The Washington herald., 1916-08-12
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
by o. o. MCINTYRE

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, Aug. u-This is indeed. a
ErOtesQuC plane on which VIC are living
Hark to the yarn OF Ruby the Rushed
Ruby is lady-sounding and bespeaks OF
a quiet. melting nature, but Ruby is a
music wolf. Woof, Woof,
He is the lad who writes the music for
the burlesQue shows and his name IS
Ruby Cowan. When the wh!te-hsnneled
lieutenant In s-rapping gold braid comes
on in the burlesqUe show and looks At
the back curtain with the remark: And
so this is Paris. ! wonder where the EirIs
are" and at that instant the girls in
tights come tra-ls-laing on-Weu Ruby
writes the music for those girls.
In fact he writes music for twenty
six burlesQue shows a year and naturally
he Is bound 70 become overheated They
all wait until the last minute" he grow!-
ed the other DAY. and then they think
can turn oUt nusic like butchers turn
out sausage Next year I am going 10
refuse 10 work unless they give me three
months notice"
Just think OF u-Ruby actually insists
upon three months for the writing ot
twenty-siT bIrlesque shows The guy
who said this was "crool void" spoke
a mouthful.
terpsichOrean fossils. known IN past ages
as the polka and the mazurka Their
bones have been dug Up. reassembled and
clothed and life restored
Il WIS thought that the polka and ma
zurks were buried with the Virginia reds
and ousdriIles so naturally the tango
worms are excited over the news that
they have been revived.
The pulmoter was used on them az q
dance given by members Of the fashion
able East Side Bride Path Club in the
Hotel Majestic and the old-,mers were
introduced by Louis II ChaliI formerly
Of the Russian Imperial Ballet.
A woman writer, who 5. pra ct,caUv un-
known. got lot Of cheap press agent no
torety by declaring that O. Henry ex-
erted pernicious influence. u Is quite
a oespica ole thing 20 try 70 cEin q little
fame by attacking the dead especially
when o Henry himself was one OF the
most lovsble of men and never had an
unkind word for any one
Dr.. Waite, one OF our most successful
Young pOisoners, caused a 10, ns trouble
the other day in the nevspaDs~ Offices
He gOuged himself in the ches; with q
splinter Of glass while at recreation The
doctor always did have A queer 'des -
recrea ton. hut he pulled of this stunt
Just as many OF the neWspa Pers were 60
ing to press and they had 20 hold u7 be
cause il was first reported ra had killed
himself. As a result ali editions We're
about ten minutes late
An effort will be made To '.Eivo l.N '~s
skating lad again next WINTER The ~.a-
son for this IS that a lo: oC Rrosdva,
folks have perfectly -oo1 Ice skafinE
rinks on their hands with nobody 10
skate thereon The Bitmor0. which could
probably make one pay is an. institution
could has closed its hiG rrr ami IL IS
, rumOred Will not open il again next year
There are several other rErhs ,ha, ha5
TO close early on account oI the lack of
business. But much morev is invested
and grand rnal efTo~r VIII Zoe made 20
interest the public II is COINS like wild
/ fire IN Frisco
/ Charlotte WI be ha,t AZ the Hippo
drome and the Iiir v'n ha,. another b.E
ice-skaliug scene TEIs ua' rolu little.
but II seems that people would rsthe-
dance than skate for the reason that they
! do not have any especial costume for
danCin- and they do fo- skating.