The Washington herald., 1914-08-26
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
~ O. O. M,INTYRE.

New York, Aug. S.-New York Is to
b.,s some relief from the hideOus noises
That beset 1t from morn until nlEht Inc
aldermen deserve the thanks OF an ma
rassed community for passing an anu
poIs. ordinance The measure, to he
sure, does not undertake to prohibit "u
THE cacophOny (whatcver that isl with
which New Workers ears are assahec'
hut il will help a whole lot. The new
law makes it possible TO fine or i:nprlson
for five days any person VINO adNe! uses
his wares in the city's streets by horn.
bells, or other nOise-prOduCing mechanics
to the disturbance of the peace. the
tangfing string of Cowbells which the
iunkman attaches to his wagon are not
conclusive to sweet tempers when one Is
trying to work or sleep. Neither are the
strains of the buGle with which the
huckster hcralds his approach soothing TO
tired nerves One sufferer writes to his
fayorite newspaper that the newspapers
are the worst offenders. for they appaT-
emily allow the leather-lunged newsies to
cry out their fake extras at the dead
OF niEht.
Franklin T. Adams, the humOrist
opines that as he sees the war from
book publishers viewpoint, the foreign
countries are all at war, excluding the
Scandinavian Also. Mr.. Adams has de-
cided not to call 1t an International war
but will refer to II as the all-comers,
The other day when II became notsed
about that white paper was growing
scarCer and that the metropolitan news
papers would reduce to four pages the
New York humorists met at luncheon
in Park Row and decided that IL this
WIS true the war was going to ''Cut into
their incomes fearfully." EUt they also
agreed that il was an to : shot that
despite the scarcity OF white paper he
SUNDAYS would carry pages u news
from the summer resorts.
The New York Press Club is valuable
and soul-satisfying because OF its open
forum. 1t is one OF the lew places where
Jew, Turk, and Christian, dog Of An
unbeliever, hereto. and priest may meet
on the level. talk or be silent. brt always
respected. Labor advocates, so"iLlists,
anarchists. W. C. T. l.. and suffrage
advocates may fr aely have their say.
The other day something was brought
up about the Christian Science Monitor
as a newspaper in a sort Of joking way.
A discussion arose and Is interesting be-
cause II shows that newspapermen every
where are growing keener in their desire
for clean journalism, against the 1lnSo.
yellow. patent medicine owned and spC-
C1al interest COnITOlltu SnSCNS- MS .
the defense one editor OF one Of the SAT-
fron-hued dailies made Of the Monitor:
Lest 1 be misunderstood as an apologist
for the Christian Science cult. let me
say I have repeatedly. in the Press Club
and out of it, shouted anathema against
the whole outfit. But my opposition IS
not personal. declare that in my opin-
ion the Monitor is the cleanest. sanest,
newsiest brightest, gentlemanly and
cosmopolitan newspaper that 1 have ever
read
Col Bill Ronayne. one Of the popular
members Of the Big Six, declares that
the printing men are now having their
real troubles as the result of the war
and there is no relief in sight Just
when they were getting used to Spanish
war names the Russian-Japanese titles
were sprung. Then came the Mexican
coCnomens that could only be pronounced
with a bunch Of firecrackers, accompa-
MED by Balkan tongue twisters. Now
the printers are wading through the
Austrian jawbreakers with a bit of Hi
hernia on the side. Col Roynane says
that IL there is war talk in Wales every
printer in New York will be tempted to
quit Just out Of sheer weariness.