The Washington herald., 1916-12-01
New York, Day by Day
ny o. o. MCINTYRE.

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Heald.
New York. Nov. SILT was on an East
Side curb that she stood wistfully watch
ing white clad bill posters pasting up their
three sheets of Broadway play She
was an anaemic little underfed child of
g. The chill Of winter in the air had cut
through her light summer frock and now
and then she shivered.
At her side was a little homemade
wagon filed with skindIlng picked from
the streets. stopped and asked her II
she liked to see plays She shook her
head in affirmation
The whole afternoon was before me. so
I asked her where she lived. She pointed
down the street TO a dingy frame tene-
ment Come on.s We will ask mother"
I said. And hand In hand we mounted the
rocky stairway to the door Of a flat reek-
ing with the aroma Of cabbage and gar
lie.
mitted us. In the corner Of the room
In the glare Of an open fire, was the
father and husband stripped to the waist
and befuddled with drink.
! asked II the little daughter might go
with me for the afternoon. There was
reluctance, but finally consent, and so
we boarded a surface car and came to
Broadway. 1t was the chiIds first visit
to the famous thoroughfare and she
awed by the noise and confusion Of IL all
At the Hippodrome we sat IN the front
row. .Afterward We had some soda water
and a box Of candy to take home. And
We went home in a taxicab. When
told her goodbye the tears came TO her
eyes and all the way home there was
lump in my throat. But never have
been 50 happy.
The strain Of waiting for the final re-
turns OF the election was almost too
much for nerves of New Workers. Many
who celebrated for Hughes, at first turned
around the next day and celebrated for
Wilson.
Along Peacock alley in the Waldorf Tex
| thousands WAS surrounded by anxious
bettors awaiting to be paid of.
At the Plaza a society blood paid an
election wager by standing in a uniform
as a doorman for an entire afternoon.
At the Majestic a sign was displayed
the day after election: Wilson night
will be celebrated in the cafe tonight I"
And then as an afterthought: "Subject
to a change to Hughes night on mo-
| ments notice"
The bulletin boards were surrounded
by such crowds that police reserves stood
nearby at all times.
William Marion Reedy. one Of Amer
ica's stylists and who publishes the Mir
ror in St. Louis. has been in New York
| for the past week II is said that while
the folk in st. Louis do not understand
| him he refuses TO accept a huge salary
| for editing a prominent national maga-
| zine.
He feels that he is absolutely independ-
ent in running his own periodical but
| for some one else he fears he might be
| shackled a bit 1 saw him at the the
ater the other evening in a box with a
distinguished crowd Of literary folk.
Ny friend, the hotel detective. told me
weird story the other day. He is on
duty at night at a garish place on Broad
way. A mother and daughter occupy a
suite Of rooms. They are from the West.
The mother complained that whenever
she left the room and returned things
were moved about and disarranged.
| Nothing was ever stolen.
The sleuth hid in the next room The
| mother went out The daughter crept in
| from another hall entrance and turned
| things topsy turvy. II was just a mild
| form Of insanity and the management
could do nothing-not even warn the
daughter. As the sleuth said. the mother
would never believe it