The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

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SPECIAL Correspondent Of The Washington HsaId
New York, May S.-The Second Avenue
Elevated has a new unwritten regulation
regarding trsfic. The object is 70 induce
Marie Dismco. OF Division street, TO 60
home from work evenings on the sur
face, subway cara or by taEicsb. Marie
is menace 70 all that pertains to sue
cessful elevated railrosdinE
When she got OF an elevated train the
other evening. she found she had left
AT the wrong station. so she got right
between the rails and seemed TO think
she had certain rights on the elevated
structure whether by vehicle or sflost
She had walked two blocks when an
other train came along and the motor
man saw Marie. II was obvious that
II any one was 10 get out Of the way il
would have to be the train. The result
wss that the motormsn put on the
brakes and shook up nearly a thousand
passengers, among them some very nice
people.
The next day the same thing happened
and the next too. And now every ef-
fort Is being made TO convince Marie OF
the folly OF travelling on the elevated eK-
cept in the coaches But Marie has a
way Of her own and will not be taught
Thirty-nve angels-thirty-hve by sc-
tual count and bank sccount-wir be on
hand TO greet the latest musical comedy
when Come TO Bohemia" comes to
Broadway. Fabricated as TO book and
music by George S. ChapPeIl and Ken
meth n. Murchison. thirty-hve staid and
sober New York business men have chip
ped in a cool thousand apiece to produce
the girl and music show.
II is an axiom Of Broadway that an
angel and his bankrou are soon parted
L~s
angels. II It is a "flivver." the angels
will lose only a trifling amount.
William George Jordan. the writer, de-
plores what he terms night letter Wit
the kind that arrives the next morning
AS a punster. Jordan happens to be in
a class by himself While riding with
rear end Of the car slid around on the
slippery road, while Jordan remarked.
The skid is clever"
Dick" Richards is by-product Of
the New York gutter. He is an ex-
thief. eX-ewindler, eI-forger, eX-conh-
dence man, and, best Of all, he is an eK-
den Osborne Of Sing Sing.
Also he has developed ability as a
writer OF humor. He has taken all Of the
degrees Of CrOokdom-fron orphan asy-
lum to proteCtory, from jail 10 penI-
tenusry, and thence to Auburn and Sing
Sing.
He has ePent a considerable part Of his
forty years on the inside looking out
Osborne has taken Richards under his
official wing and he has developed into
a high-Class assistant able TO take care
Of all the secretarial duties in great
shape.
The grand ballroom Of the Waldorf was
the scene OF an unusual beneft perform
anCe for the war refugees IN Russia this
week. II was unusual, for It showed
that young society girls were studying
the higher forms OF dancing very seri-
ously.
Young ladies from Fifth avenue homes.
pets Of society, danced Oriental dances.
interpretstive dances, and solo dances 70
the classic music The dancers were pu-
pills Of the famous instructor Chslif. who
came to New York at the height Of the
fox trot craze and fought for the stand
ardiZation Of dancing.
In the sssemblaEe were nillionsires OF
prominence and the gems worn by the
women in the audience were said to be
worth several millions. One gown. made
especially for the occasion, cost $50