The Washington herald., 1916-05-13
NEW YORK
DAY By DAY
By Q. o. MCINTYRE


SPECIAL Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, May 12-If you want your
young hopeful to be a good soldier, raise
him amid the bright lights Of Broad
way Forward Americas first line Of de-
fense-the Brigade of the Midnight Sons!
The physical director Of the y. ID. e. a
in New York has found a perfectly good
new excuse for that o'clock IN the
morning habit
He saws that the New York boy, used
To late hours, will make a better fighting
uaan than the country boy whose habit OF
xoinR to bed with the chickens makes
him a sleepy sentry. The city chap who
goes to tango parties and after the thea
ter suppers several nights week, doesn' I
mind sentry duty at all He nly.regrets
that he has no partner with whom TO
dance through the night.
Also the New Yorker has threaded
his tortuous way through subway ex-
cavations for the last two years and has
little to learn about life in the trenches.
The stomach Of the New York boy Is
also used to the food OF the Lobster Belt,
the table de hotes and the like, and
canned stun will be like picnic for
him to. digest
Preparedness stun has produced a crop
of song writers. The latest is written
by the writer's Of the popular ditty,
Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding
You" 1t is a tribute to President Will
son and the title Is -Four Years More in
the White House-Should Be the Nations
GIFT to You In ali the Broadwaysmusic
shops the music Is displayed with the
American nag carefully draped about.
The title page carries a photograph OF
President Wilson autographed.
Booth Harrington, the Indiana author,
Lii De AL IN
lunch with his publishers and see some
new plays. At a dinner given In his
honor he told Of an Old colored man who
went to theipolIs one day to register.
whats your name, Uncle?' the clerk
asked.
Nah name am George washin'ton.
sah." the old fellow replied.
George Washington, eh? said the
clerk Well, George, are you the fellow
that cut down the cherry tree?'
mo, sab: no, sahl'' said the old man.
1T want me. I amt done no work at
all, sab, TO nigh onter free years"
H T. Webster. the cartoonist, started
for Washington this week in his new
Mangle-' -'Em-Quick car. With him were
r. NJ BrinkerhOff, another cartoonist,
and Frank Casey. a magazine writer.
They had only been out several hours
when something got the matter with
what Mr.. Webster calls the whopple-
choke OF his car The whopplechoke is
directly under the rinctumtazzle and feeds
fivver grease to the pahzazZa-
II was necessary to go to a farm house
for aid In taking the car to the nearest
garage. A negro caretaker offered the
services Of a mule that was unemployed
for the moment He led its down to the
car and # Immediately pricked up its
ears.
Mr.. Webster circled about and finally
queried: Jasper. there is no danger Of
the mule kicking, Is there
Yes, sab, yes, there is, boss. Dis
here mule can kick the sweetnen right
out OF yOre coffee
Several Of the rooftops on the large
Broadway buildings are being converted
into golf courses for the T. B. NJ. this
summer. The T. B. NJ. is the Broadway
term for the tired business man and he
may go around the course before lunch
ing or before he goes home in the even
ing. New York is golf mad this sum-
mer.