The Washington herald., 1916-05-15
NEW YORK
DAY By DAY
Ny O. o. MeINTYRE

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SPECIAL Correspondent q Thu waSninsaoo HezId.
New Yonk, May iL-Phyllis the little
brunette-you may remember her-second
from the left-is out OF the Ziegfeld
shows. There is no part for her IN the
1916 production and a lot Of people will
miss her very much indeed. There have
been many unhappy times for Phyllis
lately. She is the ward OF FlOrenz Zieg-
field and more than once has proved a
care 70 him
Several times she had been taken %
court and fined for appearing IN the
streets incompletely and improperly clad.
because she and the police held different
views as to what constituted mOdesty.
Recently she was sent up 20 Hastings
TO be under the care OF Billie Burke who
has always been interested In her wsy-
ward ways, but she carried on 80 that
she wac brought back TO town and sent
to Bnl Snyder at Central Park Zoo.
Phyllis is l-yesr-old brown bear
whose fines for appearing in the street
without muzzle have become too great
g, burden. Bill Snyder put her in a cage
With a sister bear and she appear rs as
happy as cricket
Wa -sisv Nijinsky. the Russian ballet
IDOL has moved from LonEacre Square
hotel TO the Majestic and thereby hanRs
a tale. The NDinskys have a French
maid who was very much interested In
the war and constantly scanned the pa
pers for the news from Verdun
Inc room maid at the hotel was OF
German birth and she resented the con
slant attacks on Germany on the mart
OF the Nijinsky maid In fact, every
time they got together the fur began to
ny-rhetorcslly speaking.
Nitinsky appealed TO them both "a
desist but to no avail and 50 when he
came home late one evening and found
them In another discussion he called a
aHxi and with the maid. Mrs Nijinsky
and the little NtjinslCy moved a little
bit further uptown.
The Russian dancer is TO remain IN
New York all summer and Is sobe6ule5
10 appear in a number OF private p.r
formances before wealthy people.
Paul Swami, the old handsome. who
used 70 appear In vaudeville as the most
beautiful man in the world. has written
play in which Prank Daniels is TO an
pear. Swan came from a farm IN Iowa
ana didn't know he was such an old dear
until he struck Broadway and he innne-
diately became the pet OF q crowd OF
Broadway beauties.
He capitalized his peach blown checks
and curly locks by appearing ct Ham.
merstein's Victoris-where they vouIE
stand for anything. He soon got tired
however. Of being called a beauty ana
retired from the stage to take a course
in drsmatics. That he was successful
is proved by the fact that his initial ef-
fort has been accepted.
This is the story Of The Arable Younr
Man; or. The Mystery Of the DismantIed
House and IL comes sizzling with pathos
and morals from Jersey City. Charles NJ
/ Curtis and his wife conduct a boarding
house there. They had-past tense Is
used sdvisedly-hve roomers
About a week ago a sprightIy young
man appeared and rented the only vaca NJ
room He said he had very good pros
poets in Jersey City and the Curtis con
| tngent have since learned he told the
truth. They gave him latchkey
Things went on smoothly for q week
then while the Curtis family was away
the affable young man called on a second
hand dealer and offered him the entire
contents Of the Curtis household for 800
spot cash. He compromised finally on 81
and the moving van came and left the
house as bare as a cupboard
When the family and the other board
ers returned that night there wasn't a
single thing left IN the house but the
family cat and the smooth city chap is
still missing.