The Washington herald., 1916-07-03
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE


Special Correspondent Of The wssesnrsu Hsr.ld.
New York. July Ak. c. B. comes
fresh from San Francisco with a new
way Of handling a column in the news
papers. Most Of the columns run TO par
agraphing and kidding country editors.
but X. c. B. just anbles about the town
and writes what he sees In a string OF
half-line sentences and winds up with Il
thank you"
In town two weeks, he has become the
rage. The other day he had written
funny yarn and on his way 70 the ONCE
with II he saw some soldiers pass, and
heard one frail little woman on the curb
choke out the words My boy!' Then she
followed along and K. c. B. walked with
her. He had no one going TO war, so he
cried with her. and he admitted II, which
shows he is a regular fellow.
1t is the habit in New York TO pass q
soldier as one would q coal wagon driver
or an ice man. But. K. c. B. salutes them
all. He realized as they marched by that
they may come back with empty sleeves
socks, some racked with, disease and
many whose whitened bones may bleach
upon the arid deserts OF Mexico.
Also he realized that many widows and
orphans may weep bitter tears for their
dead heroes who will never come back
again.
Not all the rich young men IN New
York are idlers-although a good look in
the cafes sometimes would convince the
most skeptical that this is true. There
for instance is E. W. Browning. He in
herited q large fortune from his father-a
clothing manufacture
He began to build apartments. and be
didn't go to anyone for advice. He
managed the details himself Three OF
his apartments have gone up on West
Sevety-second street in the past year
and were Immediately filled. Others are
going up in other neighborhoods, and
each one is under the personal supervf-
sion OF Mr.. Browning.
Several years ago he built the famous
Tower Building on West Fortieth street
Many real estate operators shook their
heads. but II has proved TO be one Of the
most popular downtown once buildings.
But. OF course, anyone can build build
is that every investment Mr.. Browning
has made has been profitable.
How many snakes may a New Yorker
keep in his fat without some policeman
butting in? That is tie question. Listen:
Jacob Winkler lives on the top floor OF
an East Side tenement He went over
on the Jersey side the other DAY and
gathered in several snakes. He brought
them home and put them in a jar cover
ed with cheese-cloth.
A friend put water in the Jar 70 make
these snakes feel cool. but three Of them
refused to stay within the swimming
pool. Horrors what are We doing
Poetry, as we live. But return TO the
yarn.
A man in a lower floor Of the tenement
turned over in bed the next morning
Looked. rubbed his eyes sd then jumped
out the window. He returned with two
policemen who were trying to soothe
him. telling him Just TO keep quiet and
the snakes would soon disappear. But
when they looked in the bed they saw It
was no Illusion.
In the meantime let US 90 70 another
fat Mrs. Lizzie Hughes was sweeping
out her parlor. She felt something tap
her on the ankle. She looked down and
then hit High c. or whatever note II e
those Metropolitan songbirds get money
for hitting. She too went right away
from there and woke up a policeman and
brought him back to the fat He was
convinced the snake was real and Wink
Ter was arrested. The Judge hasn't de-
cided the case yet and there Is q suspicion
he doesn't know exactly what 90 do.
Andrew INLAND. 4 naval rnachinist- drop
ped into the Allied Bazaar Just TO see
what il was all about He only had 50
cents and a pretty girl induced him 10
buy a chance. He emerged with q 80. 900
necklace.