The Washington herald., 1916-04-25
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. O. MCINTYRE


SPECIAL Correspondent Of The wsasipr.o, B.-,ys
New York. April 2L-Mr. William Wat
son, who spoke so lyricsIly Of ApriTs
tendency 70 laugh her girlish laughter one
minute and come across with several
oueketfuls OF her scalding tesrs the next.
must have had IN mind the present April
In New York.
For indeed things were going along
pleasantly and then came the announce
nlent as everybody hoped Il would not
tHat Margaret Horton the studio com
panion OF Dr.. Arthur Waite. was going
TO make her debut in vaudeville. Thu.
she may clinch the IsureIs won by the
shooting show girls, who made Mr.. Stokes
90 some dances he did not know were in
MIN IN an uptown apartment
Mrs. Horton modestly admits that the
metropolitan was flirting with her to
warble for the next season. but that is
long time on 50 she accepted an en-
gaeement on ten-twent-snd-thirt vaude-
Nllle circuit II lie earnestly hoped that
Sae VIII not permit the Man from
Egypt TO try to crab her act or share
the spotlight with hei.
When Hammerstein closed his Victoria
Ihester a long suffering public thought
tnat II would be the last OF freak acts
The Keith Circuit some time ago barred
persons whose sole claim to fame was the
notoriety secured from sensational
escspades Haunted in the press.
A member Of the Russian Ballet IN
nounces that she will stay IN New York
until she is a mistress Of perfect English.
That long low, rUmbling sound you hear
IL note Of dissension waited down from
Boston. New Yorkese Is a strange
tongue. As an example the writer was
at the Polo Grounds one day when
youthful fan was periscoping through a
crack in the fence and calling out the
plays TO TO his companion. Fred Merkle
was on third base
''Moikle on thoid. Doom on foist." he
shouted. And almost any New York legal
luminary speaks Of the law as ''lawr''
Hon. James Bejooled Brady has come
back with q N-aIloD-and also the best
Z snquet attender in Gotham has made
his first speech. About a year ago Nj
/ Brady took his ailing tumtum TO Johns
Hopkins and traded It for a new ono.
giving S20o.OJO TO boot. During those
dreadful weeks the restaurant men whis-
pered: Can Jimmie come back "
He did last week at q dinner given BY
the restaurant keepers in his honor.
Broadways human spotlight not only
made a speech. but ne recited a poer7
that he dashed OF himself When he ar
I rived at the banquet hall the big arc light
which swings in front sputtered hope
iessly and then went out OF business Nj
Brady was wearing his transportation set
OF diamonds
Starting at the top or north shirt stud
one observed a diamond safety bicycle
an automobile and two freight car
wheels. The set set him back SlU>.uEl
Refreshing himself occasionally with q
brook trout. roast jumbo squad or "a
| saddle OF spring Iamb-whateyer little
thing happened 10 be handy-Dia mOad
Jim made his speech without a fater.
He even took of his napkin. which he
tucks in his neck while dining. 70 keep
from sending his Jewels to the DRY
cleaner the next day.
When J. H Driver a gentleman vino
does scientific farming on Long Island.
brought his 4-mOnths-old pup Jip 10 town
the other day, he gave the dog his first
taste OF life in a big town. Jip got away
from the Hotel Majestic. where his mas
ter was stopping, and started out TO sec
the sights.
Central Park is nearby and so Jip wan
the sheep den. Sheep are not fond OF
dogs and one cantsnkerous old ram got
one good look at Jip and charged.
JiU was Immediately disillusioUcd 10y
| city life and although his home is about
I eighteen miles away he got home the
next morning and when his master who
/ had searched the city for him. arrived
! the dog was at the entrance OF the estate