The evening world., 1916-09-28
Hunter. SO much the better. II not.

Hunter. so much the better. II not,
we'll do the best W. an"
Hclfs Kitchen. by the way. Is n
somewhat indefinite region. which
has derived Its name from an old.
ramshackle frame house on a cor
ner Of Eleventh Avenue. not far from
the cafe where we had been intro
duced to the district that night when
Bryce thought he vas going to put a
beat across on the other papers with
the Hamilton letters. The old build
ing from which the name had spread
to the district was a place In which
many a brawl had occurred, and was
we'll known to the ~police-one of those
places in New York which exemplify
so well the difference between fame
and notoriety. 1t was certainly
notorious.
Apparently II was the house "Heil's
Kitchen hat was meant In the
cipher. We passed by II, but did not
80 In at once. since Kennedy deemed
1t more prudent TO approach II after
we had secured some valid reason for
making our debut In such a place.
1t was an e~vil-favored pile Of loose
boards and shingles In the day. which
was the only time l had ever seen 1t
hitherto. and then only a. = matter
OI CuTlpSll1s III kuo SVuAoo Va ~
newspaper work. But At night this
house and the region for several
blocks around It we're a. dangerous
a. almost any part Of the city. not
even excepting some places where
gangs OF stick-up men n strong
arm men infested the East Side. The
fact Is that much OF the East Side.
with It's unsavory past. II fairly
~peaceable now. Times rave changed.
and Inhabitants with them. A good
deal has been done to clean UP the
East Side. and some success has been
achieved. But the really vicious and
neglected parts Of the city are, many
Of them at least. OF the West side.
at various places from the Battery
on up to the part that suddenly be-
comes fashionable.
We passed from resort to resort.
In each Kennedy made inquiries In
an off hand way for a nan named
Deafy. We did not find him. but
after one or two trials We began TO
learn the ame OF some OF his
friends who might know where he
, was.
Our continued search was suddenly
rewarded, when a bartender. waving
an untitled glass. indicated a gentle
mar with a dirty shirt and a bone
collar button at the neck. but no
collar or tie. sitting In n shoe-shining
chair. reading a secondhand news
paper. and with nc intention Of
patronizing the bootblack. sim. l
do rot think Deafy was anything
like so depraved as some OF his COM
panlons.
Indeed. there Is such a thing az
deficiency and scientific manage
ment coming into being, even In the
underworld and with the successful
crook | have often found that excess
sivo booze fighting does not 20, as II
did In the old days. The contest Of
the lower with tho upper world has
become more keen. | suppose II Is
merely the survival OF the f~ittest.
after all,
Kennedy quickly explained to Deafy
our supposed straits and by appearing
TO be familiar with one or two OF his
pals" who had gone West when the
metropolis had suddenly become too
hot for n reaSo or another, won
Dcafy around to the point where he
condcsccnded to accept a "scuttle Of
suds."
our appearance was rour'. and I'M
kcmpt enough 20 excite genuine SYM
patty, Eve in Nclrs Kitchen, In
deed. tho manner in which Kennedy
spent 10 cents waa quito enough 10