The Washington herald., 1916-11-02
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. McINTYRE

Special Corr spondeDt o. The Washington Herald.
New York, Nov. l.-When / was a boy
l was pigeon-toed and then / began 70
follow the bricks of the pavement in my
home town and my feet fsred out and
there are those who say that am now
pie footed" A man who is pie footed"
can never become a graceful fox trot-
ter but have tried and angels could do
no more
The other night in the Cafe Moderne
OF the Majestic I saw a 1.-THE young
woman who danced like Old Man Terpsi-
chores wife-if he was married. I don't
know. And I asked the hostess Miss
Evelyn Hubble, If the lady would dance
with me.
Il do not know" she said, but I'll
ask. represent her in America"
Who is she that she needs representa-
tonT' I asked. ''She looks TO me ike
she could represent herself"
Miss Hubble coughed apologeticaIly be-
hind her hand and tried to make 1t easy
Mrs Vernon Castle"
oh" I said, "is that all she is"
And I went right away from there so
quickly that I almost forgot my hat.
And this Is to let Mrs Castle know that
I was the rude young man, but she ought
to be grateful for II saved her buying
a new pair Of shoes. Poor Vernon is a
money that he did when he was skipping
about the stage in a sport shirt and fan
mel trousers.
An incompetent actress who knew a
girl who knew a man who knew Flor
ence La Badie, the movie star, had been
annoying everybody at the Thanhouser
studios trying TO get a Job. All she got
was advice to return home to her rich
husband and forget her movie ambitions.
Finally she managed to steal into Miss
La Badie's dressing room and started 20
appeal for work
I've dived of a ship. I've ridden a
horse or cliff" she began: I've rolled
down flight Of stairs, I've ridden a mo-
with a rope behind a runaway horse
You must be tired" said Flo My
maid will take you out in the hall and
give you a place to sit down
man appeared on Broadway the
other day wearing a wrch's egg blue
derby. Outside OF a runaway, there
saw on Fifth avenue had a pearl white
derby and he had a monocIe in his
eye. l followed him for six blocks.
waiting for IL TO drop, but IL didn't.
1t was much like the nervous man
waiting for the other shoe to fall
Franklin P. Adams. who conducts
the coming tower OF the Tribune, re-
ported IN big type in his column that
Samuel Merwin would write one story
."f the world series for him The stunt
was advertised for days ahead and
naturally there was great expectancy.
The day dawned aUspiciously. The
Tribune readers turned anxIousIy to
the coming tower. This is what Mer-
win wrote: The Boston Red Sox De-
feated the Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets
Field yesterday afternoon"
4 new room has been opened at the
Eitz called the Oval Room 1t has
oval tables. oval dishes and even some
0f the walters have oval heads. Every
thing is running to rooms of this name
and that name in hotels A few years
ago they were called parlors.
A man lost a diamond studded cigar
otto case near Times Square the other
day. A newsboy found II and returned
il to the riEhtful owner. The man
gave him a long talk on honesty and
dime. Thanks" said the boy Ny
mother thanks you and my father
thanks you. But l cannot take your
money. You think more Of money than
l ever will"