The Washington herald., 1916-09-09
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MeINTYuF.

Special Correspondent q Tie washingtou Herald
New York. Sept ais the camel caper
TO remain uncapered7 Is the lion lunge
TO remain unlunged7 Is the leopard lean
TO remain unleapt? IL the hippopotsmus
hobbie TO remain unhobbled? Is the shark
shudder TO remain unshuddered7 Before
you get any dizzier, II might be well
70 say that II looks exactly that WAY.
leigh no! The dancing masters have
Just had their meeting and at the Ma
jestic where they met Il was declared
that the winters dances would include
only the old fashioned waltz, the one
step and The fox trot There Is 10 be
sudden paucity OF ideas.
The RATHER wriggle, the elephant am
bic, the kangaroo hop. the tree toad
toddle, the pickerel paddle, the wslrus
wabble, the buffalo balk, the squirrel
scamper. the giraffe gyration ana the
field mouse fluter are to remain untod-
died, unwabbled, Unpaddled. unscarnper-
cd in short-undanced.
There comes not one faint Elean 70
the lack-luster eye Of the dancing mas
tiers to inspire thoughts Of the zoo or
the Jungle Some believe that they
are losing their punch-but they insist
that unless the wrlEgle dances are Ia
booed dancing will in a few more short
years become a lost art and Joip the
limbo Of forgotten things-lIke Dug doris
knitted neckties and sharp toed shoes
They stood in the bar in tn. Chinese
room OF the Vanderbilt. One wa. tai
well dressed and an EngIishman. II.
wore a hat similar TO the kind seen On
tropical travellers and on tourists m
musical comedies and he also wore a
Palm Beach suit.
The other was a New Yorker. who
stuck close TO the conservative DARK
suit and plain sailor straw hat Almost
simultaneously they both ordered butter
milk. This was enough TO start the con
versation after the first sip
Cool. isn't?" began the PpEiiehr,s,
Yes" said the other. Looks fine. tor. -
Il tried It first in 1907 in Bombay
Stuck to it ever since for the summer
Can't beat it
It's rather hard TO get away with Il
here, however" sighed the New Yorker
What is it all about?
Well, the New Yorker was talking
about the musical comedy attire ana the
Englishman was talking about the but
termilk
At last Old Pop Knickerbocker bs.
/ foored the taxi pirates. Pretty new white
tsxicabs-eOO OF them-are now dartinF
about the streets and carrying passengers
for . cents for the first third OF a mile
and 10 cents for each third OF a
mile thereafter. The rate was recently
/ reduced from 50 cents for the first third
Of mile and then to 30 and now comes
the drop to % The Evening World start
ed the fight against the high taxi rates
and TO this paper is due the credit for
winning the low fare. The crusade was
conducted by the world by Sophie Irene
Loeb, a woman writer.
I Two FOUNDERS were seated IN an all
night restaurant at sunrise. They were
. bleary-eyed and yawning.
1T is too bad" said one, that these
/ Broadway chickens are so tough"
/ Why tough" said the other
( It's so hard TO get them stewed"
/ The price OF dog bones In the ultra e1-
elusive hotels Is going Up. II used 70
/ be that a person could get a perfectly
good dog bone for Is cents but now the
/ price is . cents. There is one hotel on
/ Fifth avenue where II costs 800 to keep a
dog in perfect comfort and this does not
include the meals.