he will pur-
chase or sell in the, middle OF the BLOCK
IL necessary.
James Montgomery Flags, the artist.
was on his way up into his summer
home in Maine the other day with MS
new bulldogs hsrce-lOoking, bowlegged
beast He decided to stop on at the
summer home Of Julian Street for
little breathing snell, and Street put the
newly acquired dog in his barn Later.
Mr.. Flagg decided that he had better
take a look in on the dog 10 see how il
was getting along. and then great
fear overcame him. What II the dog
had forgotten him? They were ONLY
slightly acquainted, anyway. He con-
fided TO Street What" he said. ~
that dog does not know me? He might
won't have any trouble. Just tell him
who you are
The discussion aroused in scientific cir
cles by the exhibition OF an instrument
called the psychophanometer. which
proves the existence of human energy
rays has found an echo in the scientific
press. The instrument was invented by
DR.. F. NJ PIanck, Of Kansas City. and
through II an electric light was lighted
and extinguished by emanatiOns from
the human body. The editor Of The
Cosmos, in commenting on the discovery,
says: Beyond the physiological domain
there Is in man the domain OF intimate
conscience OF will, Of freedom. and OF
purely intellectual faculties And il the
whole of this domain is closed to physi-
cal Investigations that does not prove
IL to be the noneXistent- Physical science
need not concern itself with II, but othe=
sciences have a good right TO be in
terested in IL. The greatest scientists
are now obliged to confess that in con-
nection with the role Of the nervous
system II must De dOTnlIleO lndl III
known form OF energy emanates from
them, and that this cannot be measured
in calories." In other words. the belief
has grown in scientific circles that man
Is not all material
James Lie. the painter. was discussing
at a Delmonico luncheon the recent war
in New York art circles. There is
futurist story going the rounds OF the
studios, a story about Mrs. Blanc" he
said. The beautiful Mrs. Blanc had her
portrait done III Paris by a leading
futurist painter. When the portrait was
finished the painters valet delivered il
and Mrs. Blanc gave a huge reception
in its honor a hundred guests grouped
about the strange, mystic futurist work
and exclaimed Divine Wonderful
Grand and similar expressions. In the
midst OF this the artist arrived. He gave
one look at the picture and reared: Why,
this isn't your portrait. ma'am. Ny fool
of valet has brought you "Yesuvius
in Eruption" instead.
The late Jacob A. Riis was in search
OF health in Michigan when a friend call
ed his attention to a cable that his
friend. Col. Roosevelt. was to be enter
tanned in London at one Of Punch's
weekly dinners. 1T is not true" he 7
said Punch never entertained any one" /