The Washington herald., 1916-07-10
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By o. o. MCINTYRE


SPECIAL oore-pondsut q The wAs.nstor .H.nY
New YORK July s.-Down In the Mems
Night Court thrill was provided re-
calloused court attaches the other even
ing. The grist included the polygIot
drunks. dips, drug fends and the ofhe-
hotsom and Jetsam Of the sordid MGR,
life Of the Tenderloin.
Then through the doors from the sTouu
pen" came frail young man OF studions
bearing, wearing horn-rimmed glasses
de had been picked for lettering bv a
central Office sleuth in the chop sBs,,
belt on Seventh avenue.
The prisoner seemed a little dazed bv
the proceedings and altogether out OF the
picture The magistrate keen student
OF human nature. was lust a little mora
gentle with him than usual He coughed
neryously behind his slim hand ana said
he had very little 10 say.
Bit by bit the story was draw f-o-,
MS unwilling lips. Three years ago he
came 70 New York from London. He was
an artist but editors were not willing 70
buy HIS work.
In two years he had not been sbls "a
make more than 81 or s. He had br1ut
little bunk arrangement behind a sign
board in the Gas House district TEts
was his home, practically on the street.
nut screened from public view He had
iiVed on free lunchee and now and then
orlited into gay crowds that dIned Al the
/ chop suey restaurants
] Not once had he asked anyone for as
sistance He believed things would coma
out all right eventually and 50 he bsls a.
/ 10 his dreams. He was released ana as
/ ne passed out OF the courtroom there wax
Just slight noise that sounded Ike a
chorus OF stifed sobs
Fred Hall, Of the Herald. has been
Spending the past week pori-g over ths
resort booklets as method OF prepared
ness for his sumner vacation one IN
particular, describing the charms a. q
/ resort In the Adirondacks. caught his
II said. The view from the ro- r,,l,s
beggars description Near the -ln9Ii-r
lake is tennis court. its smooth surFa &c
/ lying close to the famous croouet
grounds. where one may hear the low
, Gus shouts OF the players. echoing against
the mountain side"
Mr.. Hall can hardly restrain himself
10 be of at once. He thinks the yell OF =
croqUet player as he wires" his on
porent will be one % the thrills Of Wfe
time, He is also anxious % know how
, the raquet experts DO their cheering.
There NAV or may not be opportunities
in the mOvies-it is q craze that appeals
here is a case that as come under our
personal observation.
A few years ago Jack Sheriff. Lad n
short trousers, was attending 2 private
school on the West Side He was a
movie fan. He could tell you what vea-
Mary Pickford was born and what kind
Of tooth brush King BaEgct used
Last week he started for a film studio
in Los Angeles with his mother. In his
pocket was an honest-to-gooEness con-
tract for so week for two days work
q week.
Also his name Is IL electric lights ,r.
front OF a big Bros tway movie palace
This may be an exception-es we said
before, We knew very little about the
movie game
Picked up along Broadway: A new cleo
tic sign shows a squirrel climbing a
tree. Five new shooting galleries have
opened Up IN the nelghbo-hood or Tines
Square. A window 6euocstrato- Is ev-
hibiting cors cts for men and how 20 wear
them a pink rUaahout with a sPeclsl
seat for a white poodle stands near
/ Forty-siIth street every afternoon. Jtn
( Corbett Is wearing q black straw hat
I Gene Buck, lyric writer, has a brown
suit trimmed with white braid A rev
cigar for motorists that has 70 ashes