The Washington herald., 1916-08-28
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

SPECIAL CoIrssDoadsnt q Ths Washington Herald.
New 1ork, Aug y7.-In appearance
|aTi De Fornsro looks very much like
jesuit priest and he keeps the hours
OF origand. He sleeps al day long at
ms bungalow on Staten Island and al
night he Wsnders from cafe to cafe. Re-
gsrdless Of his cafe life he drinks moth
ING stronger than water but he smokes
! cl-2TCttes necessarily.
He is one OF the odd senuises who
make the night life OF Broadway 'ust a
Dit interesting. Without a few Of his
KIND It would he colorless and drsb He
was born IN Calcutta. India and reared
in Italy and Switzerland. In 1906 amer
several years as cartoonist in New
oTk' he grew tired Of :he glittering
| electric signs ana went TO Mexico
When he returned 70 New York he ex-
posed the MacnIeveillsn methods Of Diaz
ana for his troubles was sentenced TO
three years on BlackwelTs Island for
I criminal libel While he was on the
! island he wrote several books and he
aFeW many cartoons which were printed
! in New York papers.
A famous all night restaurant has its
walls p.as'ered with drawings and paint
lhES done oy FCEnsro. After he makes
tour OF the other cafes he windE up
there at oclocS IN the morning and
With the other midnight sons waits for
I
A page from Broadway. Joe Hail at
p king of the raCetrs ks Joe Hall at
81 Bowery Csroh.t. The other day he
vas sentenced 10 the workhouse for
three months s0r pauhaudlnC He has
been living hsnd-to-uouth life on the
/ BoWery for SIX years Years ago he
thought nothing Of placing $1,000 on a
pony that struck his fancy.
He was known by the man who runs
the famous Alligator Flop House on the
Bowery whore two may split glass
Of beer and then sleep al night on the
floor in the foP room in the rear. About
yea ago Han vas given the Alieator
Louis NLN room for his lodgings
II has a regular he'd and one chair.
Hall always took his breakfast in his,
room just like he did when he lived at
( the Astcr. His brea kfast was a three
cent bowl OF hot soup. In his room the
police found several OF his own poems
warning young men 70 shun the many
candle power cabarets and never gamble.
There is a new little restaurant in West
Fourth street where they allow the pa
tron to see the bill. the kitchen. the chef
and the food before Il is cooked. I
dropped in there the other evening In
front was a sandwich man vistfuIly
staring at the chef stirring some dish
over the Goals
Perhaps You would like to dine here -
ventured
/ He looked at me strangely and I looked
A. him again. J passed into the rssts--
rart without anothe- word Nv sand
/ "ich man had once given me employment
IN the West. Drink had dragged him
down but he has pride
Five years sEo he was doing the same
thing but got Fr.r on h.nse.. and
ought his wsv hack to the TOP. 7 Won
der II he will asain,
2 Three years ago Florence IA Babe
dropped & dime between the racks Of
're foor ot a stage A. the Tnarhouser
studio. Probably the incident would have
1Do~d riEht there had the concern no.
hired the versatile Jerome Beatty as
rr'zs agent Now the whole matter bss
heen brought 10 notice and improved
iP"n Workmen were tearing up the floor
.1g at the same spot Thev found =
GIarter II was the coin Ms la Rsdfe
had dropped. Fifteen cents in interest
had accumulated
And not satisfied with this. he hides
his head with the shame Of his a6nt.-
sion and writes. Jack Girondo. the
daredevil" actor. who l.shs his n K
without batting an eve. recently werr
fishing and refused ~ halt his 5wn hool,
because he was afraid OF The worms"
Since the war he-sr -,o-s ,L,, -s7 M