The Washington herald., 1916-09-12
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

speaal Correspondent q Ths washingtou HsrIid
New York, Sept u--whoever put the
nut IN the nut sundsS has discovered
mat costs 20 keep il there. To the
horror OF the salesgiri, the stenogrspher
ana the reckless spendthrfft of the male
sex, who occasionally runs moi IN an
ice cream shop the nut sundae has been
advanced In price from 10 70 Is cents.
i1r dispenser OF the Eundae eY-
plsineo the reason for the boost IN price
The men who used 70 train the Bra
ziiian monkeys TO climb the trees after
the nuts are on strike for hiEher wares
and the monkeys have gone out in sy,m-
pathy with them" she ssid.
The English walnut Is scarce because
OF the war, and all we can hnd out about
the hickory nut is that Il won't hick any
more Gee it's terrible, amt Il?
How about the butternut?" she was
The high cost Of butter has MAD. that
nut 90 scarce you can't get one for Iov,
or money. understand the cows don't
Jay any more. But that's Just Ike A
COW, amt it?'
1t Just goes 70 show you what hsppsns
When you elect a Republican like Te6dv
mhson on the prohibition ticket for Pres-
ldent OF the United States. II ", sBst
nao another President nike Joe Cannon
you can bet your life sundses would not
90 any higher And with this she re
Lresheo ,11 herset with a fresh chocolate
drop after first parking her rum
There are some people IN New York
VINO have 80 little 70 do that fbe,- -,
OUT ood names on signs. Thus Il "a that
one AptronyInic Scout has IesrnNd tb.t
Juoee bratt hss charge OF all delinquent
Juveniles In Bergen County. n. J.. ana
mat John Sot owns q saloon ip Psss,tr
and that Jacob CHASER is a ElsTi.r. oy.r
IN Hackensack they have a dog catcher
yclept Purps and a female upde-sb.-5-y
ano constable who signs herself Irnorepe
Kopp.
In the good old days when p-,,,.-.
Ioio"ed copy out the window on Psyk
no" and didn't even humble when thsv
got Horace GreeIey's copy, tbsrs -,
very few business men in New YorIr ~,
could write legfble hand. In fact mos
OF the signatures OF the merchant primo.
IN early New York could be easiI, r,t,-
taken for laundry tickets.
This Is not the case now, however
happened to see a bunch OF signature
Of representative men the other ds,
vincent Astor writes clean cut bust
ness college hand. Samuel TTntsr71ysr
writes a strong, bold. leEible hand and
COPELAND Townsend writes a signature
That might well grace the oId-fsshIo1ed
calling card
There is one man in New York hou-
ever, who writes his name UPSIDE dow
and backwards with his left hand He
Is an actor and does il 10 make people
write pieces about him-juEt as I an
doing. He registered in an Atlantic
City hotel and the clerk could resd Il
without turning the register around
10 going 10 lay on liquor" he conhde6
Pretty soon IN have to be standing on
my head 10 read the newspapers. Ever
thing seems topsy turvy"
Charlie SomerviHe, the journslisf,c
prodigy, has a brother. Roy. who Is am
| expert chemist To while away dufr
4 moments he has been writing novir. q.
I picture scenarios, and one day he, with
! much hestitancy, and greatly sbsshes
asked Charlie to look them over.
/ Charlie thought they were pretty rpoo
and all that sort Of thing, but chemist,
4 was good profession-greAt opportunf-
ties for a young man. In fact he con
( sidered his brother as good as any
! chemist eEtant now writing scenarios
| Well the other day Charlie dropne5
/ into a Broadway movie palace. The frst
picture flashed on the screen was b~
! his chemically inclined relative and moi
4 only that: he has Just signed a big con
, tract as chief scenario writer with a big
screen COMPANY