The Washington herald., 1916-10-14
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. O. MCINTYRE.

specaAl CosrsSDonde1I Of Ths wsshins4or H-xld
New York, Oct l2-GeorFe washing
ton may be the Father Of His Co1ntrv.
but he has TO go to Germany for his
makeup. Each Of the steel engravtns,
which are sold at cents apiece In every
postomce s tinted with crimson lake.
made In German factories.
The supply Of this color now on bs,6
In the Bureau Of Printing and EnFrsv-
ing at Washington is running short~ and
unless Britain lifts the embargo and al
lows the Kaiser 20 ship us 5000 pounds
pale.
All this was discussed at the Chemical
Societies convention which met at the
Majestic last week At the conclusion the
Chemists, fired with patriotic fervor, a.
serted that they stood ready 20 keep
George Washington's cheeks pink at all
cost.
De Wolf Hopper is back on Broadway
from his coast-to-coast motor tour. I was
In the grill room Of the Lambs when he
arrived and inquired the wishes OF the
oystanders. He left Mrs Hopper ana
their baby in Los Angeles. The TIN
across the country was DELAYED freouent-
y by ovations given IN numerous cities
y relatives OF the various Mrr. Hopper,
Who regarded the comedians arrival IN
the nature Of an old home week.
Street vendors are selling diuinuttve
monkeys along the Broadway curb The
little pets are tame and are about the
size OF a small squirrel They eel from
80 to Slb apiece and one Of the venders
sold more than a dozen in a day.
The northern trend Of bustness IN New
York is gradually moving the hotel belt
which has hitherto been in the Times
Square section Eugene Gable formerly
confidential employe Of the late z. H
Hartman, has become manager OF the
Hotel Hargrave, a hostelry with an e1-
elusive clientele IN West seventy-second
street The hotel wac taken over from
the Sandringhsm Hotel Company by Mr.
Cable, Mr.. Copeland Townsend and M
George c. Brown. Under the new man
agement the hotel will have a dancing
parlor. a service bar and a roof garden.
Mr.. Gable was once the proprietor OF
the Hotel Richmond and the GIenmere
Lake Hotel
The steel spenders' are m a class by
themselves IN New York. Men who had
small bankroll and bought the stock
when Il was low are now waIlowing IN
wealth. And they are spendingeit with
about the same speed that they made a.
One automobile salesman, on a salary
Of $50 a week, is said 10 have cleaned
up a fortune Of shout 5000 In three
weeks time. Another man In the Bronx
sold out his delicstessen store and in
vested the proceeds in steel and he has
now purchased an apartment house on
Riverside Drive.
There is also a reporter who refutes the
idea that newspHpermen never make
money. A year ago he had 'huneh" on
a rise IN steel stocks. He borrowed every
cent he could get hold Of and invested
| II IN steel. He has quit the newspa per
Job now end is lolling about in big new
seven-psssenger car.
| The cafes have profted by the sudden
| prosperity possibly more than any other
! line OF business. They are crowded 70
/ capacity nightly and wine flows Es freely
as water does over Niagara Fails
Fifty new squirrels have been added to
the Central Park collection by q man IN
! Wisconsin, who is fond Of them and likes
the way they are treated by citizens