The Washington herald., 1914-07-09
ON THE esEAT WHITE WAY.
ny o. o. sIcINTYRE.


Especial corrsspondencs to he Washington HerAldl
New York, July &-Lord Byron and ali
the other famous heartbreakers would
have swooned with Jealousy In the Mems
Night Court the other day had they been
present when Morris Dunn was arEaigned.
A policeman saw Merris wave his hand
kerchief at three girls and swooped down
on him as masher. Morris Is blue-eyed,
fair haired and wore q wrist watch. but
he denied he was a masher. Taken to
court. he was brought before the Judge
and Ioi there were thirty beauties there
TO appear for him. The three girls who
ran when he was arrested notified the
other girls and Dunn left the court en-
tirely surrounded by his adorers.
The thousands of people who suffer
from obsessions of dread and indecision.
making their whole existence one Of mis-
cry, will be glad TO know that New York
doctors, studying the question. have de-
cided that their state Of mind arises from
no physical cause. Most people suffering
from the disease Of fear have no organic
trouble. they say. The physicians de-
clare that most people who suffer from
various fears rarely talk of their trouble
and with constant brooding believe that
they are going insane. As a matter of
fact the verdict Is that people who think
&they are going insane never do. The
diseases OF fear have been classed as
claustrophobia-the fear of shut In places;
agoraphobia-the fear OF the open: than
atophobia-the fear OF death; phobopho-
bia-the fear OF fear which is said TO
be the most torturing of all.
Chauncey NJ. Depew has his offices in
the Grand Central Terminal Building and
often steps out OF his office into the big
depot to stretch a leg" The other day
he heard a group Of porters arguing and
stopped unnoticed beside them. Finally
two OF them became heated in their quar-
rel about which one worked for the bet
ter road. Their claims. figures and ar
guments came fast and furious At last
the tall thin porter settled the dispute
with these classic words: "Go on niggah.
we kills mo- people den you feIlahs tote"
Here Is a little cheer-up dope for the
man who has developed a Crouch today.
II was written by Count Okuma, the
Japanese premier. to close friend OF his
in New York. Count Okuma is in his
seventy-seventh year. He writes: Fall
ures? Why I have had plenty Of them
They have been crushing ones, too, but
have refused e succumb TO them en-
uTeiN. Inc iallures nave been and are
my lessons I have seen failures which
eventually turned out to be the outer
posts of success !
Mayor Mitchell New York's youthful
chief executive, seems to have been
trailed by a jinN since his inauguration
into office. Before he had been at his
desk three days he was attacked by /
headaches resultant from tropic fevers F,
He collapsed another day at his desk and
had to be assisted to his auto and be
whizzed to his home. Shortly after re-
a rum-soaked Bowery dere-
ict tried to assassinate him and succeed .
ID in wounding Corporation Counsel Polk.
This unnerved Mitchell for several weeks
and just as he was rounding around into
shape again revolver fell out Of his
pocket In front Of his apartment house
and the bullet struck his close friend
'N-Assemblyman Reynolds. The wound
vas serious. but not fatal The mayor.
however. keeps up his spirits and despite
his III health is a Glutton for work He
-efuses to talk about his health and de-
'lares that work will cure almost any
disorder. His chief relaxation-is dancing
Ind. as Tad expresses il. he is a bear .
1t maxixing.