The Washington herald., 1916-10-09
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. tfeINTY-nr.

New York. Oct S-Negro singer, AMI
banjo players are coming back into tbeft
own. They were crowded into the bsck.
ground by the sudden popularity Of ths
Hawaiian eukalaie players and barefoo,
dancers as feature Of life IN the Car,
Belt
In the past two weeks two big Rro.s.
way lobster halls have installed ~,
ebony-hued quartets who thunp theb
oanJos and sing their coon eonfH Thf
reason is supplied by return 70 populsI
favor OF Southern ballads
After he had amused his audiences fos
two hours the other night. Raymond
Hitchcock chsuffeured me into a gildee
cabsret-he furnishing the financial re,
quirement while I furnished the apps.
tits
There was q group Of duslcy sinrvr1
there. They sang q song called Ma
EisEippi Days"-just introduced 70 Broad
Way-snd when they had finished they
fairly brought down the house. Il wzI
an indication Of how popular the touch
Of old-fsshioned Southern song "a.
This one dealt with watArrpslons
Plantations steamboats, and leveee- Aiso
new wrinkle In the cafes 20 a teIsphons
page girl. Formerly waters called out
the name Of the person wanted AZ ths
phone, Now young girl walks 70 tbs
tables and ssyT quietly: Mr. So and Sc
lie wanted at the phone" Il ia because
OF the objections Of prominent men 70
their names being yelled In cafes that ths
new idea was born.
Michael Msmsrdi po~ed a, a .Anuios-
sire KID" Instead he was a clertC cn
ballroom income. When HE intended.
Miss Clara Collins, Of the Bronx Isa-ne6
the awful truth she dropped him a note
telling him that thus AftervHrd he would
mean as much IN her life az q speech
by Bryan at a brewers convention.
Michael went TO her home all doIled
up. He begged her TO reconsider. No
millionaire I thought you were We
must part forevermore." Out IN the
street tired hurdy-Eurdy man wa
grinding of Hearts and Flowers"
Then will end It all" cried the younE
man and he ran into the bathroom, open
ed the medicine chest and seized a bottle.
adding: Il die by poison"
He drank deeply, but IL wasn't poison
II was a hair tonic with s. per cent
alcohol and when the police arrived
Michael was doing a buck and wing IN
the middle Of the bathroom floor. He
was as happy as lark.
This is not a suicide" said the copper.
This here 10 q plain jag"
Wills vernon Cole, Christian Science
healer, who won IN his fight for q new
trial against the charge OF Illegally prac-
tictng medicine. has been the subject
Of much liberalization IN New York
newspapers this week. The trend Of the
editorials was TO congr1tulAts the Court
| Of Appeals upon its decision.
This shows the growth Of the move
neut founded by Mrs Eddy IN New York
for only few short years ago nearly
every New York Newspaper treated the
church more IN g humorous vein than
seriously.
The srect Of ths decision is that the
State cannot msle Il a crime TO treat
disease by prsyer-eithsT absent or pres
ent. Cole is himself q very rich man.
He is an artist and sculptor Of reputs-
| uon and his wife was formerly prominent
socially, but both became hesIers many
years ago after Mr.. Cole claimed 20 have
been healed Of almost total blindness By
the Christian Science method
The effect OF war on wonen's ruvns
is marked. Michael the FIFTH avenue
tailor, is exhibiting Burgundy velvetsen
suits with bullets embroidered IN silver
and steel around the waist and collar
to represent the firing line There 10
dashing Red Cross effect about the
waist and sleeves also and ths military
model is quite su fHit