The Washington herald., 1914-08-03
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

New York. Aug The old Haymarket
at Sixth avenue and Thirtieth street
| was the most celebrated Summing quar-
ter in New York few years back. II
was here that Uncle Reuben quaned the
| more or less famous X. o. cocktail, and
was relieved thereafter Of his summer
| earnings. Husky, low-browed and caulN
| hower-eared walters were in attendance 70
see that justice was done the manage
| ment and also the painted, beJeweled
ladies in waiting. Several years ago the
police, suffering from a squirt Of reform
closed up the place as tight as a drum,
and Il has since been shuttered and life
less. Now on the doorstep of the famous
dance hall a grape. juice booth is being
operated. Police Inspector Morris, pass
| ing the venerable pile the other night
\ shook his head reminlscently. Now they
sell soft drinks outside and nothing in
side" he unused. Sic transit"
New York vaudeville devotees are in a
state OF bewilderment over the Mystic
! Bird" which is showing at one Of the
summer theaters. The bird is an ordinary
golden canary. and will sing any song
played before II on the violin by Its owner.
| 1t was first believed that a man in the
wings did the whistling. and all the news
papers scoffed at the act. The owner i'm
mediately invited a member of the stan
performance in his dressing-room. The
bird on command will initiate any other
singing bird from the robin to the night
ingale but is said to have fallen down
when one uncouth scribe suggested a
peacock. While the newspapeTmen were
all mystified. they declared that there was
evidently no trickery in the performance.
The bird is owned and was trained by
young musician living in the Bronx.
Hy Mayer, for years a cartoonist on the
New York Times, resigned recently to
take charge OF the art department Of the
rejuvenated Puck. now being backed and
directed by the young millionaire Nathan
Straus, jr. Mayer was sent TO Europe TO
dig up some talent. and naturally spent
several weeks along the Paris boulevards
and the Montmartre haunts OF his youth.
There was a struggling young caricatur-
list. who. learning that Mayer was in the
city, called at his hotel and presented
some drawings. Mayer saw at once that
the youth had unusual talent. and decided
to make him an offer to come to America
The offer, unusually maEnanimous, was
made, and to his surprise the youth shook
his head sadly
But young man." said Mayer in his
politest French, that is more money in
one week than you can earn in two
months here"
Il realize that replied the Temperament
tai One, land that is why 1 refuse. With
that much money-why could eat three
big meals a day, and know my stomach
would not stand for that. II would be
suicidal" No amount of persuasion
could change the decision.
Mike Mitchell, the slugging outhelder
recently purchased by the Washington
club from the Pittsburgh club, is a native
of Springfield, Ohio, and Is, needless to
say, one of the foremost citizens of that
enterprising city. Whenever Mike gets
in the neighborhood OF Springfield a
crowd of representative citizens hire
special train to root for whatever team
Mike happens to be with. Not long ago
when Mike was playing the Pittsburgh
club at the Polo Grounds a crowd OF
buyers from Springfield got together and
occupied one Of the boxes. They rooted
like wild men for Pittsburgh, and when
Mitchell came to the bat and poled out
a three-bagger there was simply no way
OF restraining them-they threw their
hats away with reckless abandon A
disgusted New York fan yelled down at
them Ito take thai noise outside" but
at the close of the game they stood UP
and gave three lusty, leather-lunged
cheers, and at this juncture a kindly
usher pointed to the score board They
had entirely overlooked the fact that the
club they rooted for had been badly
trimmed.