The Washington herald., 1916-06-27
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
by o. o. MCINTYRE

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Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, June 26.-Courtney Ryley
Cooper, sometime circus press agent ana
other times writer of short stories about
the big tops, is in New York after a visit
to California. Cooper denies the story
that Charles Van Loan tells about him.
1t was told that Cooper and Van Loan
visited an ostrich farm and one ostrich
chased Cooper clear back to the city be-
cause It thought when he removed his
hat that his head was its egg. Cooper
says he has from three to four perfectly
good hairs left in his head and that the
ostrich only chased him several yards.
However, Cooper in telling one story
on Van Loan that he backs up with an
affidavit. He says they were duck shoot
ing one season in Georgia and that Van
Loan hit one duck.
Great" shouted Cooper. you've got
him.
Yes" was the retort, but might as
well have saved my ammunition-the
fall would have killed him anyway"
Mr.. Wendell sooy has arrived in Goth
am with the announcement that he Is the
cube root wizard. He is a living compto-
form. Stunts It would take the ordinary
person weeks to do, he does in second
Just like that
For instance, he can tell you in the
flash of an eye that mass Of earth l00,-
0OO, 900 cubic yards in volume will have a
depth on each side of 464.s yards. If you
don't believe II, figure II out for yourself
Sooy is g years old and a graduate Of
a Pennsylvania college. He began cube
roofing at the age of S. He sold news
papers while in college and starts of in
life in New York with a bank account of
SIC, ,Oo0 He hasn't as yet, however. found
any person who is willing to employ
good cube rOotist.
George Boldt, owner OF the Waldorf.
has written book entitled Hints to
Country Hotel Keepers" He left town
when the first books were off the press,
although his associates say this had
nothing to do with his departure One
wag suggests that Boldt left out the
most important hint of all, and that was
to try to avoid meeting the summer
guests when the country hotelkeeper
being safety first.
The new Traffic Court opened for the
exclusive dispensing of justice to auto
mobile speeders has thrown a shiver of
fear into autoists generally. The mini
mum fine in each case has been SIS and
very few speeders have gotten off with
100 cases daily. Plausible excuses and &C.
centric speedometers are found by Of
tenders to be of little avail. The city
has decided that the streets are not safe
and they are going to make them safe
if they have to send a lot of speed mani
acs to prison cells.
Vernon Castle has been resting on his
wings. so TO speak while learning to fly
in London lonE enough to invent a new
dance step. 1t was brought back to New
York this week by Mrs. William F. Hub
bell. the Castles personal representative
in America.
The step is called London Taps" and
is an Interpolation OF the fox trot. The
music stops for several measures and the
dancers by a heel and toe execution
sound taps on the dancing floor.
The dance created a furore in Gotham
and was introduced at a dancing party
given by August Belmont on the Majestic
roof. Mrs. Hubbell declares that Castle
is even more popular in England than
he was in America and that society is
eagerly searching for new steps from
him
As Mrs. Hubbell made a special trip
being gone only a week. for the sole pur-
pose Of seeing Castle, she ought to know.