The Washington herald., 1916-07-01
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
by o. o. MCINTYRE

specIIl Corrs-Vondsnt q The w.snns4ou Herald
New York, June 3o.-Senor Juan Cor
genez, a millionaire Cuban. has caused
mild sensation in New York with his
peek-a-boo suit. The coat Is short-sleeved
and all riddled with holes for the
zs phyrs 10 amble through
There was a politely suppressed but dis
unctly audible gasp OF surprise as he
stepped from the elevator into the lobby
Of the Hotel Majestic the first day when
lac exposed his back to view.
The senor's manly chest and back were
ornamented like the top Of a cranberry
pie or the sides OF latticed Italian gar
den. II was. he later explained. a sandal
suit, consisting OF elbow sleeves and
mberless openings in front and back TO
permit the passage Of air, also a gen
erous view OF his pink and green etriped
silk shirt
Neat but not gaudy,' he explained.
But Fifth avenue promenaders nay de-
eide that for themselves when il ap-
pears there within the next day or So
The senior also wore sandal shoes That
is just the soles, with one tiny strap
across the arch. His socks were a light
pink.
In short while electricity may be as
free as water. It will be possible to hitch
gOuE aOto 70 lne sun ana also your
vacuum cleaner, your coffee percolStor
or your electric hair tongs. A new way
Of putting Old Sol to work has been dis
covered by q young New Yorker.
He is Theodore W. Case, who promises
to be another Edison. He is only IS and
is the son Of Willard E. Case, who is
worth so, 10000 or so. Despite this handi-
cap. the young man seems destined 10 be
heard from
He first announced his discovery be-
fore the New York Electrical Society.
He doesn't promise too much. but there
are some big scientists who believe that
he has really made a remarkable disc0v-
cry.
Two miraculous cures were effected IN
New York the other day. George DrurY.
mute, and James Murphy, a hopeless
cripple, were the patients- Murphy step
ped on Drury's toe and both were cured.
That's all there was to It,
That is, except they were sent 20 the
workhouse for a period Of convalescenCe.
They appeared in Magistrate Corrisan's
court. Drury used the sign language 10
tell he had not had a square meal for
week and that was why he was begging
on Broadway.
Murphy lifted UP a feeble voice 10 say
that he was usually tied up In such a
knot that he couldn't climb out OF the
ash barrel that was his home He had.
however, unrsvelled himself enough TO
get into the Grand Central Station 10
beg.
He lifted . foot 10 show how helpless
he was and dropped IT on Drury's foot,
'ouchl' shouted the deaf mute. Get
off'n my foot, you great big slob.
Whereupon the crippled fellow lea ped
forth like a wild gszelle for battle
Then the Judge sentenced them TO the
workhouse.
Down on the Bowery, the pure food
squad Of the board OF health found
saloonkeeper who serves three meals a
day to any man who wants t. He has
been doing IL for years and no one ever
heard OF him. He said his mother re-
quested that he do this bit of charity
while she was on her deathbed and be
has never given up the idea II keeps
him poor but he says that It has made
him very happy.
Some Of his boarders have been coming
to him for three years every day and two
Of his regular bosrders have never spent
cent over his bar