The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-17
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'NTYRE.

New York, Sept 15-Bert Lesion Tay-
/ sor the Chicago Tribune's humorist, ar
rived in town last week with a brand
new story. II seems that a friend of
Taylors out in Chicago was spending
the evening with the newspaper boys
at the Press Club, and consequently did
not get home until very late at night.
Not wishing his wife to hear him, he
slipped the key into the lock noiselessly
and tip-toed through the hall, but when
chatter, which startled his wife out of
her sound sleep. 80
What is wrong?" she called down the
stairs.
The husband nuttered: TIL teach
these goldfish to snap at me"
The worlds series In Europe has fur
young bank clerks. The National City
Bank, prompt TO see the future of our
| trade relations with. South America, win
establish branch banks in Buenos Ayres
and Rio de Janefro. and already three
young men have been dispatched there
to attend the initial arrangements It In
said that there are going 10 be number
Of hrst-clAss jobs for American bank
clerks in the south country during the
next year or so. The lack Of employ
ment among the hundreds in the Wall
Street brokerage offices has resulted in
rush for every sort Of a clerical Job
in South America, and there are scores
of applicants for every job. Many Of
the Wall Street employees are going West
and try it at farming.
Franklin p Adams is much upset about
the use of the word "requisitioned" in
the present war dispatches. In COM
menting upon 1t in the Tribune, he says:
Perhaps the word 'requisitioned' Is all
right, but it sounds like mischief to US.
II isn't so bad to say that 10000 Ger
mans have been JTequsitioned, because It
sounds like Weber and Fields dialect,
but to say that 10000 English have been
requisitioned sounds wrong. One has no
difficulty picturing Lew Fields going to
Joe Weber and saying, 90, Mike, please
requisition me sandwich"
Stamford. Conn. is now the theatrical
dog" for New York. The three more
seasoned and acclimated theatrical ca
mines, Atlantic City, New Haven, and
Long Branch-a trio of towns which are
used so frequently for preliminary per-
formances that in the ribald jargon of
the profession they are known as the
Acid Test Circuit-are taking a back seat
this season. Stamford must bear the
shame. Last week il underwent the har-
rowing ordeal of having two new plays
thrust down its throat in one evening.
George NJ. Conan is said to be responsi-
bic for the outrage on Stamford. When
"On Trial" was ready for production,
Cohan was anxious to give New York
surprise, so he decided that he would
give the play only one production. and
after much thought selected Stamford.
As result, not one word about the play !
reached New York, and when IL hap !
pened to be a success il created a double |
surprise. Now other managers are going |
to try their luck in Stamford.
Most New York newspaper readers are |
growing very weary of reading what |
''Hennessy said about Glynn and what |
Glynn said about Hennessy," and II |
wouldn't be much of a surprise IL plain |
old Bill SulZer slipped something over on |
both. Not that the public wants Sulzer
back in the State House. but ii is grow
ing mighty tired OF the petty personal /
quarrels of the other candidates for tha /
governorship. Each candidate issues a |
daily statement full Of vituperative re-
marks for the opponent In the mean
time, Sulzer, in his Characteristic way,
is swinging about the State making sew
eral speeches a day on his triple ticket
the Bull Moose, Prohibition, and Ameri-
can party.
New York, Sept. IA man who writes
for a living in New York has been ac- /
cused of making $4,000 year. Think Of
il! The accusation was made by one
who ought to know, namely, Mrs. John
Fleming Wilson. In the same days news
anne the story that William Mex. Bangs,
! newspaper publisher, one time owner
II the New York World and the Mail.
rad left an estate of only 5000. This
nay show which is the best END Of the
writing game-hiring others or doing II
YOURSELF Wilson is being sued by Mrs.
Wilson for alimony and separation and
he figures about his salary came out
It the hearing.
There is belief ip New York that
here is a big war going on somewhere
n the world. Don't laugh! Wait II
Fou do not think it Is true read the APP
,lication Of Robert S. Baldwin one of
me executors OF the estate of the late
beloved Lillian Nordica- for the appoint
nent Of a temporary administrator. Said
dr. Baldwin:
/. Your deponent fears that by reason of
ne conditions at present existing on the
'ther side OF the water, where your de-
,onent Is Informed and verify believes
mere rs war raging between nations. a
majority of which have warships pa
roiilng the waters in the neignborhood Is
= Thursday Island. 8 fact which mayi
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