The Washington herald., 1916-10-16
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MeTNTYnF.

spsaa oor-poDaea Of N. w.-ala.ao- s.-,T
New York. Oct B.-0eorFe Grshsn
hce Is having his happy and virtuoui
day on the curb mArikst A few ye,r,
ago. II appears. Rice was an outoss
among brokers. But now he has eor,,
and has brought with him What IA des.
crioed by the fair haired writers OF SNORT,
as a wsilop.
The rumor Ia zipping around wal
street that Rice is evening up /. fev
OLD scores and is going TO have some os
his persistent enemies into durznoe y,in
a career teemtng with romance has besr
Rice's He started es a reporter IN New
Orleans and has made and lost seve-sJ
fortunes IN the Street
be h again back on his feet a. ths
result OF promoting the Emma Copp~1
stock. Some OF his fellow broker, soIs
the stock short and could not deliver
without going 10 his office and settling
II Is on the theory that he who sells vvhSt
ism I hisn must buy Il back or 70 to
prison that Rice claims 70 have his fellow
brokers IN a trap.
The war on Rice started seversI ,u..S.
ago when telesrzms began reacbIng ~
Newspaper Offices signed by MINING an.
gineer and mining inspector that ue-,
oisparagtng 70 both Rice and Emma ms
Dlstrlct Attorneys Office iS now lnvesti-
gazing the source Of these teleFrans
Page Advertisements hsv. bssr ,,e-,,-,,-
ing the newspapers about Rioe'S stoes
backed by William B. Ridgely, formerly
United States Comptroller Rice ss,vs
ne has 10000 In the bank and ia v-uItne
TO spend IL to find who are making tn. a.
tacks upon him
When Charlie Falls, the srttst nr,t
came TO New York he was a patron AZ
the Mills Hotels. Like others WIZ hsy.
won success he likes 70 bark back 70 the
tine when the path was thorny.
Ihe other evening he was telling a
group Of friends that his only objection
to the S-cent-a-night hotels WHs ~.
number OF suicides. But you finally ret
used TO IT," he said 7 20 SO voI,I5
be awakened by a shot and q grosn and
sleep"
She was not only younE-she was bean
tifuL She sat in q box back OF the Rs6
SoN bench at Brooklyn during the vorl6
series She was there TO see the rsrn..
and like the Maine farmer who ssjd ~
was going down to Bangor on a drunk
sush' now she dreaded it She was bored
almost 70 state Of innocuous deSsutude
you know what mean; I'm sure /
don't
Well at any rate, the FirI vyss unhs.,nv
l could understand the reasons fror, -,
seat In the grand stand. She v.I ~.
only one Of her party who did not under
stand the game. Once a companion satd
to her: See, they have three men on ~.
bases. She smiled and said: SO hAs
the other side"
The men were 50 vrapt I'D IN the IAN.
mat they paid little heed 70 her. And 10
oe beautiful and unnoticed iE indeed FsIl-
ing. The young lady had my tep6ereSt
sympathy. Onoe upon a time a lot ~
chess enthusiasts dragged me 70 AZ. A
championship match. and 7 have DeVsr
really got over It Now and then when 7
hear chess mentioned I get n o.s. 80
camp meeting Jerks.
The other night I talked 70 .ssu+,hs,
AcOevitt the Wilzesbsrre man who ~ +,
q millionaire for q day and has rna6. I,
statue Of himself which seven Ststes -.
ruseo 10 accept His latest stunt Was q,
nominate himself for the Presidency
On paper AcDevitt looks Ike srrno.f
any squirrel would give him a good chsss
ana that he was dead from the neck m
In fact man IN the crowd said Il ~
a pity people went so far a. Africa An
search OF ivory.
After all. sanity iG r.istty. r,s,t.-
And l have never had Il explained sstis-
tsctorily where sanity leaves OF ana in
sanity begins an under the irnpressiop
kidded