The Washington herald., 1916-07-14
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

.
SPECIAL Correspondent Of TIE wGsLingtOu Herald
New York, July 13.-From the heart Of
Washington Square comes q story reck-
ing with pathos. young man who calls
himself Archie writes IL in verse libre
style TO F. P. A. OF the Tribune Archie
was in the Square when she chznced TO
sit at his table in a cafe. Being broad
minded he offered her a cigarette which
she took with a smile and they chatted
Later he told her he liked her and for
two weeks they loved-dweh in the land
where men sojourn perhaps only ono. IN
| a lifetime and one night she sSt cross
legged on her striped divan and .qufnted
al the low lamp through a high ball
{ She told Archie she had been thinking
how wonderful II would be to have a
eugenic child as a famous dancer had
| done and Archie blushed. So she sept
him out into the depressing night Of n.
! Square for she had no place in her Iit.
Tor a nid-VictorIan.
Hal Co-msn. the csrtoonist. c-,vp>e
into the Allied Bazaar one night AT
one Of the booths a famous sinre- va,
waroling the song, Solder Boy" Cor-
man sat down on the edFe Of the plst-
/ form and drew a sketch Of a young sol
1 der bidding his sweetheart rood-by and
/ as a back ground there was a lar.
American flag
| Then he gave the sketch 10 the ,ta1.,.
She started to sell II II started win
81 and went up 70 81 500 and was lnoole6
/ down TO a Canadian who hat thr,e boy,
| st the front He in turn mounted th.
stand and sold the picture oSr ss.in for
! 5000.
| The sketch took fifteen Or tvrnty
minutes and brought in $500. But OF
course Mr.. Conmsn didn't get any Of II
1t IS told Of a Broadway roade- who
was invited 70 q classy wedding on FRI
avenue the other DAY His HE for ID,
last few years has been from danssnt
! TO cafe and back to the danssnt sf,ir
He dolIed up appropriately for , hirh
noon wedding and tsxics bbed with his
I lady fair to the church. At the door n.
tas met by solemn-faoed usher who
| bowed 10 him
| Table for two" said the Broadway
rounder-and afterWsrd he wondered why
! the usher guIswed.
! The theatrical season IN New York
came 10 a close last week This means
That the plays that have rpn for months
will withdraw from Bosrcwsy. but. o.
course. there will be the usual run OF
summer shows
! In broader sense. the theatrical see
I son in New York Is continuous. Vaude-
! vile is always with US. and besides tn.
! pictures have come to occupy a dfstinc-
! tive place IN the amusement world.
! The dramatic art is not decsde,t
neither is the public taste degenerate. ro-
: The closing season has proved that oaIv
I clean plays could survive.
! II happened at the ticket one. or the
Bronx Zoo. 4 man with seventeen chill
/ dren approached the box office. Said the
! father: DO I have to buy seventeen
| tickets for seventeen children. as am
the father OF these seventeen children -
No" replied the ticket seller ''You
don't have TO take them to see th~ AMI
mails. Wait a minute and I'll bring the
animals to see them
! The purchase OF the New York Sun r.
Frank \. Nunsey and the rnerging IL Nh,
| his New York Press resulted in nl,Dv
( frst-class editors. reporters and the Ike
being at liberty. as the theatrical profssh
says
! A group of Sun and Press men held
little dinner TO mourn over lost iobs
However. there Is always a bright lining
to the darkest clouds One Of the re.
I leased reporters landed a press sFenr
berth that more than doubled his salary