The Washington herald., 1916-10-13
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

Special CosTrspondcnt Of The washiuTtsu Hszsld
New York. Oct, I2.-Verne Hardin Por-
ter, who edited the Green Book for sew
eral years, has sUccumbed 10 the lure OF
the printshop. e was. in town this week
on his way TO Salt Lake City, where he
will sit in the editorial chair and direct
the destinies OF the Telegram.
Men who desert newspaper work for
the magazines are generally always Sf-
ficted with an itch 20 get back where
the presses roar and the printers howl.
Porter said ke enjoyed drinking tea
and talking uplift with magazine editors
and lolling about in deep cushioned
chairs and chatting with poets and all
| that-but now and then there would come
I deep yearning. II was the call 70 the
buzz OF edition time.
He wanted to cit near the copy desk
where the good fellows with the green
shades butcher copy steal each others
cigarettes, borrow lunch money and
knock the managing editor. He stood Il
as long as he could and then one day a
Salt Lake publisher wired him 70 come
on at his own terms
And with a contract in one pocket and
suitcase in the other he trekked 70 New
York 70 say good-by before hitting the
trail for the desert.
1t was late a, night al the Fr1ars, and
into the grill came two young men
known about Broadway. They had dined
well and were in a festive mood Now
and then they would burst into song.
Finally one got to quotinG Kipling's
''Gunga Din" and the other thought It
fine. He remembered a few lines and at
the climax shouted: Tn a better man
than you are, Gordon Gin"
Just before closing time one OF them
slouched down in his chair and at inter
walls would shout: La waiter La wait
err
John T. McCutcheon, the Chicago car
| toonist, was in New York this week and
was all puffed up over his recent pur-
chase Of the Treasure Island in the
south Of the Atlantic Ocean. Several OF
HIS friends accused him OF buying the
island just 10 have something TO refer
to" at the clubs
Many New York motorists now have
hampers or boxes for carrying country
farmers in New Jersey and on Long
Island have come to make such a bust
ness Of ceiling fresh eggs vegetables
and butter to motorists that many OF
them have roadside stands for the prop
er display OF their products, and drive a
thriving trade on Saturdays and Sun
days. For these fresh products the mo-
I
than for the staler articles sold in the
city, which have passed through the
hands Of several "middlemen" and paid
tribute 70 each.
/ Richard Fletcher, whose beard has
! been so much noticed at first nights, is
raising it for movie purposes. He has
given up his journalistic tendencies for
the time being because a director asked
: II he would play a white SLAYER in a
. soon-to-be-done hlm. Fletcher walked
into the directors orrice the other day
There he was approached by another
director who said: Say you. Il you're
looking for a job can put you into a
scene as John the Baptist"
( New York has found a worthy Eucces-
sor to the Merry Widow waltz Il IL
the song. Give Ne All Of You from
Flora Bella" the new music hit. saw
the show the other night and It has the
most tuneful music played since Flora
dora"
Lima Abarbsnel is the star and there
is not dull UntUnefUl number in the
whole score. There is another song that
is bound TO be a winner but II is a for
etEn one that I could not make out Out
OF nineteen numbers, however, fourteen
are hits.