The Washington herald., 1916-07-26
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By o. o. MCINTYRE

SPECIAL oon~.7ond,nt d N. wsshinaou H,n1
New York. July z.-Hons Lee Kvau
owns several Chinese laundries IN ths
1enderloin section. He does not vorg.
He just oversees the work ana rake, IN
the profits. He has about thirty-tu,o
Chinese working for him and he psy,
them from 81 to 80 a week
Hong Lee IL a patron OF Broadway.
He thinks IL 70 the gre<test strost In tbe
world and ter several years now he has
oceu q nightly visitor TO the Lobster
haIls- He dances well, tells good
story and is welcome In any Of the mid
night circles
Nearly always he hs. styIishIy
dressed and pretty American firi with
him. They also seem to Ike the sttsnl
ton they attract by being IN a China
mans company.
Hong Lee was in a prominent restsu-
rant the other night after the thester.
A college boy. flushed with a beer or
maybe two. walked over TO hi, table:
hate a sneakinr Chink." he ..Id
Snicky what right have you got 70
be with this young lsdy7'
Hong Lee did not look up fron, IA.
plate To the young lady he whispered,
II is better not to notice him. I DO not
want 10 involve you In any notoriety."
Ihe rah rah lad then grabbed the Co
lestial by the coat collar. Don't you
hear me, you slant-eyed monsrel-"
He did not get any farther Hong Lee
Jumped up quickly, gave the young man
the Buns Rush to the sidewalk and
then proceeded to beat a tattoo on his
mead Several college boy friends cam.
70 the rescue, and they too got q beat
ing-and a big crowd stood on and
cheered. Who was right?
Times Square is beginning to TAX. on
ThA
have about all drifted back TO the GAY
Alley for the summer rest Madam de
Glanoer's theatrical boarding house is
fulL She supports most Of them In the
summer and in the winter they pay her
bsck-she has lost very little money by
giving the profession credit
Her house is the mecca for tuggier,,
trick bicycle IlGers, trapeIe experts, dog,
pony and monkey trainers Just around
the corner on Sixth avenue is the res
taurant where the scrobsts loaf IN the
summer time, that Is those who ar. not
out on the road with a circus
Then q few blocks away Is JoeFs Joel
is banker for many OF the vaudevills
folk. They send him their money when
they are on the road and when they re-
turn he turns II over to them.
sophye Barnard was motoring up in
Connecticut last Sunday. AZ they near
ed New Haven the driver said: Now
we are on the Boston Post road" Miss
Barnard was quiet , moment Then
she asked: why should a Newspaper
have road named after ft?''
wesley Hamer is another victim OF the
Couvler Hold-up. He dropped into A
Broadway restaurant with three friends
for a drink. They were there fifteen
minutes and Mr.. Hsmer was charged
81 "a cover" aside from the exhorbitant
price for the drinks. He paid Il but
the next day he went around and got
the manager on in a corner. Only the
walls heard what was said but Mr..
Hamer emerged with a 81 rebate.
II is said that the young daughter OF
a well known Fifth avenue millionaire
aspires TO be a classical dancer She
has appeared al several lawn fetes for
charity on big Long Isand estates and
has been the hit OF the Affairs. Her
father is not opposed to a professional
career In fact he has put her under
the expert tutelage Of the famous ChaIf
and II he believes that she develops suf-
hciently TO appear before the great
public she will make her debut a. The
Metropolitan some time next year