The Washington herald., 1916-07-18
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

!
SPECIAL Correspondent ot The washangtou Held
New YORK July H.-Into a Broadway
car there came a bedAzzling Specimen of
masculine fashionsbleness Prom nj,
crisp straw hat 70 his perfectly polisbes
boots he typined the latest edition ~
What well groomed men are wearing
He carried a walking stick that was
expensive and beautiful 10 behold. In
fact he was a cherubic lovely LOOKING
man. Having run out OF sdjectfves-here
goes for the punch in the yarn.
A big beetle-browed man. pufing from
the exertion Of chasing the car, sat down
beside the satorisl wonder. He moved
over just a trife.
What's the matter, sport. 'frsId III
soil your" said the newcomer.
No. Not at all, said the lovely man
quietly
Silence between them for several blocks
But the roughneck was doing something
out OF his usual line-think!nE
Finally he turned about toward his
neighbor. You dudes make me sick
l suppose you've got a powder pun on
you somewhere"
Then II happened The well dressed
man laid down his newspaper, grssped
the annoyer by the scrun Of the neck
landed two blows between the ewes,
dragged him TO the door OF the car. rang
the bell for quick stop and kicked him
off-just like that.
Then he returned 20 his newspape-.
We followed him to an once In LonEscre
square. He entered a door on which was
pert"
The paralysis plague has shown ID the
New York board Of health in most ur-
pleasant light The spasmodic clean
up movement now sweeping the city is
confession OF neglect and incompe-
tence on the part Of the health sutho-i-
tiee
While they have been advertising
themselves by means Of sundry fads.
they have neglected the elementary
precautions Of sanitation. They have al
lowed conditions Of filth TO develop into
an epidemic.
All the time they were earnestly rnu1-
zling toy dogs, regulating the running Of
street cars and ticEeting restaurants
with grotcsque Tnisdirection Of zeal.
The poor ignorant immigrants on the
East Side are being blamed and shoulde-
the hardships. They are being arrested
right and left for not cleaning their
homes and yards Many Of them brought
TO court do not know what II is all about
Bile Dudley was on a subway train the
other evening. Across from him tired
young man slept soundly. Finally =
guard shook him and asked: What etreet
dc you want?'
The young man smiled doubtfully and
replied: What streets have you2'
Antoinette Nanassck Is the only woman
engineer in New York-that is the kind
that stokes fires, watches steam EaEes.
repairs boilers and bosses in an engine
room. She is 26. OF Bohemian parentaEo.
and unns rried. She is determined N
stay so for ten years. too. She has charFa
Of force Of sixteen men in a large of-
fee building. She is against votes for
women.
Warsaw Nijinsky. the Russian dance-.
has found America a land OF opportunity
indeed Next year he is 10 head The
Russian ballet on tour and also manaEa
it. He is q Young man Of about =. And
he has been in America a little NOR
than six months He owns a villa At
Newport. He was brought 70 America
at the suggestion OF Louie " ChaIif %
former favorite dancer Of the Gar Al
first he showed q bit OF temne-ament,
and it looked for awhile like he would
never appear before an American audi
ence-but he relented. and it is needless
to say he is mighty glad he did