The Washington herald., 1916-05-31
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

spegial Correspondent n The wsshtnF,op Head.
New York. MAY 3O-There is an o-ni-
theological scandal on Park Row Look
ing into city Hall from his eyrie in the
Sun Building. the ornitholoEiCal cdi-
tor discovered two scarlet tanagers. way
farers in their spring migration from
Dixie
They brought the breath Of country
helds into the dusty air OF town and the
editor wrote a few lines OF welcome
He discovered that Mrs. 5. Tanager per
mitted glimpse Of her wardrobe. par
ucularly q scarlet gown trimmed in
black"
II she came that way she came in dis
guise for the bird sharks declare that
the tanager is light olive green above.
yellow green below wings and tail umber
brown marinEed with dull olive greer
So it is possible that there were two
Mr Tanagers VINO came 10 town without
their wives. as men sometimes do or
maybe he came with some others wife.
Who can tell2
The arrival Of 2l0D0 women deleCaies
to the biennial convention illustrates Just
how large New York is. Conventions are
seldom noticed mere unless they Da-aGa.
Thus IL is that the large number uy
women are meeting here and no one Is
noticing it-eNcent the hotel men
All the big hotels are packed with
women visitors. The main headouar;o-g
are al the Astor Ny Townsend. OF the
Majestic, declares that the visiting club
women hav" convinced him that the
clinging. timid woman Is a creature of
yesterday
81 remomber." he saws mot long ago
that the ave~aEe woman Was really
afraid To 20 to a hotel clone Now the
average woman is so seIf-reIiant that
she can and does go anywhere and ar
any time
The hest joke Of the week was CALLED
from the examination OF prospective
Jurors for the trial OF Dr- Arthur Waite
An insurance man was being questioned
and was asked II he was opposed 10 cap
ital punishment He stated loudly and
clearly Not in a case like this
a returning Rroadwayite from Grand
Rapids brings this yarn as told by Will
lam J EJton. well known 10 the Rtalto
\ travelling man. on his return from
abroad. brought the answer to the much
m0oted question Of who started the world
series over there
While in Potsdam. the drummer over
heard the Kaiser talking 10 his Youngest
son. The prince was trying TO ma
out who started the fuss He inquired
If IT was Germany. Austria. Serbia.
France. Russia. Turkey. or Bulgaria. To
all questions the Kaiser answered. No
my son"
We'll who did then"
Some time ago" said the Kaiser Il
entertained a distinguished visitor from
the United States I showed him our
barracks. our munition factories. our sup
plies and our soldiers. After he had seen
them all. he said TO me. Your majesty.
YOU can whip the world
The Kaiser paused and gazed thought
fully into the distance. Then ne con-
tinued 4 believed this man a."
The announcement that John Drew had
changed managers was quite a thrill In
all his career. Drew has had only three
managers. His signing with John ID.
Williams. formerly press agent FOR
Charles Frohman, has given Williams
a conspicuous place in the theatrical
world. He is a brother Of Hattie Will
Jams. the actress. and in the last few
years has made rapid strides IN the man
aCerial hclds He was picked up by Froh-
man while he was studying al Harvard
and was one Of his closest friends In
fact Frohman was rarely seen in public
without Williams. Williams is the pro-
duoer OF Justice" and also manages
Mrs Fiske.