The Washington herald., 1916-07-05
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

SPECIAL Correspondent ot The wsshinstoO Hsr.id
New York, July &-Felix Shay, a d.
ulinutive Irishnlan with a trernendou,
brain. q true smile, and much hsir' hs,
been visiting New York. Shay ia the
man who has Pvt Ebert Hubbard'e Roy
croft shop In shape where even the loss
or Hubbard has not affected = as go
ing institution.
Shortly after his chief went down on
the Lusitania, Shay, with the assistance
OF young Bert Hubbard, started in to keep
very prosperous year.
He says they are increasing thar
leather and furniture output In the lat
yer part OF July they will hold a conven-
'loh OF hoycroft enthusiastic Close friends
OF the late Hubbard have been invited
among them will be DR.. p. NJ. Planck. Of
Kansas City, Hubbard's family phy.i-
can, John J. Lentz. Prof. Scott
Nearing. Horace Fletcher. Leigh
Mitchell Hodges. James A. Burn, I.-
land Powers and Wilton Lack.ye.
All the old employees at the Rh.E
crott have ben retained. Hubbard had
lnstllled in all a sense Of loyalty that
even his passing from them could not
shake.
New York women are tskin, IN
fencing again. Baroness d. NeveI
whose novel Nadine Narska" is com
ing out IN the autumn. is planning 70
establish fencing club among social
Leaders. Baroness de Meyer. who is
talented in many ways. was IN.
champion lady fencer in England Al
one time and she believes that ~
more women were adopts at fencing
there would be fewer women I'll. At
the Ritz. where she lives a large room,
has been fitted up for her as a gym
nasium.
Anna Held is to return to the ,tss.
She is also 10 appear in our own Anna
Held Theater on Broadway. Thus
does the dimunitive actress show that
she can come back with a w,IIop.
OF recent years little has been
heard OF Miss Held. When she sep
arated from her husband Florenz ZieF-
field. jr., II was predicted that in the
language OF the Rislto she was
through"
She has been in Paris educating her
daughter whos has spparesd now and
then in vaudeville. And also Miss
Held has been studying. She tired OF
the musical shows and wanted TO DO
the serious stuff. She won over big
manager and the play is said to have
the punch.
splash Week in New York Is TO be cutie
unique. The city is abUndantly blessed
in its water front space with splendid
bathing beaches at fits doors These
beaches are abundantly used. yet the fact
remains that OF the thousands who
throng to them in summer only a small
proportion can swim
The idea behind Splash Week is to
bring 10 the public not only the value Of
swimming as a sport and an accomplish
ment, but the fact that any person who
desires may learn 20 swim, under compe-
tent instruction in Manhattan without a
! fee
Down at Long Beach 81 has been learn
ed that only about % per cent Of the
residents who loll around on the benches
in swimming quits can swim Last win
ter three New Workers. were drowned in
Turkish bath pools.
Van Co-tlsndt Park, where tn. militia
is organizing, has given New York its
1 hrst touch Of war. Where thousands Of
young men and women enjoyed outdoor
sports daily E now a scene OF feverish
mobiliZing activities, army wagons, tents
and mules dot the famous golf courre.
and where the crickeT grounds were ie
now covered with cooking tents
Street peddlers who barely eked out 9
living have jumped into sudden prosper
/ ity. One man who sells candy and pea
nuts is said 10 have cleared more than
| $50 day for the pas week. Automobus
travel is 50 heavy at this northern end
Of the city that special ira nc cops havs
been placed midway the blocks 70 pre-
vent accidents.