The Washington herald., 1916-12-27
New York, Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

speciai Corr.pondent Of Ths waainfton Herald
New York, Dec. 16-The Hungry Club
gave q thinner the other night TO * Z.
b." Of the New York American, and
Mrs Kenneth Carol Beaton. who 10 his
wife. The Hungry Club n . unique or
the most elemental and universal emo
ton known to the human race.
The club meets weekly and only people
who have arrived are the guests Of honor.
And II Is hitting that they should enter
tain ''K. C. b." for he has only been
in town a few months and yet he Is per-
haps the best known man IN New York.
He is the man who invented the new
style Of writing for newspapers. Now
and then try to initiate him-but II
cannot be done. Beaton has the human
throb to everything he writes. He makes
the reader laugh or cry as his mood die
tates.
He comes out Of the West and a few
years ago was reading copy on a Seattle
. newspaper. Then one day there came 10
him the Big Idea. He started writing in
, short snappy lines-vith every line con-
tanning a punch.
Seattle didn't keep him long, for Mr..
Hearst took him to his San Francisco
paper and after they had named hats,
cigars and buildings after him in san
Francisco he was brought to New York.
He was an instantaneous hit. And best
Of all he is unspoiIed. To be courted and
petted on all sides in the worlds me-
tropolis is quite enough to spoil any one,
but IL hasn't TX. c. BIT has only. II
possible, made him more human and
more Jealous Of the rights Of his fellow
men.
Eugene Kelcey Allen, one Of the best
known Of the first nighters" along the
Rialto, has acquired a new batting aver
age. He relates with pardonable pride
that at the opening performance Of Sarah
Bernhardt he shouted bravo in the
right spot four times out of twenty-seven
chances.
A Token Woman has mailed me a clip
ping from a newspaper in Copenhagen.
1t is indeed interesting, but there are
some parts Of 1t that / can never believe.
I leave IT to you. Here II Is:
''En kJoebenhavnsk Familie havde for
leden en- Oksesteg til Middag. Prisen
havde imidlertid vaeret saa hoef, at
Husmcderen forudsaa, at det plev den sid
ste. For dog at have ct Minde ON okes-
doedet blev Stegen derfor fotograferet"
I cannot imagine such a thing happen
ing-not even in Copenhagen.
The Russian bazaar at tine Seventy first
Armory was probably the most spectacu-
lar charity affair ever held in New York.
There was not a society woman in New
York who was not present saw Col.
Roosevelt there and l also saw Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Orme Wilson, Edward B. Nc
Lean, Vincent Astor. Arthur Iselin, Og-
den Mills and their wives.
The star features OF the entertainment
were Louis H. Chalif and Anna Pavlowa,
two Of the most famous Of the Russian
! dancers. 1t is quite surprising TO see
how these dancers have won the ad-
miration and affection Of New York au-
diences.
The minute either Of them appeared the
armory was fairly bursting with ap-
plause At another charity affair where
professionals who dance the fox trot and
modern dances were the attractions there
was very little applause.
He is a little boy about Is years CID.
But ne has a head on his shoulders He
opens carriage doors and limousine doors
at the Metropolitan and he averages
about so a week in tips. This despite
the fact that the Metropolitan has a car
Rage man on duty at all times.