The Washington herald., 1916-08-15
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By d. O. MCINTYRE

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Special corTe-DODdent Of Tbe wsshinstou H--p.
New YORK, Aug. A-Brosdway. sKiexr,
at night, is probably the most pictur-
esque spot In the world, and yet the
gay throngs that eddy and swirl IN ana
down IT when the lights begin TO glow
little realize the pathos that is under
meath IT all
i walked the other night from Column
bus Circle to the Flatiron Building with
police captain who knows the under
world like a book. He pointed out sew
ersl known thieves on the street corners.
The cafes and theaters with their
myriad Of lights had begun their march
on that thingless universe-Ennui And
yet mixed up IN the crowds we're the
harlots, seeress and sybiL, who brazingfy
touched their lips with the sticks of
rouge before swinking for their meals
In faultless evening clothes tn. rponey-
bags, yogts OF the flesh. marched up ana
DOWN the peacock alleys Of the large ho-
Ies' seeking their undulating Nirvanss
as we walked We saw q besCar from
whose eyes hunger had gelded couraEe
peg dime from rich madame. She
tossed II 10 him as though he were a
leper and he cringed away into thu
That fellow" said my friend "a, IN.
time had his own business on Broad
way"
| Just a few steps away from q sumu.r
musical show is a hospital and as The
chorus girls tripped out TO the huttsr
OF applause. one might imagine the vss11s
uneasinese that pricks the bodies Of the
SICK and the thoughts like black psrasols
that open in their heads
And as we came TO the end Of our
walk my police friend said: And this is
Broadway, wonder II il is worth whiIe7"
And wondered too
There is only one American flag visible
at night in New York. / noticed Il from
Central Park while motoring II was on
the roof garden atop the Majestic and a
giant searchlight was thrown on Il as IL
unfurled in the breeze Motorfst after
| motorist doffed their caps as they pass
ed IT,
/ There Is custom among nearly all no.
tells to fly the flag during the day, but at
night they are lowered. Another thing
the visitor 10 Central Park notices dur
4 ing the torrid weather is that more peo-
Die are asleep on the benches The park
/ officers generally give the sleepers q
Walk-out powder" but they relent dur
ing the hot months.
Near the east drive In the full Flsre
OF road lamp, two young spooners sat
| In each others embrace. The night had
| become too much for them and they had
passed into Sunderland. oblivious Of the
faces that watched and laughed On
another bench was a lOng-haired young
man-evidently a poet-who feared his
landlord more than the great out Of
doors. He was sprswled on the grass
scribbling-Probably an ode to the Renoir
Of Heaven
The other day q young newspaper
writer came on TO New York from Chi
csgo to write signed articles for
newspaper. He did not know that New
York has for years been afflicted with
| those stupid, useless and wholly un-
necessary things-the anonymous let
ter writer's
After several days he began 20 get
some Of the insulting letters Instead
1 OF tossing them in the wssteba silef
where they belonged and forgetting
them-he became worried
And then there came a letter that
/ said he ought to go back 10 Chicago.
I That night he packed and left. He
simply could not stand criticism.